Make the world your classroom
Customized educational expeditions to meet your academic and civic goals
What Makes Us A Great Travel Partner
Personalized Planning
We customize each expedition to your desired destinations to create a unique experience for your community.
Prime Amenitites
We contract preferred transportation arrangements, centrally located hotels, and generous, healthy meals.
Full Time Guides
Our professional expeditions leaders maintain an efficient flow of learning and practical logistics.
As our destinations and the make-up of our travelers have diversified, we launched Discovery Expeditions to better customize expeditions beyond the scope of our traditional US History destinations for student groups. Here are some examples of the types of expeditions available: International and Cultural Exposure for Students, Humanitarian and Non-Profit Expeditions, Academic Credit and Professional Development for Teachers, Family and Adult Custom Expeditions.
Please visit Discovery Expeditions' website to discover more adventures.
Do “Recess” RighT
Our ecclectic team knows travel is more than just a “recess” from school; it’s an immersive expansion of what’s learned in the classroom and the community. But still fun.
Check out recent blog posts from our team:
Is the movie “Eighth Grade” appropriate for 8th Graders?
After working with 8th graders for years (Middle schoolers make up the majority of our groups that travel with Academic Expeditions), I was very keen to go see Bo Burnham’s debut film “8th Grade”, and so I did this week. The movie centers around shy Kayla whose self-...
“My Roots Song”
I first wrote and debuted “My Roots Song” in 2002 at our Mosteller Family Reunion as a reminder of the family roots I cherish in my life as I was trying to find my own place in life. At our most recent Family Reunion in 2017, I performed it again, but it had further...
Isaiah’s updated Top – 10 Most Beautiful Places
I've been fortunate to visit a lot of amazing places in my travels thus far, but my recent trip to the Alps of Switzerland so impressed me, I began to think how it stacked up with some of the other places I've seen. I filmed the following video on a walk along the...
Professional Afflilations
Academic Expeditions is an accredited educational travel provider and a member of the major student travel, guiding, and transportation organizations across the country.
Contact Us: 917.520.5453 (General Inquiries) / 917.608.4177 (Registrations and Billing)