A Williams Lake bus company will soon begin service between Prince George and Surrey.
Adventure Charter and Rentals' inaugural run is set for May 2, when it's scheduled to leave Prince George at 8:45 a.m. and arrive at the Scott Road Skytrain Station at 7:31 p.m.
It will stop at 20 other communities along the way. The fare will range between $65 and $110 one way, depending on how far a client travels.
The schedule, which features twice-a-week service between the two cities as well as twice-a-week runs between Williams Lake and Kamloops, has been mostly well received since it was posted online at www.adventurecharters.ca.
"Overall, it's been excellent," operations manager Randy Gertzen said.
The business has been in operation for more than a decade. It provides a daily run to to the Mount Polley mine and a charter service for schools, teams, First Nations, and other groups.
Moreover, the company used to do emergency runs for Greyhound, which left a void when it pulled out of Western Canada in October 2018.
"We used to do their runs if they were broke down or short of drivers and we had seen what their ridership was like," Gertzen said. "We had also seen what they had for overhead costs. We're a family-run business, we're a lot leaner, we don't have the big overheads. So hopefully, if our ridership is where we would like to see it, we will make a go of it."
Tickets can be bought online and must be purchased in advance so drivers know where they have to stop and where they can just pass through.
