{"id":2953,"date":"2022-02-17T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2022-02-14T06:08:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:08:35","slug":"double-decker-bus-business-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/double-decker-bus-business-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn a Double Decker Bus to a Double Profit Business Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever seen a bus that\u2019s been converted into, say, a mobile home or into a party bus and then wondered if a similar conversion would work for the double-decker counterpart? The short answer is, yes, it could work. After all, people have converted the average school bus into their dream home on wheels, or a used coach bus into a party bus or tour bus. So why can\u2019t a double-decker bus be repurposed in a similar way?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the longer, more in-depth answer, yes, it\u2019s possible, but there are some obstacles you may encounter. The first and biggest one would be finding a double-decker bus given how they\u2019re uncommon in the United States and are typically owned by private transit companies. However, once you can find a double-decker bus that\u2019s in good enough condition, then you\u2019re one big step closer to a mobile business. You\u2019ll still have to deal with a lot of preparations, including learning <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/safety-laws-operating-school-bus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">safety laws for operating a bus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but at least you\u2019d have the base for your business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you look for a suitable bus to convert, though, what kind of business should you consider? Here are a few examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 3px solid; padding: 10px; width: 100%; border-radius: 25px; border-color: #F4A70F; color: #007bff;\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #007bff;\">What&#8217;s Inside<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#hotel\"> Hotel Bus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#workingspace\"> Mobile Co-Working Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#restaurant\"> Mobile Restaurant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"hotel\"><b>Hotel Bus<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us have fallen asleep while on a bus or train before, and in most cases it doesn\u2019t hurt to do so, unless it means you risk missing your stop because you napped too long. So why not offer a ride that people are meant to fall asleep on without worrying about waking up in the wrong place?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Australian entrepreneur has already successfully converted a bus into a sleeping shelter for homeless people, and East Yorkshire businessman Oliver Kemp has Bedroam, a mobile hotel for events such as festivals that can last late into the night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you decide to convert your double-decker bus into a hotel bus, you can choose to stay within a certain area, or offer city-to-city transit, much like a red-eye flight has passengers board the plane in one city and wake up in a different one. Another way to think of this kind of business is that it\u2019s similar to an overnight bus. The difference is, your hotel bus would offer more comfortable seating in the form of reclining seats or even sleeping pods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll want to plan the layout properly to fit in as many seats or sleeping pods and leave enough space for any luggage that passengers have, not to mention a bathroom so guests can freshen up. Optimally there\u2019ll be one bathroom per sleeping deck so people won\u2019t be queueing up for too long.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"uv-lst\" data-category=\"170\" data-count=\"6\" data-type=\"new\"> <\/div>\n<h2 id=\"workingspace\"><b>Mobile Co-Working Space<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to start a mobile business on top of a co-working space? You can combine the two ideas into one by converting a double-decker bus into a mobile co-working space. Some startups need office space because not all employees can work from home, or they don\u2019t want to. Whatever the reason, startup businesses will want to keep costs down; using a co-working space instead of renting an office in a commercial building is one such way to cut costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with converting a bus to a mobile home, you\u2019ll want to think carefully about the layout so you can fit in as many tables and chairs as possible. You may have more space compared to a regular or a coach bus, but if you want to include amenities like a washroom, a fridge, and a nap room, you still shouldn\u2019t skip this step. Otherwise you\u2019ll find that people are too cramped, or you have more space than you know what to do with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can either have your customers come to you, in which case you\u2019d just have to drive the bus to a specific address and wait. Or you could offer to pick up customers from pre-designated pickup points, then drop them off there at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"restaurant\"><b>Mobile Restaurant<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is pretty straightforward, being quite literally a restaurant on wheels. A mobile restaurant is a great idea if you\u2019ve wanted to start a restaurant of your own but didn\u2019t want to spend too much to rent commercial space, while also feeling limited by the idea of a food truck.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with all other bus conversions, it\u2019s important that you consider the layout so that you\u2019ll have enough space for everything your employees will need for a kitchen and still be able to accommodate a good number of customers. Even if the bus has an upper deck, you wouldn\u2019t want to find that you over- or underestimated the space you\u2019d need for one area or another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This idea could potentially combine a food truck and sightseeing business into one, with your mobile restaurant starting in one area and driving along a route that allows customers to see any areas of interest from the restaurant windows before arriving at another area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if you don\u2019t include sightseeing, your mobile business can easily move from one location to another, bringing the food to customers like a food truck would. Also like a food truck, it would be a simple matter to bring the mobile restaurant to festivals and other similar events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"interior\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what business you end up choosing, remember that you need to take things one step at a time. This means not worrying excessively about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usedvending.com\/blog\/guide-new-clients-bus-business\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attracting new customers to your mobile business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when you haven\u2019t even bought the bus you\u2019ll be using. Just make sure you buy the double-decker bus from a reputable shop or dealer, and have a business plan in hand so you have a road map you can follow instead of winging it every step of the way.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever seen a bus that\u2019s been converted into, say, a mobile home or into a party bus and then wondered if a similar conversion would work for the double-decker counterpart? The short answer is, yes, it could work. 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