Heart Button Make Friends Abroad In Fiji: 11 Best Travel Tips Catelin McLoughlin went to Fiji with a couple of friends and came home with many more. Along the way, she saw a side of Fiji few people see. And she came to love the Fijian people she met and their culture.
Heart Button Teen Travel for Middle School Students: Why This Age is the Perfect Time to Start Middle school is a fantastic time to start your child's travel adventures. The key is picking the right program. Here's how to start teen travel.
Heart Button Turtle Conservation Trip: Chat with Katie We interviewed Rustic Alumna, Katie Gruber who shared her awesome experience on our Turtle Conservation Project. Watch the full interview here!
Heart Button How Travel Scholarships Change Lives In the last five years, Rustic Pathways has given out $750,000 in scholarships and financial aid to students. For the award-winning students, that opportunity to travel changed everything.
Heart Button Global Perspectives Scholarship Winners | Inspiring Change Our scholarship winners each had small moments in their lives that inspired something bigger. Here are their stories.
Heart Button How Students with Anxiety Can Benefit from Traveling Traveling can help students with anxiety gain confidence, manage triggers and reduce stress. Discover how Rustic alumni used travel for their mental health journeys, gaining freedom, perspective, and resilience in supportive environments.
Heart Button Preparing for College & Careers: How Rustic Programs Help Students After High School It certainly can be challenging for teens to try to figure out what to do with their lives. Some students rely on their high school experiences to make that decision. But when they travel, things often change.
Heart Button It’s What Day? Ways to Use Awareness Events to Learn about the Global Environment Today’s teenagers are regularly tuned in to issues about climate change and the environment. Parents can foster that interest and plan family activities around official events that focus on nature. Here is a look at some of these upcoming events and programs that may help, along with some Rustic Pathways’ alumni thoughts about these issues.
Heart Button The Psychological Need For Connection: How Travel Helps Mental Health Mental health statistics show that the well-being of many teens drastically declined during the pandemic. Parents can help teens find their way back through international programs that are designed to build connections.
Heart Button Responsible Travel and Why it's Important from a Student’s Perspective | Part 2 The second part of my blog series covers my time during my Global Fellowship in Southeast Asia. Over three weeks I traveled to Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
Heart Button Teen Tour Fundraising: Lacing Up My Running Shoes 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…