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Banjo Billy's Bus Tours was a tour bus company based in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, operating guided tours in the local area. The company gained attention for its history and ghost tours.

Founding

The company was founded in 2005 by John Georgis, a Colorado native and former salesperson.^[1]^[2] Georgis purchased a school bus on eBay, refurbished the exterior with wood planks and the interior with couches, recliners and saddles, and began running tours in Boylder as Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours.^[3]^[4] In 2007, Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours expanded to Denver.

Tour options

The tour buses, known as 'traveling hillbilly shacks,' operate year-round and offer 90-minute guided history tours that blend history, crime anecdotes, and humor. These tours cover key points of interest in downtown Denver and Boulder. During October, Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours conduct 90-minute guided ghost tours in both cities. Additionally, Denver hosts three-hour brewery tours on a weekly basis, with extra tours during the Great American Beer Festival, featuring stops at four breweries. Private tours are available. Departures for history and ghost tours in Denver are from the Colorado Convention Center and in Boulder from the Hotel Boulderado. Denver brewery tours depart from Wynkoop Brewing Company.

References

^ "On the Bus: Taking a Spin on Banjo Billy's Hillbilly Contraption", Boulder Daily Camera, November 5, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2014
^ McGuire, Heidi, http://archive.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=80078 Archived 2014-03-21 at archive.today "Haunted Bus Tours Ride Through Boulder", 9News, October 31, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2014
^ Prokesch, Peter, "Hop On: Banjo Billy's Beer Tours" Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine 5280 Magazine, June 22, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014
^ Centers, Jessica, http://archive.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=80078 Archived 2014-03-21 at archive.today "Jock Stories", Westword, May 25, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2014

External links

"Official website"

[1] "On the Bus: Taking a Spin on Banjo Billy's Hillbilly Contraption", Boulder Daily Camera, November 5, 2005. Retrieved March 20, 2014

[2] McGuire, Heidi, http://archive.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=80078 Archived 2014-03-21 at archive.today "Haunted Bus Tours Ride Through Boulder", 9News, October 31, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2014

[3] Prokesch, Peter, "Hop On: Banjo Billy's Beer Tours" Archived 2014-03-21 at the Wayback Machine 5280 Magazine, June 22, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014

[4] Centers, Jessica, http://archive.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=80078 Archived 2014-03-21 at archive.today "Jock Stories", Westword, May 25, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2014

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 ==Tour options==
-The tour buses, nicknamed “traveling hillbilly shacks",<ref>http://www.5280.com/top-of-the-town/banjo-billy%E2%80%99s-bus-tours {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321073327/http://www.5280.com/top-of-the-town/banjo-billy%E2%80%99s-bus-tours |date=2014-03-21 }} "Top of the Town Editor's Choice 2012: Banjo Billy's Bus Tours", 5280 Magazine, July 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014</ref> operated year-round.  The 90-minute guided history tours mix history, crime stories and comedy,<ref>Hood, Grace, https://www.npr.org/2013/07/10/192806151/banjo-billys-bus-tour-history-mystery-and-bad-jokes "Banjo Billy's Bus Tour: History, Mystery and Bad Jokes", NPR, July 10, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2014</ref> with stops at points of interest in downtown Denver and Boulder.  Throughout October, Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours runs 90-minute guided ghost tours in Denver and Boulder.  The three-hour brewery tours in Denver operate weekly, with additional tours during the [[Great American Beer Festival]], and include stops at four breweries.<ref>Porter, William, {{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_21194172/guide-offbeat-ways-tour-colorado#axzz2wWB2Whfw |title=A guide to offbeat ways to tour Colorado - the Denver Post |accessdate=2014-03-21 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321070251/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_21194172/guide-offbeat-ways-tour-colorado |archivedate=2014-03-21 }} "A Guide to Offbeat Ways to Tour Colorado", Denver Post, July 31, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014</ref>  Private tours are also offered.<ref>http://denvercolorado.org/travel/travel-and-leisure/banjo-billy-bus-tours/ "Banjo Billy's Bus Tours", DenverColorado.org, May 15, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2014</ref> History tours and ghost tours depart in Denver from the [[Colorado Convention Center]] and in Boulder from the [[Hotel Boulderado]]. Denver brewery tours depart from [[Wynkoop Brewing Company]].
+The tour buses, known as 'traveling hillbilly shacks,' operate year-round and offer 90-minute guided history tours that blend history, crime anecdotes, and humor. These tours cover key points of interest in downtown Denver and Boulder. During October, Banjo Billy’s Bus Tours conduct 90-minute guided ghost tours in both cities. Additionally, Denver hosts three-hour brewery tours on a weekly basis, with extra tours during the Great American Beer Festival, featuring stops at four breweries. Private tours are available. Departures for history and ghost tours in Denver are from the Colorado Convention Center and in Boulder from the Hotel Boulderado. Denver brewery tours depart from Wynkoop Brewing Company.
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