I am Lisette, the founder of MagicBus. For a little bit of context, I was born in 1993 (I’ll let you guess my age) and my background is in interior design and event design. I started my “mini” career as an event designer in Montreal for C2 Montreal (it was awesome!). Then I quickly decided to throw myself into this crazy project and, for that, to fly back to Europe.
When I started to work on this crazy idea, in 2014, I was still studying and I actually did a bit more studies specially for that purpose (included a DESS in HEC Montreal to build the business plan). And 4 years later, I came back to Europe to make it happen here, in France. Of course, it wasn’t easy and it took A LOT more time than expected but I guess I did it! 😇
Well, I could speak about the MagicBus journey for hours, but I’ll try to keep it simple here. If you want more stories, read this article where I write about the beginnings of MagicBus. And for more information, do not hesitate to email me, or come and meet me directly on board!
Our baby MagicBus was born on 23th of december 2019. On that very day –after a few months of research– I found MagicBus on LeBonCoin, and 24 hours later (the longest and most stressful 24 hours of my life) it was in my garden. It was a huge 12 meters long white bus, with 60 seats inside, some lost students’ notebooks and a lot of chewing gum still glued under the seats. What a nice Christmas gift !
The conversion part was definitely one of the best part! We builded MagicBus with the aim of welcoming travellers in comfy home, imagining sharing life stories and a couple of drinks in a good atmosphere. It actually happened, and I must say that I am more than satisfied with the result 🤩 .
These people are Magic and nothing would have been possible without them! They are our MagicPeople ❤️. Some participated to our crowdfunding campaign, some helped with their skill in mechanics or bodywork, some have been a real phsycological support, some came to help us building the interior of the bus up in the mountain, etc…
Coralie Abadie
Margot Abadie
Véronique Abadie
Fantine Abadie
Alessandra Alba
Laure Ammeux
Jean-François Archambault
Paul Aubert
Paul-Antoine Aubry
Nicolas Bai
Juan Mateo Barrera Gonzalez
Agnès Barth
Kostia Belychev
Tarik Benali
Nathalie Benazet
Siloé Bernier
Anne-Sophie Blancato
Nicolas Bon
Laura Bonzom
Christophe Borios
Carmen Bossé
Cyrille Botau
Claudie Bouchard
Adrien Boudoussier
Maxim Bragoli
Vincent Bronner
Juliette Brulé
Bernard Cannac
Etienne Caron
Laura Cherbonnier
Christian Cornille
Fréderique Corson
Pascale Coulon Bon
Bastien Curutchet
Veronique Curutchet
Claire Dalia
Lucy Darras
Beatriz Demi
Johnny Depp
Antoine Deums
Elvire Dhoine
Marie-Claude Dinay
Jean Dinay
Sabine Dinay
Rami Djebari
Max Downe
Monique & Serge Dubarry
Camille Dugay
Arthur Duplaa
Faustin Duprat
Manuella Duprat
Chléo Dupuy
Salim Elkoui
Vincent Escale
Dominique Esperon
Roxane Esperon
Elsa Estadieu
Mathilde Frances
Carter Franklin
Marie Gallet
Arno Gambarini
Helene Garraud
Valentine Gadeau
Robin Gédin
Christine Genevois
Camille Gibert
Gautier Goddefroy
Peter Grabitz
Emilie Graveline
Charles Grenier
Marthe Grezaud
Hélène Guitard
Camille Guitard
Amelita Helaoui
Hend Henni
Jennifer Hettich
Michel Jobelot
Sébastien Juste
Benoit Lafond
Maude Lamarche
Blandine Laperche
Yohann Laurent
Julie Lauvergeon
Marie & Ronan Le Fur
Gonzague LeMulot
Marie Lenique
Laura Lespesteur
Charlie Leyder Fauvel
Maxime Louis-Seize
Anne-Laure Lucas
Pascale Macaud
Claude Macaud
Florence & Bruno Vuillemin
Matthieu Vuillemin
Rebecca
Helene Manaud-Conter
Asma Manssouri
Déborah Marchienne
Stephanie Marie
Nicolas Martinelli
Bruno Martinelli
Benjamin Martinez
Quentin Marty
Lea Massardier
Sine Meigney
Jeanne Ménard
Alice Milard
Fredéric Milhes
Christophe Millet
Sandrine Mnk
Laurie Muller
Shreejee Nayee
Angel Negrel
Rachel Northedge
Valérie Nouvel
Bruno Pequin
Line Pequin
Marion Pequin
Jean Petitdemange
Thomas Plamontagne
Léonardo Poli
Antoine Poplimont
Cecile Prevost
Alexander Rame Didier
Thomas Retureau
Salomé Romao
Kathleen Rose Kennedy
Mélanie Roulet
Teddy Santin
Fanny Sarrail
Lamia Shraibi
Mahery Stefan
Ben Tang
Pierre Tess
Thomas Thiery
Corentin Tobar
Jean Tonna
Philippe Tonna
Lise Triaud
Samson Vayssières
Karolina Velautham