The first people to successfully paint the town red spent more time haphazardly assembling scaffolding and arguing over who got to be the "foreman" than enjoying the results. Take the planning out of carousing with today's Groupon: for $300, you get four hours of party-bus transportation service for up to 14 people (up to a $600 value) from Funk Mobile, based in Provincetown.

This Groupon is valid only on Cape Cod through September 14. From September 15 to May 15, 2012, service will be available within a 125-mile radius of Provincetown, including Boston. During this period, customers who are picked up more than 25 miles from Provincetown will be charged a travel fee, and customers who want to be driven more than 30 miles after pickup will be subject to a fuel surcharge. Additional hours are available at the normal $150/hour rate.

Funk Mobile's party professionals and brazenly painted carousal carriages safely ferry revelers in style and song-soaked fun. Each unique specimen from Funk Mobile's fleet of vehicles is decorated with its own unusual paint scheme, such as pink leopard print or invisible unicorns. Passengers will ride in the coveted 14-person funk bus, equipped with a top-of-the-line sound system fueled by tunes from partygoers' MP3 players or CDs, and the bus is outfitted with karaoke systems fueling the dulcet harmonies of human voices and automated accompaniment. With their transportation safely in the hands of a professional driver, revelers can freely enjoy nights on the town, bachelor or bachelorette parties, or self-narrated tours of Cape Cod’s most illustrious stop signs.