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Shearings (legally Shearings Travel Limited) [1] is a coach tour operator, part of the Leger Shearings Group, based in the United Kingdom.The tour operator brand specialises in holidays including escorted tours, unescorted tours, short breaks, self-drive holidays and river cruises throughout the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Ireland and Continental Europe.
Leger started operating coach tour holidays between the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, from their base in Rotherham, South Yorkshire since 1983. [3] [7] [8]The parent company, as of 2022, is Leger Shearings Group which is 70% owned by Ian and Kathleen Henry, with the remaining 30% owned by company directors, Liam Race, Andrew Oldfield and Chris Plummer.
This was followed in April 2005 with Wallace Arnold merging with Shearings in a £200,000,000 (equivalent to £377,194,000 in 2023) deal to become WA Shearings, claiming a 14% share of the UK coach holiday market. [1] [11] [12] In 2007 the Wallace Arnold name was dropped, with the company name simplified to Shearings Holidays. [13]
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PGL's largest area of business continues to be school trips and educational travel. These range from activity and adventure trips to subject focussed trips such as science, ICT, Maths, Field Studies and French Language courses. During the UK school terms, PGL mainly offers school and youth group holidays, as well as birthday parties and day trips.
Mayne Coaches [1] was a coach operator that had depots in Manchester and Warrington. Administrators were appointed to the business, following an insolvency notice issued on 14 February 2022. [ 2 ] Mayne Coaches now operates under the Orion Travel Group, Manchester.
Charabanc, late 19th century Royal Charabanc of Maria II of Portugal. A charabanc or "char-à-banc" / ˈ ʃ ær ə b æ ŋ k / [1] (often pronounced "sharra-bang" in colloquial British English) is a type of horse-drawn vehicle or early motor coach, usually open-topped, common in Britain during the early part of the 20th century.
Berrys Coaches run a programme of tours offering a variety of inclusive and coach-only day trips. [3] They also operate home-to-school transport for Somerset Council and other customers, as of 2021 transporting more than 1,600 students each school day. [4]