{"id":6436,"date":"2016-09-01T10:24:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2016-07-27T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T20:57:00","slug":"tour-process-step-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/tour-process-step-3","title":{"rendered":"The tour process: Step 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">How to lead a life-changing educational tour<br \/>\nin four easy steps<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/-\/media\/Images\/Body%20Copy%20or%20Sidebar%20Images\/tour-process\/tour-process3.ashx?la=en&amp;hash=917BC8FC42D0C622E97E93F768A77AB8C2784249\" alt=\"Step 3: Prepare for your tour\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our job is to ensure that every aspect of your tour planning and travel experience is simple, hassle-free and fun. Here are just a few ways our expert program consultants, teacher mentors and tour directors help you prepare for and lead an incredible tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tour-process-h1\"><strong>Prepare for your tour<\/strong><br \/>\nBetween the time you book and the time you travel, we offer a number of ways to prepare you for your upcoming Explorica adventure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take a free training trip<\/strong><br \/>\nNew group leaders are invited to join a free training trip to Italy, France, England, Poland or Costa Rica. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/rewards\/group-leader-training\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tour-process-h2\"><strong>Join a pre-departure webinar<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Join a webinar hosted by veteran group leaders and learn everything you need to know before you go!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tour-process-h2\"><strong>Connect with experienced group leaders<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Our teacher-to-teacher mentorship program connects you with experienced group leaders for tips on everything from fundraising to packing for your trip. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/teachers\/teacher-to-teacher\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tour-process-h2\"><strong>Call us any time<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>If you need help with anything prior to your tour, just give us a call at 1.888.310.7120. We\u2019re here to answer any questions from the time you book your tour to the time you return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to lead a life-changing educational tour in four easy steps Our job is to ensure that every aspect of your tour planning and travel experience is simple, hassle-free and fun. Here are just a few ways our expert program consultants, teacher mentors and tour directors help you prepare for and lead an incredible tour. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/tour-process-step-3\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,172],"tags":[410,345,58,87854,59,128,172,12],"class_list":["post-6436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news","category-teachers","tag-cultural-immersion","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-planning","tag-student-tours","tag-student-travel","tag-teachers","tag-travel-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436","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=6436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6453,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6436\/revisions\/6453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}