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It’s our favourite time of the year! Photo contest time! We received a record number of submissions in 2016 and we want to make 2017 bigger and better than ever! This year, we’ve chosen a theme: Learning in action. Show us the candid learning moments from your 2017 tour and you could win a $300 gift card!<\/p>\n
There will be 6 winners, one from each of the following categories:<\/p>\n
Best photo of you and\/or your classmates participating in an itinerary activity\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Best photo of student(s) interacting with locals<\/strong><\/span> Best use of Explorica gear<\/strong><\/span> Best photo of students experiencing Canadian history<\/strong><\/span> Best photo of the group interacting with the tour director or group leader<\/strong><\/span> Instagram post with the most<\/span>\u00a0<3<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> Looking for inspiration? Check out last year’s winners!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n For full terms and conditions, click here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s our favourite time of the year! Photo contest time! We received a record number of submissions in 2016 and we want to make 2017 bigger and better than ever! This year, we’ve chosen a theme: Learning in action. Show us the candid learning moments from your 2017 tour and you could win a $300 Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,63],"tags":[81,331,378,58,60,62,128,86],"class_list":["post-3408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explorica-news","category-students","tag-canada","tag-canadian-history","tag-commemorative-tours","tag-educational-travel","tag-explorica","tag-photo-contest","tag-student-travel","tag-student-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408","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=3408"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3408\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe winner of this category will receive the GRAND PRIZE<\/strong>: $300 gift card.
\nWhat was your favourite activity on tour? Did you go ziplining through a rainforest? Did you climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower? Show us the ACTION.<\/p>\n
\nDid you speak to an Italian street merchant? Order food in Spanish? Show us who you met during your journey. What did they teach you? Remember, the theme this year is learning in action, so posing and saying “cheese” is not required!
\nPrize: $200 gift card<\/p>\n
\nA fan-favourite. Show off your Explorica sunglasses, luggage tags, hats, etc. The more creative, the better!
\nPrize: $200 gift card<\/p>\n
\nHistory is more than stories in a textbook. Show us how you and your fellow travellers connected with Canadian history during your tour.
\nPrize: $200 gift card<\/p>\n
\nShow the adults on your trip some love. Explorica group leaders and tour directors are the best in the industry. Show us why! Capture a candid moment of your tour director making a foreign place feel like home. Show us why your group leader is the best teacher in the world.
\nPrize: $200 gift card<\/p>\n
\nSend us your best insta! We want you to edit and filter until your heart’s content. To enter, follow and tag @ExploricaCanada and use the hashtag #LearningInAction2017 in the post. The photo with the most\u00a0likes will win! So be sure to share and tag your fellow travellers.
\nPrize: $200 gift card<\/p>\n