Travel Notes
Nice to Meet You!
Back to School season is always exciting, filled with anticipation and first impressions. New students, new faculty, new friends – it’s one of our favorite times of year!
As the smell of freshly sharpened pencils hangs in the air, we’d love the opportunity to introduce ourselves to our new readers out there. And offer a few ways for you to connect with us, because we’d love to get to know you as well!
Our Story
BRT Cares
Student safety has always been our top priority. For decades, we’ve been designing and modifying our best practices around safety and this latest season is no different. We specifically designed our BRT Cares program to help our travelers and their parents feel safe on the road.
We’re Bob Rogers Travel and we’ve had the privilege of traveling the world with directors and their students since 1981. Our founder, Bob Rogers, was an experienced band director who had seen travel impact the lives of his students, so he set out to create a group travel company that served the unique needs of his fellow educators and their student performers. Today, the Rogers family continues to serve band directors and music educators across the country.
Your Experience
We work to make every aspect of our service customer-centric, simplifying the travel planning process so you can focus on making music and memories with your students.
From the time you book your trip to the moment your students take the stage, you’ll work with the same travel planning team, ensuring you always have the support you need. Beyond the team you’ll have working behind the scenes, you’ll also have the support of our BRT programs and tools:
BRT Cares
Student safety has always been our top priority. For decades, we’ve been designing and modifying our best practices around safety and this latest season is no different. We specifically designed our BRT Cares program to help our travelers and their parents feel safe on the road.
Trip Assurance Program
A performance tour is a significant investment that deserves protection. Our Trip Assurance program ensures that if your group cancels its trip for reasons beyond its control, we will be your advocate to get you the highest refund possible. Every trip we plan includes this program the moment the trip is confirmed, allowing our clients to book with confidence and travel worry-free.
Technology
We use technology to streamline planning, payment and memory-making through our customized, user-friendly tools. We simplify trip money management through our Payment System, consolidating all payment details in one system that we manage for our clients, so they don’t have to. On the trip, students can share photos and memories with the folks back home with our BRT Moments that Matter app, featuring private photo sharing.
By The Numbers
Over the last 40 years, our team of veteran musicians, music educators and travel professionals has:
- Explored more than 115 destinations in the United States
- Traveled to over 40 countries across the world
- Partnered with more than 2,000 schools
- Introduced 600,000 students to performance travel
- Walked over 2,500 parade routes with our clients
- Developed over 14,000 unique itineraries
We’ve built lasting relationships incredible destinations, clinicians and vendors and are proud of the recognition we’ve earned for our work and partnerships:
- Disney Partners Award for exemplary leadership and achievement within the student travel industry, providing quality experiences and demonstrating business integrity, while embracing and promoting the magic of Disney.
- Broadway.com Top Producer’s Circle in recognition of BRT’s status as a leading promoter of Broadway to the group travel industry.
- Top Producer Award for Disney Performing Arts OnStage programs at the Walt Disney World® Resort
- Top Producer for Festival Disney programs at the Walt Disney World® Resort
- Top Producer for Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Charter Member of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum
That’s who we are – who are you? If you’re new here, we’d love to know a little about you and the travels you’ve been dreaming about for your student performers. Our travel consultants are ready to share all the possibilities – from first trips to once-in-a-lifetime trips. You can reach out via email or our website – we can’t wait to meet you!
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