England: Hospitality

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Length

16 days

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Destinations

London, Oxford & Stonehenge

Program includes

  • Roundtrip Airfare
  • 14 Nights of Accommodation
  • All Ground Transportation
  • Welcome & Farewell Dinners
  • Daily Continental Breakfast
  • Historical & Cultural Walking Tours
  • Full Time Guidance & Assistance
  • Travelers Insurance

Program highlights

  • 3 Hotel Visits
  • Meeting with Restaurant Owner
  • Tourism Association Visit
  • Youth Hostelling Association
  • Digital Marketing Association
  • Day Trip to Oxford and Stonehenge & Bath
  • Thames River Boat Cruise
  • Tower of London
  • Natural History Museum
  • National Gallery
  • British Museum

Itinerary

Day 1 – Departure

  • Depart Home for London, England

Day 2 – London

  • Arrive London, England
  • Airport Transfer – Check-in, Relax & Refresh
  • Orientation Walking Tour – The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency. 
  • Welcome Dinner – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Day 3 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • London City Walking Tour – The Monument, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, The Church of the Knights Templar, Mansion House, London Bridge, The Bank of England, The Royal Exchange, Covent Garden and more…
  • Lunch Time
  • Youth Hostelling Association – With travellers becoming increasingly budget conscious hostels and budget hotels are flourishing. Your students’ final day in London will focus on the budget traveller, with a tour and a meeting at a London Hostel group, followed by a talk with the Youth Hostelling Association of England and Wales, a world renowned charity.
  • Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Day 4 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Westminster Walking Tour – Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s Column, The National Gallery, St. James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace, Victoria Memorial , St. James’s Park , Horse Guards Parade, Churchill War Rooms, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey , Houses of Parliament.
  • Lunch Time
    Digital Marketing Agency – Find out how digital media and marketing are a crucial part of today’s hospitality industry.
  • National Gallery – The collection comprises some 2,000 works, but it is regarded by many as the most representative sampling of European painting in the world.

Day 5 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • British Museum – Has more than seven million objects from all continents. They illustrate and document the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.
  • Lunch Time
  • Camden Market – Around 200 stalls jostle for space in the narrow alleyways off Camden High Street/Chalk Farm Road. This market was originally known as Buck Street Market.
  • Meeting with Reservations team at a London Hotel

Day 6 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Tower of London – Opening Ceremony and meeting with Sales and Marketing Team at the Tower of London. Meet a member of the Sales and Marketing Team who will talk to you about their role, the importance of the Tower of London as a tourist attraction, and how the Tower is marketed. This talk may also cover topics such as the spectacular installation of the 888,246 ceramic poppies in 2014. After your meeting, you will have free time to explore the Tower of London independently, including visiting the White Tower, and viewing the spectacular Crown Jewels.
  • Lunch Break
  • London Restaurant – Meet with a range of team members including front of house, kitchen staff and management. This will offer all of you an unrivalled opportunity to develop a greater understanding of the restaurant industry in the UK.

Day 7 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Meeting with Management of a London Hotel
  • Lunch Time
  • London Thames River Cruise – One of London’s most famous waterway to explore the city’s picturesque canals

Day 8 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Tower of London – Explore 1000 years of history at London’s iconic castle and World Heritage Site.
  • Lunch Time
  • Natural History Museum – Exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural History, within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Paleontology and Zoology

Day 9 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • British Tourism Association – VisitBritain (VB) is the national tourism agency, responsible for marketing Britain worldwide and developing Britain’s visitor economy. It works with UK Trade & Investment as well as airlines, travel operators, global brands and the official tourism bodies for London, England, Scotland and Wales.
  • Lunch Break
  • Victoria & Albert Museum – The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.

Day 10 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Free Day in London

Day 11 – Oxford/London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Travel to Oxford (approx. 1 hour)
  • Historical & Cultural Walking Tour of Oxford – Oxford Castle, Martyrs’ Memorial, Covered Market, Tom Tower, Bodleian Library, Radcliffe Camera, Bridge of Sighs.
  • Oxford University Visit
  • University Museum
  • Return to London

Day 12 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Meeting with Hotel Manager in London
  • Lunch Break
  • Museum of Brands – The Museum of Brands in London examines the history of consumer culture from Victorian times to the present day.

Day 13 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Florence Nightingale Museum – Florence Nightingale Museum is dedicated to one of the most influential women of Victorian Britain who inspired so many people who have followed in her footsteps.
  • Lunch Break
  • Structured Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Day 14 – Stonehenge/London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Day Trip to Stonehenge & Bath
  • Stonehenge – The World Heritage Site of Stonehenge is one of the most iconic prehistoric monuments in Europe. Built in the late Neolithic period around 2,500 BC, the construction of this imposing and fascinating stone circle is shrouded in mystery – what was it actually built for? And how did the Neolithic people build such a wonder using simple tools and equipment?
  • Bath City – Next, continue west to the 18th-century city of Bath. All honey-stoned townhouses, terraces and bridges, this UNESCO-listed city is one of England’s crowning glories.
  • Return to London

Day 15 – London

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • London Free Day – The group will be provided numerous suggestions and optional activities to make the most out of their free day
  • Farewell Dinner & Program Closing – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets

Day 16 – Return

  • Breakfast & Day Briefing
  • Airport Transfer
  • Depart London, England for Home

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