Why travel abroad with your class: It does not matter which area of study or what profession you have, traveling abroad teaches and develops each participant professionally and personally. Understanding different cultures, learning about others, being far away from home, dealing with new situations is what makes this experience unique.
Choose a Goal: Each trip you organize has a goal and a purpose, whether it is language learning, visiting another site, learning about the culture, continuing their classroom at another location, etc. To be able to accomplish the goals, tt is important to have a clear idea of what your objectives are.
Examples:
- If you would like to emphasize on language learning: combine daily classroom time with intercambio with locals and cultural after school activities
- If you would like to emphasize culture learning: combine a family stay with cultural visits and meetings with surrounding traditional areas
Choose an Organization: Arranging your trip with the support and guidance of an organization makes traveling abroad just so much easier.
We can provide hands on experience with each one of the locations we offer. We have visited the locations and work closely together with each program component provider.
We are experienced in organizing trips for groups and we know what the required expectations are.
We understand what cultural immersion is all about and we have learned languages ourselves.
It is easy and convenient when you arrange your program with us.
Choose a Location: When traveling abroad, you should choose your trip by selecting the location taking into consideration two main factors:
- Choose the location: All the programs offered at all of the locations are good quality programs. We have visited all the locations, inspected the programs and received feedback from past students about the program and its components. We know where you will be staying and what you will be doing at all times. Some of the questions you should ask yourself:
What types of activities will you want to participate on during the weekend? (cultural, explore the country and see nature, meet the local people and experience the culture directly).
- Choose a program: Learning a language is a long process and you should destine time to this. While you travel, you may combine the language learning with an interest that will also make you enjoy your stay and give you double satisfaction. Some of the questions you should ask yourself: do you want to have some free time to enjoy yourself? Do you want to take as much Spanish classes as possible? Do you want to learn Spanish and experience something else?
Depending on what you are looking for, each location will have something different to offer. If besides the language learning experience, you are looking for:
- Adventurous activities and nature, then Costa Rica is the place for you. Costa Rica is all about nature. Some of the most common activities are:
- Visit to an active volcano
- Bird watching
- Turtle reserve visits
- Experiencing the jungle
- Water sports like white water rafting, surfing, canoen, sailing
- Canopy in the jungle
- Culture and Traditions, then you should visit Guatemala. This beautiful country holds one of the greatest civilizations of it's time, the Mayans who established Tikal that endured for centuries. Some of the most common activities are:
- Visit the home of the locals
- The Mayan ruins
- Experience traditions and customs
- European feel together with a Latin American culture and little culture shock, Argentina is the place.
- Very European
- The largest water falls in the world are in Argentina
- Visit estancias and experience de Gauchos
- Have an asado for dinner and accompany it with great wine
- Visit a winery
- Adventurous activities and little culture shock, your choice should be Chile.
- River rafting on the Andes
- Explore and hike volcanoes
- Great beaches
- Visit wineries
Price Quote: Send us the following details via e-mail and we will contact you directly with a proposal:
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Present your trip to the school: Gather as much information as possible, create a customized itinerary with us and a presentation to be able to present to the institution where students are going to be traveling from.
Arrangements Schedule: Develop a schedule to help you meet the deadlines. Set a date for every step you are going to be taking in the process until you travel. Some of the deadlines you should take into consideration:
- start promoting at least 8 months before
- give out the detailed schedule to potential students
- parent meeting once you feel you have enough interest
- collect applications 11 wks before the program start date
- collect full payment 6 wks before the program start date
Promote: Start promoting the trip. Helpful ideas:
- Flyers which you can leave at the dean’s office, main office, study abroad office, cafeteria and language classrooms
- Arrange meeting open to students and parents where you talk about the structure of the program, the goals and what each student is going to gain because of traveling
- Request a powerpoint presentation from us to be able t present and impress students and parents with pictures and activities scheduled.
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| Every trip with GTA includes rewards to make sure you get the most out of your tour and your students get the lowest tour fees available. Here's what you get:
Free Travel
Group Leaders always travel for free, we include one free leader per 8 students traveling. If you need to restructure this, we let you adjust your tour fee to bring along as many group leaders as you would like to arrange.
Cash Rewards
If you do not need as many group leaders, you can choose cash rewards instead. Use the cash to treat your participants to a special night out during the tour, to refund part of their Tour Fees, or as compensation for your extra workload.
Money for Your Referrals
Refer teachers to us who haven't previously traveled with GTA, and you will receive a 5% discount or up to $100 per student for your future students on your next group trip.
Refer a friend
Family & Friend Discount
Get a 10% discount on the Tour Fee of any family members or colleagues who accompany you on your trip.
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