Our Tour Directors travel with the group (once you've reached your destination) to help ensure a smooth and well-managed tour from beginning to end.  This upgrade allows Group Leaders and Chaperones to focus on the educational and performance aspects of the tour, and enables everyone to more thoroughly enjoy the overall experience.

Generally, groups are allowed to bring food and drinks (no glass) onto the motorcoaches, as long as everyone cleans up after themselves, and remains respectful of the coach and the drivers.

Ultimately, drivers set the rules of conduct and rules for their coach.

Most, though not all, motorcoaches have TV/DVD players aboard, though they don't usually supply the movies.  Please clear any movies to be shown to the entire motorcoach with the Group Leader before bringing it on the trip.

Although this is changing, most motorcoaches do not have electrical outlets or WIFI... though some do.  We recommend that all passengers download their own appropriate content to their smartphone, iPad, laptop, or other device to watch at their leisure during the trip.

Definitely.

First, make sure each traveler's full legal name (as it appears on the ID they will use to travel), date of birth, and gender are provided to us on the Flight Manifest form we will provide to the Group Leader.  If the traveler is under 18, and does not have a government issued ID (like a driver's license), we only need full name, date of birth, and gender.

Second, if traveling from the US to an international destination, a valid passport is required.

Third, all group air ticket blocks require a non-refundable deposit.  Also, once issued, all tickets are non-refundable.

Fourth, travelers will incur baggage fees for checked bags, instruments, and/or equipment on many, though not all, domestic flights.  We always do our best to find the lowest fares possible for your tour, and we always factor in luggage fees in that analysis.  Baggage fees, if any, are the responsibility of the group.

Finally, it is important that all members of the group arrive at the airport no later than 2.5 - 3 hours prior to scheduled flight time to ensure that check-in and security clearance go as smoothly as possible.

Standard occupancy across the tour and travel industry for student groups is four persons per room (with each room generally have 2 full size or queen size beds).  Occasionally, a hotel can accommodate five or six per room, but that is rare.

At the Group Leader's request, we can structure the tour for fewer than four students per room, though that increases the cost per person.

Note that adult travelers (including chaperones) make their rooming requests directly with the Group Leader.

Absolutely!

Harmony Tours works with all types of music ensembles to create and coordinate their custom performance tours to all over the country.

Every Harmony Festival offers festival programming for Concert and Symphonic Bands, Orchestras, and Choirs.

Choirs of America festivals are generally geared toward choral programs.  However, we do offer "Featured Ensemble" performance opportunitied in places like Carnegi Hall for Bands and Orchestras.

Harmony Productions offers professional concert performance opportunities for Bands, Orchestras, and Choirs.

The cost of registration for any of our festival or concert performance programs is per person.  There is no additional charge to register the ensemble.

Group Leaders are always free.

We offer one free director package for each distinct type of group performing (band, orchestra, and/or choir) for all of our festival and/or concert events.  Chaperone costs are typically lower than performer costs as well (pricing details can be found on the page detailing the festival or concert performance being attended).

If Harmony Tours is producing your tour and incorporating one of our festival and/or concert events, the group will earn complimentary tours as noted in the tour agreement.  Complimentary tours include the cost of the festival and/or concert event.

Harmony Festivals.  No.  We encourage parents and spectators to come an watch the performances during the day.

Choirs of America Events.  Sometimes.  Generally, if a COA concert program (i.e., in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, etc.) is selling tickets to the general public, parents and spectators will also need to purchase a ticket for the performance.  However, we do offer discounted tickets for chaperones, parents, and other spectators.

If, however, the COA event is not selling tickets, parents and spectators are welcome to attend the performances for free.

Harmony Productions.  Harmony Productions concert performances are typically ticketed events.  As such, we offer discounted tickets for chaperones, parents, and other spectators.

Unfortunately, no.  We want you to attend and enjoy the actual concert performance without already having experienced all or part of the performance in rehearsal.  So, all of our rehearsals are closed to everyone except (1) our staff, (2) the conductor, (3) the group leader, and (4) the performers.

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The Harmony Festival (including the Dinner Dance Gala) is $179.00 per performer.  Director is free, and everyone else (accompanist, chaperones, etc.) are $100.00 each.

Yes.

No.

Harmony Tours & Events is a full-service tour and event company focused exclusively on performing arts groups.  Our mission in everything we do is "to engage, inspire, and educate performing arts ensembles through the creation, promotion, and production of dedicated, exciting tours and events."  Our passionate, experienced team includes music educators and tour and event professionals from across the country.

Our line-up of innovative, music-forward product lines include:

• Harmony Tours;
• Harmony Festivals;
• Choirs of America; and
• Harmony Productions.

We look forward to collaborating with you and your ensembles!

Harmony Tours & Events, LLC started offering tours to performing arts groups in 2003 as New Discovery Tours, LLC.  In 2010, Choirs of America came online with its first (of many) festival programs for choirs.

In 2021, after a move to Harmony Road in Fort Collins, Colorado, we decided to combine both related companies under the common name of, you guessed it, Harmony Tours & Travel.  This change seemed especially apropo in light of our addition of both Harmony Festivals (instrumental and choral festivals in popular US destinations), and Harmony Productions (offering professional concert performance opportunities in world-class venues).

Over the years, we have been honored to work with numerous Marching Bands for the Tournament of Roses Parade and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Marching Bands, along with hundreds of choirs (and even a few concert bands and orchestras) to places like Carnegie Hall, and pretty much everything in-between these iconic performance opportunities.

Through our parent company, Worldwide Performance Group, LLC, Harmony Tours & Travel is registered with the state of California as a Seller of Travel (#2145898-40).  We are also proud members of the Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).  We strictly follow the code of ethics for each of the above-mentioned associations.

In fact, one of our founders (Geoffrey McQueen), wrote the initial draft of the SYTA Code of Ethics.

A typical Harmony Tour covers all costs with the exception of (1) one meal per day (usually lunch), (2) souvenirs, (3) snacks, and/or (4) other personal items.  Please check with your Group Leader for details of the included items in your specific tour.

That said, we suggest that each traveler bring around $20 to $30 per day for non-inclusive meals, souvenirs, etc.

Selected from a pool of interested parents (and, often, school staff) by the Group Leader, chaperones work tirelessly during a tour to monitor and manage students during a school-sponsored tour.  Their duties are varied and include managing the tour participation for a group of students, ensuring that students are present at meeting places, on motorcoaches, and generally available throughout the tour.  The Group Leader and/or Lead Chaperone may also assign other duties to chaperones.