“Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something”
— Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics
People travel for a wide range of different reasons. These objectives in traveling include group trips that are undertaken for events and gatherings related to music. These types of group trips come in many forms, and include people from different walks of life that include students and adults who are fans of certain performers. With this in mind, there are some pointers and strategies to bear in mind when it comes to different types of music-related travel.
Music Travel Tours for Students
Over the course of many years, music travel tours involving students have been recurring adventures for younger people. These trips take the form of journeys to competitions of different types to performing at athletic and other events in which a school is participating.
One major change that has taken place in more recent years involves the funding of these trips. Up until the 1990s, schools were fairly significantly involved in assisting in underwriting these music-related group trips for students. These trips also involved students raising some funds for these trips and parent support organizations diving in to generate money as well.
By the 1990s, significant cuts began to arts in education programming. Funding from schools to assist in underwriting student music trips dwindled. In addition, support from parent organizations also became more scarce because mothers and fathers were called upon to generate funds for a wider swath of programming.
Student music trips are still possible at this juncture in the 21st century. Adults involved in organizing these trips need to take advantage of some more innovative travel-related options. For example, rather than rely n hotels and motels at music trip destinations, schools can take advantage of vacation property rentals. Through this process, a school can rent a vacation property or properties to house students at a more affordable cost.
In addition is assisting with raising money, parents and other adults can “donate” credit card travel points to be used in a student music trip. For example, these travel points can be “donated” to pay for destination motel or hotel rooms. If a student music trip, credit card points can be utilized to assist in defraying costs associated with airfare.
Music Travel Tours for Adults
Groupies are far from the only people who enjoy traveling to see bands play. There are two primary types of group music travel opportunities for adults. First, there are group trips that are arranged for adults who desire to see particular band or performer play at a specific venue. Second, there are group trips geared for adults that focus on music festivals.
When it comes to group trips for concerts, travel arrangements typically include concert and bus or airline tickets as well as a hotel room. Trips to festivals usually include passes into the event together with bus or play tickets. Accommodations for a festival are really divergent. People attending these festivals may end up being houses in everything from tents or campers to nearby motels or hotels.
If you are interested in possible pursuing a group trip to a music festival, you need to be prepared to make preliminary reservations well in advance of the event. These types of groups usually begin to form directly after a festival is announced, particularly if the festival is annual and has been running for a period of time.
When it comes to festival related group travel, you will likely need to put down a deposit at the time you make a reservation. Typically, at least a portion of the deposit will be refundable if you decide you are unable to travel and cancel your reservation by an established date. The final payment will likely be due fairly well below the actual travel date.
Arranging Your Own Music-Related Group Tour
Many people have a group of friends who have a burning desire to attend a concert or a music festival. If you are in such a position, you can save money for your friends, family, and other associates if you come together an organize a group trip.
There are organizations and agencies that can assist in you arranging all aspects of your own customized group trip. The key to getting the biggest bang for your money with this type of music-related group travel is to plan your trip early. Indeed, you are not beyond the realm of reasonable if you begin work on planning a customized music-related group trip nine to 12 months in advance of a concert of festival.
Buyer Beware
You need to make sure you undertake due diligence when it comes to group travel and music related events. You are best served by attending a well-established festival. You need to focus on companies and organizations that have established reputations in arranging group travel to concerts and music festivals.
Jessica Kane is a writer for SoundStage Direct, the number one online source for the best vinyl records and turntables.
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