We’re here to make the flight process seamless and simple.
Once you enroll a Personal Travel Advisor will reach out to discuss your flight options and provide you with real-time flight quotes. You have the option of selecting a flight from your home airport, that connects into one of our gateway airports for the chaperoned group flight (if traveling from the United States to an international destination), or we will provide you with routes that will have your child arrive and depart within the windows we require to eliminate any additional fees.
This information applies for travel on our spring break and summer programs as seen here. If you are traveling with your school, please refer to the organizing teacher at your school for airfare details.
Chaperoned Group Flights
Our chaperoned group flights are really the beginning of the travel experience for many students.
- Make new friends before even leaving the US
- We take care of all the hassles of flights
- Extra security with a chaperone on each international flight
It’s where they meet and start to develop friendships that morph into multi-year travel buddies. Chaperoned group flights are also the most convenient way to travel – we handle all your flight details, including booking, trouble-shooting ticket changes, and day-of-travel flight delays / cancellations.
Our team greets students at the airport, flies with them to their destination country (and on their return flight home) and helps them navigate customs and immigration.
To be on our chaperoned group flight we will work with you to book a flight that departs from your home airport, connects to our gateway airport before embarking on the flight to the destination.
Support Fee for Chaperoned Flights
There will be a non refundable support fee of $350 to cover the following services provided
- You will receive 24/7 booking and flight support for the entire booking.
- You will have a chaperone with your child once they land at the gateway airport to the destination airport and back to the gateway airport.
- We will have airport coordinators at the gateway airport and at the destination airport to help assist and troubleshoot with anything at any time.
- If you need to cancel or change your flight after booking we will work with the airline to get you a refund or credit based on the policies of the airline.
If you choose to book the flights on your own and choose to connect into the chaperoned flight. You will be using many of the services above and will still be charged the $350 support fee.
Most parents choose to book chaperoned flights for their children.
Self-Managed Airfare
Families are encouraged to fly on our chaperoned group flight, and most do however, we understand this sometimes is not the most convenient way. Especially if traveling from outside the United States. Our team of travel experts can help find the perfect flights that depart from your airport of choice and get your child to the destination around the same time as the other students. We have arrival and departure windows we require all students abide by to ensure no further fees due to special transportation.
Support Fee for Non Chaperoned Group Flights
There will be a non refundable support fee of $100 to cover the following services provided
- You will receive 24/7 booking and flight support for the entire booking
- We will have airport coordinators at the destination airport to help assist and troubleshoot with anything at any time
- If you need to cancel or change your flight after booking we will work with the airline to get your a refund or credit based on the policies of the airline
More Questions about Flights?
Read our Flights and Travel FAQs
Unaccompanied Minor Policies
Many airlines classify children of a certain age who are traveling without an adult as “unaccompanied minors,” and have strict policies about how these children must be supervised on the airplane and in the airport.
The unaccompanied minor process is designed to ensure our younger travelers have a great and comfortable experience. We will work with you to ensure the experience is seamless for your child’s flights.
If traveling on our group chaperoned flight and if the airline requires your child to travel as a UM the process will look a bit different but we are here to help. Your child would need to fly as a UM for the domestic flights and then once landing at our gateway our Rustic Pathways Airport Coordinator will be there to meet them at the gate. They will help get them checked in for the international flight where they will be with an adult chaperone the rest of the way. Any Unaccompanied minor fees will be paid in addition to the standard support fee.
Late-Season Bookings
Seats on the chaperoned group flight are not guaranteed. We specifically choose flights where there tend to be plenty of seats for our travelers. However, if you are booking late in the season, flight prices are likely to increase or seats may no longer be available.
Please enroll in your summer program as early as possible to avoid higher airfare costs. Late-season applicants must complete all of the necessary paperwork before their departure date.