Experience Education Brochure

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CURRICULUM TOURS

EXPEDITIONS

SPORTS TOURS

SKI TRIPS

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Introduction

What We Offer

Peace of Mind

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Curriculum Tours

Expeditions

Ski Tours

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Activity Centres

Sports Tours

Sports Tours

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Sustainability

Get In Touch

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For over 40 years, our specialist educational travel brands have made it their mission to deliver the most diverse and extraordinary range of educational travel experiences on the planet.

We’ve successfully launched over 45,000 school trips and seen more than 1.5 million students travel throughout 100 countries. And while 2020 was a year which brought these life enriching experiences to a grinding halt, it also reminded us of their immeasurable value. So during the last 18 months, we’ve taken time to think about how we can deliver the very best in educational travel in a post-lockdown world.

Some things remain the same; the importance of our teams of specialists, creating trips to deliver the very best outcomes for students.

And of course, making every step as easy as possible for the educators. And some things have changed; so we’ve developed financial assurances for COVID related refunds and further strengthened our health and safety protocols, bringing peace of mind should society become grounded again.

Find out more about Experience Education over the next few pages, and how we can create extraordinary experiences for you and your students.

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WHAT We Offer Extraordinary Experiences

We recognise that these trips are often amongst the first that young people undertake without family, and so our mission is to deliver truly life enriching experiences that will stay with them forever.

Peace of Mind

We are committed to providing the most secure financial and physical safety assurances available, as demonstrated by our legacy of accreditations, awards and positive customer reviews.

Freedom of Choice

We understand the many varied needs and budgets of educators and students when developing trips, and so we offer the widest range of educational travel options and itineraries available under the one roof.

Sustainability

We are committed to the important journey of travelling in such a way that ensures a brighter future for both people and planet.

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WE CAN CREATE UNIQUE ITINERARIES TO OVER 1,000 DESTINATIONS ACROSS 5 CONTINENTS

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GIVING YOU P eace of Mind We know that schools, colleges and clubs are desperate to restart educational travel, with an understandable focus on the financial and personal safety assurances of the travel company they choose.

We strongly believe that the future of school travel depends on travel organisations increasing their focus and commitment to these areas, and so have made it our mission to lead the industry in providing these reassurances to our school communities.

All our Experience Education brands have a long history of holding nationally recognised safety accreditations, and alongside the 2000+ in-country safety audits carried out each year, we do everything we can to ensure our travellers are safeguarded in the very best ways possible.

And since 2020, we as an organisation, have refunded as many as 20,000 families across the UK due to COVID-19 cancellations. In addition, we have the financial stability of being part of Travelopia, one of the world’s largest collection of travel brands.

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ACTIVITY CENTRES EXPEDITIONS

SKI TRIPS

SPORTS TOURS

CURRICULUM TOURS

Choose from the widest range of educational trips offerings across 5 categories of travel.

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Experience Curriculum with Travelbound is the experiential travel specialist that oversee our Curriculum Tours.

With more than 30 years experience, Travelbound are the industry leaders in high quality, subject-led tours for schools, universities, colleges and clubs.

With bespoke itineraries to incredible worldwide destinations, and our exclusive Chateau du Molay in Normandy, we tailor every tour to meet your specific educational and cultural requirements.

Whether it’s a History Trip to New York & Washington, introducing Art & Design students to Paris, or organising orchestra and choir performance tours in Italy, every detail will be taken care of to create a truly tailormade, inspiring learning experience.

info@travelbound.co.uk travelbound.co.uk

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Curriculum

50+ EDUCATIONAL THEMES TO CHOOSE FROM 160+ TAILOR MADE TOURS

A wonderful service from a very professional and customer friendly organisation. All services were great, the trip achieved the educational aims and students had a great time. Thank you!

- UCB

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Experience Expeditions with World Challenge is the experiential travel specialist that oversee our School Expeditions.

Our Expeditions have been refined over 30 years of student travel, with an emphasis on developing tomorrow’s leaders through international cultural immersion.

Our team of expert leaders boast some of the highest accreditations possible in the fields of physical and mental development, with on-the ground (and often remote) community partnerships in over 40+ countries around the world.

With a focus on leadership, learning service (often through sustainability and regeneration initiatives) health and wellbeing, students walk away from these experiences with an enriched view of self and a new found confidence to take on the world.

findoutmore@myworldchallenge.com weareworldchallenge.com

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Expeditions 150,000+ STUDENTS TRAVELLED SINCE 1986

40+ COUNTRIES ON OFFER

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Experience Ski with

Skibound are the experiential travel specialists that oversee our School Ski Trips.

Skibound is the leading provider of snowsport trips to schools and colleges in the UK, with over 35 years’ experience of running trips to the finest resorts in Europe and North America.

Our dedicated team offer the highest level of planning and advice, with in-depth resort knowledge and long standing partnerships to find and deliver the perfect ski trip for your group.

