Educational Travel Services

Are members of your teaching staff planning a school trip this year? If so, let us help.

Together we will custom design all your educational travel requirements to the unique and specific needs of your school. We offer complete or partial planning of every detail required for day trips for your school band or sports teams to full week and longer trips to national and international destinations.

By utilizing the strong and professional team of Absolute Travel and Education Matters, you alleviate the time requirements and stress of planning and organizing your travel requirements, which will allow you and your staff the ability to focus on teaching.

To arrange for us to assist in your travel planning contact us at info@absolutetravelspecialists.com or phone 455-0034, 455-0886 or 455-2429. Also ask about our fund raising assistance programs and staff discounts on personal and group travel.

Reference Testimonial

" I have organized dozens of school trips and Absolute Travel made this a year to remember...the best of all my trips. The staff at Absolute is a delight to work with. They took care of every single detail for me. Their level of personalized service and care was outstanding... far beyond my expectations. If you have any questions about their level of expertise and service please do not hesitate to call me at my school. I hope you take advantage of their help and service" KIM BOURGEOIS (French teacher at Highland Park Jr. High)

Sample Itineraries,

the following are to be used as samples only, each school is individually structured to ensure the teachers educational requests are met.

Quebec City - Montreal Trip

****Itinerary****

Day 1

7:00 am ------ Motorcoach leaves from School lot
11:30 am ---- Motorcoach stops in Fredericton for lunch - $ 7.00 in coupons included
6:00 PM ----- Arrive in Quebec City - check into hotel
7:00 PM ----- Dinner at St. Hubert

Day 2

9:00 am ----- Bus takes group on City Tour - Plains of Abraham, Parliament, Grande Allee, Chateaux Frontenac, Quartier Petit Champlain, Place Royale, and more.
1:00 PM ---- Walk nature trails at Canyon des Chutes.
4:00 PM ---- Stop at Musee de L'abeille,
5:00 PM ---- Return to hotel to freshen up
5:30 PM ---- Group dinner La Cabane a Pierre. Dancing, 17th century meal, taffy pull.
8:00 PM ---- MV Joilet - Evening disco Cruise.

Day 3

9:00 am --- Check out of Hotel
9:30 am --- Bus takes group to Montmorency Falls - With one way cable car ride.
11:00 am -- Bus takes group to Ste Anne Beaupre
12:30 PM -- Lunch Stop And Explore and Shop Old Town Quebec
5:00 PM --- Group dinner at the Buffet of Continents
6:00 PM --- Bus Departs for Montreal
8:00 PM --- Check in to Montreal hotel

Day 4

9:00 am ----- Breakfast meeting
10:30 am --- Group walk to Laser Quest - (pizza party lunch included)
4:00 PM ---- Group walk thorough underground city - shopping
6:00 PM ---- Back to hotel to freshen up for dinner
7:00 PM ---- Group walks to Hard Rock Café for Dinner.
Choice of: Jumbo smoked meat, roast beef deli sandwich, hamburger, cheeseburger, pig sandwich, veggie burger with soft drinks and HRC chocolate chip cookie

Day 5

8:30 am ----- Bus takes group to Olympic Park
9:00 am ----- Guided Tour of Olympic Park
9:40 am ----- Biodome Tour
12:00 PM --- Lunch/shopping/exploring underground City.
2:00 PM ---- Bus departs hotel enroute to Jacques-Cartier Pier
3:30 PM ---- Embark for 90 minute guided boat tour
5:45 PM ---- Bus returns to hotel
6:45 PM ---- Bus departs for Haunted House Dinner Theater
10:00 PM --- Bus Returns to hotel.

Day 6

7:00 am ---- Check out of hotel
8:00 am ---- Motorcoach departs for home
00:00 am --- Motorcoach arrives at school.

Full American BREAKFAST PROVIDED - 7:30 - 8:30 am daily

Montreal Trip

**** Itinerary****

Day 1

5:00 am ----- Motor coach leaves from School lot
7:30 PM ---- Arrive at hotel - check in
8:30 PM ---- Pizza & Pool Party

Day 2

9:00 am ------ Tour of Montreal (St. Joseph's Oratory, Mont Royal, the 4 Universities, downtown, Old Montreal, Notre Dame Basilica & More)
11:00 am ---- Group lunch in China Town - (individual expense)
1:00 PM ----- performance of Cirque du Soliel
4:00 PM ------ Back to hotel unwind before dinner
6:00 PM ----- Dinner at Jillian's inside the new Forum Pepsi ($ 20.00 game card included)
10:00 PM ---- Return to hotel

Day 3

10:00 am ---- Sing at the Karaoke lounge.
11:30 am ---- Attend an enamel workshop at Galerie Sequin Poulin (25 Max.) Others can shop and explore Underground City (lunch at individual expense)
3:00 PM ---- Return to hotel to relax before dinner
5:00 PM ---- Dinner at Le Vieux Duluth.
7:00 PM ---- See the Expos play at Olympic Stadium (schedule pending)
10:30 PM --- Return to hotel.

