If you needed bus service...

[penk]

... who would you call?

We're considering hiring on a bus service to get kids to and from Sudbury Valley from Mosaic / Camelot. Googling around shows a lot of one-off bus services (take folks to HERE one day), but not an organization that will provide a bus and driver every day.

Any suggestions on where to look / who to call?

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[frotz.livejournal.com]

For full-sized buses, Peter Pan will do this.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Arisia used Peter Pan. I was surprised to discover that they had better rates than Crystal Transport.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I'd call local schools and summer camps and see who they recommend.

[dsrtao]

This. Or, more particularly, your local Board of Education will have a contract in place with some company; they are likely to have spare capacity.

I grew up in upstate NY where everyone was bussed, for all practical purposes, as the elementary schools each served a five mile radius and there were eight towns supporting a middle school and a high school. There, the school district owned the bus fleet. I'm always slightly taken aback when I realize that the towns here don't.

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[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

The private school for which I work (in Brookline) contracts annually with a company called Local Motion to run bus service to Newton and Sharon (as well as on a constant one-off basis for special events).

Normally I'd provide a link, but I'm on the Treo here. You know what to do. :-)

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[catya.livejournal.com]

These are the folks coho/us uses for tours, too.

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[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yep, although they're expensive. The other local company I know of that does this kind of thing is Crystal Transport, and I think they operate as far out as Worcester.

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[penk.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Called them and left a message.

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[cos]

Brandeis and Wellesley both used them for regular shuttle service into Boston when I was a student, though I think Wellesley has changed providers since then.