Training Trips

New to Explorica? Qualify to attend our Program Leader Training and get to know the company on a free trip. Meet other teachers who love to travel, get insider tips from Explorica staff and a veteran Program Leader on leading student tours, and still have plenty of time to explore on your own.

For teachers planning international tours

Qualified Program Leaders can start their journey here: Request to reserve a spot 


Destination Date Deadline One Free Place Two Free Places
Madrid Nov. 7-11, 2024
CLOSED 5 enrolments 24 enrolments
Munich Dec. 29, 2024-Jan. 2, 2025 CLOSED 10 enrolments 28 enrolments
Rome Jan. 16-20, 2025
WAITLIST 8 enrolments 28 enrolments
Costa Rica* Jan. 16-20, 2025
CLOSED
8 enrolments 28 enrolments
Paris* Feb. 13-17, 2025
Oct. 31, 2024 8 enrolments 28 enrolments
London* April 17-21, 2025 Nov. 30, 2024 10 enrolments 28 enrolments
Mexico City May 22-26, 2025
Jan. 31, 2025 10 enrolments 28 enrolments
Playa del Carmen July 10-14, 2025  Feb. 15, 2025  5 enrolments  24 enrolments 
Madrid Nov. 7-11, 2025 May 31, 2025  5 enrolments 24 enrolments 
London* Nov. 7-11, 2025  May 31, 2025  5 enrolments  24 enrolments 
Munich Dec. 29, 2025-Jan. 2, 2026  June 15, 2025 10 enrolments 28 enrolments 
Rome Jan. 15-19, 2026  Sept. 30, 2025 8 enrolments 28 enrolments 
Paris* Feb. 12-16, 2026  Oct. 31, 2025 8 enrolments 28 enrolments
Mexico City April 2-6, 2026  Nov. 30, 2025 8 enrolments 28 enrolments
Costa Rica* May 21-25, 2026 Jan. 31, 2026 8 enrolments 28 enrolments


Program Leader Training trips are limited to program leaders who are new to Explorica. Reservations are first come, first-served based on the completion of the request form as well as qualification with full-paying participant enrolment. Trips often fill prior to the advertised registration deadlines. The PLT you select must depart prior to the departure of your first Explorica tour. Limit one PLT per program leader, and one guest, if the enrolment qualifications are met. Guests are only permitted for Program Leaders who qualify through group size requirements. We are only able to accommodate guests that appear on the PLT roster. A program leader travelling on a PLT may not travel on an Explorica Convention until they have enrolled travellers on a tour in a following year. Qualifications differ for groups travelling within the U.S. or Canada. Other conditions may apply. 

Trips departing July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 are only available to Program Leaders with their first educational tour departing August 1, 2024-July 31, 2025. Trips departing July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 are only available to Program Leaders with their first educational tour departing August 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026.

*On Costa Rica, Paris, and London, our team will host an interactive session for professional development. By participating in the tour and session, you will earn a professional development certificate.

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