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Business Studies School Trips

With a range of exciting destinations for business studies groups to choose from, at NST we’ll help your group to meet your learning objectives, whatever your budget. What’s more, we work hard to bring you a choice of business-related school visits so that you can mix and match to create your ideal itinerary. From banks and stock markets, to department stores and football clubs, there are plenty of choices that will spark your pupils' interest.

Browse our business studies school trip destinations

London Day Trip

London Day Trips

The City is home to over half of the UK’s top 100 listed companies and offers fascinating visit opportunities for Business Studies groups.

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London

London

The City is home to over half of the UK’s top 100 listed companies and offers fascinating visit opportunities for Business Studies groups.

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The Midlands

The Midlands

A visit to the Midlands is a must for business studies groups for its diverse array of visits.

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Business LIVE! Conference Disneyland® Paris

Business LIVE! Conference Disneyland® Paris

Bring business studies to life for your students and show them the many different paths a career in business could take at our Business LIVE! conference - all whilst enjoying the magic of Disneyland®!

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New York

New York

This global city plays host to a number of influential organisations. From major financial institutions on Wall Street to the United Nations headquarters, making a business studies school trip to New York a unique experience for students.

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China

China

The world’s second biggest economy provides a great opportunity to gain valuable insight into local industries.

Find out more about or business trips to China by getting in touch. 

Brussels

Brussels

This is a fascinating hub for your pupils to visit, and a place where they’ll undoubtedly gain a greater understanding of global politics and business. Find out more about our business studies trips to Brussels.

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Berlin

Berlin

Immerse your pupils in the culture of one of Europe’s most dynamic cities on an NST Business Studies tour to Berlin.

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Prague

Prague

The global city of Prague provides groups with a great example of a new economy that has grown since the 1990s.

Find out more about our business studies trips to Prague here

 

Business LIVE! Conference New York

Business LIVE! Conference New York

Inspire their future career in the city that never sleeps at our NEW Business LIVE! NYC conference. Bring business studies to life for your students and fire their future career ambitions.

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Business LIVE! UK

Business LIVE! UK

Business LIVE! UK combines a conference led by expert industry speakers, workshops & talks, team-based challenges and outdoor adventure activities. This three-day weekend event is designed to bring business studies to life for your students and fire their future career ambitions whilst also improving their ability to work together as a team, improve self-confidence, develop resilience and learn new skills.

 


Our most popular business studies school trip destinations...

 

Our most popular business studies school trip destinations...

 

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.

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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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Take a look at one of our student adventures...

Planning your first school trip?

If you're planning your first business studies school trip, our essential guide will take you through each step of the process...

  • Choosing your destination
  • Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
  • Promoting your tour in school
  • Confirming your booking
  • Tailor-make your tour
  • Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
  • Quick reference timeline
  • Pre-tour checklist

Additional support, resources & information:

Tour planning service

Tour planning service

With NST, you’ll get your own dedicated, knowledgeable Tour Co-ordinator who’ll work with you from start to finish. You’ll benefit from their unrivalled destination knowledge, and their experience gained from working with many other groups too. They’ll tailor-make your itinerary from scratch and take care of everything for you:

  • Pulling together an itinerary that runs smoothly
  • Planning the right balance of visits every day with realistic timings
  • Pre-arranging and pre-booking your visits, entrance tickets, passes and meals


You’ll receive your final itinerary a full 4-weeks before you travel too.

Free school trip promotion pack

Free school trip promotion pack

We’ll support you and provide everything you need to advertise your school trip around school and to parents. Our free school trip promotion pack consists of:

  • Parents’ letter & permission slip template for you to complete A3 posters to promote your trip around school
  • PowerPoint presentation templates which you can tailor to your own needs
  • Parents’ leaflets covering how NST manage safety, financial protection and details of our travel insurance
  • Online parents’ video which showcases the benefits of taking a school trip


For selected destinations, we’ll provide a trip launch web page using video footage and imagery. This web page is provided by a weblink and can be shared with pupils and parents in many ways.

Risk assessment support including preview visits

Risk assessment support including preview visits

Risk assessment plays a vitally important part in the planning and organisation on any school tour.

Our risk assessment guide aims to help you understand more about your obligations and how you can more effectively manage group safety on your next educational visit and provide you with risk assessments for your trip. 

Planning first school trip

Planning first school trip

Organising your first school trip can appear to be a daunting process.

If you're planning your first school trip, our guide will help to take you through each step of the planning process, answering frequently asked questions and providing tips and support along the way.

Our helpful guide covers the following:

  • Choosing your destination
  • Gaining approval from your Local Authority and/or your Head
  • Promoting your tour in school
  • Confirming your booking
  • Tailor-make your tour
  • Completing your risk assessments (including a sample risk assessment)
  • Quick reference timeline
  • Pre-tour checklist


View our essential guide to a successful school trip here.

Get live updates on your group's tour location

Get live updates on your group's tour location

Locate My Trip uses GPS technology and is the easy, convenient way for your school to follow your location whilst on tour. Specifically designed to provide reassurance to both parents and teachers, NST will know where your group are 24/7. If your schedule needs to change, we’ll put plans in place to keep your tour on track. 

With Locate My Trip your group can also share photos and videos with the school and parents, via a secure link, to keep them updated on your experience whilst you’re away.

Watch our short Locate My Trip video here.

Your online school trip organiser - My Tour Manager

Your online school trip organiser - My Tour Manager

Save time and stay on track with your school trip admin with our online orgnaniser - designed to help busy teachers like you.

With My Tour Manager, you'll be able to download FREE resources and access trip paperwork online and in one place. Your personalised checklist details what you need to do and by when, plus you'll receive fortnightly reminders too.

What's more, you can take all your trip documents on the go whilst on your tour with our app, My Tour Manager-On-the-Go.

Find out more and watch out short My Tour Manager video here.

Free classroom resources

Free classroom resources

We've created a range of free geography resources and educational posters to brighten up your classroom!

Take a look at our downloadable posters here.

Speak to one of our school travel experts

Our team of school travel experts have unrivalled destination knowledge and experience so they can help to bring your tour ideas to life and might even suggest options you hadn’t already thought of too! So get in touch today and we'll help to create a bespoke, budget-friendly tour itinerary to meet your specific learning requirements.

Why choose NST...

Here's why thousands of teachers choose NST each year...

  • Unrivalled knowledge

Your dedicated business studies tour co-ordinator will use their unrivalled local knowledge and expertise to create a tailor-made, curriculum-linked itinerary to meet your group’s exact needs.

  • Making it easier for you

With our online school trip organiser, travel app, free classroom posters and trip launch resources to support your in-school promotion.

  • Free group leader inspection visits

We offer a free inspection visit to your chosen destination to support your risk assessment planning. 

  • Value for money

We’re committed to bringing you the best possible value trips to help make every penny count.

  • More than 50 years’ experience

With over 50 years’ experience, with NST you can rest assured that your group is in safe hands.

  • Risk assessment guidance

Our risk assessment guidance will help you to manage group safety on your next educational trip.

  • Peace of mind

Your group’s location can be followed with our trip tracking device - Locate My Trip - plus you’ll have 24/7 support from us whilst you’re away.

  • Offsetting carbon emissions

For every trip taken, we'll plant a Maya nut tree in Peru to support reforestation, local communities & biodiversity. Plus, we'll offset an additional tonne of CO2 to guarantee carbon emission reductions. 

 

Looking for protection on your next school trip? 

Booking with a school travel company is the best way for you to protect parents’ money and give yourself peace of mind.  

 

Don’t forget – if your school arranges transport, accommodation and other services directly, you’ll be liable under the Package Travel Regulations – meaning you’ll have all the responsibilities of a travel company, both legal and financial. 

 

Financial protection from the moment you book

NST are fully bonded:

  • ABTA
  • ATOL
  • IATA

Managing safety on school trips

For your protection, NST's independently audited Safety Management System covers:

  • 24-hour emergency cover
  • Audited accommodation & transport
  • Excursions & school visit assessment
  • Group leader preview visits to assist with risk assessment planning

We're LOtC Council’s Quality Badge assured

The Department for Education advises schools to always look for the LOtC Quality Badge when choosing a school travel provider.