Exeter travel firm marks 10-year milestone

Exeter-based travel consultancy, the School Travel Consultancy (The STC), will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this month by sending out the message to not stop travelling.

Since the city-based firm started trading in 2006, it has sent as many as 2,500 secondary school pupils from across the country to worldwide destinations including Vietnam, Tanzania and Morocco. Pupils have embarked on activities from visiting remote tribal communities in Venezuela and trekking in the Himalaya, to building playgrounds in Morocco and helping turtle conservation in Costa Rica. 

Over the last ten years, the firm has grown from a one-man band to a team of four, the most recent addition being director, Chris Sainsbury, who joined the team with a view to expanding the company and offering more unique destinations for schools. The team is currently developing a programme in Iran.

Adrian Ferraro, founder of the STC comments: “Over the last ten years, we have dealt with the highs and lows of the travel industry and felt the consequences of terrorism and natural disasters. Risk is around us in every aspect of our lives, yet travel remains relatively safe and the statistics show that you have more of a chance of a road traffic accident in the UK than becoming injured during a foreign expedition.

“Reaching this ten-year anniversary is a great milestone for the STC.

"The last year, in particular, has been really exciting as I have taken on a business partner to help grow the business. Our ethos remains the same as it did when we started; we strive to offer quality, ethical and unique educational travel experiences for schools, placing safety and adventure at the forefront of what we do, so that young people challenge and stretch their global horizons."

For more information on the STC, please visit www.thestc.co.uk