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Village Travel

4255 N. Ridge Road Wichita, Kansas  67205

+1 316-721-4455

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FAX: +1 316-721-4459

In business since: 1980

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Village Travel serves customers nationwide from our 7 central locations., Wichita and Salina Kansas, Fort Smith and Springdale Arkansas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa Oklahoma, as well as, Springfield and Joplin Missouri

Village Travel was founded in 1980 in Wichita, Kansas. Over the past 40 years, Village Travel has steadily grown to be one of the largest charter bus and bus tour companies in the nation. Village Travel is a diversified company with offices throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. We operate over 140 charter coaches, plan over 220 tours annually, offer traditional travel agency services, operate entertainer coaches to the music industry and operate daily scheduled service with Greyhound and Amtrak through our Beeline Express division. Village carries twice the required liability insurance and is proud to have an incredibly safe record. 

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Village Travel celebrates 40 years

by Heather Larson

Keeping a travel-focused company running for four decades is no easy feat. Jeff Arensdorf, the current owner of Village Travel , credits his tour business success to hiring good people and offering quality service at a fair price.

“That’s what gets good results,” he said. “Also, I’m not risk averse, and I’ll take one if it looks healthy to me.”

Although the actual 40-year-anniversary celebrations for Village Travel won’t take place until next year, the Wichita-based company has already marked the occasion with major changes. A new name, a fresh logo and a state-of-the-art corporate headquarters building contribute to the rebranding of this bus and motorcoach company.

How Village Travel got its start

The company began in 1980 as a snow ski tour company called Alpine Village Tours. Soon the owner discovered there were not enough buses running from Denver to the ski slopes to accommodate his guests. So, he bought his own bus.

Then, when the Kansas City Royals were a hot commodity, Village began offering Royals Major League Baseball packages for guests. That helped spur the business to grow by one bus a year.

In 2000 Jeff Arensdorf and his dad bought the company because the previous owner chose to focus on a new business. From the single coach it operated in 1981, Village has expanded to a fleet of more than 130.

Major events tested the company’s moxie

Not everything has run smoothly over those 40 years.

“The September 11 attacks took the wind out of our sails and the entire tour business suffered for a few years after that,” said Arensdorf. “The recession also slowed our growth, required hard decisions, and we had to tighten the purse strings.

“We are aggressive, tenacious and we fight for what we believe is best for our company and for our customers,” Arensdorf said.

A key to making it through the tough times has been a staff that keeps its promises.

“We get compliments for doing what we say we will do,” explained Arensdorf. “We also get our passengers to their destinations and back again safely.”

The components of rebranding

Each coach is receiving new graphic logos on their exteriors. The process should be completed by mid-October. Greteman Group in Wichita, Kansas, also the home base for Village Travel, created the streamlined design. According to the designer, the V-shape symbolizes a path or road you take when traveling, while the blue triangle nestled in the center of the “V” suggests the reward or surprise you receive on your journey.

Village’s rebranding coincides with the opening of a new 46,000-square-foot corporate headquarters building in Wichita in October that will hold workspaces for 40 employees. There is room to add more staff as needed.

The new climate-controlled structure more than doubles Village Travel’s previous headquarters. It enables passengers to board coaches under cover and keep comfortable in rain, snow and other inclement weather.

At least 12 motor coaches can be housed in the new facility. The old shop held only four. A drivers’ lounge with sleeping quarters has been added as well.

The company operates from six other locations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and employs almost 400 people.

Over the years the business has operated under the names Village Charters, Village Tours and Village Tours & Travel. Arensdorf believes Village Travel suits his company best.

“We offer bucket-list destinations but also include other attractions nearby that passengers may not have seen or even thought about,” explained Arensdorf.

Celebrations for next year’s anniversary are in the planning stages but are already shaping up to fulfill the promise of rewarding or surprising guests. Visit their site at https://villagetours.net/ to see what’s scheduled.

Arensdorf also said that his company wants to be a good member of the motorcoach and tour community. If someone needs help on the road and a Village Travel employee is nearby, they will come to the rescue.

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Village Coach (originally Four Seasons Coach Leasing) is an entertainer coach company serving all of North America. Our company was founded in 1982, and by 1990 was the largest broker of buses in the U.S. with over 100 entertainer coaches on the road.

Today, we lease entertainer coaches and tour trucks to a wide variety of groups from our office in Wichita, KS. Along with Wichita, we have coaches based in Nashville and Oklahoma City. From small acts just getting started, to multi-bus tours, we do it all. While we’re rooted in Nashville and headquartered in Wichita, we have industry connections coast-to-coast to assist us in providing a high level of customer service and support.

