A Planning Partnership: Meet Tricia Holda

When you’re planning an educational tour with ACIS, your International Program Team are your partners. It is their job to help you choose or customize...

Anafiotika: A Hidden Oasis in the Heart of Athens

Visitors to Athens will invariably spend much of their free time roaming the old town, or Plaka. This famed neighborhood is jam-packed with neoclassical buildings...

How Things Are, and Might Be

This is a guest post written by Giulia Dindo, an ACIS Tour Manager based in Dublin, Ireland. Quarantine – this new word dominates our daily...

Our Culture of Care in a Time of Coronavirus Part 2

This is our second blog post featuring stories from the road at the time when the coronavirus hit (here’s the first one, in case you...

Washington D.C. Student Trip: From Couch to Capital in 6 Easy Steps

Have you heard about the couch to 5K plans to get in-shape to run a 3.1-mile race? You can envision crossing the finish line, but...

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...

The Lasting Power of a Homestay

Susan Braun taught public school in Indiana for eight years before taking a break to raise her own children. She was awarded a Lilly Endowment Teacher...

The ACIS Difference: Headsets on Demand

You're walking through the streets of Florence, packed with tourists and vendors and locals alike. As you follow your tour guide, leading a dozen or...

Canada Beyond French Language: A Destination for Culture and Student Bonding

An interview with Chris Layson, an ACIS Academic Travel Advisor and Group Leader who has traveled with ACIS for 15 years as a teacher and...

7 Must-Know Australian Slang Phrases

When planning a trip Down Under, it’s reasonable to assume that you won’t have to employ your foreign language skills much, but that doesn’t mean...