“Amazing teachers inspire us to dream beyond what we can see. But we didn’t just have a teacher, we had our dad.” – Tami Rogers
Siblings Tami and Todd Rogers have both music and travel in their blood.
The two spent their early years watching their dad pour his heart into his students. As a high school band director for ten years, Bob Rogers would inspire young performers in the classroom, on the field and on the exciting trips he planned, often with young Tami and Todd along for the adventure.
In the fall of 1981, Bob’s career took an unconventional turn. He launched Bob Rogers Travel, a one-of-a-kind travel company designed to serve the unique needs of music educators and their student performers. “I cashed in my retirement money from teaching, and that was the funding for BRT,” says Bob.
“Our dad saw something missing in the travel industry,” shares Todd. “He’d been traveling with his band students for years and no travel company fully understood what performers needed on tour. But Dad did.”
Bob grew the business from scratch, armed with his deep experience in music education and the relationships he’d built with the friends and colleagues who would become his first clients. “I had to shoot for 100% satisfaction – not 50% or 99.8%,” says Bob. “That’s where the business got its reputation.”
In time, Tami and Todd joined the company, starting on the ground floor and growing through the sales and operations functions. Eventually, Bob stepped back and Tami and Todd stepped up to lead the company. As the business grew, they made a point to hire veteran educators who intimately understood performance travel. Today, Bob Rogers Travel is home to over 20 former educators and has planned over 9,000 tours, taking student performers to every corner of the world.
“We’re so proud to carry on the values that our dad established in the very beginning,” says Tami. “Relationships were everything to him – and they still are to all of us at BRT.”
Adds Todd, “We take the time to get to know our directors so we can build fully customized trips that their students will love. That’s how Dad did it from the start and those relationships are the foundation of everything we do today.”
Tami and Todd serve as co-CEOs of Bob Rogers Travel. Passionate about helping educators travel with their students consistently and safely, Bob Rogers Travel has been a long-time SYTA member.
