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• Fleet Size – 13 motorcoaches
Schrock Travel began in 1937 as a family owned and operated business in Virginia and Pennsylvania . The Schrock ’ s retired in May 2018 and sold the company to Matt Knott and Tyler Tummolo . When the Schrock ’ s approached Matt and Tyler about selling the company , they were excited to take on a company with such a great legacy . Tyler met his wife , Kim , at the LEGOLAND theme park in Carlsbad , CA in 2012 . They moved to Florida and New York together before settling in West Virginia .
Our sister company River Riders in Harpers Ferry , WV ( an outfitter on the Potomac and Shenandoah River ), that Matt owns , and Tyler operates . Matt and Tyler have both spent many years operating adventure activities for River Riders but also began branching off to use River Riders to offer transportation services . This expansion then led them to Schrock which offers Motorcoach transportation . Since the business was purchased in May , that was the start of the busy season for River Riders so Kim stepped in to help operate the business . Kim ’ s background is in event planning , it was a little bit of a stretch , but she quickly learned how to apply her background of scheduling , managing and execution of events into busing . You have to be able to plan , coordinate , problem solve and adjust quickly in the motorcoach industry and with Kim ’ s background it all fell into place . We grew
Kim Tummolo Schrock / Varsity Travel Co-Owner Kim @ travelvarsity . com
the company from 8 motorcoaches to 13 in two years and grew the driving team from 10 to 30 . We changed the name to Varsity Travel in 2019 . We brought in new marketing with Facebook , Instagram and updated our clientele to more schools and venues in the area . Kim and Tyler had their first child in May 2019 . One year after purchasing Schrock Travel . Kim took maternity leave and then came back and helped in the office a couple of days a week . Their daughter , Sloane , joined them in the office . She took naps in the back office , helped mom plan day trips and watched her dad work on buses . COVID has thrown a huge wrench in the industry , but we have been holding on a fighting through all of the punches .

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