Students & School Tours

Student Group Tours & School Trips Across the USA

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school programs a year, with 60 travelers per group on average

Student Group Travel

Discover America, Together As A Class

Since 2009, Get Americas has built discovery trips for school and youth groups across the United States and Canada, from New York and Washington D.C. to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls. These are true discovery programs, not language homestays: your students travel, stay and explore together, in group hotels, by coach, with every visit booked ahead. Your teachers and chaperones stay in charge of the students from departure to return. We handle everything happening around them, with a local team on call 24/7 for the whole trip.

End-to-end planning

Why Choose Get Americas for Your Student Group Trip?

Everything around the class, handled on the ground

Designed For Their Age

Every itinerary starts with your students' age, your dates and your teaching goals. Science, history, national parks or pure fun: we set the balance with you, never from a catalog.

Every Visit, Booked Ahead

National monuments, museums, science centers and the landmarks your students came to see, all reserved in advance so the class never loses a morning in line.

Seamless Ground Transport

Coaches, transfers and timing are planned down to the minute between hotels, sites and meals, so your chaperones can focus on the group instead of logistics.

Comfortable Group Stays

Group blocks in centrally located, school group friendly hotels, with rooming lists organized by class or chaperone group exactly as your school requires.

On Call, Day And Night

A written safety plan before every departure, and a local Get Americas team reachable 24/7 for the whole trip. If a flight lands late or a visit is cancelled, we rework the day while your teachers stay with the group.

Every Line, Itemized

One detailed quote, day by day, before you sign, and a full report once the trip wraps. Your school or agency knows exactly what it pays for, and what was delivered.

USA · CANADA · MEXICO · COSTA RICA · PANAMA

School Trip Itineraries Across the USA and Beyond

A summer camp, a school and a city youth program never travel for the same reasons, and that is where every one of our trips begins. Before we suggest a single stop, we look at who is coming and why: the participants' age, the season, the number of days, the goals set by the camp, the school or the city, and the mix you are after between sport, outdoor activities, culture and history. Only then do we draw the circuit, across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. The programs below show what we have already built for groups like yours. Use one as a starting point, or send us your brief and we will design the whole trip from scratch.

California: Los Angeles & San FranciscoBest of CaliforniaClick to discoverCalifornia: Los Angeles & San FranciscoBest of CaliforniaDuration8 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsMarch to OctoberKey StopsHollywood studios, Disneyland, Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz Island, the Embarcadero waterfrontHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeTwo cities, two ways of seeing America, from the film industry of Los Angeles to the island prison of Alcatraz. A trip that turns what they have watched on screen into places they have actually stood.Click to return

Yellowstone & Grand TetonIconic Trails of the American WestClick to discoverYellowstone & Grand TetonIconic Trails of the American WestDuration7 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsLate May to SeptemberKey StopsDenver, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone's geothermal areas, a hike in Grand Teton, a float on the Snake River, Jackson HoleHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeGeysers, wildlife and mountain trails, the best outdoor classroom in the country for earth science and conservation. Plenty of fresh air, and a real sense of how big America is.Click to return

Houston & New OrleansSpace Explorers & Mardi GrasClick to discoverHouston & New OrleansSpace Explorers & Mardi GrasDuration7 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsOctober to April, and June to AugustKey StopsNASA space simulations in Houston, rocket design and robotics activities, the Mardi Gras museum, the French QuarterHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeScience in the morning, culture in the afternoon: a hands-on look at how people get to space, then the music, food and traditions of the most unusual city in the South.Click to return

Washington D.C., Philadelphia & LancasterThe Roots of AmericaClick to discoverWashington D.C., Philadelphia & LancasterThe Roots of AmericaDuration8 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsMarch to June, September to NovemberKey StopsThe landmarks of Washington D.C., Philadelphia's historic heritage, Amish country in LancasterHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeThe places where the country was founded and is still governed, seen for real rather than in a textbook, then a day among the Amish, a community that still lives the way it did two centuries ago.Click to return

Puerto RicoTeen ExpeditionClick to discoverPuerto RicoTeen ExpeditionDuration10 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsDecember to April, and June to AugustKey StopsThe historic forts of Old San Juan, Taíno and Afro-Caribbean traditions, the El Yunque rainforestHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeFive centuries of history, a living Caribbean culture and a tropical rainforest in a single trip. A first taste of the Caribbean, with the same entry rules as the rest of the United States.Click to return

New York CityThe Ultimate Big Apple ExperienceClick to discoverNew York CityThe Ultimate Big Apple ExperienceDuration4 days or moreBest Operating Months for GroupsYear-round, at its best April to June and September to DecemberKey StopsTimes Square, the Empire State Building, world-class museums, a Broadway showHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeThe city every teenager already knows from films, finally in front of them. Art, architecture and a Broadway night, in a short program that fits any school calendar.Click to return

