School Groups
Educational travel built around your curriculum
Educational Tours creates educational travel experiences designed around your students, curriculum, and learning objectives. Whether your group is exploring American history and civics, discovering the world of science and STEM, performing with a band or choir, experiencing the arts through drama and theater, or celebrating with a senior or class trip, we can build a tour around the subjects and experiences that matter most to your students.
Custom group travel since 1974
ARC accredited
SYTA, NTA and IATAN member
$5,000,000 liability coverage per tour
Groups of 30 to 150
Choose from our different types
Popular school group types
Take learning beyond the classroom and give your students the opportunity to experience history, culture, science, performance, and new destinations firsthand. With a customized itinerary built around your group, every destination becomes an opportunity to learn, connect, and create lasting memories.
History & Civics
Bring history and civics beyond the classroom with educational experiences that make the past and present come to life. Explore historic landmarks, government institutions, museums, and significant sites while connecting classroom lessons to real-world experiences.
Science & STEM
Turn curiosity into discovery with hands-on experiences that bring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to life. From museums and research facilities to science centers and exciting destinations, students can explore STEM concepts in engaging and memorable ways.
Music, Band & Choir
Give students the opportunity to experience music beyond the classroom through performances, workshops, festivals, and unforgettable destinations. Whether traveling to perform, learn from professionals, or simply share their passion for music, Educational Tours can create a trip designed around your ensemble.
Drama & Theatre
Take the stage beyond the classroom with trips designed for students who love drama, theater, and the performing arts. Experience professional productions, renowned theaters, workshops, and behind-the-scenes opportunities that inspire students and bring their studies to life.
Senior & Class Trips
Celebrate an important milestone with a memorable trip designed specifically for your students. Whether it’s a senior getaway, class trip, or end-of-year adventure, Educational Tours helps bring students together through exciting destinations, activities, and experiences.
Something else in mind?
World language, leadership, student government or a trip abroad. If you can teach it, we can build around it.
What we handle
One package, planned around your group
Your teacher or group leader selects the dates, destinations, activities, and meals, while our team handles the details that bring the trip together. From customized tour brochures and promotional materials to payment plans, accounting services, transportation, accommodations, and the option to have a tour coordinator travel with your group, Educational Tours provides the support you need from the initial planning stages through the journey home.
Flights & motorcoach
Air booked directly with the airlines and chartered coach transportation at your destination.
Hotels & meals
Group friendly lodging and a meal plan that fits your schedule and budget.
Tickets & site visits
Attraction admissions and pre arranged visits, all confirmed before you leave.
Brochures for families
A custom trip brochure and materials to help you present the trip at your parent meeting.
Online registration & payments
Travelers apply and pay through our portal, and we handle the accounting for you.
Support around the clock
Direct cell numbers for the people who planned your trip, plus an optional coordinator on site.
How it works
From first idea to the flight home
Share your goals
Tell us your subject, destination ideas, dates and group size.
Get your proposal
We build a day by day itinerary with one clear price per traveler.
Invite travelers
Present the trip with your custom brochure while travelers apply online.
Travel with confidence
We confirm every detail and stay one call away the whole trip.
Answers for every role
Which one are you?
Trip Leaders
Planning, timelines, parent meetings and what to expect from start to finish.
Administrators
Accreditations, insurance, safety practices and district vendor paperwork.
Beyond the classroom
Take learning beyond the classroom
The best educational experiences often happen outside the classroom. From the historic streets of Washington, D.C., and the museums of New York City to the science centers of Chicago, the performing arts of Los Angeles, and destinations around the world, Educational Tours helps students experience the places they learn about firsthand.
Whether your group is exploring American history, discovering new scientific concepts, performing on a new stage, or experiencing another culture, we can customize an itinerary around your educational goals. With opportunities to visit museums, historic landmarks, national parks, theaters, universities, cultural attractions, and more, students can turn lessons into experiences and create memories that stay with them long after the trip is over.
Popular destinations
Where school groups are going
Questions
Common questions from teachers
Most of our school groups travel with somewhere between 30 and 150 participants, and we build the trip and pricing around your actual headcount.
Every trip is fully custom, so we gather multiple quotes for air, hotels, transportation and activities and then give you one total price per traveler for the trip you designed.
Chaperone spots can be built into the per student price. You choose how many to cover, and the most common ratios are one chaperone for every 10 or 15 students.
Each traveler applies online, and families pay by credit card, ACH or mailed check on a payment schedule set for your group. Other arrangements with schools and districts are available on request.
Yes. Most groups are led by their own teachers and chaperones with our office supporting them around the clock, and a tour coordinator can travel with your group if you would like.
Request a custom proposal
Tell us what you teach and where you want to go, we’ll handle everything else.
