Royal Coach Tours’ gamble on Las Vegas pays off
Nearly 5 years ago, Royal Coach Tours saw an opportunity to move into the Las Vegas market, and the gamble paid off in more ways…
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Vandalia Bus Lines gathers donations for tornado-ravaged town
A few months ago, driver Cindy Altenbaumer took a group of high school students to the Future Farmers of America conference in Indianapolis.
The students’…
Bailey Coach gifts a bus to a local nonprofit
Bailey Coach put the “giving” in Thanksgiving this year when the Pennsylvania operator gave away a 47-passenger bus to a local nonprofit.
Working with local…
VIP Tour & Charter Co. supplies food pantries with potatoes
Each November, the bus bay at VIP Tour & Charter Co. in Portland, Maine, fills up with potatoes, which are delivered to food pantries, soup…
How an operator helps school districts with driver shortages
As the bus driver shortages have left the Washington School District scrambling to find transportation for after-school activities, officials have turned to Mid-American Coaches &…
Operator shares pandemic story with gov to show need for funds
Michelle Petelicki had three minutes to grab the attention of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy with the industry’s pandemic story in a request for $50…
Florida operator takes advocacy to next level, runs for office
Operator Brian Scott is running for a seat on the Pinellas County Commission. In many ways, his decades of advocacy for the motorcoach industry led…
Best Tours rebounds from rockiest road in 43-year history
Best Tours & Travel’s recent reopening saw sellout tours and a continuing recovery in its private charter operations, thanks to nonstop outreach throughout 2020’s shutdown…
Alabama operator provides his buses to train bomb-sniffing K-9s
For more than a decade, the Birmingham Police Department’s K-9 explosive detection unit has been visiting the Thrasher Brothers Trailways bus yard…
Georgia operator leads ‘Convoy of Care’ to help Hurricane Ida survivors
In response to the devastation wreck by Hurricane Ida, Georgia Coach Lines recently led a disaster relief convoy to bring needed supplies…