asterbridge Tours has been operating educational travel programs and adult and student tour groups since 1979. Casterbridge differentiates itself from other educational student tour operators by having a unique educational travel structure and clearly defined touring and travel philosophies.

'LEARN TO TRAVEL - TRAVEL TO LEARN'... Our motto reflects the fact that we passionately believe in the cultural benefits of our educational student tours. We guarantee a quality educational travel experience on your own custom-designed itinerary, with the use of a private bus and Tour Manager/Guide, with as few as 10 paying participants. Your group will never be combined with other student tour groups who may not share your particular educational travel goals or disciplinary standards. This structure of providing a private educational travel experience exclusively for student tour groups offers clear advantages for all involved:

• You can custom-design every itinerary to suit the precise cultural and educational travel requirements of your student tour group based on the dates, themes and destinations of your choosing, and the specific goals you have for your educational student tour.
• Since you are not combined with other student tour groups, we can provide a personalized educational travel program on the very best scheduled flight routings confirmed at time of booking on guaranteed dates, unlike the majority of other educational student tour operators.
• The Casterbridge guide is with your student tour group at all times, from airport arrival to departure, and will even chaperone the group on evening activities so as to consistently maximize the educational travel experience for your student tour group.
• All excursion and admission costs, airport taxes and weekend flight supplements required are already included in your educational travel program. There are therefore no hidden costs for registration fees, optional excursions or adult supplements for you and your student tour group to encounter at a later date, as is far too commonly the case with other educational student tour operators.

Our Educational Travel Philosophy -
Honesty, Integrity and Variety

The fact that Casterbridge will always guarantee a private custom-designed educational travel program for your student tour group to complement your classroom teaching is just one reason why Casterbridge is a truly educational student tour operator. We invite you to view our Casterbridge Charter and Educational Travel Philosophy, which describes the foundations of our educational travel programs and outlines how we integrate travel with real learning on every educational student tour.

These educational travel components include thematic and chronologically arranged content and a carefully planned balance of educational travel experiences and cultural activities, combined with recreational opportunities such as coastal walks, river cruises, or the ascent of a tower. Our specialized student tours provide participants with a well-rounded cultural and educational travel experience. It is not our philosophy to entice student tour groups to travel with Casterbridge and then add on extra charges later for excursions and admissions that we believe should be included in advance to ensure a truly educational travel experience for all student tour groups. Extra “add-on” charges penalize individual students and dilute the educational travel experience as a whole.

Comments from teachers and students alike testify to the benefits derived from our unique educational travel philosophies and structures. Our entire emphasis for all educational student tours is on honesty, integrity, safety, and education, and we aim to provide total peace of mind for our student tour group leaders. The personal service and attention to detail we provide in the operation of each educational student tour is why Casterbridge is widely recognized as the leader in student group tours and educational group travel for middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities.