| All I know is that my kids' (twins) band teacher wanted to take them to Italy for 10 days; as I recall the parents needed to put up about $3,000 Cdn per student. OUCH! The band parents voted it down as totally unattainable... oh sure, a few could come up with that much money. The problem was that not enough could pay that amount to make the group a meaningful size.
There are travel companies that specialize in school/group travel. Their prices aren't necessarily as low as you might arrange on your own but YOUR workload as a teacher is liable to be a lot less. Europe can be EXPEN$IVE, especially hotels and meals and a lot of "local knowledge" will certainly help keep the costs down.
If you want to take a band I'd have to say that one of your bigger issues will be in taking the instruments! If symphony orchestras are having difficulties then your kids are going to have a real tough time (ie, no carry-on larger than a clarinet or a flute?) Perhaps someone of you music teachers out there have had recent discussions with some of the group travel companies and can comment on their ability to handle the recent carry-on changes & etc.? |