Graduations
A graduation limo service built around commencement times, family dinners and party schedules, with set pickup and drop-off times for every rider.
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Our graduation limo service moves the graduate and the family through the whole day: the ride to the ceremony, the wait through the procession, the photos on the quad and the dinner afterward. Many riders are under 21, so every graduation booking runs on parent-approved routes and set pickup and drop-off times, and alcohol is never permitted in the vehicle.
A&A Limousine assigns one point of contact for the day and can run several vehicles under a single reservation, so grandparents, siblings and the graduate's friends all arrive at the same door. Choose a stretch limousine for a small group of eight to ten, a Hummer limo when the whole friend group rides together, or a mini bus for a guest shuttle between the ceremony and the dinner. We cover New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and Texas, and long-distance runs between them are available when the ceremony is out of state. For the dinner reservation itself, pair the ride with our rehearsal dinner limo service planning approach.
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Planning
Start with the commencement time and work backward: who rides together, who needs to be there early for line-up, and where the family dinner or party happens afterward. Most families book one vehicle for the graduate and immediate family, then add a second or a larger vehicle if grandparents, siblings and friends travel as a group. Compare capacities on our fleet page before you call.
| Who is riding | Recommended vehicles | Why it works |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate and two parents | Luxury sedan | Door-to-door to the ceremony and dinner, with room for a gown or robe in back. |
| Graduate plus four to six family members | Luxury SUV | One vehicle for the whole immediate family, with space for bags and framed diplomas. |
| Graduate and a group of friends (8 to 10) | Stretch limousine | Everyone arrives together, and the group stays on one schedule all evening. |
| Two or three families sharing the day (12 to 18) | SUV stretch limo | Room for grandparents and siblings in one vehicle, so nobody drives separately. |
| Large extended family or a graduation party crowd (18 to 40) | Party bus or mini bus | Keeps cousins and family friends together between the ceremony, dinner and party. |
| Out-of-town relatives arriving by air | Mercedes Sprinter Van or luxury sedan | Luggage space and a direct ride from the airport to the hotel or ceremony. |
Pricing
A graduation limo service is priced by the hour for the ceremony and dinner block, or as a flat one-way transfer when only the ride to commencement is needed. Every quote is all-inclusive, with gratuity, tolls and fees explained upfront before you reserve with a deposit.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Minimum | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stretch Limousine | 8 to 10 | 3 hours | Quote in 15 minutes |
| Hummer Limo | Up to 20 | 3 hours | Quote in 15 minutes |
| SUV Stretch Limo | 12 to 18 | 3 hours | Quote in 15 minutes |
| Mini Bus | 18 to 30 | 3 hours | Quote in 15 minutes |
| Luxury SUV | Up to 7 | 3 hours | Quote in 15 minutes |
Included in every quote: chauffeur gratuity, tolls, fuel and parking. Saturday and Sunday commencements in May and June cost more than weekday ceremonies, and a long wait during the procession or a distant campus adds to the hourly total.
Send your date and venues. We reply with an all-inclusive quote, usually within 15 minutes.
Sample schedule
This is an illustrative schedule for a morning commencement with a family dinner in the evening, and it shows how a graduation limo service booking is built around the ceremony's call time. Every school publishes its own arrival rules, so your planner adjusts each step to your venue.
Times are an example only; your planner builds your schedule from your school's call time, the venues and the distance between them.
How it works
Beyond the big day
Commencement is usually one part of a longer weekend, and several vehicles can run under one reservation with a single point of contact. Here is what families most often add.
Grandparents and relatives flying in for the ceremony can be met at JFK, Newark, Reagan National, Dulles, BWI, DFW, IAH or Austin-Bergstrom with flight tracking and 60 minutes of free wait time for domestic arrivals. See airport transportation.
A stretch limousine or SUV stretch for the graduate and friends between the ceremony, dinner and the party, with a parent-approved route and set pickup and drop-off times. Guests under 21 never have alcohol in the vehicle.
A luxury SUV or Mercedes Sprinter Van handles the drive to campus with luggage space, useful when the dorm is a long ride from home.
Graduation season overlaps with end-of-year school events; our prom limo service follows the same no-alcohol rules and parent-approved routes.
An hourly booking keeps a sedan or SUV with you through dinner and the ride home, so nobody at the table has to stay sober to drive. See hourly limo service.
For a graduating class, team or club, a charter bus or mini bus moves 18 to 56 people between the ceremony, a restaurant and the party on one schedule.
Locations
Graduation season in New York runs from late April at the private colleges through late June at high schools, and every one of those weekends competes with the same traffic. In Manhattan, we plan around commencement crowds at Madison Square Garden, the Javits Center and campus halls, and build in time for one-way avenues and no-standing zones. On Long Island, ceremonies at university arenas and high school football fields mean Southern State and Long Island Expressway backups on Saturday mornings. Upstate campuses along the Thruway and in the Hudson Valley need earlier departures for family members flying into JFK or LaGuardia. A graduation limo service here works best when the car is booked for the whole day: ceremony, photos, then a family dinner in Brooklyn or Westchester. Tell the reservation team about any special requests when you book.
New Jersey graduations spread from Rutgers and Princeton in the center of the state to high schools along the Shore and in the north. Newark Liberty pickups are common when grandparents fly in for the weekend, and we track those flights so the ceremony car is not waiting on a delayed arrival. Commencement traffic around arena venues and campus quadrangles adds time on Route 1, the Garden State Parkway and the Turnpike, especially on Friday afternoons in June. For a graduation limo service in North Jersey, we often pair a sedan for the graduate with a mini bus for extended family moving between the ceremony and a reception hall. Shore families should plan around beach traffic on Saturday mornings.
