Student Spotlight: Emily Franco, ACIS Student Ambassador

Emily Franco is a student at Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. When her Spanish teacher, Marion Jackson, gained approval from her administration to...

10 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online

Visiting world-famous museums is one of the most enticing aspects of traveling abroad. Works of art you've only seen in text books are right in...

Haggis Dinner: Cultural Connection Spotlight

There's no better way to experience a foreign culture than through its native culinary tradition. There are many European countries where the food is the...

STEM Educational Travel

Ask any STEM educator about the importance of what they do, and they'll inevitably tell you that STEM is deeply intertwined with the world in...

Travel Scholarship Winners – 2016

Every year at ACIS, we give away scholarships to high school and middle school students to help with the financial cost of going abroad with...

Guédelon Castle: Destination Spotlight

This is the fourth in a series of articles profiling destinations new to our 2017 catalog. Have you ever happened upon a medieval structure like...

How to Speak a Foreign Language While Traveling Abroad

This post was contributed by Kate Webb, an ACIS Tour Manager and English Teacher based in Paris, France. When traveling in a foreign country, you...

Distrito Federal: A Love Letter to Mexico City

Mexico City is the real deal. It's a huge city; almost something like the sprawl of São Paulo in Brazil but actually totally cool and...

Dresden, Germany: Destination Spotlight

This is the third in a series of articles profiling destinations new to our 2017 catalog. This post was contributed by ACIS marketing intern Jeff Zeserson....

Valentine’s Day Traditions Across the World

Love it or hate it, February 14th represents Valentine’s Day on the American calendar. While it’s evolved over time into a commercialized holiday that chocolatiers and...