Road Scholar Offers Travel Packages Packages range based on the location, activity level and cost of the trip. Most packages range from about $1,500 to $10,000. Here are a few packages available in 2018 and 2019 to give you an idea. In late 2018, you can travel to Spain, Italy, Malta, and Greece for 14 days.
Is Road Scholar a nonprofit?
Road Scholar is not a traditional travel company. We're a not-for-profit organization —and we have been ever since our founding in 1975. That not-for-profit status means we can put learning first in our decision-making. It allows us to keep costs low and to offer valuable programs that aren't driven by revenue.
What is a travel scholar?
Since 1963, the Traveling Scholar Program has allowed Big Ten Academic Alliance doctoral students to spend up to a full academic year pursuing specialized courses of study, researching unique library collections, and working in advanced laboratories and facilities at other Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions —with
What is a Road Scholar tour?
Road Scholar is the nation's largest not-for-profit educational travel organization for adults - a true university of the world. It offers thousands of programs in more than 100 countries and 50 states. Road Scholar educational adventures are created by Elderhostel, the world leader in educational travel since 1975.12 May 2021
What is the Road Scholar program and how does it work?
Road Scholar is an American not-for-profit organization that provides educational travel programs primarily geared to older adults. Road Scholar offers study tours throughout the United States and Canada and in approximately 150 other countries.
Does Elderhostel exist?
Formerly Elderhostel
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Type Corporate
Industry Educational travel
Founded 1975
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States
What is the former name of Road Scholar?
Elderhostel
Is Road Scholar for old people?
Usually, Road Scholars are lifelong learners over the age of 50. Do I have to be a member? No, you don't need to be a member to enroll in our learning adventures. Road Scholar is open to all inquisitive explorers.
Is Elderhostel still around?
Although the Elderhostel International Corporation still exists as the parent company, beginning in 2009 all the programs of Elderhostel International became known as Road Scholar.
What is Elderhostel now called?
By 2010, more than 4 million adults had taken Elderhostel programs, and the organization re-branded with a new name: Road Scholar. Today, Road Scholar offers 5,500 learning adventures, serving more than 100,000 participants annually.