Selecting The Right Trip For Your Group
Providing your students with a meaningful travel and performance experience can greatly enhance your recruiting and retention efforts. By considering a few simple factors, you can elevate your next group travel experience from ordinary to extraordinary.
The perfect music trip provides a delicate balance of
• Your goals
• The goals and needs of the students that will makeup the group
• The ability of your community to pay for the trip without undue burden
Your Goals
The list of goals for directors often includes a rewarding performance experience, an educational component, student safety, and conforming with school policy.
Student Goals
Students are usually looking for an opportunity to spend time with close friends, an entertainment component, and a chance to enjoy a few days away from home (or school).
Ability To Pay
One of the great secrets of group travel is that the ability of a community to pay for a trip is not necessarily linked to the price. More often, it is the monthly financial burden that decides how many students will be able to participate.
The interesting fact about the elements listed above is that they are constantly changing, and different for every group. Even groups at the same school will find that their best trips may vary greatly.
Through careful planning and consideration, you can provide your students with a meaningful travel experience that will undoubtedly result in improved morale, recruiting, and retention for your group.