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TWIRLTOUR OPENS UP A WORLD OF SPORTING AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
 

Schools, colleges and universities are increasingly looking to test their sporting talents against international opposition and combine overseas tours with a new educational experience. The logistics of taking a large group abroad, however, can be a real headache for sports departments, coming on top of their day-to-day working commitments. Fortunately, help is now at hand in the form of a specialist travel service for sports and educational tours.

Twirltour Travel, an independent, family-owned travel company with 20 years’ experience now provides a complete, bespoke solution that can be tailored around the specific needs of individual groups.

Lynn Stanier, Director of Twirltour, said: “ Organising a family holiday takes a lot of planning and preparation so it is easy to understand the challenge that schools face when they look to take groups of 20 or more students overseas. It demands very detailed planning and is a huge responsibility. Our service recognises this and takes away all of this pressure.

“ More and more schools see the value of taking sports tours overseas and combining this with an educational experience. In the past, some have been put off by the amount of time planning such a trip requires but that’s no longer the case. As an independent travel firm, we can offer more flexible, tailored tours and the best solution to meet every group’s budget.”

Twirltour Travel was one of the first operators to offer ‘tailor made’ holidays for travellers that want to design their perfect holiday experience and not simply be dictated to by what’s on offer in travel brochures. The company’s ability to organise flights and accommodation-only solutions has attracted a loyal customer base and provided the perfect platform on which to grow its sports tours activity.

Twirltour’s sports tours aim to provide a sporting, educational and cultural experience for students and teachers.
 

Cricket tours are especially popular. Twirltour was the first tour operator to take teams to Sri Lanka to play cricket - and its guests are always welcomed as VIP's. The warmth and hospitality of the Sri Lankan hosts is a truly memorable experience. Whether you are a school or university playing at club or county level, you can take advantage of a great sporting experience.

“Sri Lanka offers good value, excellent sporting opposition, fine accommodation, nature reserves, temples and beautiful beaches. As a travel destination it provides an exciting insight into a different culture and combines the essential elements of adventure, relaxation and year-round tropical sunshine,”

A typical sports tour itinerary to Sri Lanka could include:
 

Flights to Colombo from London Heathrow . Colombo: 3 nights - 2 matches - Transasia Hotel - City tour of Colombo. Kandy: 3 nights - 2 matches - Le Kandyan Hotel – Visit to Temple of the Tooth, cultural dance performance, tour of Elephant Orphanage. Unawatuna: 4 nights - 3 matches - Unawatuna Beach Hotel – Beautiful Beaches, a visit to a Turtle Hatchery and a glass bottom boat ride.
Prices vary depending on season and include the services of a qualified representative locally, flights, full board accommodation, match fees, teas, umpires and transfers in air-conditioned coaches.

If required, Twirltour will also organise travel insurance and tour kit.

In addition to Sri Lanka, Twirltour sports tours are available to Majorca, South Africa and the Caribbean. The company is happy to provide quotations for tours and design packages for other destinations on request.

Mike Soper, Vice Chairman of the English Cricket Board, endorses Twirltour’s cricket tours. So do representatives of the schools that have experienced tours first hand.

Chris Waller from Sussex County Cricket Club’s under-19s team, commented: Everything on our tour ran smoothly, the local company was superb and the guide brilliant. I will have no hesitation getting in touch with Twirltour when we tour again.”
 

It’s not only cricket teams that travel. Twirltour provides tours for a variety of other sports, including rugby and hockey. It also helps England supporters follow teams abroad with competitive prices and individual arrangements for travel, tickets and local assistance. The world is becoming ever more accessible, affordable, interesting and exciting. Twirltour is constantly searching for new ideas and destinations, particularly those with educational value for student tours.

“Combining sport, education and travel is a wonderful opportunity for young people. Using a professional and proven travel operator like Twirltour means schools can now look at a world of new and exciting travel experiences for their students with none of the headaches of trying to organise the tours themselves.”

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