{"id":1376,"date":"2017-09-29T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musictravel.com\/blog\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:50:23","slug":"new-travel-design-experience-at-music-travel-consultants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musictravel.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/29\/new-travel-design-experience-at-music-travel-consultants-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Travel Design Experience at Music Travel Consultants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of its 30-year anniversary, Music Travel (MTC) has created a brand-new, state-of-the-art travel design experience. Just as a Director assembles a \u201cDesign Team\u201d to help create, score and coordinate a marching show for competition, MTC has assembled an industry leading \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musictravel.com\/staff.html#accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel Design Team<\/a>\u201d to provide you a powerful, comprehensive and customized travel experience like never before.<\/p>\n<p>Our new Design Studio is home to the MTC Travel Designers, who are musicians and teachers, intimately familiar with the intricacies of music group travel. These experienced travel industry veterans are committed to a fast turn-around in sharing their expertise and designs with you.<\/p>\n<p>Be a part of the Music Travel Consultants Travel Design Experience. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musictravel.com\/index.html\">www.musictravel.com<\/a> to reach our new Design Studio, to begin collaboration between your team and the MTC Design Team, and to create the perfect trip for your performing group!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"tall\" \/>\n<h3><strong>What<\/strong> We Do<\/h3>\n<p>Music Travel Consultants is a Tour Operator, a travel company that puts together customized trips for its clients. Since 1987, led by accomplished scholastic music directors and musicians, Music Travel Consultants has become the first choice for student music group tours by listening to customers, providing industry-leading online services and by having professional Tour Directors conduct most trips. Focused on creating custom trips that provide relevant, memorable and rewarding student travel experiences, Indianapolis-based Music Travel partners with customers to successfully do just that, in destinations within the United States and worldwide. 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