asterbridge Tours can justifiably claim to have pioneered the development of educational tours and independent adult and student group travel in Europe and other worldwide destinations. We have been successfully operating educational adult and student group travel programs since 1979, and today we are recognized around the globe as the market leader for educational tours and custom group travel to Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Today, schools, colleges, and adult groups requiring a personalized and independent educational tour experience look to Casterbridge Tours, and each year we operate approximately 300 educational tours and adult and student group travel programs. Historically, the majority of these programs consist of group travel in Europe; however, we are increasingly offering adult and student group travel opportunities throughout Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America. Most importantly, all of our educational tours can be custom-designed to meet your group's particular requirements.

A UNIQUE TOURING STRUCTURE... With Casterbridge, each of our adult and student group travel programs operates as its own private group. On our educational tours, therefore, your group will never be combined with any other adult or school groups or individuals on tour. Similarly, each Casterbridge group travel program has the exclusive use of a Casterbridge Tourguide 24 hours a day. Each of our adult and student group travel tours is given an educational tour itinerary that has been tailored specifically around the group's desired dates, themes, and destinations. Our reputation for delivering high quality educational tours and group travel to Europe, Asia, and the Americas has been built on providing well-planned itineraries and all-inclusive pricing as we strive to eliminate the frequent contingencies and hidden extra costs that characterize many other educational travel operators. Casterbridge has taken these principles and structures for adult and student group travel and has carefully formulated our Casterbridge Charter and Travel Philosophy, which we believe represents the ideal for a truly educational travel experience. This charter, along with our fundamental philosophies for adult and student group travel, is one of the reasons so many group leaders return to Casterbridge for educational tours and group travel in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS... With our Operations Team, Head Office and Directors based in Britain, Casterbridge has unparalleled experience and contacts for group travel in Europe, as well as an intimate knowledge of all major sights, accommodations, and educational opportunities for adult and student group travel. Our North American Sales Office, located in historic Virginia, works directly with adult and student group travel leaders to design all of their educational tour programs. Our knowledgeable Tour Coordinators are specialists in group travel throughout Europe and other worldwide destinations, and group leaders benefit from a level of personal service that is unequalled elsewhere in the educational tours industry.

We invite all teachers, professors, and special-interest group leaders to visit our pages dedicated to Educational and Cultural Travel for School and College Groups, as well as those for Adult and Special Interest Group Travel. Our site also features detailed itineraries for group travel in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and all educational opportunities for adult and student group travel. For further details, register online or call 1-800-522-2398 for a copy of our full Educational Tours Catalog shown above.

CONTINUING TO GROW... Due to the success of our educational tours and adult and student group travel programs, we discovered the need to expand by offering performing and musical programs, as well as religious heritage programs. In 1997 these became two separate divisions: Casterbridge Concert Tours, which designs programs for group travel in Europe and around the world for performing groups, and Casterbridge Church Tours, which provides travel opportunities to church groups. These divisions were established with the sole responsibility of providing the specialized attention and expertise needed by performing and religious heritage groups touring abroad.

Casterbridge offers an unrivalled range of performance group travel to Europe, Asia, and the Americas, which combine educational tour experiences with opportunites to perform overseas. We provide performing student group tours as well as adult choral, band, and orchestra programs. Casterbridge employs the same educational travel philosophies, meticulous planning and attention to detail to our performing groups as we do to our regular educational tour groups, which may explain why Casterbridge Concert Tours is increasingly the first choice of discerning choir, band and orchestra directors for performing adult and student group travel.

Our Church Tours division combines educational tour experiences with special worship opportunities on all of its group travel programs to Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Both student group travelers, such as youth groups or J2A groups, and adult groups looking for a spiritual pilgrimage will find that Casterbridge Church Tours can fulfill all of their spiritual and educational tour needs. For further details on our Concert or Church programs, please register online or call 1-800-522-2398 for a copy of our catalogs.

Testimonials... We hope the comments of our adult and student group travel leaders and participants will provide an effective insight into the quality of all of our educational tours. Our group travel programs to Europe, Asia, and the Americas are consistently rated “good” to “excellent,” and we are always complimented on the educational aspects of our tours. If you wish to Register, we can supply hundreds of references from our adult and student group travel leaders throughout North America, who will testify to the highest standards of quality and personal service that can be found on all of our educational tours and adult and student group tour programs.