+ What is the pre-trip process?

Step 1: A happy GL Travel sales representative and account manager will work with you to select dates and destinations to create an inspirational trip for your students. Your GL team will host all parent meetings and answer any questions.

Step 2: Spread the word and promote the trip on campus. GL Travel will provide you with all promotional materials and registration forms.

Step 3: GL handles all payments, invoices and bookings so that you can focus on teaching and getting excited for a memory-making trip!

+ What does a trip look like during a tour?

• Upon arrival to your destination city, a GL Travel tour manager will meet your group at the baggage claim and escort your group to the motorcoach.
  
  
• We communicate with your hotel to ensure a smooth check-in. When your group arrives, room keys and rooming assignments are ready for easy check in.
  
  
• GL Travel tours have night security stationed in the hotel hallways.
  
  
• Parents have 24 hour access to our Tour Central and our Emergency Response Center.
  
  
• Your tour manager stays overnight with your group, meets with you each morning and evening to review the itinerary, confirms appointments, meal allotments, etc.
  
  
• Your tour manager will accompany your group at the airport to assist with a timely departure home
  

+ What makes GL Travel’s itinerary different?

Teacher feedback is the foundation of what makes GL Travel trips different. When you are on tour, you can feel the difference. GL Travel is always listening and updating our itineraries to ensure that our students and teachers are experiencing the best that each city they visit has to offer. GL Travel has an excellent reputation with our partner vendors which plays a key role in creating memorable experiences for you and your students.

GL Travel’s planning cycle starts over a year in advance of your trip. After your group trip, we have a post-trip meeting to discuss the trip and plan for next year. It’s effortless; you talk, we listen, you design a trip that inspires the hidden genius in your students.

+ What experience does GL have with school groups, and can you provide references?

GL Travel would be thrilled to provide references to partner teachers who love our trips.

GL Travel was started by a teacher in a classroom. Over the last 15 years of student travel experience, GL Travel has taken thousands of students to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the White House, Mount Vernon, the Empire State Building, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and so many other amazing places. With every trip, we learn new ways to make the next one even better. Our founder started GL Travel for teachers to inspire the hidden genius in their students.

• California Seller of Travel registration number: 2115492-40
• Student Youth Travel Association (SYTA) Member
  

+ Insurance, fees, and other costs:

GL Travel understands the importance of your financial security. GL Travel offers Travel Protection Plus (TPP) as an optional add-on. With TPP, parents can cancel their child’s tour at any time, for any reason, and receive all trip payments less the cost of the Travel Protection Plus.

Unless otherwise agreed upon, GL Travel covers all meals and entrance fees while traveling. We provide the Group Leader with tickets for all sites and funds for meals before travel. GL Travel prepays most restaurants, but for those who are not, we provide trip leaders with a financial breakdown of distributing the funds to either the students or to the restaurants, depending on the dining arrangements.

Your tour guide will take care of all incidentals along the way. If you happen to pay for incidental expenses along the way, save your receipts (or send GL your statements) for reimbursement.

+ What Safety, Insurance, and Medical Precautions do you take?

GL Travel will never operate a trip if the safety or health of a single participant is compromised.

• Access to a network of urgent care services.
• Tour Central Office for 24-hour access on tour.
• 24-7 Emergency Response Center for students and parents.
• Emergency Contingency Planning in the event of a city-wide emergency.