Varsity Travel · School trips from New Jersey
Get kids out of their bubbles and into the world.
Field trips, reimagined. Creative, educational adventures in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Boston, planned for you, start to finish.
For grade leaders
End-of-Year Experiences
Send the year out with the day your students will still be laughing about at graduation. One epic team day in New York City, with real history snuck into every mission. Also run as a first-weeks team builder in the fall.
For teachers
A trip built for your class.
Pick what you teach and we'll show you three trips we'd run for your students. Click any trip for the full day.
I teach…
Overnight & beyond
How it works
Three steps from "that sounds cool" to the bus pulling up.
Pick a trip
Choose your subject above and open a trip. You'll see the highlights and what your students walk away with.
We build your version
Tell us your dates, group size and unit. Within a week you get a final itinerary, a one-page proposal for your administration and a parent letter.
You show up
We handle the bus, the bookings, the meals and the timing. Your teachers bring the class.
Overnight · Washington, DC
The 8th grade trip to Washington, DC.
Monuments, museums, the Capitol, and a night in the capital, all planned for you.
Two days in the capital: the Capitol, the National Mall and its monuments at night, Smithsonian museums and the International Spy Museum. Bus from your school, one hotel night, and every booking confirmed before you leave.
- When: Friday, March 26 to Saturday, March 27, 2027
- Who: 8th graders, roommates by choice
- Included: bus, hotel, all meals, every admission
- Chaperones: your teachers and parent volunteers, with a room plan we build with you
All-inclusive: bus, hotel, every meal and every admission. Families register and pay us directly, so nothing runs through your school office. Reach out and we’ll quote your group.
Who plans your trip
Ray Cottiers, Founder of Varsity Prep & Varsity Travel
Ray taught and coached in New Milford for over a decade before running Varsity Prep full-time. As a teacher he designed and led three New Orleans service-learning trips and a Boston overnight for 6th graders, organized a Florida trip to Universal Orlando for the New Milford High School wrestling team, and chaperoned a Holocaust study tour and a 12-day Mediterranean trip. He personally plans and designs every Varsity Travel trip and is your contact from the first call to the bus pulling back in.
Have a trip in mind that isn't here?
Tell us the class and the idea. If we can run it safely, we'll build it.
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