Route 23 Blog

Published By: John Henry

Route 23 Tours is officially starting a referral program for our existing customers. That means anyone that has done business with Route 23 Tours will get rewarded $50.00 cash for each referral (New Customer) that ends up being a successful completed trip. I know that you might not still be involved with your group, but if you’re not you can always refer a friend, co-worker, or family member. I’m sure there’s people in your circle looking for fundraising ideas, trips, or a bus.

Route 23 has three segments of business. The first is the bus trip fundraisers, which is about 60% of our business. We do trip to the casino, sporting events, shopping trips, wine tours, and just about every trip you can think of. If you have an idea for a bus trip, we’ll create one specifically for you. Most bus trip fundraisers generate over $1000.00. It’s just not the trip itself they generate money on. They do raffles on the bus, silent auctions, and various other games. Click Here to learn more.

The second segment of business is the bus tours. This is where it started. The first two trips I offered 15 years ago was Greektown Casino and Menopause the Musical at the Gem Theatre. We sold hundreds of trips to groups all over the State. That grew into almost a hundred different tours. These work differently than fundraisers in that they generally have a higher minimum number of people to go and a lower price. We do a lot of tours for Senior Centers, Churches, and other various organizations. Click Here to see a list of Tours we are offering for 2020.

The third segment of the business is Bus Charters. These are trips that others have planned and they just want a flat rate on a bus. If you’re in need of a bus to go somewhere and you need a quote you can just call us or you can fill out the information Click Here.

If you know of anyone wanting any of the services I just mentioned, please refer them. Once the trip is a success and paid for, we’ll mail you a check for $50.00. If you have multiple referrals that is fine too. I look forward to working with you and hope you didn’t mind the text we sent you.

Note: If you don’t want to received our texts, please reply “Stop” and you won’t receive anymore texts from us.

There are many great reasons to Chartering a Bus.  Here are just a few.

No Stress:

Car pooling to different events and on trips can be stressful.  Other drivers that cut you off, heavy traffic, finding parking, construction, and potential traffic hazards can all make traveling stressful.  Who wants to deal with that on a trip?  We have expert professional drivers that know the road well and can get the group to where they want to go hassle free.   If you Charter a bus you’ll have more time to relax, have fun with your group, watch a movie, or take a nap.

Environmentally Friendly:

When taking a bus you are consuming much less fuel than if you were to take multiple vehicles.  A fully loaded bus will give you almost 5 times more fuel efficiency than a fully loaded car.  You can do your part to help to protecting the environment just by Chartering a bus.

Safety:

Chartering a bus is still one of the safest ways to travel.  We make sure you have the safest and most up to date equipment as well as high standards for safety with the drivers.  Also, each bus has a black box that shows the average speed a motor coach is traveling and how much it is braking.  These records are consistently reviewed by management.  Safety is job one on all bus trips with Route 23 Tours.

Save Money:

When the cost of the Charter bus is divided by each individual on the bus you will save more money per person than many other modes of transportation.  The more people you have on a Charter or Bus trip the cheaper the price.

Welcome to the new Route 23 Blog.  We will be blogging about many topics such as bus charters, bus tours, and bus trip fundraisers.  You’re probably wondering what the difference is between the three?   We’ll start by looking at a Bus Charter.

If you’re a person looking for a bus and you don’t need any trip planning and already have an itinerary then a bus charter is the way to go.  You will give us an itinerary with a start time and date with an end time and date.  Then you will give us the itinerary and from there we’ll be able to come up with an affordable quote for the bus.  It will be be one price that cover the price of the charter.  The only other expense not included in the price is the drivers gratuity.  To book your charter, please click on BUS CHARTERS here.

The other kind of service we provide is bus tours.  We do bus tours for Preformed Groups.  For instance, if you’re a Senior Center and want to do a Greek town Casino trip you would call us and we would help you set the departure time and date of the trip.  We would take care of all reservations, logistics, and even provide you with a flyer to help you promote your trip.  Once we have a trip determined for your group, we would come up with a per person price and a minimum number of people (generally around 25-30 people) required for the trip to go.   Route 23 Tours offers comps for the group leaders on most bus tours as well.  Many of our bus tours are not listed here on the website.  We do trips to the casino, sporting events, dinner theaters, color tours, wine tours, and many more.  To get more information on the bus tours we offer, please call Route 23 at 810-577-8929.

What sets Route 23 Tours apart from everyone else is the Bus Trip Fundraisers.  The Bus Trip Fundraiser is like a Bus Tour, but instead of getting a comp we offer money back for each person over the minimum number of people.  For example, if you’re a Youth Baseball Team looking and book the Greektown Casino trip on a Sunday, the cost would be $40 per person and your group would keep $40 per person over 23 paid.  That would allow you to raise $1320.00 for your Team.  The great thing about the Bus Trip Fundraisers is that they are a lot of fun to do, their easy to do, and you make a good amount of money doing it.  To get more information on a Bus Trip Fundraiser, please click on FUNDRAISERS here.