Student Group Tour Magazine is a publication for individuals, educators and organizations actively planning trips for student groups.

Every issue contains information focusing on student oriented destinations, itineraries, travel trends, and information covering all aspects of student travel. With the regional breakdown, articles and advertisements are placed within their respective section of the magazine for easy reference.

What is student travel?
Student travel is trips by middle and high school students, independent of their families, away from their community.

The top activities for student travel are sightseeing, competing in or watching sports, shopping, outdoor recreation, guided tours, visiting historic sites or state/national parks, camping, attending lectures, visiting history/science/art museums, attending or participating in performing arts presentations, and visiting theme parks.

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IN THIS ISSUE
7 From the Editor
Learning can be fun
8 Compass Points
Student Travel News
13 Profile
Going and growing
Ellison Travel and Tours Ltd.
Doug Ellison
City Focus
20 Twin Cities
34 Montreal
40 Washington, D.C.
56 Atlanta
72 San Antonio
81 Guest
Notes from the fi eld
by Shawn Lawton

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EDITOR'S LETTER
Learning can be fun

At a specialty bookstore recently, I rediscovered a book that had been a childhood favorite of mine more than 50 years ago, Manners Can Be Fun by Munro Leaf. The author’s other “Can Be Fun” books, which include Reading Can Be Fun, were bookshelf musts back in the day. Based on old-fashioned common sense of simpler times, the books are filled with well-defined rules to live by.

Today’s kids need to embrace the same responsibility for their behavior, whether in school or traveling, but take in advice in many different ways. Humor and colorful illustrative characters are still key, but they are woven into handson activity stations, role-playing, and other interactive learning experiences.

Teachers and tour operators known for having well-behaved kids, know that students learn more on a trip while they are having fun. Examples abound of students who are not only poorly behaved but are also not learning because the environment isn’t conducive to having fun. Imagine learning about music, art, science, and technology while attending a performance of Blue Man Group or studying physics on a roller coaster at Carowinds Education Days.

These pages of Student Group Tour magazine are filled with ideas for your student groups to travel, perform, and play — all with a fun learning adventure in mind. We hope you find that learning can be fun on every page.

Carol Smith,
Editor

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