Senior Leadership Support
Supporting EVC’s, Visit Leaders and SLT’s
Streamlining the coordination, administration, and planning of school travel
Welcome to Rayburn Tours, where the art of creating completely tailored school trips has been our forte since 1965. Today, our family has grown to over 100 people who set out to craft trips for some 30,000 passengers every year, that are fresh, exciting, and unforgettable! 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 who are focussed on whole school touring.
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 and itineraries across a diverse and extensive school touring programme, focusing generally on – educational, ski, sports, and concert tours.
Educational Trips
Designed to match your curriculum & meet your learning requirements
Ski Trips
Unforgettable ski trips to Europe, the USA and Canada
Sports Tours
Competitive sports fixtures with once in a lifetime experiences
Concert Tours
Inspiring young musicians with international touring experiences
Miss Kim Skelton, Perins School & Community Sports College
Your school, your trip, your way
We’re not your average tour company – we’re a dynamic, family-run business born out of a desire to offer rich and unforgettable tailored experiences, that span to adventures outside your standard school trip itinerary. We set out to meet the touring objectives of every school we work with.
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!
Cross curricular trips are a great way to encourage and achieve this. 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.
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. They’ll advise on the destination best suited to meet your tour objectives, plan travel, accommodation and support you in the sign off stages of the trip and launching to parents.
Tour Co-ordinator
Your Tour Coordinator will have intimate knowledge of your tour destination, and working in partnership with you and your school, they’ll fine tune all elements of your itinerary and logistics. 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 departments. 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 and LOTC guidelines is pivotal, enabling us to facilitate broad ranging tailored trips and itineraries across our portfolio of international destinations.
24 Hour Support
The work of this specialist team is to streamline and deliver dedicated customer service support as and when most needed. Our tours involve tedious planning and attention to detail, but we live in a world where multiple cogs come together to create a tour and we have to prepared for the unexpected. This is where their knowledge, experience and skills really come into their own, offering one to one support, advice and guidance.
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
Helen Scoby
Miss N Cain
Nick Cavaye