tours for schools Groups 2019/20 Ireland’s leading school tour specialists Organising a school trip? We’re here to help. We know it can be time consuming to plan a school trip, that’s why we work hard to ease the pressure on teachers. Choose NST for: • More than 20 years’ experience of creating expertly planned school trips Inspire their • A wide range of inspiring tour destinations future career at • A tailor-made quote with no hidden costs & flexibility to hold arrangements until deposits are collected Immersive • A dedicated, educational travel expert to take care of all the details & student events create a personalised, smooth-running daily itinerary for KS4 & KS5 learners • My Tour Manager - our award-winning online trip organiser - to give teachers 24/7 access to their school trip information and help keep on track of admin Our LIVE! student events • Instant access to trip information whilst on tour with our award- combine a conference with LIVE! winning travel app presentations from expert speakers • 24-hour emergency cover, audited accommodation & transport, a and take place in Disneyland® Paris wide choice of assessed excursions & FREE preview visits to assist and New York. with risk assessment planning • On-the-ground support from NST’s representatives, guides & See back cover to find out more escorts in many of our destinations about these exciting events! • Reassurance for parents & teachers with NST’s Locate My Trip providing live updates on a group’s tour location • Financial protection – NST are fully bonded through ABTA, ATOL and IATA and bonded and licensed by the Irish Government as a travel agent. Queen Elizabeth School Looking for a helping hand for your next school trip? Get in touch today. Call +353 (0)1 8940300 Email us at [email protected] Visit nst.ie or chat online With you every step of the way Contents Introduction 2-3 In this day and age, having a trustworthy travel partner Theme parks 4-5 tops most teachers’ lists when it comes to taking a school Dublin 6-7 trip. With more than 20 years’ experience of planning and Derry 8 organising educational tours, you’ll be in safe hands with NST. Belfast 9 Our trips offer the best possible value, making learning outside the classroom more London 10-13 accessible and affordable for families. Our focus is always to include exciting educational Manchester 14 experiences in every group’s itinerary; experiences that are guaranteed to inspire pupils. Edinburgh 15 What’s more we’re fully bonded through ABTA, ATOL, and IATA and bonded and licensed by the Irish Government as a travel agent, so you’ve no worries there. Paris 16-19 Loire Valley 20 We appreciate the time pressures you’re under as a teacher and we’ve had some great feedback on how our online school trip organiser, My Tour Manager, helps to ease the Normandy 21 load. It’s here where you can easily keep on top of your school trip admin and download Northern France & 22-23 free resources all in one place. You can also take all your travel documents on tour Belgium digitally with our app, My Tour Manager-On-the-Go. See page 2 for more details. Barcelona & Salou 24-25 Peace of mind is key whilst you’re on tour too and 24-hour support is always just a phone Madrid 26-27 call away with NST. In addition, your school can follow your group’s location with our trip Krakow 28-29 tracker, Locate My Trip, providing greater reassurance to both teachers and parents. Berlin 30-31 Wherever you’re thinking of going this year, be inspired and assured with NST. Munich 32-33 We’ll be with you every step of the way. Rhine & Moselle 34 Brussels 35 Amsterdam 36 Our commitment to sustainability Christmas Markets 37 Rome 38-39 Supporting reforestation - As a tour operator with a commitment to sustainability and environmentally-responsible educational travel, we’re delighted to be partnering with Carbon Bay of Naples 40-41 Footprint to offset carbon emissions, reduce deforestation and provide wildlife habitats. Lake Garda 42 For every school trip booked with us, a Maya nut tree will be planted in Peru supporting Florence & Venice 43 reforestation, providing benefits to local communities and supporting forest biodiversity. Iceland 44-45 Carbon emission reductions - To guarantee carbon New York 46-48 emission reductions, we’ve pledged to offset an Washington DC 49 additional tonne of CO2 through the Portel-Para reducing deforestation project in the Brazilian Amazon. China 50-51 LIVE! student events Back cover Early booking discount Refer a friend to NST Book by end of October 2019 & save €25/£25pp on all European & Recommend a colleague or teacher from any school and when they worldwide tours. book a new tour, we’ll give you €250/£250! Just ask them to quote ‘refer a friend’ scheme when they enquire. Multi tour bonus teacher inspection visits If your school