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Teacher stories, destination guides, packing tips, and lessons from three decades of running student tours in Europe and beyond.

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Educational Travel Services: How Necessary Are They?
Educational travel services are essential for teachers who wish to travel with their students overseas.

Contest Voting
Vote once per day for your favorite contest photos! Poll will close September 28 at 11:59 PM

Blog Spotlight: Lillie Marshall
Lillie Marshall is a Boston public school teacher with a passion for teaching and traveling.

2016 Passports Photo Challenge Winners

Expand Your Mind and Boost Creativity
Travel has the potential to revamp and vitalize the mind by immersing us in unfamiliar cultures with new customs and ideas.

Passports Traveler Blog Contest
Time for another contest! Send us an original blog post following the guidelines below. We’ll pick our favorite entries to feature on our blog and those winners will receive a $50 Amazon gift card . Sound easy? It is! We

April 7- April 11 Lesson Plan Roundup
This week was a short one for those of us in the Educational Department here at passports. Tuesday and Wednesday we attended the 45th Annual Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies, where we had a chanc

March 17- March 21 Lesson Plan Roundup
Check out our lesson plans from this week! Imperial Russia (1721-1917) - Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor Through an in-depth analysis of various primary and secondary sources, including a full reading of the parable of the

10 Travel-Themed Songs for Your next Trip to Europe
Looking for some travel songs?! Look no further, we got you covered.

What's a Prezi?
Along with the same menu items you’ve become accustomed to on passports.com , we’ve added quite a few new options, along with our new look. ONLINE PREZITATIONS One of passports.com ’s most exciting new features is the op

Tour Spotlight: Monet and Michelangelo
Explore three of Europe's greatest cities on a tour perfect for lovers of art, culture and history.

10 Pre-Departure Reminders for Students Traveling to Europe This Spring
10 pre-departure tips before you head abroad!

3 Ideas for Your Next Group Tour
Faculty-led group tours are shorter, affordable for most families, and provide travel abroad opportunity for more students. Here are our five favorite itineraries. Pick one of ours, or design your own!

Historical India: Explore the Subcontinent's Forts, Palaces and Monuments
Historical India: Explore the Subcontinent's Forts, Palaces and Monuments

Le Beau Voyage
9 Days London 2 • Caen 1 • St. Malo 1 • Loire Valley 1 • Paris 2… join us!

Benefits for Teachers Who Travel with Their Students
As our partner in organizing educational travel, we’ve always rewarded group organizers with cash bonuses, EXTRA free trips, and other great benefits.

5 Things Successful Group Travel Organizers Don't Do!
Five ways to avoid failure when recruiting passengers for your educational travel group!

The Editor's Choice: Emilia-Romagna Culinary Arts Tour
The Editor's Choice: Emilia-Romagna Culinary Arts Tour

First-Hand Account: How an Educational Tour Impacted Me
First-Hand Account: “How an Educational Tour Impacted Me” - learn how educational travel impacted a student FROM a student.

Getting School Board Approval for Educational Travel
If you are seeking permission to organize an overseas trip, there are some important things to keep in mind before talking to your school principal, or to the school board.

Wordless Wednesday: Students Traveling in France
Wordless Wednesday: Join us as one of our student groups shares photos from their recent educational tour to France!

Wordless Wednesday: 25 Travel Brochure Photos
For this week's Wordless Wednesday post, we're celebrating 25 years with our readers. Here are 25 years worth of student travel catalog cover photos. Enjoy!

Fear and Courage
A response to the NYTimes piece, Travel is my Antidote for Fear. As Covid eases, I’m heading out again.

3 Must-See Sights in Washington, DC
In honor of Veterans Day, here is our choice of the top three must-see sights in Washington, DC -- the Korean, Vietnam and WWII War Memorials
