Company Overview
Supporting EVC’s, Visit Leaders and SLT’s
Streamlining the coordination, administration, and planning of school travel and educational visits
Welcome to Rayburn Tours, where the art of creating completely tailored school trips has been our forte since 1965. We deliver international school trips across multiple subjects, disciplines, and departments, meaning our experience and skills, are perfectly structured to offer an elevated level of support to EVC’s, and senior leaderships teams and visit leaders.
Today, our family business has grown to over 100 people employees who set out to craft trips for some 30,000 passengers every year, that are fresh, exciting, and unforgettable!
The breadth of our offering.
What it means to you.
School travel is at the heart of everything we do, and through years of experience and exploration, we are able to tailor trips to your requirements across a diverse and extensive school touring programme, focusing on – educational, ski, sports, adventure and concert tours.
We can support your school in practically every area of your trip needs!
Streamlining your schools touring provision by using fewer school travel providers comes with a whole host of benefits. We can provide specialist knowledge and advise, with one approach to administration, one set of terms and conditions and the ability for us to fine tune our partnership, building a relationship to support you, with a better understanding of what you need from us by tailoring our approach to your schools specific touring needs.
Bespoke trips that meet your touring objectives
Looking to plan something unique for your school?
You’re seeking something that will set your school apart? Just talk to us and we’ll work in partnership with you and our network of international suppliers to create a tour and itinerary that meets all your touring objectives.
Working together, we can transform your school’s vision and make it a reality.
Let’s go cross Curricular!
We have a wealth of knowledge in our teams to select destinations that are just perfect for combining learning experiences for students across multiple subjects. It’s an art that we have perfected, tailoring itineraries covering multiple subjects in one trip. A more diverse experience, with greater opportunities for students to travel, and overall encouraging inclusivity.
- History, Politics, Law and English Literature tour to London and Stratford-upon-Avon, The Grammar School Nicosia, including The Houses of Parliament, The Supreme court, Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford, and more!
- Psychology, Media and Sport tour to New York, Lingfield college, including the New York Film Academy workshop, tour and meet of a Psychology department at a local university, and watching a live sport game!
- Football and English tour to Barcelona, UTC South Durham – English students watch peers playing in a local football match and then write up about it.
- Science and Geography tour to Switzerland – Ryedale School, including CERN, Mer de Glace glacier and ice caves, thermal baths, Emosson dam and more.
Our Accreditations
The Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Badge is a national accreditation assuring you that you can be confident in the quality of the educational experiences we provide, linking experiences back to curriculum.
The School Travel Forum (STF) provides a benchmark for best practice in school travel. As founding members of the STF, we understand and facilitate the need of educational travel and manage safety effectively.
Being an ABTA member ensures that in the unlikely event of a tour operator failure, your money is financially protected. If on tour, assistance will be available to ensure the tour can be completed, and you are returned home.
The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT) provides financial protection under The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 for Rayburn Tours 5508BTOT
ATOL is a legal requirement and, when booking a flight tour, ATOL membership ensures that in the unlikely event of a tour operator failure, your money is financially protected and can be recouped.
C-Level gives us the chance to be greener as carbon balancing means we can balance our emissions with sponsored green initiatives from around the world.
Dedicated Support & Specialist Teams
Each and every tour we create has two specialist central points of contact.
Tour Consultant
They will work with you in the initial stages of planning, designing your proposal, advising on the destination best suited to meet your tour objectives and supporting you in the sign off stages of the trip and launching to parents.
Tour Co-ordinator
Many of our Tour Coordinators are linguists and will have intimate knowledge of your tour destination. By working in partnership with you, your school and our suppliers, they’ll fine tune all elements of your itinerary, logistics and reservations. They’ll support you every step of the way.
Key Account Manager
Our Key Accounts Manager acts as a central point of contact. Offering a heightened level of support to EVC’s and Senior Leadership Teams, for planning and advice when a school has a more intense programme of touring.
Transportation
We are one of few tour operators that have a qualified and dedicated transport and aviation department. Our teams have built a strong network of coach, ferry and flight providers to ensure we are able to manage and meet the strict safety compliance requirements as set out by the STF and LOTC. Through ongoing maintenance of these relationships, we are able to secure the best routes and rates on behalf of your school.
Product
We have structured our business to integrate a centralised product department, who together have the combined responsibility for securing and contracting the very best accommodation and excursion providers for all our tours. Compliance with STF regulations, adhering to a strict audit process with suppliers and also compliance with LOTC guidelines is pivotal, enabling us to facilitate broad ranging tailored trips and itineraries across our portfolio of international destinations.
24 Hour Support
We offer a dedicated 24-hour emergency telephone support for group leaders while out on tour. One of our fully trained experts at Rayburn Tours will be at the other end of the line to assist with any emergencies or issues that occur. We want to make sure that tour planning is as simple as possible before, during and after by offering support throughout. So, if you need to contact us on tour, we’re just a phone call away!
Responsibly Rayburn
Sustainability isn’t a buzzword to be thrown around!
While we may not have all the answers, we’re dedicated to making a meaningful contribution to protecting our planet. Check out our latest achievements and what we hope to implement going forward!
Visit our Sustainability Hub
Get In Touch Today
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