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Tip of the Month
Invest in a Laminator
How often are your maps and visual aids ripping or falling apart? How much time are you spending reprinting maps to give to your chaperones? Invest in a laminator! Laminated maps are easily collected from chaperones and can be stored in your tour leader bag for use time and time again, saving you time and energy. |
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Scholastica Travel News
Save the Date: Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Scholastica Travel will be hosting a FAM trip to Williamburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown from December 6-8, 2019! Please join us for this special festive weekend. All independent tour leaders and their guests are invited. Details to follow.
2019 Independent Tour Leader Compensation Program
New rates went into effect January 1, 2019. View the updated Independent Tour Leader Compensation Program.
Tour Leader Message Board
Tour season is nearly underway. Are you on the Tour Leader Message Board? Tour leaders share on-the-go road closures, exhibit information, special events, and important announcements. Don't miss out on this excellent resource!
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Destination Updates
Atlanta
- The Georgia Aquarium welcomes two new beluga whales to the Cold Water Quest gallery alongside resident whales, Qinu, Nunavik, and Maple. Learn more.
Chicago
- LOOP opens in Polk Bros Park February 28, 2019 - Sunday, May 12, 2019. This free, illuminated musical installation invites the public to sit down inside and activate the mechanism, causing beautiful images inspired by 13 fairy tales to come to life. Learn more.
Jamestown and Yorktown
- 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of key historical events that occurred in Virginia in 1619 and continue to define America today. As part of the 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, an array of special exhibitions, events, public lectures and programs will take place throughout the year at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Learn more.
Lancaster
- Sight and Sound Theatre's NOAH is headed to movie theaters across the country for a special nationwide event. Seen by more than 5 million people on stage, NOAH takes you on board history’s best-known voyage—along with two of every kind of animal! Playing three days only: April 9, 11, and 13. Learn more.
New York City
- "Defying Gravity: Women in Space" exhibit opened at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Hosted by a holographic Dr. Mae Jemison, this AR experience shares the stories of previously unsung women in the U.S. space program. Learn more.
Orlando
- Here’s Every Single Attraction Opening at Disney Parks in 2019
- "Star Wars: Galaxy Edge" will open this fall at Walt Disney World. Along with themed shopping, character interatctions and a cantina bar, this 14-acre land will bring two attractions, one featuring the Millenium Falcon and another featuring the Death Star. Learn more.
- The first-ever Mickey Mouse ride will open this fall at Walt Disney's Hollywood Studios. Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway will feature eye-popping visuals throughout a zany adventure with Goofy, Donald and Daisy in tow. Learn more.
Washington D.C.
- The National Cherry Blossom Festival will take place March 20 - April 14, 2019. Learn more.
- Newseum to permanently close at end of 2019. The Freedom Forum — the creator and primary funder of the Newseum — has announced the sale of the building in which the Newseum is located to Johns Hopkins University, a premier academic institution. The University will use the building as a new consolidated center for its DC-based graduate programs. Learn more. '
- Exhibition Hall at the U.S. Capitol will close March 4. It will undergo extensive renovations and will reopen in 2021.
- The National Air and Space Museum will be renovating all of their exhibitions and welcoming a bold new future. The Museum will remain open throughout the seven-year project with phased closures and openings of their galleries Museum favorites will remain on display including the 1903 Wright Flyer,Spirit of St. Louis, Bell X-1, and the North American X-15. Learn more.
- The new Spy Museum in L'Enfant Plaza will open May 11, 2019! Shop at the Spy Store starting Monday, February 25, 2019. Learn more.
- The National Park Service has begun a 15-month project to restore the roofs, repair the stone, and clean the marble at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The memorial will remain open for the duration of the project, although some areas will be inaccessible. Learn more.
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Featured Resource
Food Truck Fiesta
Is your group interested in eating at the food trucks? This website updates daily with the locations and offerings of food trucks in Washington D.C. |
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Recent Reviews
Amy Valenti reviewed Scholastica Travel Inc. — 5 star
Our school has used Scholastica for our 8th Grade DC Trip for over 24 years. Excellent staff to work with. Always going above and beyond to make our trips full of wonderful memories. Very knowledgeable and great tour guides on our trips.
Kevin Pollock reviewed Scholastica Travel Inc. — 5 star
The Franklin Regional High School Band has been traveling with Scholastica Travel for 31 years. They've partnered with us on many trips to Orlando as well as other destinations - New York, Washington, D.C., Pasadena, Boston, Louisville, Myrtle Beach, and Chicago. They've assisted us with travel arrangements to the biggest parades in the nation - the Presidential Inaugural Parade in 2017, the Tournament of Roses Parade in 2016 and 2012 and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2009 and 2003. Everyone at Scholastica - from central office to the tour escorts - has been most professional and accommodating to our needs every step of the way, from start to finish. They've often anticipated potential problems and have gone above and beyond expectations to ensure a safe, enjoyable, and educational experience for the students. It's been a pleasure to work with this company for so many years, and we will continue to do so in the future.
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