Encore Tours

Need a reason? How about a dozen?

With Encore Tours, you benefit from a worldwide network of relationships with exceptional concert venues, three- and four-star hotels, restaurants, major airlines, professional tour managers and local guides.

1. Prestigious Concert Venues

Ensembles that travel with Encore Tours experience only the best concert venues available! From performing at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome to La Madeleine in Paris to the Mozarteum in Salzburg, every venue is hand-picked suit your ensemble's quality and needs. Plus, we have access to major festivals and competitions from all around the world! 

Browse our performance venue library.

2. Guaranteed Audiences

We provide professional pre-concert advertisements via local newspaper, radio, and television broadcasts guaranteeing audiences at every performance! We even have a Service Guarantee to back this up.

3. Fabulous Fundraiser

We're so committed to getting your group abroad that when you travel with us, we supply you with—at no extra cost—a free trip to either London or Paris. Use this trip however you want: sell the chance to win the trip to members of your community, offer it as a grand prize at another fundraiser...it's up to you!

4. Top-Notch Instrument Handling & On-Site Concert Assistance

Encore Tours provides on-site concert assistance at every performance and handles your instruments/equipment with care. The instrument trucks are temperature-controlled, rental instruments are chosen from excellent suppliers and our tour consultants are experts in giving advice on traveling with your instruments.

5. Special Performances & Cultural Contributions

For ensembles who'd like to add a service component to their tours, Encore offers its groups the opportunity to participate in special performances that support and bring music to local communities. Our Encore staff can assist you in planning special performances by reaching out and collaborating with charities, schools, and organizations overseas. Sample performances include:

  • Charity Concerts: Proceeds go to local charities
  • Performances for the underprivileged
  • Hospital performances
  • Retirement/elderly home performances
  • Orphanage/school concerts
  • School exchanges
  • Joint performances

6. Direct Billing to Your Participants

Encore Tours has the ability to bill each of your participants individually. You don't have to collect money from participants: Encore Tours does this for you! In addition, you can keep track of your passengers' accounts easily through our online service.

7. High-Quality Travel Arrangements

With 20 years in the industry, Encore Tours has contracts with centrally located three- and four-star hotels throughout Europe and most major airlines. Encore Tours representatives customize each performance tour, coordinating rehearsals and performances with sightseeing and excursions, to ensure that your participants get the most out of their travel experience.

8. 24-Hour Professional Tour Managers

Encore Tour Managers are on-call 24 hours a day and are equipped with cellular phones to ensure direct communications for immediate results. All Tour Managers speak several languages and undergo extensive training by Encore Tours. The Tour Manager's role is to ensure your trip exceeds your expectations.

9. Insurance for Everyone

All participants traveling with Encore Tours are covered under a specialized insurance policy, granting them health insurance overseas and trip cancellation/interruption insurance in case of illness. There is even an option to purchase instrument insurance with us!

10. Backed by ACIS Educational Tours

Encore Tours is the performance branch of the American Council for International Studies (ACIS). ACIS is a division of the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS), a world leader in educational travel. Founded in 1964, AIFS organizes cultural exchange programs throughout the world for more than 50,000 students a year.

11. Financial Security

Our financial integrity and your financial security are integral parts of our service. ACIS/Encore has a $50,000,000 Specialized Insurance Policy with an A-rated company. This policy guarantees that your money is safe with Encore Tours.

12. Prelude

Prelude is our 5-day professional development trip held annually in a musically significant international destination. This one-of-a-kind event includes unique cultural experiences, incredible musical performances, professional development opportunities, and plenty of wonderful surprises!

Past highlights have included a private Mozart dinner at Boccaccio Hall in Grand Hotel Bohemia, a VIP Backstage tour before attending La Traviata at Teatro alla Scala, and a farewell gala dinner at the Hotel Sacher after attending Tosca at Staatsoper. Prelude is free for ensemble leaders (and one guest) who meet the number of international passengers traveling with Encore Tours to qualify.

Learn more about Prelude!

 

Contact us today and get started on a life-changing adventure!