Business Studies School Trips
See how businesses operate, compete and grow in the real world.
From global brands and social enterprises to financial institutions and manufacturing facilities, students see how businesses really work. These are the moments where business concepts start to click.
With NST, every trip is shaped around your curriculum. Our Educational Travel Experts bring the trip planning know‑how to build an itinerary that supports learning, and gives students a clearer picture of where their future could take them.
What to expect on our business studies school trips
Students experience how businesses operate in real environments, from financial institutions to manufacturing facilities and major brands. Visiting real-life businesses gives students a clearer understanding of how decisions are made in practice, and provides insight into future career pathways.
Each itinerary is shaped around your curriculum, helping students connect key topics like marketing, operations and finance to real businesses.
Our business studies trip highlights
We offer a range of destinations, each giving students insight into different parts of the business world. Popular highlights include:
- Production and manufacturing visits – see how products are designed, made and distributed
- Financial institutions and stock exchanges – understand how markets and the global economy operate
- Retail and global brands – explore marketing, customer experience and business strategy
- Sports and leisure businesses – see business models in action in high‑profile settings
- Major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Brussels – see how businesses operate and influence global markets
Why book a business studies school trip with NST?
With NST, you get expert support from the start. Your Educational Travel Advisor will shape your itinerary around your curriculum and budget, bringing the trip planning know‑how to make everything work.
You’ll benefit from free inspection visits, flexible free place ratios and simple online tools to make planning your trip seamless.
Browse our most popular Business Studies school trips
Why choose NST?
Here's why thousands of teachers choose NST each year...
- Unrivalled school trip knowledge
Your dedicated Tour Co-ordinator will use their trip planning knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.
- Making it easier for you
Your own trip organiser, travel app, free classroom packs and trip promo resources.
- Free group leader inspection visits
Visit your chosen destination free of charge and plan with confidence.
- Value for money, always
We work hard to make every penny count.
- Over 55 years’ experience
With NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.
- Aligned to your learning outcomes
Every trip can be built around your specific goals — from the latest GCSE and A level curriculum requirements to particular themes, interests or visits you want to focus on.
- Risk assessment guidance
Clear, practical support to help you manage group safety including our free guide.
- Offsetting carbon emissions
Through our partnership with Carbon Footprint, we're committed to offset one tonne of CO2 emissions, and plant a tree on school grounds in the UK, for every trip booked.
Our featured business school trips
New York
New York is home to a number of influential business and organisations. We’ll book educational visits for your business students that complement in-class studies with unique learning activities, group friendly accommodation, and a host of leisure activities.
London
As one of more popular destinations, hundreds of business studies groups travel with NST to experience London every year. Owing to its status as the world’s largest financial centre, the City is home to over half of the UK’s top 100 listed companies and offers fascinating insights for business students.
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