Costa Rica Cultural Connections

ACIS’ educational tours to Costa Rica are full of cultural connections. These hands-on learning activities take students’ understanding of the Costa Rican culture to the...

Graduation Gifts Ideas to Inspire Travel

High School French Teacher, ACIS Group Leader and Academic Travel Advisor, Beth Marshall, shares her ideas on great travel gifts for her graduating students. Preparing...

Top Educational Tours to Spain

ACIS has been leading educational tours to Spain since our founding in 1978. Oftentimes when I explain educational travel to the uninitiated, it’s my second...

Visual Vocabulary: Restaurant Guides

Teachers tell us time and again there’s nothing quite like watching a student’s confidence soar when they’re in an overseas café, order food in the...

Five Islands I Love in Greece

Recently, our beloved ACIS Tour Manager Dimitra Neonakis kept our Destination Connect event series rolling with a wanderlust-inspiring presentation on “5 Islands I Love in...

Five Things I Love about Andalucía

Last night exceptional ACIS Tour Manager, Sonia Beck, kept our ‘5 things I Love about…’ event series rolling with the especially lovable southern Andalucía region...

Bretzelsonndeg (aka Pretzel Sunday)

As we are coming up on a year stuck inside our homes, I am constantly looking for new and exciting things to celebrate. While virtual...

5 Walks I Love in Paris

Last night ACIS Tour Manager Susana Sassi guided group leaders across the country on 5 virtual walks in Paris. While it’s not quite the same...

Travel Memories from past ACIS Participants

While we can’t hop on a plane and jet set on a new travel adventure, it’s fun to reminisce about past experiences. A few months...

The Power of People

From personal experience, I know that it’s terribly hard for children, and even adults sometimes, to grasp the concept of the Holocaust. When I was...