Road Scholar Information:
Road Scholar, formerly known as Elderhostel and Exploritas, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing adults with learning adventures. Road Scholar offers trips to 150 countries; The organization introduced nearly 5,500 apprenticeship programs last year.
Road Scholar Mission:
Road Scholar offers adults the opportunity to learn, talk to locals and other travelers, and broaden their horizons through travel. As a non-profit organization, Road Scholar can also offer scholarships to adults who wish to learn through travel.
Destinations:
North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Polynesia and Antarctica when conditions permit.
Tour participants demographics:
Although there is no official age limit or minimum age, the majority of Road Scholar tour participants are 50 years or older. Road Scholar offers special intergenerational programs for grandparents and grandchildren ages 4 and up.
Information for individual travelers:
Road Scholar charges a single supplement, but you won’t have to pay it if you sign up for a roommate. Additionally, Road Scholar offers multiple trips each year that do not require solo travelers to pay a single supplement.
Cost:
It varies widely. Some four-day voyage programs in North America cost less than $ 400. Prices for 115-day sea-learning programs worldwide start at $ 33,395.
Travel time:
It varies. Road Scholar offers short and long trips, ranging from four days to over 28 days.
Road Scholar Tour Information and Tips:
Road Scholar program fees may or may not include airfare. See your program itinerary for complete information.
Almost all other expenses are included. Check the itinerary of each trip for more details.
Road Scholar offers a wide variety of trips and programs. You can learn a new skill, such as basket weaving, trying a high adventure sport, immersing yourself in the culture of another country, or participating in a service learning journey. Activity levels vary.
Some trips to the United States include an alternative accommodation option for participants who live in their mobile homes and are willing to do so during their Road Scholar experience.
While you are free to book your own international air travel, if you make your international airline reservations through Road Scholar, your airport transfers will be included and you will be eligible for a full airfare refund if Road Scholar has to cancel your trip. .
Road Scholar works hard to accommodate travelers with disabilities, but cautions that many overseas destinations do not have accessible facilities.
Road Scholar offers partial scholarships for US programs that cost $ 1,400 or less. These scholarships, called Enrichment Grants, are available to applicants who live in the United States, are at least 50 years old, and whose household income is less than 80 percent of their state median household income.
Road Scholar also offers caregiver grants, which are designed to give dedicated caregivers a break from their routine by paying for a substitute caregiver.
You can get discounts on future Road Scholar trips by becoming a Road Scholar Ambassador. Ambassadors give at least four Road Scholar presentations per year. You will receive a credit toward a future Road Scholar trip for every 100 people who sign up for the Road Scholar mailing list.
Some international travel involves “basing home” in a hotel and taking day trips to various sites. Check a map or use an online mapping site to see if you are comfortable with the distances you will be traveling each day.
All Road Scholar tour participants are covered by the Travel Protection Plan. Benefits vary, depending on whether you are traveling in the US or another country. Medical evacuation insurance is included, but trip delay, trip cancellation, and trip interruption coverage are not. Road Scholar encourages all tour participants to consider purchasing a separate travel insurance policy that includes these benefits.
Contact information:
Scholar of the way
11 Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, MA 02111
USA
Telephone: (800) 454-5768 from the United States; 1-978-323-4141 from other countries
Email: [email protected]
Road Scholar website
