BACKGROUND: European Soccer Tours - is what we specialise in and we have been serving North American youth soccer teams for over 30 years. We have offices based in both England and Florida with agents throughout North America and Europe. Action Youth was founded in England in 1977 when we pioneered the new and exciting trend for specialist International Sports Tours especially for soccer teams and their families. Bringing together young people from different countries in soccer tournaments and games, and enabling their families to enjoy European Cultural Tours too, has been a most wonderful and fulfilling way to live our lives, and we hope we have added an international perspective to our client's experiences and given enjoyment and wonderful memories to our many thousands of travellers.

OUR PRESIDENT: John Close is the Company Founder and President and splits his time between our UK and USA offices. A former teacher, soccer player and coach, John has spent his professional life in Education and International Travel. He has designed & directed tours throughout the length and breadth of Europe, North and South America, Australia, South Africa and China. Whatever the territory, attention to fine detail and a caring and educational approach to every client are the corner-stones of John’s beliefs and the basis of Action Youth's philosophy.

OUR GOALS: As a Company involved in Soccer Tours since 1977, we recognize that Travel is the most wonderful educator of almost anything we do in life. Travel involves such a tremendous breadth of experiences for the participant – sport, history, geography, cuisine, cultures, languages and international politics all come into sharp focus when you are actually there! Value for money is one of our prime goals also, and we want to enable everyone in a group to travel, regardless of their financial circumstances. This is the reasonsing behind our unique Action Youth Free Fund Raiser which enables young people to help themselves by raising ALL of their European Tour Costs.

QUALITY SELECTION OF TOURS: Action Youth have organized tours for the complete range of teams - be they Club Teams, High Schools, Colleges, Select and ODP Teams. Action Youth offer quality tours for all types of teams & a memorable cultural experience for Players, Adults and Siblings to a wide range of destinations in Europe.

THE VERY BEST CONTACTS: For more than a quarter of a century, we have developed quality relationships with the major Tournament Directors and individual Soccer Specialists in each country. This is critical to our guarantee to include highly personalized arrangements in each of our soccer tours. Our excellent reputation for reliability and integrity has ensured that these relationships are maintained and strengthened from year to year, greatly benefiting our clients!

BONDING is a legal requirement of the European Community, to fully protect clients engaged in international travel. Action Youth are fully bonded within the guidelines of Article 7 of the European Community's Directive on Travel. This is your guarantee of the financial security of your fees paid to Action Youth. Ask for a copy of our Bonding Certificate.

YOUR KEY DECISION: Your most important decision is not which Countries to travel to, or which Tournament to enter, or who seems to offer the lowest prices! It is which Tour Operator you choose. Action Youth have over 30 years of experience in this very specialist sector, our home is in Europe and we have many bona-fide References. Our tours offer quality and great value-for-money in equal quantities .... with a little additional class in terms of Destinations, Tour Itineraries and Cultural Content! Trust the "Action Youth Experience" for your next International Tour.