Learn, Serve & Immerse to Discover Why Alaska is Called the Last Frontier


Ready for a great, big family adventure in the Land of the Midnight Sun? Alaska is 663,000 square miles of scenic landscape ranging from rugged coastlines to towering mountain ranges. But less than three in 10 of Alaska’s two million annual visitors venture into the state’s Interior region, where history is so rich that it's impossible to really understand the diverse culture until you're there. The 49th state is a vast, wild place where children thrive among the flora and fa


Jennifer Spatz
- Oct 24, 2014
- 2 min
Volunteer Vacations: 10 Ways Your Family will Benefit
Does your family love to travel and want to make a difference together? Consider taking a volunteer vacation with your family! In this blog, im电竞官网下载s shares the top 10 reasons your family could benefit from volunteering together. If your family is interested in learning more about these opportunities, subscribe to our blog! 10 Ways Your Family will Benefit from a Volunteer Vacation: Volunteer vacations instill a sense of social responsibility and global citi


Jennifer Spatz
- Aug 6, 2014
- 8 min
Blog Posts from our Family Tour to China
im电竞官网下载s dedicates this blog post to our wonderful tour Chinese tour guides, who became our extended family while were traveling in China. We were very fortunate on this tour to have a fabulous primary guide, David Qi, who accompanied us to each destination and shared his in-depth knowledge of China’s history, and we also had three different local guides in Beijing, Xi’an and Chengdu who provided detailed information about their respective cities and the sights w


Jennifer Spatz
- Jul 9, 2014
- 3 min
Tips for traveling to China with kids!
Our family was very excited to be going on the Pandas, Warriors and Cities tour in June of 2013! Months prior to the trip, I was already thinking about what to pack and looking into tips for traveling to China with kids (ours were 6 and 8 years old when we went). Here are a few travel and packing tips to get you started. Food & Beverages: Chinese Food is not very sweet, so if your kids have a sweet tooth, you may want to take along some of your favorite candy. Tip: Most


Jennifer Spatz
- Apr 16, 2014
- 3 min
A Family Adventure to Nicaragua
Our family adventure to Nicaragua with im电竞官网下载s was above and beyond what we expected – what an amazing country it is and so many fun things to do! Homestay and Service Learning Adventure on Omtepe Island After spending the night in Managua near the airport, our stay began with a lovely homestay with the Alvarez family on Omtepe Island, a beautiful, serene island that offers a little of everything that Nicaragua has to offer, from pre-Columbian history, two beaut