A Rill's motorcoach travelling a mountain highway

Fifty-eight years of somewhere worth going

A four-generation family business in Westminster, Maryland. We plan the tour, we drive the coach, and we look after you the whole way there and back.

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Fully escorted. Seats sold to individuals — you don't need a group.

17Thu, Sept

A Day at George Washington's Mount Vernon

The mansion, the gardens and the Potomac, with time to wander

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22Tue, Sept

A Wellwood Crab Feast with Sweet & Salty Treats

Chesapeake crabs on the North East River, then a stop for fudge

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26Sat, Sept

Gettysburg Countryside: Fall Fun, History & Scenic Railway

Battlefield country in full colour, with a ride on the Scenic Railway

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3Sat, Oct

Western Maryland Scenic Train in Cumberland

Steam through the Allegheny Mountains to Frostburg and back

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8Thu, Oct

Autumn by Train & Trolley in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Leaf season in the Lehigh Gorge, seen from a rail car

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19Mon, Oct

Rocky Gap Casino & Resort, Cumberland

Gaming, a lakeside lunch and a mountain drive out and home

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22Thu, Oct

Celebrating America's 250th in Charlottesville, Virginia

Monticello, Montpelier and the founding fathers' Virginia

2 days
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7Sat, Nov

“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at Dutch Apple

Lunch and a matinee at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, Lancaster

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14Sat, Nov

An Ozark Mountain Christmas in Branson, Missouri

Nine days of shows and lights, escorted door to door

9 days
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20Fri, Nov

Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular

The Rockettes in New York, with free time on Fifth Avenue

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15Tue, Dec

ICE! & Christmas on the Potomac, National Harbor

Two million pounds of hand-carved ice, indoors and warm coats on

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18Fri, Dec

A Victorian Christmas in Cape May, New Jersey

Gaslit streets, candlelight house tours and the winter shore

3 days
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Thirty-four more tours are planned through May 2027.

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One school bus in 1968. Still the same family.

Paul and Anna Rill bought a single school bus to carry Carroll County children to class. Sixteen years later they added a motorcoach, and people started asking where it could take them. Four generations on, the answer is most of the United States and a good part of Canada.

The office still answers its own phone. The drivers still learn your name. And we still hold the highest safety rating the Department of Transportation gives out.

1968The year it started, with one bus
40+School buses running daily routes
27Carroll County routes every school day
3 yrsOldest coach in the touring fleet
Paul and Anna Rill, founders of Rill's Bus Service The Rill's Bus Service maintenance shop in Westminster A family posed in front of a Rill's motorcoach

Charter a coach for your group

Tell us the date and the destination and we'll price it — a 56-passenger motorcoach, a charter school bus, or both so you can compare. If you'd like the tickets, meals and hotels handled too, we'll build the whole itinerary.

  • Family reunions, church outings and senior centres
  • Weddings, corporate travel and military reunions
  • Wheelchair-accessible coach available on request
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A Rill's motorcoach parked at the Air Force Memorial

Getting Carroll County to school

Twenty-seven daily routes for Carroll County Public Schools, plus athletics, field trips, band and choir travel, shuttles and airport transfers. We're a pre-approved transportation vendor in districts across the region, and every driver keeps training long after they're hired.

  • Buses seating 44, 46 and 52 students
  • ADA-accessible school buses on request
  • Schools, colleges, daycares and summer programmes
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Rill's school buses lined up at the Westminster yard

What's on the coach

Every motorcoach in the touring fleet is a deluxe MCI, none older than three years, cleaned before it leaves the yard.

Reclining seatsWith safety belts at every seat and blinds on the windows
Restroom on boardOn every motorcoach, so we stop when you want to, not when we have to
Free Wi-FiAlong with outlets and USB ports within reach of your seat
Climate controlHeating and air conditioning you can feel from the back row
Luggage belowFull compartments underneath for multi-day trips
Video equipmentAvailable by arrangement with the office beforehand
Wheelchair accessibleOne motorcoach and ADA school buses, on request
Top safety ratingThe highest rating the U.S. DOT issues — DOT #187193
Come ride with Rill's. You won't want to go with any other.
Betty, of Sykesville, Maryland — who has never been disappointed, and says she is always treated like family
A Rill's tour group photographed in the Colorado mountains

Five places to meet the bus

Every retail tour leaves from Westminster. Depending on where we're headed we may add one of these along the way, and parking is free at all of them.

Westminster

Kohl's at Rt. 140 and Market Street. Park at the rear of the lot, nearest Wawa.

Reisterstown

Chartley Park Shopping Center, 106 Chartley Drive. Lower lot, farthest from the road.

Taylorsville

Vanessa's Corner Pub, Routes 26 and 27. Parking behind the restaurant.

Mt. Airy

Park & Ride on Rt. 27, between Twin Arch Road and Ridgeville Boulevard.

Littlestown, PA

Royal Farms on Route 97. Parking behind the store.

Let's work out where you're going

Call the office and you'll get a person who knows the routes, the drivers and the hotels. Or send the details and we'll come back to you with a price.

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