Travel Resources
your personal concierge
We are with you every step of the way. Teachers from all 50 states come to Junior Tours looking for an exceptional travel experience for their students…and that’s exactly what we provide them.
We are a boutique Tour Company focusing exclusively on the needs of the educational travel market. Our tour packages are fully customized. Our prices are affordable for students. Each itinerary is designed to reflect the interests and educational goals of the group leader.
Teachers who travel with Junior Tours often year after year and become part of our extended family.
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Stress Free Payment Process
Online Registration - the easy way to handle trip payments. Parents can register on our website and pay us directly. We can also keep track of fundraisers. Everything you will need is a click away on the Trip Leader Dashboard. Best of all, this service is completely free.
We understand that some groups prefer to handle the payments themselves. No problem! Your school or group account can send us installment payments instead.
Flexible Payment Schedules
- Parents can pay by Credit Card or ACH.
- Parents can enable Autopay or login regularly to pay on their own schedule.
- We don’t charge late fees.
- We can customize the payment schedule to fit your group’s needs.
Built-In Fundraising Tools
- Students can crowdfund through social media, with donations going straight to their trip account.
- Schools can send us fundraiser proceeds, and we’ll credit them directly to the individual’s trip account.
Powerful Dashboard for Trip Leaders
- Track participant payments in one place.
- Create lists for rooming, flights or chaperone groups.
- Filter and manage reports effortlessly.
- Send emails, texts, and questionnaires anytime.
- Mobile friendly for complete access to all pertinent trip info while on the go.
Integrated with TripMate’s Trip Insurance
- Every traveler will be presented the option to purchase trip protection when they sign up.
- This ensures they have the opportunity to safeguard their investment. More details
Junior Tours Reward & Incentive Program (JTrip)
Designed for our group leaders!
Points are easy to accumulate. In fact, we’re going to credit you with 500 Free Points as a Welcome Promotion! You can use the points that you accumulate to redeem gift cards, electronics and even round-trip airline tickets!
Listed below are some of the rewards and the point totals needed to acquire them.
| REWARD | POINTS NEEDED |
| Junior Tours Coffee Travel Tumbler | 1,000 |
| Junior Tours Beach Blanket | 4,000 |
| $25 Starbucks Gift Card | 5,000 |
| Junior Tours Beach Bag | 7,500 |
| $50 Target Gift Card | 10,000 |
| $100 Gift Card for Amazon, Apple, or Walmart | 20,000 |
| Kindle Paperwhite | 20,000 |
| Annual Subscription to Netflix, Hulu or Paramount+ | 40,000 |
| iPad | 50,000 |
| Oculus Quest 2 | 70,000 |
| $500 Junior Tours Scholarship | 85,000 |
| 2 FREE Roundtrip Airline Tickets (continental US) | 300,000 |
For Parents
Trip Insurance
Junior Tours recommends that each person purchase travel insurance with ‘Cancel For Any Reason’ (CFAR) protection. The insurance allows individuals to receive additional compensation above and beyond what they are entitled to under the Standard Cancellation Policy (outlined below).
Highlights of the insurance include:
- Full Refund of all tour payments (less cost of insurance) if cancelled prior to departure for medical or other qualified reason*
- 75% Refund of all tour payments (less cost of insurance) if cancelled 48 hours prior to departure for any non-qualified reason
- $20,000 Medical Expense for Sickness or Accident
- Trip Delay and Trip Interruption Coverage
- Lost, Damaged or Delayed Baggage Coverage
* Qualified reasons include, but are not limited to, things such as unforeseen sickness, accidental injury, death, weather causing delay or cancellation of travel, jury duty, military personnel called to emergency duty for a disaster other than war, etc.
You will have the opportunity to purchase insurance online when you register to travel. Enhanced CFAR Protection can only be purchased at the time of making first deposit. Standard Protection may be purchased anytime up until your final payment. A Plan Summary can be found here.
If your School or Group Leader is handling payment collection for your group – you will be given a link where you can purchase insurance after your first deposit is turned in. A Plan Summary can be found here.
Junior Tours Standard Cancellation Policy
The Group Leader has the sole discretion to make all decisions on behalf of the Group in regard to the Tour and whether to reschedule or cancel the Tour if conditions warrant a change. Any decision reached by the Group Leader and Junior Tours is binding on all registered tour participants. All payments received, less non-recoverable deposits, will be applied to the new tour if the Tour is rescheduled. All payments received, less non-recoverable deposits and a $200 per person booking fee, will be refunded if the Tour is canceled.
If an individual Tour Participant wants to cancel from a scheduled tour, they must notify Junior Tours in writing. Junior Tours will retain:
- 25% of the Tour Price if cancellation notice is received 90 days or more prior to departure.
- 50% of the Tour Price if cancellation notice is received 46-89 days prior to departure.
- 100% of the payments received if cancellation notice is received 45 days or less prior to departure.
Fundraiser
Free Scratch Cards
Scratch Cards can be a simple and effective way for students to fundraiser for their trip. After you book in, we can send free scratch cards for students to ask friends and family to scratch a box and donate the amount revealed…ranging from just $0.50 to $3.00. Once all spots are scratched, the student will have raised an average of $200 (per card), offsetting the balance due for the tour.
Crowdfunding
For groups who use our online registration portal – students will be given a link that they can share with family and friends, or post on social media, to seek donations directly into their trip account. This can be particularly effective around birthdays and holidays.
Scholarship
SYTA YOUTH FOUNDATION ROAD SCHOLARSHIP
Each year, the SYTA Youth Foundation (SYF) awards money to hundreds of deserving students who cannot afford to travel due to financial hardship.
