Skip to content
888-886-2781[email protected]1 Central Street, Suite 205, Middleton, MA 01949
The Landmark Blog

Travel Inspiration & Trip Ideas

Destination guides, planning tips, and classroom-to-landmark ideas for educators leading student groups. Filter by destination or trip type.

Destination
Theme

Showing 15 of 231 articles

Costa Rica
19 min

What Can Students Learn on a Costa Rica Field Trip?

Rainforest ecology, wildlife, conservation policy, Spanish and economics — what each part of a Costa Rica field trip actually teaches, which courses it serves, and what a week abroad cannot do.

Read More
Washington, D.C.
17 min

How Many Days Do You Need in Washington DC With Students?

Four days is the usual answer, but it depends less on Washington than on how far your students are traveling. What three, four and five days each give you in hours, and what each costs.

Read More
Planning
21 min

Why Booking Early Can Make School Travel Easier

Booking a school trip early does not guarantee a discount. It decides which hotel, which dates, which experiences and how many months families have to pay. What actually gets easier, and what does not.

Read More
France
17 min

What Are the Best Educational Attractions in France for Students?

The Louvre, Versailles, Notre-Dame, Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Monaco — what each one actually gives a student group, sorted by the subject it serves, plus how many fit in a day.

Read More
Planning
14 min

Student Tour Companies That Customize Itineraries

Every student tour company says it customizes. What actually separates a custom itinerary from a menu, what you can and cannot change, and when each decision has to be made.

Read More
STEM & STEAM
15 min

What Are the Best STEM Trips for Middle and High School Students?

Washington, D.C., Orlando, Costa Rica and Chicago each do something different for a STEM group. Which destination fits which subject, how it changes by grade, and what it costs.

Read More
Travel Tips
15 min

Student Travel Protection Plans: Protect Your Trip Today

Travel protection on a Landmark trip is optional coverage each traveler buys separately, underwritten by battleface. What plans cover, what they do not, when to buy, and how to claim.

Read More
New York City, New York
18 min

How Much Does a School Trip to New York City Cost?

A New York City school trip runs $300 to $400+ per student per day — about $1,200 to $3,500+ in total. What drives the number, what a complete quote contains, and the levers that move it.

Read More
Washington, D.C.
17 min

What a 3-Day STEM Trip to D.C. Looks Like, Day by Day

A 3-day STEM itinerary for Washington, D.C., hour by hour — Natural History, Air and Space, NASA Goddard and Udvar-Hazy, with the curriculum each stop serves.

Read More
Washington, D.C.
20 min

How Many Days Do Students Need in Washington, D.C.?

Four days suits most student groups, three works only if narrowed, and five is a thorough first visit. The real constraint is timed-entry slots — not distance, and not cost.

Read More
Travel Tips
19 min

How Much Does a 4-Day School Trip Cost?

A fully inclusive 4-day school trip runs $300 to $400+ per student per day — roughly $1,200 to $1,600+ in total. What is in that price, how to compare two quotes, and why the fourth day is the cheapest one.

Read More
Travel Tips
15 min

What Are the Best Alternatives to WorldStrides for School Trips?

Landmark Educational Tours builds every school trip to order — private groups, custom itineraries, and a Tour Director who is our own employee. Plus the ten questions to ask any provider.

Read More
Travel Tips
15 min

How Much Does a 3-Day School Trip Cost?

A fully inclusive 3-day school trip runs $300 to $400+ per traveler per day — roughly $900 to $1,200+ in total. What is in that price, what sits outside it, and the five things that move it.

Read More
Travel Tips
21 min

How to Start Planning a Student Trip

The first five steps of planning a student trip, in the order experienced organizers actually do them — plus what a proposal needs, what a trip costs, and what happens after you commit.

Read More
Travel Tips
15 min

When to Book Your Spring 2027 School Trip

When to book a spring 2027 school trip, a month-by-month countdown from now to departure, what books out first, and what waiting actually costs you.

Read More

Download our Free Brochure

Forty-four pages of destinations, sample itineraries, and trip inclusions — everything we can build for your group.

Download the Brochure
Landmark Educational Tours 2026-2027 travel brochure cover