Why Choose NST

At NST we realise how much time and effort you put into making an educational visit possible for your pupils. We understand how valuable the visit can be, if the right mix of activties are included, the work that is required to promote your visit and the processes involved in funding and collecting money for the visit, plus much more besides.

For these reasons, we aim to make the process for you as easy and hassle free as possible, ensuring at the same time that you get the best price and service that you deserve.

As the UK’s leading educational visits operator, in 2006 we arranged over 4,000 school and college group visits to destinations throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide. This is what we do best and we hope that you will put your trust into us to create the perfect visit for your group.

Expert Knowledge and Experience

  • We offer you over 40 years of experience in creating educational visits for schools and colleges.
  • Our service includes teams of consultants specialising in creating curriculum focused arrangements for specific subjects and age groups such as:

    Primary KS2                  Spanish Language

    History                          Music

    Art & Design                  Geography

    English & Drama            Media Studies

    French Language            Science

    German Language          Sport


  • Our consultants have comprehensive knowledge of each of the destinations we offer.

Visits designed to Meet Your Curriculum Needs (Pre-planned and Tailor-Made)

  • We offer a range of ready made itineraries to help make your planning as simple as possible.
  • As an alternative to our ready made itineraries, we can create a tailor-made visit to suit your exact needs and budget.
  • When creating a tailor-made itinerary, our consultants will provide you with a range of options that you can select from, working with them to build the perfect visit for your study group.

The Very Best Prices

  • As the largest educational visits provider in the UK, NST offer unbeatable value for money and the most competitive prices in the market.
  • We offer a range of Early Booking Discounts to help keep the cost down. Please ask us for more details.
  • Free places for group leaders (conditions apply)

Safety and Financial Protection

  • We provide peace of mind with our comprehensive, externally verified Safety Management System, operated since 1994.
  • We offer an away from home, 24 hour contact service in the unlikely event of an emergency.
  • NST is a full ABTA member and fully bonded with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) under ATOL 2916, providing you a your pupils with the financial protection you deserve.

Inspection Visits

  • Inspection visits are available to all destinations. For more details click here or call for contact us for more details.
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