About Us

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Arts A Trip was founded with one purpose: to create student-centered experiences that make educational travel safe, simple, and meaningful for every student.

Our founder, Dennis Smith, established this company after years of serving as an educator and leader who witnessed the challenges teachers face when planning trips. His background as a pastor and lifelong commitment to service inspired a company culture built on integrity, care, and excellence.

At Arts A Trip, we believe in giving back. That’s why a significant portion of our profits supports schools directly, ensuring that students are always the priority. 

 Quality will ALWAYS outweigh the quantity. 

Our business involves the transportation of children away from the protected sanctity of a classroom for the special purpose of a higher form of learning. 

Of course, it is worth it.

When you cut corners because of cost, you deny yourself any access to perfection.

That decision costs more than money. It opens the door to mediocrity in every other aspect, including safety and security. 

When we say our product guarantees to be the lowest, we have already considered excellent quality as our baseline, and our decision to protect our customers is the FIRST line in every discussion. Real protection shields our customers from real trouble. The kind they are not supposed to ever see.

Our job is to see trouble and resolve issues without our customers' awareness. Our preparation protects our customers from dangers unseen.

Our readiness protects our customers from the inside out... They never have access to doubt or fear because we prioritize the protection of all stakeholders at the school district, the administration at the school level, the organizers at the classroom, and the families as well.

Our processes protect them from real trouble... especially worry.

Nothing worth doing should EVER become victim to shortcuts.

There are 56 steps in the perfect execution of a quality field trip.

It costs what it costs. The fact that volume creates lower costs and the fact that our process NEVER cuts corners...these determine our quote.

Our decision to give back up to 50 percent of our profits is not a consideration ... whatsoever! It just reflects the fact that our company is built and run by educators who know what to do with the extra money.

We are NOT a vendor.

Art's A Trip is a Vendor Management System designed by educators over years with experience from practical application.

Our past mistakes ( we made a few) didn't make us QUIT. They made us BETTER!