Welcome to Hotard Coaches, Inc.
Hotard provides local charter service as well as multi day road trips nationwide. Hotard also offers group tour packages, sightseeing and destination management. Whether you are planning for business, leisure, performance, competition or education, call Hotard for your group transportation needs.
Hotard Bus Lines pioneered New Orleans area transportation by creating a commuter line run from River Road to downtown New Orleans in the 1930s. Hotard has continuously provided outstanding service with a focus on safety and southern hospitality. Today Hotard Coaches, Inc. is an industry leader with locations in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Biloxi. We have one of the largest fleets in the South and offer late model 25 and 55 passenger MCI motor coaches.
To ensure quality service Hotard…
- Exceeds minimum hiring and training guidelines so that our drivers are fully competent to provide a safe driving experience.
- All Hotard drivers complete an extensive six-week training program in motor coach operation, safety and hospitality.
- Hotard is the only local carrier to teach collision avoidance. It is difficult for drivers to safely control a vehicle in adverse conditions if they haven’t had the opportunity to experience and overcome them.
- Conducts advanced driver training programs every two years
- Has been awarded the highest ratings by the Dept. of Transportation and Dept. of Defense and is the carrier of military personnel throughout the region.
- Carries more than five times the minimum amount of insurance required by the federal government.