Planning Advice

Helpful advice from peers and other experts to make your next student group trip a smooth one

Preparation Tips for Your Next Group Travel Adventure

Preparation Tips for Your Next Group Travel Adventure

As a student, you have many exciting opportunities that await you including the option to take a group trip someplace out of the ordinary. It’s important that you’re fully prepared for the experience you’re about to have and feel comfortable with your decision to go...

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5 Ways to Unwind When You’re Away at College

5 Ways to Unwind When You’re Away at College

Being a student can be rather stressful at times. It might seem like it’s a fun time in your life when you’re looking forward. However, when the time arrives, and you finally leave home to start college you appreciate how incredibly stressed you’ve become. There’s...

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The Student’s Guide to Finding the Best Travel Deals

The Student’s Guide to Finding the Best Travel Deals

Traveling when you are a student is practically a right of passage. The benefits of travel are numerous, but unless you have your tuition paid for and a part-time job to take care of everything else, it can seem out of reach. Thankfully, nearly every student can...

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6 Things to Consider for Your U.S. Road Trip

6 Things to Consider for Your U.S. Road Trip

Most high school and college age students travelers have probably dreamt about heading off on an epic Great American Road Trip, as the United States offers such a diverse landscape and culture. Yet few people actually jump into a car and make their dream a reality. If...

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Planning a Bus Tour of Southern California’s Colleges

Planning a Bus Tour of Southern California’s Colleges

There’s no better way to get a feel for the college experience than a campus tour. Take a break from the epic amounts of application paperwork and get out and explore campuses! Sunny Southern California boasts dozens of top-notch universities and colleges in addition...

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Building Leadership Skills through Tourism

Building Leadership Skills through Tourism

Educators, consider adding an additional component to your student travel experience by offering students opportunities that build leadership skills. Explore turning some traditional “adult chaperone” roles over to students.  Leadership skill development can be as...

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Keeping Organized Before Your Trip

Keeping Organized Before Your Trip

Here are a few things you want to take care of before departure: Did you collect all the necessary consent forms? If you are traveling with minors, it is extremely important to collect consent forms. There are two types that you need: (1) from the minor’s guardian,...

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