Day 4

9:30 am ----- Tour the Biodome, an eco-museum featuring fauna & flora of 4 ecosystems
11:00 am --- Take a trip to the top of the world's largest inclined tower at Olympic Stadium
12:30 PM --- Lunch in Old Montreal (individual expense)
2:00 PM ---- Partake in the hands on ISCI Center with an interactive movie (Vital Signs) at 2:30
3:30 PM ---- IMAX Presentation
4:30 PM ---- Return to hotel to change for dinner
6:00 PM ---- Dinner at the Buffet of Continents
8:00 PM ---- Embark on boat cruise of the St. Lawrence River
10:00 PM --- Return to hotel.

Day 5

9:00 am ----- Guided tour of the Bell Centre, home of the Canadiens
11:00 am --- Lunch at the Hard Rock Café.
1:00 PM ---- Challenge yourself in the Old Port Labyrinth
2:30 PM ---- Depart on the subway for an afternoon at Le Ronde Amusement Park
8:00 PM ---- Return to hotel for the Chaperones to rest.

Day 6

9:00 am ----- Bus departs for Space Camp (Pizza Party Lunch included)
1:00 PM ----- Guided tour of Notre Dame Basilica
2:30 PM ----- Visit the Pointe A Cailliers Archeological Museum
4:00 PM ----- Return to unwind before dinner
6:30 PM ----- Depart for the Haunted House Dinner Theater
10:00 PM ---- Return to hotel

Day 7

8:00 am ----- Final Breakfast and check out.
9:00 am ---- Depart for home
10:00 PM --- Approximate time of arrival back.

Breakfast Buffet served daily at 8:00 am

Montreal - Quebec City - Ottawa Trip

****Itinerary****

Day 1

6:00 am ------ Motorcoach leaves from School lot
11:00 PM ---- Arrive in Montreal- check into hotel

Day 2

9:00 am ----- Breakfast
10:00 am ---- Tour of Montreal - St. Joseeph's Oratory, Mont Royal. 4 Universities, Downtown core, Old Montreal, Notre Dame Basilica and more.
1:00 PM ------ Groups split up and explore and shop Montreal's underground City
5:30 PM----- Return to hotel to freshen up before dinner.
6:45 PM ----- Bus departs to Hard Rock Café for Dinner.

Day 3

8:30 am ------ Bus takes group to Olympic Park
9:10 am ------ Guided Tour of Olympic Park
9:40 am ------ Biodome Tour
11:30 PM ---- Botanical Garden and Insectarium tour - Lunch in Biodome (own expense)
1:30 PM ------ Bus departs for Bell Center
2:00 PM ------ Guided tour of Bell Center - home of the Canadiens
3:00 PM ------ Bus departs for Labyrinthe
3:30 PM ------ Challenge yourself in the Old Port Labyrinth
5:00 PM ------ Bus returns to hotel
7:15 PM ------ Bus departs for Haunted House Dinner Theater - 8:00 PM Start
10:00 PM----- Bus Returns to hotel.

Day 4

9:00 am ------- Depart for Ottawa
12:00 PM ----- Arrive Ottawa - check in to hotel
1:30 PM ------- Tour of Ottawa see: 24 Sussex Drive, Rideau Hall, Foreign Embassies, Rideau Canal, Cathedral Notre-Dame
4:00 PM ------- Tour the National Aviation Museum
7:00 PM ------- Dinner Blue Cactus
8:30 PM ------- Relax at Hotel pool and grounds

Day 5

8:00 am ------- Breakfast
9:00 am ------- Walk to Canadian Museum of Civilizations - attend 10:00 am IMAX Movie
12:00 PM ----- Bus departs for Lunch and shopping at BYWARD Market
2:30 PM ------ Bus departs for Museum of Science
3:00 PM ------- Museum of Science and technologies
5:00 PM ------- Bus departs for Dinner
5:30 PM ------- Dinner at Buffalo Charlie's
6:45 PM ------- Bus departs for wave pool
7:00 - 8:30 PM ----- Have fun at the Wave Pool - Towels are not provided.

Day 6

7:30 am -------- Bus takes group to Quebec City
1:00 PM -------- Check in at Quebec hotel.
2:00 PM -------- Bus takes group to Montmorency Falls (cable car up) and Ste Anne Beaupre
4:30 PM -------- Bus takes group on City Tour - Plains of Abraham, Parliament, Grande Allee, Chateaux Frontenac, Quartier Petit Champlain, Place Royale, and more.
7:00 PM ------- Bus departs for Buffet of Continents.