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August 13th, 2018 Village Travel acquired Village Coach Leasing. This was an exciting acquisition as the company became more diversified. Village Travel was founded in 1980 in Wichita, Kansas. What originally started as a family-owned business with one motor coach has steadily grown to be one of the largest charter bus and tour companies in the Midwest. With offices in Wichita, Salina, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Ft. Smith, Springfield, and Springdale, Village Travel is a diversified company that operates over 140 charter coaches, plans over 220 tours annually, offers traditional travel agency services, and operates daily scheduled service with Greyhound through its Beeline Express division. Having multiple centralized locations, enhances Village Coach ability to be competitive nationwide.

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Today we’re out in west Wichita getting the details on an event that could take you to new destinations!

This weekend is the Village Travel Expo, and today we’re getting the info on this opportunity to chat with representatives from cruise lines, all-inclusive resorts and more -- not to mention possibly win some prizes!

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Village West in Kansas City, Kansas welcoming more than 10 million visitors annually

The top tourist destination in the Kansas City metro draws more than 10 million visitors a year - and it's not in Missouri.

It's Village West in Kansas City, Kansas.

"It is the number one tourist destination in the state of Kansas, in the Kansas City metro area, and it's one of the hottest spots in the Midwest," Greg Kindle proudly said.

The President of the Wyandotte Economic Development Council says the growth seen in Village West—and all of Wyandotte County—today results from 25 years of hard work.

When the proposed Mattel Theme park was announced this week , it highlighted all the growth happening along State Avenue in Wyandotte County.

"This is one of the fastest growing areas in the country, " said Mark Cornell, the President of Epic Resort Development behind the Mattel theme park . "And I think it's a great fit."

Fit is important, emphasized Kindle. The area has a family-friendly focus.

"I want it to be family-friendly. I want it to be a place where we may spend a lot more money than I had planned. But at the same time, I want there to be positive experiences. I want it to be a family culture. And when I look at what has been built over the last 25 years - between the Kansas Speedway , Great Wolf Lodge , and the Legends shopping , and the great things they're doing at the Monarchs. And it's just a phenomenal amount of fun, family-oriented types of events."

Kindle continued, "Those are places I could take any of my kids, regardless of their age, and have a great time. And to me, that is hard to find—where you feel like you can let your hair down just a little bit. Everyone is going to have had a good time creating good family memories."

Then his Eco Devo side showed up.

"Obviously, we're very focused on how we bring in those family-friendly venues that's fun, it's light-hearted, it adds to our sales tax generation," he said.

In 2023, $456 million in investments were announced in Wyandotte County. Kindle credits Star Bonds with making Kansas, and specifically the State Avenue area in Wyandotte County, attractive to investment.

"You keep building on what you do well. To qualify for a Star Bond project in this area, it has to be at least $150 million or greater investment, has to generate $150 million in sales, and it has to be tourism related. And these guys are hitting on all of those."

"It really is important that we take our time," said Kindle, "find the right kinds of projects." He noted that Great Wolf attracts young families, Children's Mercy attracts those with older children, and the proposed Mattel theme park could fill that void between the two. "And now what's great is this is beginning to spread them out into other communities in Wyandotte County." He pointed to the KC Renaissance Fair and Azura amphitheater already in Bonner Springs as other family-friendly options already in place.

The proposed Mattel theme park would be the extreme northeast corner of Bonner Springs, at State Ave. and 118th Street.

However, the Mattel theme park still needs to be approved.

There will be a public hearing for it on Monday, April 8th, at 7:30 p.m., at Bonner Springs City Hall.

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Free admission • no rsvp required, giveaways & prizes • food trucks • exclusive travel offers, travel expo.

Location: Village Travel • 4255 N Ridge Rd, Wichita, KS 67205 Join us Saturday, April 6 from 9am to 2pm

• Learn about new and exciting ideas in the travel industry.
• Visit with representatives from major cruise lines, all-inclusive resorts, and international tour companies, as well as Village Travel’s full-service travel agency.
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Presentations will be given throughout the Expo from travel experts.

9:00 – Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 9:30 – Trafalgar 10:00 – AmaWaterways 10:30 – Pleasant Holidays 11:00 – CIE Tours International 11:30 – Carnival Cruise Line 12:00 – Celestyal Cruise 12:30 – Virgin Voyages 1:00 – Village Travel 1:30 – Sandals

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In addition to having special on-site booking discounts from many of our vendors, Expo attendees can register to win door prizes and giveaways!

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Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024 facts: Path, time and the best places to view

In the U.S., 31 million people already live inside the path of totality.

Scroll down to see the list of U.S. cities where the April 8 total solar eclipse will be visible, the duration of the eclipse in those locations and what time totality will begin, according to GreatAmericanEclipse.com .

"Eclipse Across America," will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social media platforms.

