Music Tour Travel Options

Music Tours by Luxury Coach

We are able to hire coaches of varying sizes including 36, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 65, 71, 73 and 82 seater coaches with ski boxes or trailers if necessary.

All the coaches that we hire are luxury vehicles less than 5 years old and are fitted with seat belts. They also have a toilet on board and TV/DVD as well as hot drinks facilities.

We have been working with a small number of reliable companies for many years. Their coaches are fully equipped for the wintry conditions and they have experienced drivers who are able to deal with these conditions.

• Music Trip Journey Timings by Coach

We aim for our music groups to arrive in resort by mid-afternoon, so that you have plenty of time to relax before your evening meal and maybe even fit in a rehearsal.

Journeys from Calais vary according to your destination, with Belgium, Paris and Northern France being about a 3 hour journey. Holland is 5 hours, Germany 6 or 7 hours and then the remainder are overnight journeys. Switzerland and The Czech Republic are 14 hours, Lake Garda and Austria 18 hours, Venice and Barcellona 20 hours and Tuscany is 21 hours.

Music Tour Leaders tell us that the benefit of travelling by coach is that the luggage is loaded once at the pick-up point and does not have to be touched until you reach resort with the students accommodated all together safely on board, except for motorway stops.

• Channel Crossings

Sea France and P+O Ferries on the Dover-Calais route are the normal methods of crossing the Channel, although we are also able to book Eurotunnel trains, if you prefer.

Music Trips by Air

About one quarter of our music groups travel by air. We only use scheduled operators including B.A., Iberia and Alitalia, who can deal with the handling of instruments. Budget airlines can be used for choirs only. The use of scheduled airlines usually results in reasonable daytime departures. We do not use night flights.