Safety on your School Trip
The following pages provide an introduction to Travelbound's commitment to ensuring your school trip is enjoyable, educational and most importantly, safe. We offer our customers: 24-hour support, easy to follow risk assessment information, full financial protection and a straight forward breakdown of health and safety procedures. We are full members of the School Travel Forum (STF). 
24-Hour School Tour Assistance
As Travelbound are part of TUI Travel Plc, we can guarantee that a highly trained member of staff will be on-hand to help you with any queries or emergencies 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.
Don't worry about getting through to the single emergency number that other operators offer. We have a dedicated specialist team with the skills and worldwide knowledge to assist you with anything you may require.
We have the utmost confidence in the TUI Travel duty office so you can rest assured knowing that your students are in safe hands.
Our dedicated 24-hour contact number can be found within the party leader final documentation pack.
Risk Assessments
We aim to offer you a school trip that is as safe as possible without compromising your students' enjoyment and learning experience. To do this we undertake our own risk assessments and offer you a step-by-step guide to help you compile your own.
Find out more about Risk Assessments.
Safety Management System
Each component of a tour has been individually assessed and externally verified to manage the risk undertaken by your students. Our Safety Management System will assist you in completing your risk assessment documentaiton.
Find out more about our Safety Management System.
School Travel Forum 
Travelbound is a full member of the School Travel Forum (STF) which is a group of leading school tour operators that promote good practice and safety in school travel.
All full members of the STF adhere to a rigorous Code of Practice and Safety Management Standards which meet the requirements of DfES guidelines and are externally verified each year.
The STF initiative has the support of the following organisations:
SHA - Secondary Heads Association, NAHT - National Association of Head Teachers, ATL - Association of Teachers and Lecturers: the education union, PAT - Professional Association of Teachers
Details on the School Travel Forum Code of Practice are available online or alternatively from the team.
Tour Safety
No matter whether you are on a school trip to our Chateau in Normandy or trekking through the Himalayas in Nepal, we will do our utmost to ensure that your trip is as safe as possible.
Find out more about Tour Safety.
Financial Safety
Travelbound is a full member of the School Travel Forum and we only use transport that is financially protected under regulatory bodies such as: ATOL, ABTA and IATA.
Find out more about Financial Safety.
School Travel Insurance
The European Health Insurance Card was formerly known as E111 and will cover any medical treatment that may occur due to an accident or illness while on your trip within the European Economic Area EEA. Make sure your students have an EHIC before they travel.