WICHITA, Kan. — What began as one bus shuttling skiers from the Denver airport to Colorado slopes has evolved into one of the Midwest’s largest and most successful motorcoach companies.
Village Travel now operates nearly 200 coaches across eight markets, offering tours, charters, and entertainer service to thousands of passengers each year. Through decades of expansion, the company has maintained a focus on quality, said President and CEO Jeff Arensdorf.
He recalled how the founders brought their first coach back to Wichita to run charters and baseball trips. “It kind of grew from there,” Arensdorf said. “They just kept adding coaches.”
By the time Arensdorf and his father, Norman, purchased the company from the Marney family in 2000, Village had 15 buses. Over the next 20 years, the business expanded into Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, and added retail tours and entertainer coaches. Today, Prevost models make up about 60% of the fleet…