What to Expect From a High School Trip to France With ACIS

Paris. The name evokes images of the Eiffel tower, the Champs-Élysées, the Louvre, bistros with café au lait and croissants. All of us have this...

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...

ACIS Student Spotlight: Jenna F.

Jenna F. of Lumberton, New Jersey, traveled to Spain with ACIS this past April. Instead of going our usual interview route, she offered the very...

Student Travel Success Story: Beth Pfohl, 2014

We like to tell parents and students that student travel means much more than going on a week-long trip: It is an investment in the...

Explore London Like a Local

As one of the largest cities in the world as well as one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, London can be...

ACIS Student Spotlight: Amanda Travels to Indochina

This Spring, Amanda R. traveled to Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand with ACIS Tours and got to experience cultures completely different (and yet, in surprising ways...

A Guide to French Kissing (It’s not what you think!)

If you’ve mastered the basics of French communication (check out The Importance of Saying Bonjour), then perhaps we can move on to more serious things....

Student Spotlight: Johnny Vrba – Illinois

Johnny Vrba is a high school senior from Illinois. He traveled with his classmates to France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany this summer. We interviewed...

5 Leadership Qualities Students Gain by Traveling

Almost anyone who's had the opportunity to travel as a student will tell you: traveling abroad was the defining experience in their development from a...

Student Essay: 4 Reasons Why Traveling Is So Important

This article was written by Connor Edward McGrane upon his return from Greece and Italy this spring. He writes about how his trip abroad changed...