Orlando-Based Super Holiday Tours Makes 2025 Year of International Visibility, Global Media Attention, and Business Growth
Company Preps to take 134-piece UCF Marching Knights to St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland
Super Holiday Tours, now in its 50th year of creating unique travel experiences in the niche student group travel category, is celebrating even more milestones this year. For over 50 years, the company has distinguished itself as a leading tour company with specialized travel for tens of thousands of students nationally and internationally. This year, it will be taking the UCF (University of Central Florida) Marching Knights to the prestigious St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland.
Participating as a band in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin is highly competitive, with many bands applying each year. The selection committee chooses only a handful of participants, based on factors like musical ability, showmanship, visual presentation and overall reputation. It’s a prestigious honor for the bands that are chosen.
The UCF Marching Nights will perform five songs along a 1.5-mile parade route, starting at Parnell Square and ending near St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade attracts a global audience in person, through live and taped television broadcasts, and online streaming.
“Organizing a trip of this nature and securing entry into the parade requires careful planning, dedicated staffing and strong coordination,” explained Bryan Cole, President of Super Holiday Tours. “This will be the 21st band we are taking there. Our dedicated team handles logistics, communication with parade organizers, transportation, accommodations and on-site coordination. We ensure that all aspects of the trip run smoothly from start to finish.”
Dr. Tremon Kizer, Associate Director of Bands with The UCF Marching Knights, is pleased with Super Holiday Tours’ meticulous planning and attention to detail in planning for the group’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade participation. “Super Holiday Tours’ professionalism and genuine passion for creating meaningful experiences has us eagerly anticipating the journey ahead. I’m confident this trip will be as enriching, as it is seamless,” he commented.
According to Cole, successful participation requires early preparation, meeting application deadlines, arranging travel plans and scheduling rehearsals or practices, if needed. Staying on top of timelines is critical to avoid last-minute issues. “Participating in a world-renowned event like this attracts new customers, partners and business opportunities for us,” he added. The next international student event for Super Holiday Tours after Dublin will be taking 40 students and parents from a high school choral group in Kennesaw, Ga., to a global choral event in Spain.
About Super Holiday Tours
Creating unique travel experiences since 1975, Super Holiday Tours provides group travel services to student and adult groups traveling domestically and internationally. It offers inclusive packages for accommodations, transportation, meals, sightseeing, and attraction tickets.
Super Holiday Tours focuses on educational travel experiences and unique performance travel experiences for bands, choirs, and orchestras.
In September 2023, the company acquired the Educational Experiences company, which helps teachers, directors, and class sponsors plan the perfect educational trip, specializing in STEM-based educational trips and itineraries for national landmarks, historical towns, theme parks, and music performance opportunities for school bands, orchestra choirs, and more. That same year, Super Holiday Tours also acquired the Music USA company, which promotes music education through quality evaluation, to provide a superior experience for music students and educators.
With a vast network of suppliers and decades of experience, Super Holiday Tours delivers economical and professional travel experiences for groups of all sizes and ages. For more information, visit https://superholiday.com/ or call (800) 327-2116.
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