"For more than four decades, Larry and Lorna Hundt have shaped not only a company, but a culture. What began as a young university student's weekend bus runs between Waterloo and Toronto evolved into one of Canada's most creative and admired motorcoach and tour operations. As Larry reflects on a lifetime in the industry and the legacy of Great Canadian Holidays & Coaches, the through-line is unmistakable: entrepreneurship, innovation, and a devotion to people - passengers, partners, and employees alike."
"Larry's connection to motorcoaches started unexpectedly. As a first-year university student, hesaw a need: nearly half his classmates were from the Greater Toronto Area, and every weekendthey needed a way home. Larry arranged buses, filled them, and soon was moving 250 busloads annually. In between, he ran pubs, movie nights, a record store, and even an ice cream shop - ventures in which he set national sales records. School fell to the wayside. Business did not."
For more than four decades Larry and Lorna Hundt shaped a company and its culture through entrepreneurship, innovation, and devotion to people. Larry began by organizing weekend bus runs between Waterloo and Toronto as a university student, expanding to 250 busloads annually while operating pubs, movie nights, a record store and an ice cream shop. He left university to enter the coach industry full time. Lorna became his business and life partner, complementing his dreaming with practical execution. In 1984 they launched Great Canadian Holidays & Coaches and, frustrated by inconsistent quality using other carriers, decided to buy their own coaches.
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