Serving Illinois and southeast Wisconsin, Coach American Tours offers group tours for churches, community centers and seniors. Groups explore nearby cities, like Chicago, or themed adventures, like the Murder Mystery Tour, which includes Mystery Theater lunch or dinner at the Jacob Henry Mansion and a visit to the Joliet River Casino. Bus tours also shuttle groups to sporting or entertainment events, such as Cubs games or concerts.
Coach American Tours
3454 Washington St
Park City, Illinois 60085
847-625-6966
coachamerican.com/
Founded in 1986 by a mother-son team, Bluff City Tours promotes tourism in southern Illinois. Though their flagship vehicle is a trolley, Bluff City offers tours by motorcoach, as well, and lets guests decide their mode of transportation. Themed tours include Lewis and Clark discovery tours in Hartford, Illinois, or the educational Underground Railroad tour which features lunch in an African-American church or local tearoom. Bluff City Tours recommends Church Tours for seniors, which includes a church luncheon. Senior Services Plus, a senior resource and activity center located in Alton, Illinois, often partners with Bluff City Tours for group tours, like the Mystery Tour that provides an adventure to a secret location.
Bluff City Tours
3002 Godfrey Rd
Godfrey, Illinois 62035
618-466-8693
bluffcitytours.com
A company that originated in Vandalia, Illinois, in 1939, Vandalia Bus Lines offers group tours to churches and senior groups in addition to sports outings and convention groups. Buses vary in size from passenger vans to full-sized, deluxe motorcoaches that offer reclining seats, VCR and DVD players with 5 monitors. Vandalia primarily tours the St. Louis area on the Missouri-Illinois border, but it does offer trips to Illinois.
Vandalia Bus Lines
312 W. Morris
Caseyville, Illinois 62232
800-542-4287
vblinc.com
