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Explore the top benefits of traveling abroad with your sports team, including team building, cross-cultural connections, new competition, and personal growth.

Rustic Pathways Spring Break programs are everything you expect in a summer program, but condensed into one action-packed week! They all offer community service…

Meet Mary. Mary traveled on a teen tour to Thailand with Rustic Pathways, and returned home to Alabama and immediately started training for her first half…

Each December, we start the four-month process of narrowing our pool of more than 1,000 Program Leaders candidates to just a few hundred. About…

Winter break is a great opportunity for families to reconnect after the busy back-to-school season. When routines slow down, we have an opportunity to…

After receiving more than 40 fantastic sticker design submissions, which were narrowed down to nine finalists, we’re excited to announce that Bella Strang received the…

Learn the answers to these important safety questions before sending your teen on any high school travel programs

Ever thought about what it’d be like to lead teen travel programs? Or just get paid to travel? You’re in the right place! Our Program Leaders…

Discover why to travel alone at 16 is one of the best things you can do. Hear from a student whose experience as a teen traveler helped her become independent!

It’s that wonderful time of year again: the hustle and bustle of back to school. High school seniors are really starting to feel the…

Whether I’m going away for a long weekend or a few weeks on the road the staples in my carry-on are always the same.…

Riely McCullough, of Seattle, Washington, traveled with Rustic in 2015 and used her experience as the topic for her college application essays. Read about how…

Learn how Rustic Pathways manages travel emergencies with crisis simulations and real-world responses to ensure the safety of students during their global adventures.

64-80 hours. That’s how long the average Rustic Pathways Program Leader spends training for their role leading service trips for high school students after…

What one mother writes about her son's travels abroad.

Janice Croze, one of the co-founders of the blog 5 Minutes for Mom, wrote about the process she used to prepare her 15-year-old son for his first high school volunteer abroad trip. Janice also included a list of seven tips and tricks she used to help her get ready for his two-week experience in Fiji on Rustic Pathways’ Sun, Sand, and International Service program.

At Rustic Pathways, our mission is to empower students to positively impact lives and communities around the world…

Development is complicated. Sometimes it’s incredibly difficult to describe what you’ve learned (or what you’re preparing to learn) during a culturally-immersive travel experience to friends and family back home. It’s easy to exaggerate the differences…

Learn about the common worries of traveling abroad as a student and how to overcome them. You are not alone.

Depending on where you travel with Rustic Pathways, you may be required to get a visa ahead of time. If you haven’t done that, the time to start is NOW! For students leaving from the USA ONLY Contact G3 Visas and Passports, our partner who can help you through the process of getting your visa. Or visit…