Message from our CEO

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 Hello, Teachers who are planning your own field trip....

My name is Dennis L. Smith. I am the CEO and founder of Art's A Trip, LLC. We originally established this company 20 years ago, to make a positive difference in education through field trips! Though the economy forced us to stop doing field trips for a while, it did not stop our plan and passion to complete the vision...Now, as a part of our re-introduction to the marketplace we are using Advocacy-Based Partnership (ABP), please, allow me to create a scenario and ask you a question?    LOST or STOLEN?

You are coming home from the bank having withdrawn all the money you saved for the family vacation. The members of your family are all waiting for you to get home so everyone can load up and GO...but on the way home, an incident has occurred. The result of the incident has your wallet and all the money missing... (Here is my question) If you had a choice, and life allowed you to select the kind of "incident" you endured, would you rather report to your family that your wallet with all the money for this year's vacation was LOST, or would you rather tell them it was STOLEN?

Before you choose your answer...know this---both answers are going to break your family's hearts! And neither one is going to change the fact that your money for the vacation is no longer in your possession!

The thing about scenarios is they are hypothetical, but I want to share with you some facts and prove to you that BOTH loss and theft are happening to the families of your students every time YOU plan it yourself or use a company to take your students on an overnight field trip.

Let me explain...

Three industries meet at a crossroads called FIELD TRIPS! ---Education, Transportation and Hospitality.

Two of these industries are currently bullies to the other one. Transportation and hospitality have NO RESPECT for the sanctity or the VOLUME of the education classroom. Field Trips are an extension of the CLASSROOM.

Field Trips are a VERY GOOD IDEA! Taking students to see "in-person" the very concepts you have been teaching... GENIUS!

According to the NEA, Edutopia.org, Research.com, & a host of other education authorities, the exponentially positive impact that a field trip has on student performance can be seen in measurable ways including EOC grades, Standardized Test Scores, Attendance, Behavior, Attitude, & the Graduation Rate. 

Despite the obvious benefit that educational field trips have on our present and future society, the current way that education is allowing the hospitality and transportation industries to manhandle their resources is disrespectful!  At least that's how we at Art's A Trip feel about the profit-laden prices that are presented by ALL existing travel companies & vendors to teachers who want to take a group of students on an overnight field trip.

Making money is good. Free enterprise is the bedrock of the American society and the fuel for our economy! Travel companies are supposed to make money...but not if it cripples a teacher's ability to equitably extend the classroom. 

We are different.

Art's A Trip, LLC has produced a cyber-champion called, Quick Quote and ABP is our teacher-driven business plan. Our technology is currently available in only 4 languages, but our plan is to become the global provider! When you add your volume to our platform, our discounts grow exponentially! Our goal is to change the future of fieldtrip travel for every school we can reach! When you think about the relationship our technology has with education, think: Alfred to Bruce Wayne, the genie to Alibaba, and our own reason for the existence of this company, Christ's relationship to the church!

In my opening scenario, I asked you a question of preference for LOST or STOLEN.  

LOST is what happens to parent's money when YOU pay too much for the same trip that we guarantee to do for less. They don't have to LOSE any more!  STOLEN is what is happening to the TIME and PROFIT which belong to YOUR CLASSROOM in the first place. The question is no longer, which is worse? The question is now, "Who is responsible for education's loss and theft?" 

YOU are the answer. Yes, I said it. You complete every detail of your field trip. But it's not your fault. There were no better options available. You know because you checked... Twice!

But the best part is, now that change has come... YOU are also the solution!   

And, after you learn about the Art's A Trip difference, and you still elect to do it yourself OR allow those other travel companies to keep what belongs to you... it is your decision, only this time, you KNOW better! 

In some cases, this beautiful gift is withheld from you by others (sometimes well-meaning) who happen to be in a position that has the power to prevent us from becoming business partners... neither of us can help that...believe me...we checked...TWICE!  

But if it is up to YOU...

If the ONLY reason you DON'T use our partnership is the FACT that you are UNFAMILIAR with our company...let me remind you that you were UNFAMILIAR with Amazon, Airbnb, Cash App and the hotel you last stayed in, the restaurant you choose almost every time is a NEW2U restaurant; Your next pair of shoes, your next outfit, your students this semester, and hopefully your next toothbrush... We are ALWAYS trying new things, and we are BETTER for it. 

Try our Advocacy-Based Partnership! If your reason for passing on this opportunity, is-- it sounds Too Good to be True...well... OKAY... I get that. But what if it IS TRUE? What then? Is it worth hundreds of dollars out of parents' pockets annually, and hundreds of thousands that could be used to allow more students to travel or whatever you decide to use the Giveback for...?

We are only trying to help...Our company was built by classroom teachers who take students on field trips! 

We are NOT UNFAMILIAR; we are the same as you. and yes, EVERY WORD is TRUE! 

FIRST, we SAVE you 30 to 100 hours of your TIME (most often, it's the teacher's personal time, but this is also taken away from teaching during school hours) by allowing you to build your fieldtrip in 35minutes...still using your schools' approved travel vendors! 

Next, We SAVE you a guaranteed 10% on each paying traveler from last year's trip of equal itinerary... 

and finally, WE GIVE BACK no less than 10%, but up to35% this year, (ABP) and up to 50% of our proceeds after the fifth year (guaranteed) every single time! Here is my personal guarantee...

Let us show you ABP-Advocacy-Based Partnership! If the difference between the amount of TIME, WORK, WORRY and MONEY is not worth it to you, your principal, and your director of schools, we will do ALL of your field trips for ZERO Profit for one year!! 

We appreciate your sacrifice of time and resources to educate students.

A Fellow Educator,

Dennis L. Smith CEO, Art's A Trip, LLC