PASSPORTS EXCLUSIVE
COMMITMENT PROGRAM
WELCOME!
Welcome to Passports' Exclusive School Commitment Program – a comprehensive travel partnership designed to elevate the educational journey of your entire student body. At Passports, we understand the transformative power of travel and are dedicated to making global experiences accessible, enriching, and worry-free for every student. By committing your school's travel needs to us, you unlock a world of streamlined services, dedicated support, and unparalleled educational opportunities.
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Our streamlined quotation process ensures that planning your school's trips is as effortless as it is exciting. With our efficient and transparent approach, you receive clear, concise, and customized travel proposals, allowing you to make informed decisions quickly and easily. This means more time focusing on what matters most – your students' learning and experiences.
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Experience personalized service like never before. Each committed school is paired with a dedicated tour consultant and an operations liaison. This duo becomes your school's go-to experts, ensuring consistency in communication, understanding your unique needs, and tailoring each trip to your school's educational goals.
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To ensure that your educators are as prepared as they are passionate, we offer extra training trips for all group leaders. These preparatory journeys equip your staff with the knowledge and confidence to lead students in new cultural contexts, enhancing the overall safety and educational quality of each trip.
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Safety is our top priority. Our comprehensive overseas medical coverage provides peace of mind for parents, students, and school administrators. In the unlikely event of a medical emergency, you can rest assured that your students are covered.
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Our full umbrella liability coverage adds an extra layer of security, safeguarding your school and district against unforeseen circumstances. This coverage ensures that all legal and financial aspects are handled with the utmost care and professionalism.
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We provide a clear contractual agreement between individual participants and Passports, distinctly excluding the school and/or district from any contractual obligations. This clarity in responsibility protects the educational institution while empowering parents and students in their travel decisions.
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Education and travel should be accessible to all. Our special scholarships are designed to support equity, ensuring that financial constraints do not hinder any student from gaining the invaluable experience of educational travel.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
Customizable Itineraries
Tailor each trip to align with specific educational themes or curriculum requirements.
Parent Information Sessions
We offer informative sessions to engage and reassure parents, addressing all aspects of the trips.
Sustainable Travel Options
Choose eco-friendly travel options as part of our commitment to responsible tourism.
24/7 Support During Travel
Continuous support throughout the trip, ensuring a smooth and safe experience for all.
In choosing Passports' Exclusive School Commitment Program, you are not just selecting a travel provider; you are embracing a partnership that enriches your students' educational journey and fosters global understanding.
Let us handle the logistics and complexities of travel, so you can focus on what you do best – educating and inspiring the next generation of global citizens. Join us in opening a world of possibilities for your school.
OUR TEACHERS LIKE US … A LOT!
FIRST CLASS TOUR SERVICES
Amazing Hotels
City-Center Hotels
Passports participants stay in centrally-located, 3-and-4 star hotels, right near the sites they came to see. With a budget company, you could stay up to an hour’s drive away! This wastes time and money and provides extra on-tour expenses. Not with Passports.
Hotel Choice
Starting in 2022, private groups of 25 or more can select their own accommodations. In the months prior to departure, Passports will present you with a dossier of prospective hotels from which to choose. A little closer to the Eiffel Tower or closer to the trendy shopping district? You really can’t go wrong. Just another Passports Plus+.
Hotel options may be limited in smaller cities or with large groups.
Authentic Cuisine
Local, Authentic, City-Center Restaurants
Passports’ nightly meal budget exceeds $25 per person. This provides complete three-course meals in local restaurants, allowing travelers to experience authentic, local cuisine at each meal.
Georgina, Larry and Julian - just a few of our AMAZING Tour Directors
Industry-Best Tour Directors
The best tour directors want to travel with a high-quality company like Passports, because they know the group will stay in better hotels, eat better food, and simply be happier customers. Most of our Tour Directors have 20+ years experience and have led hundreds of tours with Passports. Don’t take our word for it. Watch some of our Tour Director Lecture Series. They are not only travel experts but also educators, like you.
UNPARALLELED STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE
Passports vs. The Other Guys
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FIRST
Upfront and Honest Pricing
No On-Tour Upselling
With other companies, their Tour Directors are instructed to sell additional excursions to the group while on tour. When staying outside of the city centers, a group has little choice but to purchase the extra activities, lest they want to spend their free time in the hotel. You can expect that purchasing a day trip on the spot is going to be more costly than paying in advance.
More Inclusions
With Passports, our tours are filled with INCLUDED activities and excursions that were priced into the itinerary in the beginning. Our Tour Directors are instructed NOT to provide any additional excursions unless specifically requested by a group leader. In most cases, our tours are too filled with included activities that there is no time for on-tour upselling. Additionally, due to our hotels being in the city centers, there is always plenty to do.
Ample Food - Saves $$$
Passports meal budget exceeds $20 per person per meal. This provides a three-course meal. The budget is this high to provide an authentic culinary experience, but also to provide your group with enough sustenance so that they don’t have to stop for more food after dinner. That’s an expense that decision-makers don’t often think of, but it amounts to hundreds of dollars in savings.
Included Tour Director Tip Option
Tour Directors receive tips at the end of the tour. Including the tip in the up-front tour cost saves your group from carrying around extra money overseas or being surprised with an extra expense at the end of the tour. This is just another way that Passports is honest and up-front about all expenses. You can choose to include the tip ahead of time - or not to. Passports gives you the option.
No Hidden Charges
No adult fee. With Passports, adults pay the same as students. Oftentimes adults will opt for a double room as they can’t room with students, and there is a charge for the double room. But there is no charge simply for being an adult.
No hidden airline fees. No hidden tripwire fees. With Passports, what you see is what you get.
Customer Service
One Point of Contact
Our Tour Advisors are amazing people who work with the group leaders during the pre-sale, enrollment, pre-departure, on-tour and post-tour periods. They check-in when the group is overseas. They are the point of contact throughout the entire process to assist in all phases of the tour. This is more important than you would think unless you’ve been with another company and changed hands several times in the course of the tour. The point is: trust and accountability are critical in our relationship with a group leader.
Our Promise
Passports top priority is to operate with respect for our partner schools, the travelers, the community, and ourselves. Excellent customer service is a matter of personal and organizational pride and everyone in our organization is here to work with and for you. We don’t want even one dissatisfied customer and we will work with every single school district, school, group leader, and traveler to ensure that this is the case.
If you have any questions about this, you can speak with our President, David Markle, or our Vice President, Dale Davies, who work every day with school administrators and group leaders, on a one-on-one basis. We are here for you. We will work with you.
Optional School Recruitment Reimbursement
Enroll ten participants and get $500 to cover any expenses. For every 5 paying participants thereafter, get another $250. Payments can be to the school or to the main group leader. Treat your group to an extra gelato on tour, use it have pizza at a planning meeting or post-trip photo party, or use it for a travel scholarship. It’s up to you!
Our Bottom-Line Guarantee
We are real people trying to do something good in the world. We will work tirelessly to earn your trust and to be the best partners we can be while offering a valuable service to you and your community.