Berlin School Trips

Yes, school trips are exempt from city tax in Berlin, provided the group leader completes the city tax exemption form before arrival. Our operations team will email this form in advance of the trip and can forward the completed version to the accommodation ahead of arrival.

We provide 24-hour BVG small group tickets for the number of days you are travelling. This is the most cost-efficient ticket for a school group. Each ticket is valid for up to 5 people for 24 hours from time of validation and for any number of shared rides in tariff zone A, B and C. Berlin C zone. Zone A is the most central and Zone C is the greater Berlin area, including the city of Potsdam, Sachsenhausen Memorial and the airport. Tickets can be validated on the platform before your first ride.

The BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) network includes S-Bahn (urban rail), U-Bahn (underground), buses, trams and even BVG ferry services across the Spree. BVG tickets are valid on these modes of public transport, as well as other regional transport options, although not on long-distance intercity trains (IC, EC or ICE).

As standard, we include coach transfers from the airport to the accommodation on arrival and departure. The public transport network is considered extensive and reliable and so you should then be fine to use the many rail, bus and tram options for the remainder of the trip. However, you may wish to add further coaching at a supplement, depending on your itinerary or personal preference. Some groups like to a add a day of coach hire to visit excursions which are located further out of the centre such as the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Wannsee and Potsdam. These visits are all accessible by public transport, but it can be time consuming to travel to the end of the S/U Bahn line. We can provide the supplementary coach price if required.

Yes, we will gladly tailor make your quotation to focus on a specific period of history. There are many Cold War visits to recommend in Berlin. The suggested itinerary detailed on our Berlin history webpage is just a suggestion and is more generalised to cover the various topics of 20^th Century Berlin history including the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Holocaust and the Cold War. We can of course tailor make your itinerary depending on the student’s study focus. It would be great if you could detail this information on the initial enquiry and we can adapt your quotation straight away.

We are able to offer inspection visits for non-UK destinations. Especially for high-value or complex trips (e.g., CERN, Krakow), inspection visits can be arranged or supported. This should be discussed early in the planning process.

Adaptable Travel understands that taking a group of students somewhere for the first time can be daunting. In addition, you may have mandatory health and safety criteria within your school or LEA that require firsthand knowledge of the destination. That is why we aim to make it possible for you to visit the destination of your school trip before you take your students.

We can include 2 nights’ accommodation at your booked destination on a B&B basis in a twin room on request (for non-UK destinations).

Please contact us for further details.

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Helpful Tips on your Inspection Visit

• Two heads are better than one.
• Familiarise yourself with the layout of the accommodation and the areas you plan to visit and consider what problems they may give any individual as well as the group.
• Confirm your control measures will work and be effective.
• Select appropriate meeting points for your group for each activity if needed.
• With your group in mind, look out for potential trouble spots and make a note of any “out of bounds” areas.
• Note down useful telephone numbers such as emergency services etc.
• Visit the nearest tourist office

We provide comprehensive risk assessments and statements for:

• Transport
• Accommodation
• Destination Managment Agencies (where applicable)
• Each activity arranged by Adaptable Travel

These documents can be included with your SLT proposal.

Travel insurance can be added the package and covers both students and staff.

It is not included as standard since we find many schools general insurance policy already includes school trips. So we suggest you check if your school insurance policy covers school trips. If not we make it simple to add it to your tour.

Our minium group size for all educational tours is a least 20 paying passengers.

Trips typically follow government or school policy ratios (e.g., 1 adult to 10 students), but we can adapt based on your school's requirements. These ratios are always clearly stated in your quotation.