{"id":2707,"date":"2013-09-10T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2015-06-11T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T17:20:36","slug":"welcome-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/welcome-back-to-school","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to school! It&#8217;s been a long summer full of adventures, relaxing and reading lists, but now it&#8217;s time to get back into gear for Fall 2013. While you all have been preparing for back to school season with new backpacks, pencils, classroom decorations and lesson plans, we&#8217;ve been working on a few exciting new things on our own. Check out our website and our latest catalog to see just what Explorica has in store for you this school year.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a title=\"Explorica's Fall 2013 Catalog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/landing\/ebrochure.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">New catalog<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Our Fall 2013 catalog is here! Use your copy or view Explorica&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Explorica Catalog Fall 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/landing\/ebrochure.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">Fall 2013 catalog<\/a>\u00a0online to learn more about our tours, online features, and other exciting new updates from Explorica.<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"New Deals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/travel-deals.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New deals<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Explorica offers the best prices in educational travel year-round, but for a limited time you can save <em>even more.<\/em> Check out our <a title=\"Explorica Deals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/travel-deals.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">deals page<\/a> for Explorica savings this fall.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New tours<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Along with our brand new, once-in-a-lifetime <a title=\"Tours to Cuba\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/cuba-educational-exchange.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">tours to Cuba<\/a>, we&#8217;ve created a number of other new tours to bring you farther across the country than ever before. Join us in <a title=\"Tours to Nicaragua\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/nicaragua.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">Nicaragua<\/a>, <a title=\"Panama tours\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/panama.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">Panama<\/a>, <a title=\"Tours to Jordan\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/jordan.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=back+to+school+2013\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan<\/a> and <a title=\"Tours to Dubai\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/united-arab-emirates-dubai-highlights.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai<\/a> for the experience of a lifetime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sales Kickoff 2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re sad to see the sunny weather go, but we&#8217;re excited for a brand new school year. We kicked off Fall 2013 with a trip to Portland, Maine, to enjoy the beautiful scenery and to get ready for a new year of exciting trips around the world. Check out our photos of Portland Head Light, the\u00a0<a title=\"Monkey C Monkey Do\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeycmonkeydo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monkey C Monkey Do<\/a>\u00a0zip-line course, and Portland, Maine, on our action-packed Sales Kickoff 2013. Keep a lookout for your Program Consultant!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2707 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0080.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0080-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2737\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2737'>\n\t\t\t\tDay 1 of 2013 Sales Kickoff in Boston, MA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0078.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_0078-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2710\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2710'>\n\t\t\t\tNight 1 of 2013 sales kickoff in Boston, MA.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0118.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0118-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2742\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2742'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0111-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0111-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2722\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2722'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0110-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0110-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2720\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2720'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0139-800x6001.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0139-800x6001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2744\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2744'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light during Explorica Sales Kickoff 2013.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0134.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0134-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2743\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2743'>\n\t\t\t\tProgram Consultant Samantha Runge on the way to the lighthouse during Explorica Sales Kickoff 2013.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0123-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0123-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2741\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2741'>\n\t\t\t\tSales kickoff at Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-4-800x671.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-4-800x671-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2733\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2733'>\n\t\t\t\tCape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0113-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0113-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2721\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2721'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-5-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-5-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portland Head Light\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2735\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2735'>\n\t\t\t\tPortland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0167.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0167-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"New England Lobster\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2745\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2745'>\n\t\t\t\tProgram Consultant Cara Bolin enjoys the local fare in Portland, Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0158-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0158-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2728\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2728'>\n\t\t\t\tProgram consultant Alison Mackie enjoys the local fare in Portland, Maine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-7-600x800.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bianca-7-600x800-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2734\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2734'>\n\t\t\t\tTeam San Diego ready to zip-line in Maine.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0175-450x800.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0175-450x800-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2727\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2727'>\n\t\t\t\tReady to zip-line!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0189-800x600.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0189-800x600-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2732\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2732'>\n\t\t\t\tOur team bonding activities are not for the acrophobic! \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0178-800x534.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0178-800x534-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2731\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2731'>\n\t\t\t\tProgram consultants Nora Encalada and Alison Mackie at kickoff.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to school! It&#8217;s been a long summer full of adventures, relaxing and reading lists, but now it&#8217;s time to get back into gear for Fall 2013. While you all have been preparing for back to school season with new backpacks, pencils, classroom decorations and lesson plans, we&#8217;ve been working on a few exciting <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/welcome-back-to-school\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5738,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions\/5738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}