2014 Contest Winners!
TRAVELER PHOTO CONTEST FIRST PLACE All dressed up at the Eiffel Tower! Submitted by Bailey SECOND PLACE Paris at Night Submitted by Jenna THIRD PLACE On a Gondola in Venice, Italy Submitted by Robin MY PASSPORTS DRAWSTRI
New Features on Passports.com for Students
TRIP-RELATED RESOURCES Now passports students have access to never-before-available resources applicable to their tour, fun contests, travel tips, and trip-friendly apps for their electronic travel-worthy devices!
Sugar Skulls and Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Mexico
Sugar Skulls and Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Mexico
June 23-June 27 Lesson Plan Roundup
After completing our summer project of revising and checking all of our online lesson plans, the Curriculum Department at passports is once again putting out new lesson plans to get our teachers ready for the upcoming fa
The History of Halloween Will Surprise You
The pagan rituals of Samhain sparked many of the Halloween traditions that we still carry on in the US today.
Part 3: Rome, 20 Years on
By Julian Moseley Buongiorno, Fiumicino! The day a tour group arrives overseas can be so many things at once; tiring, stressful, nerve-wracking on the one side; fun, exciting and joyous even, on the other. It’s essential
Passports vs. Your Travel Company
You asked, and we listened. Why should you choose passports over that other travel company? Click below to find out — we’ve done all the work for you! The Bottom Line passports is a quality tour company with hotels, meal
6 Photos That Will Inspire Your Wanderlust
6 Photos That Will Inspire Your Wanderlust
Claire Briddon
On January 6, 2022, Claire Briddon passed away at 82. Passports’ President David Markle asked me to write a tribute in honor of Claire since she had worked for Passports from its inception in 1992, retiring in 2015
17 Tips for Effective Student Tour Recruitment
These tips will make student recruitment much easier!
Meet Lou Baskinger: Teacher Representative for Passports ACTFL16
Lou Baskinger is a retired Spanish teacher who has traveled on over 20 tours with passports. He accompanied some of the passports staff at ACTFL16 to talk to fellow teachers about his experiences traveling with us.
7 Tours, 7 Wonders of the World
There have been numerous lists compiled to nominate the world’s most spectacular natural wonders and manmade structures. Explore 7 Wonders of the World on tour with Passports!
Passports Photo Challenge
3 photo contests, 3 chances to win. Think you have what it takes to beat out all 2016 passports travelers in this year’s photo challenge?
5 Steps to Successful Student Recruitment
Having trouble recruiting enough students for your tour? Our 5 step guide will help you through that process!
Sell the Experience, Not the Trip
When recruiting students for an educational tour, your goal should be to sell the experience, not just the trip.
2016 Passports Photo Challenge Winners
5 Unique Easter Traditions from around the World
In the United States, we don't think twice about frantically searching for colored eggs hidden by a mythical bunny. Do you ever wonder how other countries around the world celebrate Easter?
2017 Passports Traveler Contests
passports is excited to announce the kick off of our annual traveler contests! 2 photo contests + 1 writing contest = 3 chances to win an epic spending spree! Do you think you have what it takes to beat out the other 201
Teacher Tuesday: An Educational Tour Experience to Remember
Guest Post by Ingrid B. In the summer of 2000, my husband Bob and I took a group of my students on an educational tour with Passports to England and France . There had been several Passports tours before and since,
Student Tour Group Travel to Costa Rica
A student tour to Costa Rica is a breathtaking, Central American paradise for Spanish-speaking, science studies, in-service programs, and so much more.
Teacher Tuesday: 5 Fundraising Event Ideas
Summer is finally here, and you know what that means — time to prepare for next school year! If you’re a passports group organizer, that means planning ways to fundraise for your students’ experience of a lifetime.
Why Is English So Weird?
There are students all over the world trying to make sense of a language where comb, tomb and bomb don’t rhyme but pony and bologna do.
A Tribute to Our Founder: Dr. Gilbert Scott Markle
If you lived in the Worcester, Massachusetts area in the 1980s, chances are you either knew who Gil Markle was, you were employed at one of his companies, you were one of his students, or you knew somebody who knew someb
A Letter of Appreciation to Teachers
Today, as we celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Day, we’d like to say “thank you” to teachers.