Austin, Travis County: Private Restroom Trailer Rentals

Book as soon as you have a date and a venue locked in, since the best weekends go first. March through May and October through November are the busy months, and those weekends also collide with SXSW, Rodeo Austin, ACL Fest and the F1 race. We often hold Hill Country Saturdays six to nine months out. If your date is closer than that, call anyway, because we may still have a unit staged nearby.

A porta potty is a plastic box with a tank under the seat. Our trailers have flushing china toilets, sinks with running water, mirrors, lights and air conditioning, with separate rooms for women and men. Guests climb a few steps into a clean, bright room that feels much more like a hotel restroom than a portable toilet. On a 100 degree afternoon in Austin, the air conditioning alone makes a huge difference for your guests.

For 250 guests over about five hours, the 5-Station is usually right. It covers about 200 to 500 guests for a five-hour event. If the bar is open the whole night, the party runs late, or you expect more than 400 people, we step up to the 9-Station or add a second trailer. Tell us your guest count, your hours and whether there is a bar, and we will size the trailer for you.

Most sites in and around Austin work just fine for our trailers. We need fairly level ground, a path at least 10 feet wide and room to back in a truck and trailer. Low live oak limbs, cattle guards and soft ground after rain are the usual problems, so we ask for photos and gate widths first. We level the unit on its own jacks and can lay boards over soft soil after a rain.

Yes, we rent by the week or the month for restaurant remodels, office upgrades and construction sites. We set a pump and restock schedule based on how many people use it each day. Long jobs in Leander, Kyle and near the airport often keep the same unit for months, and we handle everything until the work is done.

It depends on all three of those things, plus a few more. The size of the unit matters most, then the number of days, the distance from our staged units and whether you need a generator or extra service visits. A Saturday in October costs more to hold than a Tuesday in January because demand is higher. Call or request a quote, and we will give you a clear number with no surprises.

The water comes from the trailer itself. Each unit carries its own fresh water tank, filled before delivery, and a separate waste tank. For most one-day events, the onboard tanks easily cover the whole party from start to finish. For longer events, we refill and pump on a set schedule, or we connect to a hose bib if your site has one.

Every unit has air conditioning and heat on a thermostat. In summer we turn the AC on early so the rooms are cool when guests arrive, which matters in a city that hit 100 degrees 45 days in a row in 2023. In winter we keep the heat on and manage the water so the lines do not freeze overnight.

If your event is public or on city land, it likely goes through the Austin Center for Events. ACE uses tiers with lead times from 3 business days to 180 days, and it asks for one toilet per 50 people at peak. We send our specs, site plan and insurance certificate so your permit file is complete.

Usually the same day, often within 1 to 2 hours, depending on the unit and the address. Our trailers carry their own water and waste tanks, and we bring a generator if the building has no power. Call our 24/7 line, tell us how many people need restrooms, and we will tell you what we can send and when.

Yes, we deliver to Dripping Springs, Driftwood, Wimberley, Spicewood, Johnson City and beyond. Hill Country drives take longer, so we plan the route and timing ahead and confirm the gate and site contact the day before.

If your event is open to the public or sits on city land, the Austin Center for Events will ask about restrooms early. ACE sorts events into four tiers. Tier 1 covers small runs and food trucks and needs 3 business days. Tier 2 covers parking lot events and street closures and needs 30 days. Tier 3, which includes 10K races, Bat Fest and the Texas Book Festival, needs 120 days. Tier 4 events like ACL Fest and the Trail of Lights need 180 days. The bigger the event, the earlier you need a restroom count, a site map and an insurance certificate. We see planners lose weeks because they waited on the restroom vendor, so we send specs and a sketch the same day you call.

The math ACE uses is one toilet per 50 people at peak attendance, with at least 5 to 10 percent accessible. Each spot where restrooms sit needs at least one accessible unit on level ground, and handwashing must be close to the restrooms and the food. A trailer counts every flushing toilet and urinal, so a single 9-Station covers a lot of that math in one footprint. We help you count stations, mark where each trailer sits and show the accessible route. That way the permit reviewer sees a plan that already works, and your event day starts with one less thing to worry about.

Austin Center for Events planning guide

Austin has a few weeks every year when nearly every event restroom trailer in Central Texas is spoken for. March is the first one. SXSW runs mid-month, Rodeo Austin runs about two weeks at the Expo Center, and spring weddings start in Dripping Springs at the same time. April brings the Cap10K and the Texas Relays. Then the calendar slows in the summer heat, when most events move indoors or to the evening, and backyard parties and remodels fill the gaps.

October is the second crunch, and it is the hardest one. ACL Fest takes two weekends at Zilker, the F1 race fills Circuit of the Americas, and fall wedding season is at its peak in the Hill Country. November stays busy with weddings and festivals, and December belongs to holiday markets and company parties. If your date lands in March, October or the first three weeks of December, call us first and book early. If it lands in January, June or August, you have more room, and you may get the exact unit you want with a few weeks of notice.

Start with the basics before you look at anything else. Does the company own the trailer, or will it rent one from someone else and send whatever shows up? How many stations, and how many guests is that size good for at your event length? Does it have real air conditioning and heat, or just a fan? Who sets it up, levels it and stocks it? What happens if a toilet clogs at 9 p.m. on a Saturday? You want a phone number that a real person answers on the night of the event.

Then ask the company about your site and what it will need. What does the unit need for power, and will they bring a generator if you have none? How much water does it hold, and when will they pump it? Can it fit through your gate and under your trees? Do they carry insurance and send a certificate for the venue or the city? For a job site, ask how they meet the federal sanitation rule for crews. Good answers to all ten tell you the trailer will look the same at the end of the night as it did when the first guest walked in.

OSHA 1926.51 sanitation rule

Austin has seen two hard winter hits in a short span. Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 dropped water pressure and brought a citywide boil notice. Two days of freezing rain in February 2023 knocked out power to about half of Austin Energy customers at some point, and it took about 10 days to restore most of them. When a building loses water or power, the restrooms are one of the first things to go. A church, a clinic, a school or a busy restaurant cannot stay open without them.

A portable restroom trailer solves that problem fast because it does not depend on the building at all. It carries its own fresh water and waste tanks, and we bring a generator for power and heat. We park it close to the entrance, put a path down if the ground is icy and set a service plan until your plumbing is back. If you manage a building that cannot close, it pays to call us before the next storm. We can keep your address and the right unit size on file ahead of time, so the call during an outage takes about two minutes.

Accessibility is part of every good restroom plan for an Austin event, and it should never be treated as an extra. Austin’s event guide asks for at least one accessible unit at each restroom location, set on level ground, with an accessible route to reach it. If you place only one restroom in a spot, it has to be the accessible one. Our ADA + 2 trailer has one accessible unisex room plus a women’s and a men’s room, and it comes with its own ramp and handrails. It meets federal ADA rules, so one trailer covers both needs in the same footprint.

Placement matters just as much as the unit you choose for the event. The ramp needs a flat landing, a clear path from the main event area and no curbs or loose gravel in the way. We look at your site map, find the flattest ground and set the ramp facing the crowd. At weddings, we think about older guests and anyone in a wheelchair who should not have to cross a field. At races and markets, we keep the route clear of cables and vendor carts so nobody has to ask for help.

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design