FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    

June 29, 2002                               

CONTACT: Patricia M. Lonsbary
Vice President & General Manager

Private Motor Coach, Inc. Offers a Travel Solution for a Growing Family Dilemma

Family reunions, visiting the grandchildren, weddings, and the tradition of being together for the holidays all arouse the need to travel, sometimes great distances across the U.S.  This emotional draw becomes particularly cumbersome for the “Baby Boomer Generation” when aging and ailing parents can no longer travel safely alone but still wish to participate in these gatherings.  

President of Private Motor Coach, Inc. Ed Lonsbary initiated a practical solution for this growing need when he left a corporate career and founded his company little over three-years ago.

Lonsbary’s company offers a travel alternative to flying, driving in a car, and crowded trains or charter buses.  Aboard his coach, “Patty’s Charm,” only 2 to 8 people travel in a luxury house-on-wheels. Because the coach features a living room, kitchen, bathroom, and queen sized bedroom, the elderly or frail can lay back on the couch or bed and simply enjoy the ride.

“Adult children tied to careers and their own youngsters or teens, simply can’t pick-up and go get Mom or Dad at some far-off city. I frequently respond to the growing need of families looking for safe, accompanied travel for aging and ailing parents,” says Lonsbary. 

Remembering his first such trip, Lonsbary reminisces, “About two years back, an

81-year-old woman in the last stages of cancer wanted to travel from her home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania to Florida.  Two nurses and her sister accompanied her on the trip.  I literally carried the woman from her front door to the bed aboard the coach where she stayed until we arrived in Florida.”

Lonsbary comes directly to the traveler’s front door and drives them to their destination safely and with the watchful eye of an adoptive son.

“I’ve taken an elderly physician and his handicapped son to from Philadelphia to a small town in Wisconsin for a reunion,” remembers Lonsbary.  “And, soon I’ll welcome aboard a couple from Corpus Christi, Texas for a trip to see family in Pennsylvania.”

“I’ve traveled all over the U.S. and Canada with my former corporate career,” explains Lonsbary.  “I love being on the road and this new venture of mine – Private Motor Coach, Inc.- delivers a meaningful service to those whose travel options have limitations.”

Private Motor Coach, Inc., which is based in Whitehouse, Texas, takes travelers “Anywhere-Anytime.”

#  #  #