James Hilson Minicoaches began in 1999 with a single vehicle and a simple aim: get people around Scotland properly, with a driver who actually knew the roads, the courses and the country. Word travelled the way it usually does in this trade — through golf societies, tour operators and hotels who needed someone reliable to call.
Twenty-five years on, the fleet has grown into brand-new Mercedes executive minicoaches seating sixteen, but the business is still run the same way it started: family owned, with the people taking the booking being the same people who plan the trip and, very often, drive it.
No two groups travel the same way. A golf society has tee times to hit and clubs to store. A tour operator wants a Highland route that actually flows. A company needs a driver who turns up early, says little and gets everyone there relaxed. We build the plan around the trip in front of us, rather than fitting every trip into one fixed package.
Need something a little different — a piper waiting at the kerbside, a detour for photographs, an early start nobody had planned for? Tell us, and we'll work out how to make it happen.
Twenty-five years in this trade has also meant building relationships — with hotels, golf clubs and fellow operators right across Scotland. So even when a request falls outside our own fleet, we can usually still point you in the right direction.
Our minicoaches are brand-new Mercedes-Benz executive vehicles, seating up to sixteen, with a professional dedicated driver for every booking. They're built for the kind of journeys we specialise in — comfortable over a long transfer, smart enough for a five-star arrival, and with the room a golf group actually needs for clubs and cases.