books two or more tours with NST for travel in the same school year, your school will earn a bonus of €500/£500! Take advantage of seeing all a destination has to offer by accompanying us on one of our teacher inspection visits. Visit before you go In 2020 we’ll be offering teachers the opportunity to join us on one of Queen Elizabeth School our visits to Budapest or Morocco. Book your place now by emailing Qualify for a 2 night complimentary stay for 2 people in your chosen [email protected] or calling +353 (0)1 894 0300. destination. Front cover image: St Bedes and Josephs Catholic College See website for terms and conditions. +353 (0)1 8940300 Get in touch... SEE More online... nst.ie 3 [email protected] THEME PARKS Towers Alton Here are just a few of our most popular theme parks. Contact NST today to enquire about other theme parks and water parks in your chosen destination. uk Alton Towers Alton Towers Resort is home to an awesome choice With over 50 rides and attractions, Alton Towers Resort of world first rollercoasters – enjoy G-forces greater is the UK’s number 1 theme park. than a space shuttle on the legendary Nemesis, brave NEW! Alton Towers Dungeon - Take a journey through Oblivion’s iconic vertical drop, ride The Smiler’s 14 Staffordshire’s darkest history during the Alton Towers loops or satisfy your need for speed on Rita – hold on dungeon experience! Guaranteed to make you laugh tight! and scream in equal measure, expect live actors, Younger pupils will love exploring favourites at CBeebies immersive scenes and striking special effects during this Land including Postman Pat Parcel Post, Mr. Bloom’s spectacular walk-through experience. Allotment, Justin’s House Pie-O-Matic Factory and Suitable when visiting Manchester, Liverpool & Wales the In the Night Garden Magical Boat Ride. 4 Theme Parks Our school travel experts are here to help you personalise your tour uk Thorpe Park Derren Brown’s Ghost Train: Rise of the Demon at THORPE PARK Resort. Take your one way ticket on a horrifying journey into the chilling depths of the unknown. With intense live action and thrilling physical effects, the grasp of the Demon awaits. Are you brave enough to come face to face with the Demon as it rises from the darkness? Suitable when visiting London France France Disneyland® Paris Parc Astérix Open all year round. Your students will gain so much from Parc Astérix is home to over 30 outside attractions, all based learning and interacting in this world-famous resort. Both around the famous Astérix comic-strips, and is a fantastic Disneyland® Park and Walt Disney Studios® Park are jam-packed alternative to Disneyland® Paris. It is especially well known for its with rides, shows and attractions, all of which provide a great large variety of rollercoasters, and incorporates rides and themes environment for your students to work together, bond as a from ancient cultures such as the Romans and the Gauls. class and challenge their personal boundaries. Suitable when visiting Paris Suitable when visiting Paris © Disney Germany Germany Phantasialand Skyline Park Phantasialand is one of Europe’s top entertainment parks. It is the With more than 60 rides and attractions including roller coasters number one German entertainment park for school groups from and water rides, action enthusiasts will not be disappointed here! Ireland. Seven themed areas with worldwide unique attractions and internationally multi-award-winning shows, promise to be Galaxy Erding great fun and an educational experience for all your students. Galaxy Erding boasts a total of 27 waterslides that provide 2,700m of adventure and adrenaline together with lots of spectacular effects. Suitable when visiting Valkenburg, Rhine & Moselle Slides are split into three categories - Family, Action and X-treme. Suitable when visiting Munich Spain Italy PortAventura & Ferrari Land, Salou Gardaland PortAventura has everything to make a school trip The largest theme park in Italy, attracting over two million unforgettable! Both students and teachers will have a visitors a year, with various rides and themed entertainments great time in these amazing parks. PortAventura Park suitable for all ages. Gardaland is home to six roller coasters is an astonishing amusement park divided in five thematic areas and a total of 32 rides. This park is full of adrenaline, fantasy with many rides and shows. PortAventura Aquatic Park is a and adventure. If excitement is what you are looking for, this water park packed with waves and slides. Ferrari Land is the new, is not to be missed while in Lake Garda. authentic Ferrari experience of excitement, adrenaline and fun. Suitable when visiting Lake Garda Suitable when visiting Barcelona & Catalonia +353 (0)1 8940300 Get in touch..
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