There are limitless possibilities of inspiring students enrolled in TRIO, Student Support Services, and Upward Bound programs. As a leader of your program, you believe that stepping onto college campuses makes the goal of attending college more real for your students. Regardless of their family’s income, all students deserve an opportunity to achieve maximum academic success.
GL Travel was started by a teacher who led college visits and cultural tours for his AVID students. Like you, we care about creating impactful college experiences and cultural activities for students.
The 4 keys to leading a TRIO and Upward Bound Education program
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Customized TRIO Trips - Plan a trip that is unique to the goals of your program
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All-inclusive Tours - Your trip should be all-inclusive. You and your students will have all expenses covered from their departure time to when you arrive back home.
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Start Planning Early - Plan early to ensure your group has the best experiences.
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How to Choose your group - Assess the goals of the program. For example, do you have a small program with the goal of traveling locally? Or a larger program that offers college visits and tours in New York or California?
You want to travel confidently on your trip, knowing that every detail is taken care of. We know that trip leaders don’t want to deal with unmet expectations. So travel confidently and work with a team that you can trust.
Your trip starts with upgraded experiences that you and your students will love. On tour, you watch your students move closer to the goal of becoming self-actualizing global citizens. You and your students are having an inspiring trip. After your trip, parents are grateful, and your students are appreciative. You feel great. Your program’s academic advising, enrichment, mentoring, and travel empower students to achieve their dreams.
Plan the Perfect College Visit Tour for Your TRIO or UB students.
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You and your Upward Bound students are unique. You deserve a unique travel program. Students interested in a Foreign language can learn more about majors on a college campus. Community College students interred in transferring to a state university to earn their college degree. Do you want to plan a college tour of the Midwest? How about a tour of college campuses in the Southeast and visiting civil rights cultural sites? You dream it up, and we can make it happen.
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Your Trio Program recruits low-income students with goals of higher education. On your trip, expenses are covered from the time your students step on the bus to the time they return home. Breakfast is typically at the hotel or a grab-and-go. For lunch and dinner, participants receive a stipend, voucher, or sit down at a restaurant. All of your group’s hotels, busses, tips, and entrance fees are covered. Be sure to plan an all-inclusive Tour for your students.
Start Planning Early - TRIO and Upward Bound College Visits
When is the best time for your program to travel? Most groups travel in the Spring and Summer. However, a few groups have the flexibility to travel in the fall or over weekends throughout the academic year. Whenever you travel the key is deciding your dates and destination early.
Once you select your perfect dates and destination, we can start planning your perfect trip. Campus tour and admissions presentations book up early. For your first-generation college students, earning a bachelor’s degree can feel like a mystery. Unlock the knowledge by attending academic presentations that discuss majors, academic criteria, and financial aid.
Take an official college tour. Your group’s campus guide will share information and answer questions not found on the internet. Give your students some space to ask the questions they want to be answered and see whether the college is a good fit for the future.
Cultural events also book up quickly. Top attractions that inspire the love of travel in your students are not to be missed. If you are planning a field trip to Washington DC and New York or California, you may need flights that require advanced notice.
Decide your dates and destinations early and guarantee the best cultural attractions and admission presentations on college campuses.
How to Choose your group
Some program leaders want to take all students enrolled on tour. Other program leaders want to take only the most committed students on their tour. Certainly, there are advantages of both approaches. However, whether you work with high school students or community college students, there should be some eligibility requirements to travel. Successful TRIO programs we have worked with have created criteria for travel that includes attendance, grades, and citizenship.
Ultimately secondary education is the goal and providing a safe and enriching travel program is a part of that goal. For chaperones, choose staff members who will guide and inspire your group. Create travel enrollment criteria for the best results on your tour.
How you’ll lead your best TRIO Tour ever
There are limitless possibilities of inspiring students enrolled in TRIO and Upward Bound programs. As a leader of your program, you believe that stepping onto college campuses makes the goal of postsecondary education tangible. Regardless of their family’s income, all students deserve an opportunity to achieve maximum academic success.
GL Travel was started by a teacher who led college visits and cultural tours for his AVID students. Like you, we care about creating impactful college experiences and cultural activities for students.
The 4 keys to leading a TRIO and Upward Bound Education program
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Customized TRIO Trips - Plan a trip that is unique to the goals of your
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All-inclusive Tours - You want a trip that covers travelers from their departure time to when they arrive back home.
-
Start Planning Early - Plan early to ensure your group has the best experiences.
-
How to Choose your group - Assess the goals of the program. For example, do you have a small program with the goal of traveling locally? Or a larger program that offers college visits and tours in New York or California?
Picture this. You sit down on your couch after a fantastic trip with your TRIO Students. Your students loved your trip. Your fellow TRIO staff wants to go on the next trip. Your students and their families were appreciative of all of your hard work. You and your students experienced an amazing trip that you will never forget.
We can help you design a life-changing TRIO trip. You and your students will cherish the memories that you created together. If you want to lead a memory-making TRIO tour that you and your students will never forget, there are three easy steps:
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Click the let's talk button, and on our call, we'll listen to your perfect trip goals.
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We'll present you with two unique itineraries.
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You'll select your itinerary and lead your best trip ever.
