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How to Recruit Students for an Educational Tour
Teachers, here is your foolproof recruitment plan and a free download of the 'My Recruitment Plan' checklist.
7 Airport Hacks For Students Traveling This Summer
Here are some of our favorite airport hacks for student travelers. From packing light to wearing the right shoes, Passports covers all the bases for the smoothest airport check-in ever!
7 Reasons to Visit Portugal
1. Learn (or try to learn) Portuguese in its native land! It’s the 6th most spoken language in the world. Not only the official language of Portugal itself, Portuguese is also the official language of Brazil,
Teacher Tuesday: The SVP
What is an SVP, you ask? Well, it stands for a Summer (or Spring!) Vacation Project, but it is oh so much more than that. The SVP is the gift that keeps on giving. And we’ll tell you how. But first, a little
Teacher Tuesday: Ukraine and Russia Lesson Plans
Teacher Tuesday: Ukraine and Russia Lesson Plans
Did You Know? Travel Is One Of America's Fastest-Growing Industries
The U.S. Travel Association's report on travel as a job creator has all of us at Passports Educational Travel happy to be a part of America's future!
Top 5 Highlights from Yuletide in Dublin (and Belfast!) Trip
Top 5 Highlights from Yuletide in Dublin (and Belfast!) Trip.. Passports 2013 International Teacher Convention!
When You Call Passports, You Never Get a Machine
When you call Passports, you’ll never get a machine. We’re always here and happy to help.
Johnny Miller Golf Academy
In the history of the educational travel industry, there has been only one “celebrity endorsement” that ever made a difference. But that one made a big difference.
Top 4 Language Learning Programs
When we think of language-learning software, most of us automatically think of the world-famous (and expensive!) programs advertised on TV and elsewhere. A study of the latest online language-learning programs and apps r
Top Four Pieces of Art to See at the Louvre
Choosing from among over 300,000 artworks housed on 5 different floors was no easy task, not that anyone ever sees them all. These are our favorites.
Teacher Tuesday: Literature Circle Bookmarks Download!
Teacher Tuesday: Literature Circle Bookmarks Download!
Travel Lesson Plans Help Create a Global Classroom
Our lesson plans can help you to create a global classroom. Here’s how!
20 Travel Tips For First-Time Student Travelers
These handy tips will help get you through your first trip to Europe!
Teacher Tuesday: Using History Lesson Plans as a Foreign Language Teacher
Teacher Tuesday: Using History Lesson Plans as a Foreign Language Teacher
Wordless Wednesday: 11 Student Group Photos That Will Make You Smile
We love it when our tour directors take group photos of teachers and their students at famous European locations!
Teacher Tuesday: We'd Like Your Help!
Teacher Tuesday: We'd Like Your Help!… please?
Teacher Tuesday: E-Z Pay (All New!)
Paying off your passports tour has never been EZ-er! Of course you, the traveling teacher, don’t have to worry about monthly payments — you travel for free with just six paying participants. But here’s why you should enc
Why Travel with Students?
Why Travel with Students? A Former Teacher's Perspective
Why I Love Gothic Cathedrals
Ever since a passports group organizer gave my colleague the book “The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett, and then that colleague passed the book along to me (I think it was 25 years ago!), I’ve been hooked on the his
Wordless Wednesday: 2017 Contest Winners!
Wordless Wednesday: Passports Educational Travel announces the winners of our 2017 travel photo and journal reflections contests!
Navigating the World of Educational Travel, Part 2
Helping you to navigate the world of educational travel… one blog post at a time.
Destination Spotlight: Iceland
Volcanoes, a geothermal spa, geysers, and even an earthquake simulator! Iceland is the Earth science buff's dream!
5 Reasons Your School Board Shouldn't Let You Book a Student Trip without Using a Company
5 Reasons Your School Board Shouldn't Let You Book a Student Trip without Using a Company