Day 7

8:00 am ------- Final Breakfast and check out.
9:00 am ------- Motorcoach departs for home
10:00 PM ----- Motorcoach arrives at school.

Full American Breakfast served daily.

Toronto Trip

****** Itinerary*****


Day 1

7:15 am -------- Meet at Halifax airport for flight to Toronto
8:15 am -------- Flight Departs for Toronto
9:40 am -------- Flight Arrives in Toronto
10:00 am ------ Coach picks up students for hotel
10:30 am ------ Check in to Hotel - lunch at hotel
1:00 PM ------- Bus takes group to Ontario Science Center - Omnimax Show
5:00 PM ------ Bus returns group to hotel.
6:00 PM ------- Evening pizza party at hotel.

Day 2

10:00 am ------- Bus takes group to Toronto Zoo
3:00 PM -------- Bus returns to hotel
4:30 PM ------- Group walks to Hard Rock for dinner (included)
6:10 PM ------- Bus Takes group to Lion King Theater
9:30 PM ------- Bus Takes group to hotel

Day 3

9:00 am ------- Bus takes group to Canada's Wonderland
3:00 PM ------- Bus to return to hotel from Canada's Wonderland
5:30 PM ------- Dinner downtown Gretzkys (included)
7:00 PM ------- Group to Blue Jays Game if in schedule
11:00 PM ------ Bus takes group back to hotel

Day 4

10:00 am -------- Group walks to CN Tower
11:00 am -------- CN Tower Tour
1:00 PM --------- Planet Hollywood for lunch (included)
2:30 PM --------- Skydome Tour
4:00 PM --------- Group walk back to hotel
6:00 PM --------- Evening at the Eaton Center

Day 5

8:00 am -------- Bus departs to airport
9:00 am ------- Check in at airport
10:35 am ------- Flight departs for Halifax
1:35 PM -------- Flight arrives in Halifax
2:00 PM --------- Students available for pick up.


Full American BREAKFAST PROVIDED - daily

Quebec City - Toronto Trip

****Itinerary****

Day 1

7:00 am ------------- Motorcoach leaves from School lot
11:30 am ----------- Motorcoach stops in Fredericton for lunch
6:00 PM ------------ Arrive in Quebec City - check into hotel
7:00 PM ------------ Dinner at St. Hubert

Day 2

9:00 am -------------- Bus takes group on City Tour - Plains of Abraham, Parliament, Grande Allee, Chateaux Frontenac, Quartier Petit Champlain, Place Royale, and more.
1:00 PM ------------ Walk nature trails at Canyon des Chutes.
4:00 PM ------------ Stop at Musee de L'abeille,
5:00 PM ------------ Return to hotel to freshen up
6:00 PM ------------- Group dinner La Cabane a Pierre. Dancing, 17th century meal, taffy pull.

Day 3

9:00 am ----------- Bus takes group to Montmorency Falls
11:00 am ---------- Bus takes group to Ste Anne Beaupre
12:30 PM ---------- Lunch Stop
2:00 PM ----------- Quebec Experience - 3-D journey through city's history
3:00 PM ---------- Explore and Shop Old town Quebec
6:00 PM ---------- Group Dinner at the Buffet of Continents
8:00 PM ---------- Board MV Joliet for a dance boat cruise on the St. Lawrence

Day 4

9:00 am ---------- Bus Departs for Toronto
6:00 PM ---------- Check in to Toronto Hotel
7:00 PM ---------- Group dinner at Hard Rock Café
8:00 PM ---------- Group to Eaton Center for Shopping

Day 5

9:00 am ---------- Breakfast meeting
9:30 am ---------- Group to Canada's Wonderland
4:00 PM --------- Group returns from Canada's Wonderland
5:00 PM --------- Group to Town & Country Restaurant
6:30 PM --------- Group to Theater or Baseball game.
10:30 PM -------- Group back to hotel

Day 6

10:30 am --------- Group to Toronto Zoo
5:30 PM ---------- Group to Medieval Times
9:30 PM ---------- Group back to hotel

Day 7

8:30 am ---------- Check out of Hotel
9:00 am ---------- Group to Ontario Science Center or Royal Museum
12:00 ------------- PM Motorcoach departs for Quebec City - dinner stop enroute
9:00 PM ---------- Motorcoach stops for overnight stay

Day 8

9:00 am --------- Bus departs for home
8:30 PM --------- Bus arrives back at school

Full American BREAKFAST PROVIDED - 7:30 - 8:30 am daily

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