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Excerpts: ....Buses tend to inspire memories of miserable trips squished up
against a broken armrest, not white-collar convenience. But
LimoLiner and other upscale transporters are reinventing the
wheels that go round and round. Custom buses can come with
lounge seating, plasma TVs, marble floors, full bars, and more.
In many foreign countries, where motor coaches are not
inexorably linked to seedy terminals and sketchy characters,
luxury bus is not an oxymoron. America is catching up now, in
part because of a post-9/11 fear of flying. "We're changing
the perception of travel by motor coach," says Peter
Pantuso, president of the American Bus Association....
...Folks more
into communing than commuting can rent souped-up buses.
Corporate groups, brides worrying about smushing their dresses,
and tourists have hired out San
Diego's Top Dog Limo Bus
for $135 an hour. It's got an 18-speaker surround-sound system,
a 42-inch projection TV, three granite-top bars, laser lights,
and room to dance. In cities outside the Northeast, where
distances between cities are often longer and people are more
wedded to their cars, this may be the only way to experience
opulent bus travel....
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Russ Van
Huizum, president of Top Dog Limo Bus in San Diego, used to
own a limousine company with a fleet of 18 cars. But now, in
semi-retirement, he has traded the 18 cars for two party
buses and is enjoying himself more. Just like his
passengers.
“Party
buses are definitely more fun than limousines,” Van Huizum
says. “People can stand up and move around. And you can fit
more people inside.”
Van
Huizum, like many transportation operators around the
country, believes party buses are growing in popularity for
events such as bachelor/bachelorette parties, proms,
weddings, birthdays and wine tasting tours.
Van
Huizum says his transition to party buses was rocky. “It was
definitely a hard sell at first,” he says. “But now that
people are aware of their existence, it’s a lot easier to
sell now. In fact, a lot of wedding consultants are
recommending them now."
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