HawaiiYouth ExpeditionClick to discoverHawaiiYouth ExpeditionDuration7 days or moreBest Operating Months for GroupsYear-round, at its best April to June and September to OctoberKey StopsVolcanic landscapes, marine ecosystems, Native Hawaiian cultural activitiesHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeA living lesson in volcanoes, ocean life and island culture, with outdoor activities every day. Environmental science they will remember because they saw it with their own eyes.Click to return

Florida: Orlando & MiamiRockets, Coasters & EvergladesClick to discoverFlorida: Orlando & MiamiRockets, Coasters & EvergladesDuration10 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsYear-roundKey StopsKennedy Space Center, kayaking, Cocoa Beach, a waterpark, theme parks, Miami, the EvergladesHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeSpace science, wild nature and pure fun in one program, with the pace and energy teenagers love. The trip groups come back from asking to do it again.Click to return

Student group near Arenal volcano in Costa Rica

Beyond the USA

More Destinations, Available On Request

Costa Rica's volcanoes and cloud forests, the Panama Canal, or a region, state or theme you already have in mind: tell us, and we will build the itinerary around your group.

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Client Experience

What Our Clients Say

In July 2023, a partner agency working for a city near Paris asked us to run eight groups of fifty teenagers, aged 13 to 17, through the same fifteen-day, full-board discovery program in Florida, with a new group leaving every two days. The brief: a high pace, hands-on activities, plenty of fun, and eight groups that never cross paths or blur into one another. Each departure had its own hotel blocks, transport and schedule, all running side by side through the summer.

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Stephan, thank you, as always. Trusting you with close to four hundred young people this summer wasn’t something we took lightly, and once again you didn’t give us a single reason to worry. Every group came back saying the same thing, more energy, more discovery, more fun than the year before. That’s exactly why we keep coming back to Get Americas.
Director, partner agency for the City of Puteaux, France · July 2023

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Go Further

Student Group Travel Experiences

Four destinations we build into youth group programs beyond the classic circuits, from Canada and California to Mexico and Alaska. Each one shows how far a trip can go when it starts from your group's goals.

From Old Montreal To The Roar Of Niagara FallsClick to discoverDesign Your Montreal to Niagara Falls Program →From Old Montreal To The Roar Of Niagara FallsDuration8 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsMay to OctoberKey StopsOld Montreal, Quebec City, Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Toronto, a boat ride to the foot of Niagara FallsHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeA French-speaking city, a bilingual capital and one of the world's great waterfalls in a single trip. Two languages, two cultures, and the spray of Niagara Falls on their faces.Click to return

From Alcatraz To Apple's Garage: A Week In San FranciscoClick to discoverDesign Your San Francisco Discovery Week →From Alcatraz To Apple's Garage: A Week In San FranciscoDuration7 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsYear-round, at its best March to June and September to OctoberKey StopsAlcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Stanford University, Silicon Valley with the Apple Park Visitor Center and the garage in Los Altos where Apple beganHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeFrom a famous prison island to the garage where a global company was born, a week that links history, engineering and start-up culture. Ideal for groups with a science, technology or entrepreneurship focus.Click to return

Diving Into The World's Aquarium: Baja CaliforniaClick to discoverDesign Your Baja California Experience →Diving Into The World's Aquarium: Baja CaliforniaDuration8 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsOctober to JuneKey StopsLos Cabos and its famous arch, La Paz, snorkeling with sea lions off Espíritu Santo Island, the Cabo Pulmo marine park, whale sharks in seasonHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeMarine biology outside the classroom, in the sea Jacques Cousteau called the world's aquarium. Sea lions, reefs and, in season, whale sharks: a trip that makes ocean conservation real.Click to return

From The Kenai Fjords To Denali: Wild Alaska Up CloseClick to discoverDesign Your Alaska Wilderness Expedition →From The Kenai Fjords To Denali: Wild Alaska Up CloseDuration10 daysBest Operating Months for GroupsJune to AugustKey StopsAnchorage, the Alaska Railroad, a boat cruise and sea kayaking in Kenai Fjords National Park, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Denali National ParkHotelsYouth hostels, 2 and 3 star hotelsWhat Students Take HomeGlaciers, bears, whales and the highest peak in North America, reached by boat, kayak and train. The wildest nature in the United States, and a lesson on climate and wildlife they will never forget.Click to return

More Get Americas

Explore Our Other Group Travel Programs

Student trips are one of three group travel programs we have run since 2009. Leisure Groups is designed for tour operators, travel agencies and associations looking for a partner on the ground, and Sport Groups takes clubs and teams to train, compete and play in the United States.

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Ready to Plan Your Group's Trip?

Send us your dates, your group size and what you want your participants to bring home. We reply within 24 hours on business days, and build your program from there.

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