On April 8, 2024, a historic total solar eclipse will cast a shadow over parts of the United States, prompting a mass travel event to the path of totality -- from Texas to Maine and several states and cities in between.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and, for a short time, completely blocks the face of the sun, according to NASA .

The track of the moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality, and to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse, viewers must be within the 115-mile-wide path. To discover when to see the solar eclipse in totality or the partial eclipse in locations across the U.S. outside of the path, check out NASA's Eclipse Explorer tool .

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In the U.S., 31 million people already live inside the path of totality, bringing the celestial phenomenon to their doorsteps, Michael Zeiler, expert solar eclipse cartographer at GreatAmericanEclipse.com told ABC News.

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But for individuals outside of the path, investing time and money are needed to experience the event in totality.

Eclipse chasers, or umbraphiles, are individuals who will do almost anything, and travel almost anywhere, to see totality, according to the American Astronomical Society .

"There's a very active community of solar eclipse chasers and we will go to any reasonable lengths to see solar eclipses anywhere in the world," Zeiler said. "All of us are united in pursuing the unimaginable beauty of a total solar eclipse."

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Bringing together both eclipse experts and novice sky watchers, the total solar eclipse on April 8 is projected to be the U.S.'s largest mass travel event in 2024, according to Zeiler, who likened it to "50 simultaneous Super Bowls across the nation."

"When you look at the number of people expected to come to the path of totality for the solar eclipse, we estimate those numbers are roughly the equivalent of 50 simultaneous Super Bowls across the nation, from Texas to Maine," he said.

Eclipse map, path of totality

In the U.S., the path of totality begins in Texas and will travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse, according to NASA.

Best times, places to view eclipse

Below is a list of some American cities where the April 8 total solar eclipse will be most visible -- pending weather forecasts -- the duration of the eclipse in those locations and what time totality will begin, according to GreatAmericanEclipse.com.

• Eagle Pass, Texas, 1:27 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
• Uvalde, Texas, 1:29 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 16 seconds
• Kerrville, Texas, 1:32 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
• Austin, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 1 minute, 53 seconds
• Killeen, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 17 seconds
• Fort Worth, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 34 seconds
• Dallas, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 47 seconds
• Little Rock, Arkansas, 1:51 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 33 seconds
• Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1:55 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 24 seconds
• Poplar Bluff, Arkansas, 1:56 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds
• Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1:58 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 6 seconds
• Carbondale, Illinois, 1:59 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds
• Mount Vernon, Illinois, 2:00 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds
• Evansville, Indiana, 2:02 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 2 seconds
• Terre Haute, Indiana, 3:04 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 57 seconds
• Indianapolis, Indiana, 3:06 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 46 seconds
• Dayton, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 46 seconds
• Wapakoneta, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 55 seconds
• Toledo, Ohio, 3:12 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 54 seconds
• Cleveland, Ohio, 3:13 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 50 seconds

Pennsylvania

• Erie, Pennsylvania, 3:16 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 43 seconds
• Buffalo, New York, 3:18 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 45 seconds
• Rochester, New York, 3:20 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds
• Syracuse, New York, 3:23 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 26 seconds
• Burlington, Vermont, 3:26 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 14 seconds
• Island Falls, Maine, 3:31 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 20 seconds
• Presque Island, Maine, 3:32 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 47 seconds

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See the 2024 Solar Eclipse’s Path of Totality

A total solar eclipse is expected to pass through the United States on April 8, 2024, giving stargazers across the country the opportunity to view the celestial phenomenon in which the sun is completely covered by the moon.

The eclipse will enter the U.S. in Texas and exit in Maine. It is the last time a total solar eclipse will be visible in the contiguous United States until 2044.

Here's what to know about the path of the eclipse and where you can see it.

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Where can you see the total solar eclipse?

The eclipse will cross through North America, passing over parts of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. 

The eclipse will enter the United States in Texas, and travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse.

Much of the eclipse's visibility depends on the weather. A cloudy day could prevent visitors from seeing the spectacle altogether.

When does the solar eclipse start and end?

The solar eclipse will begin in Mexico’s Pacific coast at around 11:07 a.m. PDT. It will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NDT.

The longest duration of totality—which is when the moon completely covers the sun — will be 4 minutes, 28 seconds, near Torreón, Mexico. Most places along the path of totality will see a totality duration between 3.5 and 4 minutes.

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Where’s the best place to see the total solar eclipse?

The best place to witness the event is along the path of totality. Thirteen states will be along the path of totality, and many towns across the country are preparing for the deluge of visitors— planning eclipse watch parties and events in the days leading up to totality.

In Rochester, NY, the Rochester Museum and Science Center is hosting a multi-day festival that includes a range of events and activities. Russellville, Arkansas will host an event with activities including live music, science presentations, tethered hot-air balloon rides, and telescope viewings.

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