{"id":9730,"date":"2022-05-23T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2022-05-23T10:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:07:03","slug":"experts-guide-preparing-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/experts-guide-preparing-travel","title":{"rendered":"An Expert&#8217;s Guide to Preparing for Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We like to consider ourselves packing gurus \u2014 but beyond the suitcase, we\u2019re here to help you prepare to take a group of students abroad. We spoke to one of our Account Managers, Chelsea, to find out her top tips for getting teachers and students ready to travel. Read on to learn more!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f89622;\"><b>Explorica Tip: Pack light.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea\u2019s Tip:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> No need to check a bag! Bring clothes you can re-wear and re-purpose into new outfits. Spray your clothes with fabric freshener, hang them overnight, and they\u2019ll be as good as new in the morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f89622;\"><b>Explorica Tip: Prep a rooming list for your students.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea Tip:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ask each student to list two or three people they\u2019d want to room with, and make your list accordingly. That way, they\u2019ll always room with at least one friend and they\u2019ll have the opportunity to make a new one, too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f89622;\"><b>Explorica Tip: Set walking expectations.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea Tip: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring a pedometer or smartwatch and make it a challenge. At the end of your tour, calculate how far you walked and see if you walked all the way across town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f89622;\"><b>Explorica Tip:<\/b><strong> Check with your provider to see if you have cell phone coverage abroad.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chelsea Tip:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The less time on your phone, the better. And don\u2019t forget to take pictures with you in them! Grab a picture buddy who will take your photo at all of the sites, and promise that you\u2019ll take theirs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea-820x329.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea-820x329.png 820w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/chelsea.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like to consider ourselves packing gurus \u2014 but beyond the suitcase, we\u2019re here to help you prepare to take a group of students abroad. We spoke to one of our Account Managers, Chelsea, to find out her top tips for getting teachers and students ready to travel. Read on to learn more!\u00a0 Explorica Tip: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/experts-guide-preparing-travel\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,63,172],"tags":[58,22,739210],"class_list":["post-9730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers","tag-educational-travel","tag-packing","tag-rooming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730","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=9730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9747,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9730\/revisions\/9747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}