Best in Class Tours

Student Group Travel to Orlando

Experience the Best in Group Travel with Best in Class Tours
At Best in Class Tours, we specialize in creating exceptional group travel experiences, with a particular focus on performance tours to Orlando and beyond. As a company founded by current and retired band directors and musicians, we truly understand the unique needs of student group travel. We’re committed to putting directors, students, and parents first, ensuring every aspect of the trip is designed to meet your needs.

We offer the best prices and top-notch service in the industry, combining affordable travel packages with exceptional customer care. Our goal is to make group travel accessible without compromising on quality, delivering the ultimate value for your budget. We know that travel plays a vital role in enriching students’ lives, building group unity, and creating memories that last a lifetime. With over 40 years of combined experience in music education and tour planning, our expert tour consultants meticulously handle every detail of your journey, from planning to execution.

Trust Best in Class Tours to deliver memorable, seamless travel experiences at the best prices—and with the best service—tailored to your group’s needs

Rich Stichler

Tour Representative: Email: rjstichler@gmail.com


Rich Stichler: Mr. Stichler retired after 31 years of teaching instrumental music in public education. He has served as director of bands at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia since 1999. He became director of the UTC Jazz Programs in 2022 and continues with his work as adjunct professor of trombone. He was director of bands at Ridgeland High School, Rossville, Georgia from 1993 to 1999.

Before relocating to the Chattanooga area, Mr. Stichler taught band and orchestra in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Under his direction the LFO and Ridgeland High School Bands received consistently superior ratings for marching, concert, and jazz performance in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. The LFO Symphonic Band performed, by invitation, at the 2001 University of Georgia High School Music Festival. He served as GMEA District Seven Band Division chair and as the organizer of the GMEA All-State Jazz Ensembles.

Mr. Stichler maintains a busy schedule as a professional trombonist and teacher in the Chattanooga and Atlanta areas and has also free-lanced and taught privately in Arizona, California, Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Marching Band, the 1986 Disneyland All-American College Band, and the 15th Air Force Band of the Golden West at March Air Force Base in California from 1987 to 1991. He earned the B.Mus. degree from the University of Arizona and the M.M.Ed. degree and Ed.S. degree in educational technology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Mr. Stichler is excited to be joining Best in Class Tours and sharing his 31+ years of knowledge, expertise, and attention to detail in planning and implementing worthwhile events for current directors and students.