Travel Notes
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Performing abroad, expanding horizons
Travel NotesWhile we spend much of the year leading performance travel tours to some incredible stateside destinations (we’re looking at your New York City, Orlando and Chicago), we’re seeing more and more directors looking to travel abroad with their students....
Meaning in music education
Travel NotesIf you’ve been reading our Travel Notes Blog for any length of time, you know that we’re passionate about supporting the arts, music education in particular. The important work that music educators (our heroes!) do is the very heartbeat of our business...
Where to? The best cities for students
Travel NotesIf you’ve ever traveled with students, you’ve witnessed that magical moment when a young person experiences “the city” for the first time. Whether she rounds a corner, steps off a bus or watches from the window during her plane’s descent, her first...
Paying for travel should be easy
Travel NotesYou have a trip on the calendar, hooray! Choosing a destination, dreaming up an itinerary and counting down the days are the parts of a student performance travel experience that everyone loves. Collecting checks, organizing spreadsheets and chasing...
Let’s go! Our Top 10 Attractions!
Travel NotesWhen it comes to lists, it’s usually difficult for us to narrow down our travel favorites because who can choose when the world is so big? Today, we’re sticking to the numbers – of all the trips we do each year, these are the most requested attractions...
When to travel: Trips for all seasons
Travel NotesGreat planning makes travel possible any time of year – but every destination has its own seasonal pluses and minuses. If you’re planning in our “sweet spot” of 12-15 months out, you’ll have more destinations (and seasons!) to choose from. Let’s take a...
STEM to STEAM – How arts education changes everything
Travel NotesThe acronym STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) made a big splash in the early 2000’s and remains a huge focus in the education world. This trend had positive effects to be sure, but had unfortunate ramifications on an already...
Learning on Tour – Civil Rights
Travel NotesExploring the world with your students is one of the best ways to bring classroom lessons to life in meaningful, memorable ways. We’ve shared our recommendations for sharing 9/11 with students – this latest post highlights another opportunity to expose...
The Awesome Big Apple – 10 Reasons we love NYC
Travel NotesWe’ve shared the ten reasons we love our hometown of Chicago, but today we’re talking about another BRT favorite – New York City! But capturing just ten reasons is like asking us to eat just one bite of a Coney Island hotdog. Here goes nothing!...
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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