SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post Teacher Fieldtrip Chatboard Chat Center Teacher Chatboards Lesson Plans Teacher Classifieds Teachers.Net Gazette Teacher Mailrings Classroom Projects   Project Switchboard   100 Days   Arts & Crafts   Classroom Centers   Earthday   Family Math   Fieldtrips   Fundraising   Grant Writing   Pen Pals   Classroom Pets   Postcard Projects   Read Across America   Traveling Buddies Re: Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions? Posted by Kris Partain on 5/09/08 I represent Educational Discovery Tours. We are a completely flexible, extremely reliable, 38 year old student travel company. I would love to have the opportunity to speak to you regarding your East Coast trip. Please feel free to call me at 800-544-4723 or email at kris@educationaldiscoverytours.com. On 3/23/08, Thomas wrote: > We are looking for a new tour company to handle our DC > trip. The quality of our Worldstrides trip has > consistently dropped over the past 3 or 4 years. We have > managed to have a good time each year and I can not point > to any particular disasters. It just seems that the > quality has dropped a little year by year. > Planning this trip has been my responsibility for 7 years > now and Worldstrides was simply the inherited product from > the past organizer. > > Thus far, I have spoken with sales reps from EFtours & > Academic Expeditions. It looks like we will steer clear of > EF, considering the abundance of "bad press" I have found > on these message boards. > > Academic Expeditions is the other end of the spectrum. Not > much out there from people who have travelled with them. > They do have a website and the sales rep seemed to know > his stuff. It is just so hard to know when you are being > scammed sometimes. > > Has anyone here had an experience with Academic > Expeditions? Perhaps another tour company that can offer > more than Worldstrides? > > Thanks, > > Thomas Educational Discovery Tours Posts on this thread, including this one Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions?, 3/23/08, by Thomas. Re: Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions?, 3/26/08, by Scott. Re: Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions?, 5/09/08, by Kris Partain. Re: Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions?, 5/09/08, by Kris Partain. Re: Has anyone ever travelled with Academic Expeditions?, 5/21/08, by Thomas.

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