Charter Bus Business Trip In Houston
April 26th, 2007Houston is the fourth largest city in the US, and home to 1.9 million people. It is also a great center for business which is why our company chose Houston as our annual meet and greet with other offices across the country. When our branch chose to charter a bus in Houston to see the sights and get us from meeting to meeting, I couldn’t have been more relived. There is nothing I wanted less than to travel around in an unknown city in the 90 plus heat possibly getting lost.
After the meetings for the day were over we were able to tell the Houston charter bus driver what locations we would want to visit. You may think it is a western desert city however you may be pleasantly surprised at the lush green landscape. We told the driver first to take us to a revitalized downtown. This is the spot for dozens of restaurants, clubs, galleries, and retail shops along with the well-respected Theater District and the new Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. Downtown visitors can stay in a boutique hotel like the Lancaster in the heart of the Theater District or in one of the many major hotels like the Hyatt Regency, Doubletree Hotel, or the new Hilton Americas-Houston. And until the city’s new light rail line is completed in 2004, visitors can use the extensive trolley system to get around downtown.
Next day we took the charter bus to tour of The Reliant Astrodome, the world’s first domed stadium. It is still an architectural and engineering marvel. But it now sits next to the city’s next great wonder–Reliant Stadium. The 69,500-seat, retractable-roof stadium, is home to the Texans NFL team.
Although none of us had kids we would still like to have visited Six Flags AstroWorld and WaterWorld. The theme parks draw millions of visitors annually. But AstroWorld and WaterWorld share the spotlight with several other major attractions. Splashtown is the biggest water park in Texas and offers hours of cool fun in the summer months.
The Museum District, within walking distance of Hermann Park, gives visitors a taste of Houston’s impressive cultural scene. The city is home to more than 500 cultural, visual, and performing arts organizations, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Houston Museum of Natural Science; the Children’s Museum of Houston; the Menil Collection; and the Contemporary Arts Museum. It was at this point that we individually picked and chose which sights to see. We almost needed another charter bus rental trip in Houston to see all the sights
