Who’s Traveling? Virtual School Families!
Families whose children attend virtual school, and they’re a growing niche that the travel industry is just beginning to notice.
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Family Safari in Africa: Educational and Exciting
Many families are taking their kids out of school for travel to Africa during off-peak times. Here are three ways to work education into a family safari in Africa.
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5 Family Travel Trends for 2016
What are the latest family travel trends? “Vacations can increasingly happen at any time, with any size group, for any number of days, with any amount of notice,” travel expert says.
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Ever Imagine Taking a Year-Long Family Vacation? For Some, It’s Not a Daydream
Traveling the world is a merely a wish for most individuals. But for some, a year-long family vacation is a serious goal that can be accomplished.
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FTA Spotlight: Re/Defining Family Travel > How to Use Travel as a Learning Tool
Why do public schools unfailingly fail our kids by believing that more learning occurs in a classroom than in the world beyond it? Let’s let family travel. (This is the second of our 12 FTA Spotlight: Re/Defining Family Travel topics.)
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10 Myths of Family Travel, Debunked
Venturing into the unknown can radically up the amount of quality time in your family. As long as you don’t believe the hype. Let’s dispel the ugly myths about family travel.
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A Matter of Perspective: Skipping School or Travel as Education?
Heather Greenwood Davis reacts to the recently rekindled debate about whether skipping school should be allowed in order to take advantage of travel as education.
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Keep the Learning Going: Summer Travel
School may be out, but that doesn’t mean the learning has to end. Here are three ways to keep the learning going.
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Take Your Homeschool on the Road
Education through travel has become more popular in recent years, with more and more families choosing to homeschool on the road.
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Missing School for a Family Vacation?
Balancing family travel against your child’s education can be tricky. The secret: Have a plan. And always let the teacher know that your child will be missing school.
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Your Radical Family Sabbatical
How and why one Colorado family left it all behind and found what mattered most on a family sabbatical in Ecuador. All while traveling “Children Class.” (There are two classes of travel: first class, and with children.)
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Abercrombie & Kent
Founded by a family of travelers more than 50 years ago, Abercrombie & Kent pioneered a unique style of travel that combines genuine local encounters with outstanding service. Since the days of our first safaris in East Africa, we’ve expanded to offer journeys in more than 100 countries on all seven continents, creating memorable experiences for families everywhere we go.
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