As passionate skiers ourselves. our aim is to ensure every student and teacher returns home with a sense of accomplishment, an enriched view of self and a love of skiing that will last a lifetime.

info@skibound.co.uk skibound.co.uk

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Ski

+35 YEARS OF ORGANISING SCHOOL SKI TRIPS

100+ DESTINATIONS ACROSS EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA I never hesitate to book with SkiBound, simply because I know that they consistently deliver an authentic and complete package that represents the best value on offer.

- Ralph Allen School

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Activit y Centres with JCA are the experiential travel specialists that oversee our domestic Activity Centre-based tours.

JCA have been providing school groups with adventure-based, outdoor learning for over 25 years.

With an emphasis on enjoyment, education, and building self-confidence our UK activity centres offer a choice of one-day visits and multi-night residentials, as well as netball and football tournament weekends.

Uniquely, your action-packed, curriculum linked itinerary will be overseen by a dedicated JCA instructor. They are with you throughout, getting to know your students and ensuring every individual has the confidence and opportunity to get involved, nurture new skills and have an incredible time.

enquiries@jca-adventure.co.uk jca-adventure.co.uk

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Activit y Centres 1 DAY OR MULTI-DAY DOMESTIC TRAVEL +600K STUDENTS VISITED SINCE 1994 The JCA staff were exceptional, making the trip a wonderful experience for our year 7’s, giving them a relaxed and fun atmosphere for them to bond as a year group.

- Marshfield Special School

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Experience Sportwith

Edwin Doran are the experiential travel specialists that oversee our tailormade Sports tours.

Having taken more teams on sports tours than any other provider (12,000 last time we checked), Edwin Doran Sports Tours are the leaders in tailormade school sports travel.

Using our specialist knowledge, gained over years in the industry, and global partnerships, we build bespoke tours with well-matched fixtures in some of the most exotic host countries in the world.

Across rugby, hockey, cricket, netball and more, our tours promote physical and mental development as a team and as individuals.

And above all, our teams return with life-long memories of the people they have met and learned from along the way.

ed@edwindoran.com edwindoran.com

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Sport

12,000+ SUCCESSFUL SPORTS TOURS SINCE 1974

This was a 5 star experience for us from the quality of hockey and netball played to the hospitality and range of cultural experiences. By far the best tour I have been on in my tour experience.

Stamford Endowed School

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Experience Sportwith

MasterClass are the travel specialists that oversee our Sports events and festivals.

For nearly 30 years, MasterClass have been delivering events across UK and Europe to over 3,000 students a year. From high calibre coaching sessions to tournaments and even local fixtures, we have the expertise to create a truly exceptional sports festival experience.

Whether it’s netball in Spain, football in Holland or one of our many other events, our MasterClass team will be on-site throughout to make sure everything runs smoothly.

In fact every aspect of a MasterClass event is designed for total peace of mind and to create memories that will remain long into the future.

info@masterclasstours.co.uk masterclasstours.co.uk

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Sport

3000+ STUDENTS TRAVELLING EACH YEAR

TAILOR MADE MATCH UPS All the staff are so welcoming, accommodating and helpful with any issues or concerns. The whole tour party had a fantastic time, and asked when they could go again!

The Marist School, Ascot

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Sustainabilit y We believe in the many incredible, life-changing impacts of experiential travel and stand committed to ensuring a brighter future for both people and planet.

Our brands work across the following 5 key action areas:

CARBON We’re adapting the way we operate and run our trips to reduce our carbon footprint.

Currently, 20% of our international trips are WELFARE climate positive, with emissions mitigated Our trips meet a high ethical benchmark through gold standard certified initiatives. with regards to child and animal welfare.

Our aim is to increase this percentage From curated Child Protection forums across incrementally with each day, week, month the world to signing the Wildlife-Friendly travel pledge in partnership with World Animal (and year) that passes.

Protection - we’re dedicated to protecting the EDUCATION most vulnerable members of our society.

We empower our travellers to better understand their impact on people and planet PLASTIC through the use of our newly introduced We are well on our way to achieving a online Learning Management System, with total ban of single use plastics on our trips. informative pre-departure tips on how to make We have begun limiting plastics through responsible choices while travelling. initiatives such as the Travellers Against Plastic pledge, already culling over 100,000 plastic bottles from our travellers each year.

WORKPLACES We’re minimising the impact of our offices and workplaces on the environment through use of recycling, paperless documentation, energy efficiency protocols and an introduction of green energy usage wherever possible.

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100,000+ PLASTIC BOTTLES REDUCED EACH YEAR. 20% OF TRIPS CLIMATE POSITIVE. WORLD

ANIMAL PROTECTION PLEDGE.

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WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR SCHOOL

T ravel Experiences Get InT ouch

To talk to us about how we can help with all your school travel experiences, call or email us: +44 (0)1273 244501

eepartnerships@experienceeducation.com experienceeducation.com

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