How to Prepare for Your First Time Flying on a Plane

Whether it's your first time flying overseas or your first time flying period, this guide to managing the flight process will be a great resource....

13 Packing Tips for Your International Travels

Struggling to pack for your overseas adventure? Don't worry. As frequent fliers, the ACIS Educational Tours team has turned packing a bag into both an...

A Big Adjustment on Tour: Walking in Europe

Cultural Contrast Does this scenario sound familiar? If not, it soon will. You've just arrived in Europe for the first time, filled with excitement and...

Spotlight on Berlin

This guest post is written by ACIS Tour Manager Abi Welshman. One of the most frequent questions asked of me as a Tour Manager is...

7 Gift Ideas for the World Traveler in Your Life

Plane tickets are an ideal but very expensive present. Slip one of these (much cheaper) options under the tree and the world traveler in your...

5 Hidden Gems of Saint Petersburg

What do you know about Sankt-Peterburg, one of the largest, northernmost cities in Russia? The “Venice of the East” is a diverse city; at the...

Brandon’s 5 Recommendations for Visiting Madrid

Brandon is currently studying Spanish at UT Austin and has spent a year in Seville as part of his curriculum. You can see more of...

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....

Tips for Staying Healthy While Traveling

Spring has arrived! Across the northern hemisphere, everybody’s enjoying the boundless vistas of green and slumping out of winter hibernation. Say ¡adiós!, au revoir, and...

Travel Photography for Beginners

The ineffable value of travel stretches way beyond the corners of a picture frame. However, photography is a fantastic medium for sharing meaningful travel experiences....