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March 10-March 14 Lesson Plan Roundup
This week, continuing on a theme we started last week in response to the current Ukrainian crisis, we here at passports have been working on lesson plans relating to Eastern and Southeastern Europe, a region with a long,
5 Reasons to Take Your Student Group to Italy
5 Reasons to Take Your Student Group to Italy
Teacher Tuesday: Write For Us!
The passports Going Places blog is now accepting guest blog post entries! Sound like something you might be interested in? Check out these Q&As: WHO CAN WRITE A GUEST POST? Anyone with a passion for education o
Travel Photo Challenge
Traveling this summer on a Passports tour? Don't forget to enter our photo contests! Send us your favorite travel cliche photo; Instagram your meal; tag your tour director or show off your Passports swag!
Wordless Wednesday: 2017 Contest Winners!
Wordless Wednesday: Passports Educational Travel announces the winners of our 2017 travel photo and journal reflections contests!
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
Why Travel with Students?
Why Travel with Students? A Former Teacher's Perspective
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
Tour Timeline
First time planning a student tour? Check out a timeline of what you should expect leading up to a tour from initial planning to departure.
Teacher Tuesday: We'd Like Your Help!
Teacher Tuesday: We'd Like Your Help!… please?
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: Using History Lesson Plans as a Foreign Language Teacher
Teacher Tuesday: Using History Lesson Plans as a Foreign Language Teacher
20 Travel Tips For First-Time Student Travelers
These handy tips will help get you through your first trip to Europe!
Teacher Tuesday: Literature Circle Bookmarks Download!
Teacher Tuesday: Literature Circle Bookmarks Download!
Navigating the World of Educational Travel, Part 2
Helping you to navigate the world of educational travel… one blog post at a time.
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!
Teacher Tuesday: Ukraine and Russia Lesson Plans
Teacher Tuesday: Ukraine and Russia Lesson Plans
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
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,
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!
Destination Spotlight: Iceland
Volcanoes, a geothermal spa, geysers, and even an earthquake simulator! Iceland is the Earth science buff's dream!
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.
A Triumphant Return to Travel
It's travel season and Dave is in England with an update for group leaders.
Show Your Students the Venice of the North
Although the Hague is its true political capital, Amsterdam is the Netherlands' intellectual, cultural and nominal capital.