Travel Notes
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Showcasing African American Musical Influence on Your Tour
Travel NotesOne would be hard-pressed to think of a genre of American music that is not heavily influenced by African American musicians. While the influence of African Americans on our nation’s music is found in nearly every major city, a few cities do a...
Preparing Your Student Group for New Cultures
Travel NotesOne of the most exciting aspects of international travel is the chance to experience a new culture. Here are some tips to help you prepare your students for experiencing a new culture on your student performance tour: Buy a Guidebook ...
Last Minute Trip Ideas for your Student Performance Tour
Travel NotesIf you haven’t had time to plan a 2015 trip, there is still time! There are many destinations that won’t break the bank, and are perfect for an overnight or weekend last minute performance trip. Keep reading to find out what makes each of our four...
Packing Tips for your Student Performance Tour
Travel NotesTake the stress out of packing, and set your trip up for success! With these simple packing tips, even your students who have never traveled before will have no trouble gathering their belongings before a trip. Use a List Creating a check list of what...
International Travel Essentials
Travel NotesMany groups are preparing for the excitement of international travel, or considering planning a trip overseas. Here are some international travel essentials to help make international travel with your student performance group a breeze. Passports...
Finding the Perfect Bowl Game for Your Student Performance Group
Travel NotesWith college football season upon us, now is the perfect time to start planning next year’s bowl game trip. Bowl game events are exciting for bands because they often feature not only a pre-game or halftime performance at a well-attended (and watched)...
A Guide to Essential Pre-Trip Forms
Travel NotesIf you are one of the many groups choosing to travel with us in this spring, your BRT team has likely begun reminding you about the various pre-trip forms we will be needing prior to your tour. Crossing these items off of your list now is a great way to...
Find the Perfect Holiday Parade for your Marching Band
Travel NotesThe holidays bring some of the most well-known parades and events for marching bands. Now is the time to start applying and planning your trip to one of these holiday events - but which one is right for you? Here are some of our favorites, along with...
Our Team’s Thanksgiving Traditions
Travel NotesAs we prepare to gather with our families for Thanksgiving, we pause to thank you, our readers, for your continued support. We are thankful to be serving you and your students. Thanksgiving is full of meaningful and fun traditions, and our team compiled...
The personal touches that BRT provides. Your company gets to know the people they work with. I have never felt like a "number" with BRT.
Leslie Schmidt
Columbia Central Junior High School
Class Trip, DC Tour
I appreciated the flexibility Bob Rogers showed us with the billing and various payments we had to make. We thought we were adding more and ended up not but you were great about giving us extra time to work out what we needed to on our end.
Loraine Wistrom
Plum Grove Junior High School
Band, Chicago Tour
BRT is always on top of all details. Even when something has slipped through the cracks, changed, or something unexpected comes up, BRT is flexible enough to make the changes needed to make everything right. We have always been so well taken care of and the personal attention is what makes your company special.
Dameon Place
Pella Community High School
Band, Orlando Tour
This was my 5th trip with Bob Rogers, and I appreciate the professionalism and also the willingness to work with me and my students to make each trip the very best it can be.
Trey Jacobs
Nashville School of the Arts
Choir, Atlanta & Tuscaloosa Tour
You make the process so easy - step-by-step of what needs to be done, guidance along the way, available (and quick) to respond to questions and making me feel like me and my students are your priority.
Beth Vaughn
Bowling Green High School
Choir, New York City Tour
The quality of service that you provided us with was second to none. The organization and communication were exceptional and we always felt we were in “the loop” on things both before and during the trip.
Bob Mecozzi
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Band, Orlando Tour
BRT hands down has been the absolute best travel company I have worked with in my 18 years in education. My interactions with BRT have always been so much more than just traveling from one destination to another...the focus has always been on people and providing them with experiences of a lifetime.
Barry Houser
University of Illinois
Band, Ireland Tour
From the scheduling, to planning, to overseeing, to leading, to customer service, everyone involved was courteous, prompt, and hospitable. Everyone did their jobs well and turned the trip experience into something better than we had anticipated.
David Dvorak
Lakewood Middle School
Band, Nashville Tour
Very Organized - even when problems develop. We've gone on enough trips with Bob Rogers to know how BRT operates - always first class, always prepared.
Joe Carl
Sumner High School
Band, Los Angeles Tour
The whole BRT team was extremely attentive, accommodating and reliable. Every detail was attended to and my stress level the entire trip was at an all-time low.
Joel Vanderheyden
Jefferson College
Band, New Orleans Tour
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