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Advice On Purchasing Travel Insurance

When it comes to travel insurance, the options can be overwhelming! With our extensive experience in teacher travel, the GEEO team would like to offer our advice on purchasing travel insurance. When traveling with GEEO and our partner G Adventures, it is mandatory for all of our travelers to have Emergency Medical insurance that covers...
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How Teachers Can Get The Best Airfare Rates

Over 2,500 teachers have traveled the world on GEEO programs, and we’ve also helped many of those educators find the best airfare rates. These are our tips for finding the most affordable flights for your GEEO program. Use a Flight Search Engine As a first step, we recommend using a flight search engine to see...
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Girl’s Gotta Eat… but No Meat, Fish, or Dairy: Advice for Vegan Travelers

GEEO welcomes our educators to contribute their travel advice on our blog. This piece provides advice to vegan or vegetarian travelers.  If you have a piece that you’d like featured on the GEEO blog, please contact us and we will see if it’s a good fit!  By Karen Sondak, science teacher and six-time GEEO traveler...
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Ideas for Creating a Global Classroom

November 18-22 is International Education Week in the United States. The US Department of State and Department of Education have partnered to give some great suggestions on how K-12 teachers can incorporate international education into their classrooms. Read on for their ideas as well as GEEO’s suggestions on how to implement each one. Learn more...
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Other Travel Opportunities for Teachers

In addition to our own teacher travel programs, GEEO is proud to showcase the programs of other organizations that offer opportunities for teachers to travel. Many of these programs are free, and we encourage teachers to explore the possibilities. These programs have no affiliation with GEEO, so please contact them directly if you have any...
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How Teachers Can Travel For Free: Crowdfunding Your GEEO Program

By Shawn McCarty & Yessenia Gutierrez in collaboration with GEEO Hello, teachers! We are Shawn and Yessenia, fifth and third grade teachers at Hoover Elementary and TEAM Charter School in Stockton, California. As fellow GEEO travelers, we’d like to share a great resource available to you for funding and sponsoring your professional development programs abroad...
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