ACIS

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In educational travel, every moment matters. Pushing the experience from “good enough” to exceptional is what we do every day. Our mission is to empower educators to introduce their students to the world beyond the classroom and inspire the next generation of global citizens. Travel changes lives.


A TRIP FOR EVERY TEACHER, EVERY VISION. ALL WITH THE SAME HIGH ACIS QUALITY.

• Exceptional Educational Journeys: Timeless favorites, full of exploration and cultural encounters. All tours include experiential and enriching activities, and the balance of cultural connections, sightseeing and unstructured time varies by itinerary type to allow you to choose the perfect combination for your group.
• Leadership Projects: Youth and Young Women's Leadership Projects not only inspire, but also actively help students develop the characteristics necessary to be world leaders.
• STEM-Focused Tours: Bring your science, technology, engineering or math curriculum beyond the classroom and lab with hands-on experiences that connect these topics to the real world.
• Language Immersion and Homestay Tours: Live with a host family and immerse yourself in their daily customs and language, take language classes at a local institution or weave language lessons into a more traditional tour with a native-speaking tour manager.
• Service Learning: Service projects range in duration and intensity, but each is designed to provide students the opportunity to actively and positively contribute to the community they are visiting while enhancing their understanding of the world.
• Small Group Tours: With as few as 15 participants you can lead a private tour and enjoy all the added flexibility that provides.
• Exchange Plus: Your school exchange plus our travel expertise adds up to an incredible educational experience.
• Customized Experiences: If you can imagine it, we can do it. Whether you want to design a custom experience from scratch or modify an existing itinerary, we'll create a one-of-a-kind experience that matches your unique vision.

• ACIS Service Guarantee: Our written pledge guaranteeing an excellent trip.
• Cultural Connections: Every one of our itineraries includes a set of activities designed to connect travelers with the cultures of the places they visit, from flamenco lessons in Spain to pizza making in Italy to Taiji exercises in China.
• Learning Objectives: Each ACIS tour is assigned three learning objectives, because focused learning is effective learning.

ACIS offers over 200 educational travel itineraries to international destinations around the globe. We are committed to providing our customers with the most inspiring, exciting and educational travel experience imaginable. We do this by going the extra mile to ensure that your accommodations are impeccable, your food is fantastic, and your tour manager is superb. We eliminate worries and stress, so that you and your group can focus on getting the most out of your trip, and your time together on tour. Pushing the experience from average to exceptional is what we do every day.  

Our core business consists of high school and middle school groups studying foreign languages, history, civics, art, science, English, theater and social studies. They are led by teachers and administrators who are passionate about engaging their students in different ways to enrich their learning, and who are themselves, “students” of the world as demonstrated by their love of travel. 

Affiliated division: Encore Tours