Tagged: student-travel

The Rules for Planning an Affordable, Fun Spring Break in 2020

The breaking travel news right now? That would be spring break, which is just around the corner. And then around the corner again. And again. That’s because this popular holiday period…

Malia Obama Brings Back the "Gap Year"—Here's Why Every Student Should Take One (and How)

It wasn’t an unplanned pregnancy or a blossoming addiction to drugs that had my teenage clique, some 20 years ago, worried about our friend Oliver’s future. It was his decision, which…

Study Finds Remarkable Benefits For Educational Travel by Teens and Tweens

In 2000, Reid Bramblett, a writer and long-time scout leader in Pennsylvania, took 9 members of his Boy Scout troop to Europe for nearly a month (along with two other adults). One of…

New Orleans Beyond the Beads and Bourbon Street

On first impression, New Orleans comes across as a semi-artificial city, set up for big drinkers, revelers, and those who like to party all night. Almost like a spring-break…