{"id":2273,"date":"2014-08-12T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2014-08-12T14:06:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:06:41","slug":"tour-director-photo-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/tour-director-photo-contest-winners","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the tour director photo contest winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keating by Explorica<\/a> is known for having the most amazing, personable and fun tour directors. We thought it would be great to have a photo contest with this season\u2019s talented group, asking them to capture some special moments from their tours to share with us!<\/p>\n

And the tour director photo contest winners are:<\/h3>\n

#3 Tanya D.<\/h1>\n

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In third place was Tanya. Tanya has been a Tour director for 2 years and she and her group got up close and personal with the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, cruising on the new and improved Hornblower <\/a>(formerly Maid of the Mist).<\/p>\n

\u201cI love being a Tour Director because it gives me an opportunity to bond with students and give them a trip they\u2019ll never forget. It makes me extremely happy to see how excited they are to go on their Explorica trip and even happier when their expectations of the itinerary are exceeded!\u201d\u2014Tanya D.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

#2 Tia T.<\/h1>\n

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Our second place winner, Tia, submitted a photo from her first morning of Quebec City Training. She has been with Keating by Explorica for 3 years and considers the tour director team an extension of her family!\u00a0Tia, like all of us at Keating by Explorica, is extremely passionate about the undeniable benefits that educational travel has on our youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducational travel is important to students because it brings forth a new adventure, and the adventure is where the real joy is!\u201d \u2014Tia T.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

#1 Sandra A.<\/h1>\n

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And a BIG congratulations goes to Sandra, our first place winner! For 3 years, Sandra has been sharing her knowledge of Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a> with hundreds of Canadian students. Her winning photo was taken at Canyon Sainte-Anne, where she challenged the students to a funny face contest!<\/p>\n

\u201cThis job is like no other. There is no better feeling in the world than having students come up to you at the end of a tour and tell you how much they learned and appreciated the trip. And, there is never a dull moment on tour!\u201d \u2014Sandra A.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We want to sincerely thank our tour directors for not only entering our contest, but for being the best tour directors on the planet! Working with a group of such talented and passionate people is inspiring and a real testament to why both teachers and students love Keating by Explorica so much and keep coming back.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for a wonderful season, and we\u2019ll see you next year!<\/p>\n

Want to travel with Keating by Explorica<\/a>? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Just visit Explorica’s North America educational tours<\/a> to see all of our travel options across Canada & the US!
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Keating by Explorica is known for having the most amazing, personable and fun tour directors. We thought it would be great to have a photo contest with this season\u2019s talented group, asking them to capture some special moments from their tours to share with us! And the tour director photo contest winners are: #3 Tanya Read More …<\/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":[238,271,376,375,374],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-educational-tours","tag-keating-by-explorica","tag-north-america-educational-tours","tag-north-america-travel","tag-tour-directors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/2296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}