The scholarship can be up to $1,000 per child.
Applications are only accepted during the open application period, usually Feb 1-Mar 15 and again Sept 1-Oct 15.
To apply, the group leader must fill out an application online.
Go to sytayouthfoundation.org/road-scholarship and click on Programs/Scholarships – Road Scholarship.
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Broadway
Workshops
Starting Out: Improvisation for the Unsuspecting
A beginning session, starting with an emphasis on play and honoring the individual. Students slowly build a foundation of trusting their experience in the moment, taking risks outside the comfort level, and choosing surprising, strong action through deepening self-awareness. Everyone participates in the first half of these sessions and volunteers themselves for solo and fun scenes in the second half…. and yes, there will be homework.
Showstopper! – A Working Musical Theater Party
It’s Tuesday, and we’re in rehearsal for a Broadway Musical. A new chorus number has to go into the show by Thursday, so as fast as possible, we’re going to learn a song, stage it, and knock everybody’s socks off with our fantastic showstopper! Pick up some great new tips on how to work fast under pressure and get a taste of how the work gets done professionally in New York City.
On Camera Workshop
Curious how you might fair playing a role on Prime time TV or in the latest Hollywood Blockbuster? Receive “sides” (your assigned scene) before departing for New York and then perform that scene here in the Big Apple. Watch the playback and receive critique from a real New York on-screen Director.
Okay, I’m Singing, But What Do I Do With My Hands?
You’ve learned the melody, mastered the rhythms, memorized the lyrics, put your stage fright behind you and have finally gotten up there to sing. Everything’s great, except you’re standing there like a tree! Through theatre games and exercises, we’ll explore how to physicalize your song (especially what to do with your hands!). Learn how mastering the physical can create exciting singing performances!
Next Session with Improvisation
A fast paced, exciting class – creating trust in oneself and the group, strengthening commitment, and taking risks outside the comfort level. Improv introduces the student/artist to their untapped gifts and abilities through participation in scenes, songs, group poems, and character work – as well as ensemble long form. This class increases confidence and self-awareness, surprising the individual and the group. Everyone participates and yes, there will be lots of laughter.
Stage Combat 101
Want to learn how to execute the perfect stage slap? Or fall correctly in a fight scene? Professional Stunt Coordinators teach you some of the basic moves of stage combat on forgiving safety mats. These skills are invaluable for performers working in a variety of mediums from Shakespeare to Cop Shows!
11 O’Clock Number
When the 8:30 curtain was in vogue, the BIG musical number in Act II was often referred to as the 11 O’Clock Number. Learn the vocals and choreography of a large ensemble number in a current Broadway show from an actual member of the company! This workshop pairs perfectly with tickets to the show.
Business Communications
Communicating with confidence and clarity is vital to succeeding in business. Through a series of exciting and energizing interactive theatre games, students will learn powerful methods of sharing information and communicating effectively in business. These exercises will allow students an opportunity to explore the power of persuasive communication, in a fun and encouraging environment. This is a great workshop to use in conjunction with your NYC Business tour.
Professional Audition Experience
Ever fantasize about performing a musical number from SMASH or a scene from PERSON OF INTEREST for a casting professional who’s worked on the actual production? Mock auditions mimic the professional audition experience down to every detail. Casting directors provide personal feedback for participants and share tips from a pro to help improve your audition game.
Broadway Musicals And The Joy Of Singing In Them
This exciting workshop is about all the participants “breaking through” to more joyous, confident and powerful singing performances. Here’s your chance to work with a Broadway Professional Musical Theatre Coach. Volunteers will be asked to sing, so please bring sheet music and/or CDs with you. If you don’t have music with you, you’re still encouraged to attend! A cappella is a good thing!
Tour Package Highlights
Chaperones Travel Free
We offer at least one free chaperone for every 20 paying participants. If your school requires more, just let us know and we will adjust the ratio for you.
Reliable Round Trip Transportation
We’ll arrange for comfortable, reliable round-trip transportation via airline, private motorcoach or Amtrak. While at your destination, we’ll also charter a private motorcoach; you will not need to rely on public transportation.
Deluxe Hotel Accommodations
Our groups stay at luxurious hotels with first-rate amenities.
Superior Tour Escorts
Our professionally trained tour escorts will accompany your group 24 hours a day. They will provide the leadership, energy and enthusiasm to make sure each person has an amazing experience.
Food Extravaganza
Hot buffet breakfasts at your hotel each morning and delicious dinners with menu selection will be included in your tour package. Lunches can also be included upon request.
Insurance
Junior Tours is fully insured and carries a Professional Liability Insurance Policy for your protection.
$500 Cash Stipend
As the organizing sponsor, you will receive a check for $500 in advance of your trip.
Free Promotional Materials
We will provide you with registration forms, posters, flyers, etc. And other materials to organize and promote the tour.
Free Fundraiser
We will give free scratch donation cards as well as scholarship suggestions to help offset the cost of the trip.
Complete Tour Planning
Every detail of your itinerary is carefully planned and fully flexible. Your tour coordinator will work closely with you to plan exciting activities both day and night.
Direct Payments To Junior Tours
Junior tours has a portal where your group can register and make pay us directly. You can use the website to centralize all communications and organize lists to keep track of tour details.
No Hidden Costs
Our tour packages are complete and include all admissions and taxes.
Peace Of Mind
For over 45 years, junior tours has successfully organized tours for more than a half million students nationwide. Nine out of ten teachers who travel with junior tours return for another trip.
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