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How I Became A Pirate

by Charlotte James

Oct 10, 2009

My class absolutely love this one!!! 5 stars. And a 7th grader from Bridgewater Middle plays the lead boy. Very inspiring for the boys in my class. Plan to bring my kids too!

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Washington D.C.

by Philip Read

Oct 18, 2009

I hworked with New Century from their inception in 1990 until mey retirement in 1998. There was never a problem that was not immediately taken care of. On one trip we had a student cut his head at the capitol builoding. New Century provided an ambulance and had us takedn to the hospital where he had staples used to close it up. On numerous occasion...See More

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socaliforniamagistra Why was New Century disallowed by your committee? That was a very provocative statement.

While I am now happily traveling with LEAD Discovery USA out of San Diego, my district has a number of student tour companies that are acceptable to them. These companies may not offer the stipends etc. to teachers or administrators (neither can we sol...See MoreWhy was New Century disallowed by your committee? That was a very provocative statement.

While I am now happily traveling with LEAD Discovery USA out of San Diego, my district has a number of student tour companies that are acceptable to them. These companies may not offer the stipends etc. to teachers or administrators (neither can we solicit or accept these perks beyond a free trip and reimbursement of expenses given directly through our school board.) and I think the respective companies have to add us to their liability insurance. For a district to 'disallow' a company rather than to have simply chosen one company over another, is interesting.

I traveled with New Century once, and while they were nice people, they did not provide the 24-hour teaching tour guide or had as much educational content or activities as I wanted, We had a lot of fast food (I have since banned food vouchers at food courts from all my trips!). They seemed to follow the same itineraries and overall style as Worldstrides, although the hotels were better and closer to DC. (I wondered if the two companies were ever related.)

On 10/18/09, Philip Read wrote: > I hworked with New Century from their inception in 1990 > until mey retirement in 1998. There was never a problem > that was not immediately taken care of. On one trip we had > a student cut his head at the capitol builoding. New > Century provided an ambulance and had us takedn to the > hospital where he had staples used to close it up. On > numerous occasions we have hd sick students and these were > provided transportation to the hotel with one of the > chaperones. If you choose good chaperones then you will > not have many problems thatg can not be taken care of. My > wife and I worked with the owners of tghe companyfor about > 27 years, leaving another company when they started up and > were never disappointed. You could not find more caring > people than those who founded the company. I find it > difficult to hear of these incidents and find much validity > to them. The only reason my former school system left is > because the school committee disallowed them.

Oct 19, 2009

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Share Behavioural Guidelines for students

by Sarah Sadie

Oct 30, 2009

Could some of you share the behavioural guidelines you have for your middle school aged students when taking them to another district for academic competitions? Do you have students sign contracts, or just give them the expectations orally? Would you give an example of your contracts for student behaviour? I am concerned about how to address the at...See More

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Has anyone traveled with Teach by Travel?

by Mary Bacon

Nov 1, 2009

lanning on using Teach by Travel for France and Switzeland summer of 2010 and looking for any feedback out there.

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Socaliforniamagistra On 11/01/09, Mary Bacon wrote: I've just studied their website and they have several of my personal requirements: 'No surprise' pricing, a separate insurance policy (TravelGuard), centrally located hotels, a tour manager (native to the area) in charge of logistics and educational content. These all are in stark contrast to the other large internati...See More

Nov 3, 2009

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Anonymous On 11/03/09, Socaliforniamagistra wrote: > On 11/01/09, Mary Bacon wrote: > I've just studied their website and they have several of my > personal requirements: 'No surprise' pricing, a separate > insurance policy (TravelGuard), centrally located hotels, a > tour manager (native to the area) in charge of logistics and > educationa...See More

Nov 4, 2009

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NETC Travel

by Mary Bacon

Nov 7, 2009

Looked into Teach by Travel and they were way too expensive. I am in search of anyone of can give me NETC feedback. I am new to this board. How does one search old postings. I did see read much about Explorica, EF and CHA. Was also consider looking into Passports. Thanks for the tip about Prometour! Am awating their prices but fear they will be too...See More

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Rhoda Lott EF is great when budget is a priority. They have low prices for the services given but you cannot expect central hotel locations (although it may happen) or incredible meals as a standard. EF is one of the oldest and the largest company for student travel and their volume allow them to negotiate unbelievable prices with hotels, restaurants, guides,...See More

May 9, 2010

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veronica murphy On 11/16/09, Justin from NETC wrote: > Dear Mary; > > NETC provides higher quality and costs more than other > organizations. We spend the extra money on making sure that > the educational side of things is the best it can be. It is > true that students don't need fancy food or de luxe hotels. > We feel that if you are in Italy...See More

Oct 20, 2010

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Contact me Anytime

by Dave G

Nov 11, 2009

Hello Everyone:

My name is Dave and I teach at a high school in Ontario, Canada. I have traveled with EF for the last 8 years and I have had wonderful experiences. If anyone would like to contact me, I'd be more than happy to share my experiences and/or recipes for a successful tour. Happy Trails everyone.

Dave

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Dave G Hello Anonymous:

So quick to judge aren't we? You don't know anything about me, yet you are so quick to summarize my intentions. I was just looking to help out any interested organizers, those were my motives. For your information, not that I feel I have to defend myself to anonymous people, I teach at a small, rural school and I only ever...See More

Nov 23, 2009

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socaliforniamagistra I agree with anonymous!

I am constantly contacted by teachers to travel with several companies that pay teachers above, and well beyond, the so- called 'free trip'. I recently found out (by reading the website carefully) that when a veteran teacher refers a new teacher/group, and they travel, the teacher that referred the group gets $1000 ...See More

Dec 21, 2009

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behavior issues prior to trip

by anonymous

Dec 4, 2009

I would like some suggestions or guidelines to have in place to address behavior before the trip. Something along the lines of if you do . . . , then you won't be able togo on the trip.

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ftrip On 12/08/09, Teacher Travel wrote: > On 12/04/09, anonymous wrote: >> I would like some suggestions or guidelines to have in >> place to address behavior before the trip. Something along >> the lines of if you do . . . , then you won't be able togo >> on the trip. > We have students and parents sign a behavior contract...See More

Feb 22, 2010

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Sr. G. I have a behavior contract for my trips, but it goes beyond what others have said here: Before they send the first payment.... contract signed by student AND parents. Drop below C average at end of semesters- kicked off trip. Fail a class- kicked off trip. Tardy to classes three times- kicked off trip. Written up for disrespectful, non-compliant, o...See More

May 8, 2010

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Funding for fieldtrips

by Jenny

Dec 5, 2009

Can anyone give me any info on these grants for the kids? I have been searching and have come to a dead end. I may be looking in the wrong places. Thank you. Jenny

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Alma Looking for Kindergarten field trips in Southern California. I need to find funding as well as free fields trips, museums and anything to help Kindergarten get a hands on experience. Thanks, Alma

Dec 5, 2009

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Good Educational Experience

by Dolly

Jan 5, 2010

Hey I just joined this chatboard during winter break! I had great luck last year traveling with a company called LEAD USA. They were responsive and honest and what I like most was that they customized the trip just for me! The website is leaddiscoveryusa.com

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