Washington graduations cluster at the universities along Massachusetts and Connecticut Avenues and at high schools across the District, and spring ceremonies often land on the same weekend as the city's conference calendar. Security zones near Capitol Hill and the National Mall change pickup points from week to week, so we confirm the exact corner in advance rather than circling. Reagan National and Union Station arrivals for out-of-town family are timed against the ceremony start, with flight tracking on airport pickups. A graduation limo service in DC usually covers the ceremony, a photo stop at the monuments and a dinner reservation in Georgetown or along the Wharf. Late May heat makes a waiting car with cold water a practical choice.
Maryland's graduation calendar stretches from Baltimore and the Inner Harbor up through Bethesda, Rockville, Silver Spring and Columbia, with Annapolis ceremonies adding a Shore drive. BWI is the airport most families use, and we schedule pickups so arriving relatives reach a morning commencement without a rushed transfer. Commencement parking near campus arenas and high school stadiums is the usual bottleneck, which is where a chauffeured car earns its place: the chauffeur drops at the gate and waits nearby. Route 50 toward Annapolis and the Beltway around College Park slow down on June weekends. For a graduation limo service in Maryland, we build the day around the ceremony time and a family dinner afterward, with several vehicles under one reservation when grandparents and cousins travel together.
Virginia graduations run from Arlington and Alexandria through Tysons, Reston, Fairfax and out into Loudoun County, with university ceremonies drawing families from across the state. Dulles arrivals are common for relatives flying in, and we track those flights so a morning commencement is not held up. The Tysons corridor and I-66 carry heavy Friday traffic in late May and June, and campus ceremonies in Charlottesville or Williamsburg add a longer drive that we plan as a point-to-point run. Virginia wine country venues are a popular choice for a graduation dinner after the ceremony. Families booking a graduation limo service in Virginia often use a Sprinter van so the whole group rides together from the hotel to the ceremony and on to dinner.
Texas graduations begin in May and run into June, and the distances change the planning: Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio each have their own ceremony clusters, and families often drive between them. IAH, Hobby, DFW, Love Field and Austin-Bergstrom pickups are routine for relatives arriving on the day, with flight tracking included. Commencement traffic around campus arenas and football stadiums is heavy, and May heat makes a waiting vehicle with cold water worth having. Hill Country venues host many graduation dinners after the ceremony. For a graduation limo service in Texas, we quote the full day rather than a single ride, so the car stays with the family from the ceremony through photos and dinner.
See every city we cover on our service areas page.
Checklist
Have these details ready when you request a quote for a graduation limo service and the reservation team can price the day accurately in one pass.
The school, ceremony venue and the exact call time the graduate must report for line-up.
The number of passengers in each vehicle and who rides with whom.
Every address: home pickups, the ceremony, photo locations, the dinner restaurant and the party venue.
The graduate's age and the ages of every passenger, since student trips carry no alcohol and parent-approved routes.
Set pickup and drop-off times, plus the name and mobile number of the parent or organizer who can change the schedule.
Any venue rules on vehicle size, gate access, drop-off zones or parking at the commencement site.
Relatives arriving by air, with flight numbers and arrival times if you want airport pickups included.
Special requests for the day, such as decorations or a photo stop, noted when you book with the reservation team.
Why us
One company and one standard from New York to Texas, so a graduation limo service booked in one state works the same way in another.
A sedan for the graduate and two parents, a Sprinter for the extended family, or a coach for a whole class: the vehicle matches the group.
All-inclusive quotes usually within 15 minutes, with gratuity, tolls and fees explained before you reserve with a deposit.
Reservations and dispatch are staffed around the clock, so a ceremony time change or a delayed flight still reaches a person.
FAQs
Graduation limo pricing depends on the vehicle class, the number of hours and the date, since May and June weekends are the busiest of the spring. A sedan for the graduate and parents costs less than a Sprinter van or a mini bus for extended family. Send your ceremony time, addresses and group size and we will return an all-inclusive quote, usually within 15 minutes.
Book four to eight weeks ahead for May and June commencements, the same lead time we recommend for weddings and proms. University weekends cluster, and vans and larger vehicles go first. Later bookings are often possible when vehicles are available, so call even if your date is close.
Most families book the car for the full day: pickup at home or the hotel, the ceremony, photos on campus and a family dinner. That usually means four to six hours, and hourly booking keeps the chauffeur with you between stops. We build the schedule from your commencement time and show the hours before you book.
Alcohol is never permitted on graduation trips, and that applies to every passenger regardless of age. Routes are parent-approved, with set pickup and drop-off times agreed when you book. A parent or guardian confirms the plan, and the chauffeur follows it.
Your chauffeur arrives 15 minutes before pickup and waits while the ceremony runs. Airport pickups include flight tracking and 60 minutes of free wait time for domestic arrivals, so a delayed flight does not cancel the ride. If the schedule shifts on the day, call dispatch and we adjust the timing.
A Luxury Sedan suits the graduate and two parents, while a Luxury SUV takes up to seven with luggage. For a larger family, the Mercedes Sprinter Van seats 10 to 15 with captain's chairs and luggage space, and a Mini Bus handles 18 to 30 for a class or a big extended family.
Yes. Several vehicles can run under one reservation with a single point of contact, which suits families with relatives at different hotels or a graduate who needs a separate car from the grandparents. We coordinate the pickups against the ceremony time so everyone arrives together, and one confirmation covers the whole plan.
Yes. We provide graduation limo service across New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and Texas, and long-distance trips between those areas are available. Each state has its own team and dispatch, so a ceremony in Houston and a dinner in Austin can sit on one reservation. Call +1 888 583 0779 or use the online quote form.
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