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Craft your story: let itmi guide your way, find your purpose: build a fulfilling career, empower your potential: explore possibilities., cultivate your talents: create your ideal lifestyle., ignite your passion, lead, succeed with itmi, itmi: where inspiration begins #itallstartedwithitmi, imagine training for your dream career anytime, anywhere..

• With ITMI Global Campus, world-class learning at your fingertips.
• Our online campus allows you to grow on your schedule.
• No time-off of work, and no family, or travel costs.
• Lifetime access lets you continue expanding your skills.
• ITMI instructors don’t just educate, they empower.
• Tailored 1-on-1 coaching at each step to ensure your success.
• Work at your pace so you truly master key concepts and skills.
• Our instructors are active tour guides / tour directors.

The Journey Continues Post International Tour Director Certification

• Resume and video introduction prep.
• Career Launch Pad with one-on-one career coaching to help you land that job.
• Lifetime access to our database of Tour Operators and their hiring managers.
• Weekly domestic an international job leads
• Access to our Private Facebook group, The Nautilus.
• ITMI Alumni Newsletter and more…

With our ITMI Tour Director Signature Training you’ll receive both a Tour Guide and Tour Director Certification

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One of the best decisions I've ever made. Investing in training at ITMI changed my life and gave me access to a career that is challenging me and bring me a whole lot of joy! THANK YOU ITMI!! - JOLIE

This is the 3rd online course I have taken and by far, the absolute best. I’ve learned a lot about myself and want to thank each and every one of my instructors and fellow classmates for bringing ... - RON

Celebrating 1 year anniversary from ITMI! In the past year I was a tour director through the Western National Parks and today I'm heading on a plane for my first tour in Europe ... - SETH

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Itmi signature tour director certification.

Your journey begins with our most popular comprehensive training in ITMI’s Global Campus. You’ll be on your way to becoming an International  Tour Director  in no time, as you learn the art of group travel. 

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A-la-carte tour guide certification.

Are you wanting to take it slow, and work in your local area? Become a  TOUR GUIDE  and lead local city sightseeing tours, food and wine tours, adventure tours or even work with an event companies!

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Interested in starting your own  Tour Company?  Our self-study entrepreneur package will give you the know how in both operations, with additional options to learn how to market to your audience.

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Founded on the principle that travel provides a uniquely immersive, interactive and dynamic learning experience, Educational World Tours offers an exciting array of student tour packages and custom trips geared to the specific requirements of high schools, colleges, alumni groups and educational institutions.

Educational World Tours has been partnering with educators since 2002, collaborating to create hundreds of bespoke student travel itineraries to explore the different cultures, landscapes, peoples and lifestyles across Canada, the US, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

OUR SERVICES AND TRIPS

Every educational trip is customized to maintain focus on activities and sites specific to your group's interests, educational needs and desired budget. Our educational tour specialists work with you to craft a complete travel package that will maximize your group's opportunities for an engaging, inspiring and fun learning experience abroad.

75th Anniversary of WWII Tours

2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the ending of WWII. This war is the bloodiest in human history that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It spanned many countries and therefore there are many options for destinations to visit in order to engage in the history of WWII.

Canadian Music Festivals

There is a wide selection of Canadian Festivals to participate in, whether your groups want to attend a local festival or one across the country we can arrange your festival tour.

US Music Festivals

The US is a location with a long and important musical history, it stands to reason that there are many student music festivals to attend. We can arrange a festival tour with educational and leisure components to your preferred destination.

International Music Festivals

Music is an important element of culture and one interactive method of participating in the world's cultures is to take part in one of the many music festivals around the world.

Edmonton Cantando

This is a renowned student music festival that takes place of over the course of three days, April 7th -9th 2018. This is an inclusive event as a variety of student groups including Concert Bands, Wind Ensembles, Choirs, Jazz Bands and Vocal Jazz.

MusicFest Canada - Nationals

MusicFest Canada is the annual event that occurs in Toronto where students from around Canada compete and perform. This year MusicFest occurs May 13-18, 2019.

London International Music Festival

This is an annual four day festival, July 15-18, 2019, that brings together students from around the world to perform and participate in educational activities.

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School Trips Abroad

Select School Tours organises educational school trips and tours that promise unforgettable experiences for both teachers and students.

Choose from a variety of destinations from school trips to France ,   Germany , Italy , and Spain and subjects such as French , Computer Science , and Food Technology . We have a school trip for everyone depending on the curriculum focus and needs of your students.

We have more than 40 years of experience in creating carefully planned itineraries in some of the worlds top cities including Berlin , Munich , Barcelona , Andalucia , and more. All offering exceptional learning opportunities for students.

This year, we also have D-Day Tours for the 80 th Anniversary to the D-Day beaches in Normandy, giving pupils a chance to gain firsthand experience on this vitally important day in European history.

Build life skills on a school trip overseas

In addition to academic learning, international school trips will help your pupils build important life skills, like independence, resilience and empathy.

Students can immerse themselves in a different culture and practice their language skills in a native-speaking environment, returning home more confident, culturally aware, and ready to take on the world.

We’ll handle all the logistics

You can leave the logistics to us – whether you’re going on an affordable school trip to Normandy or a complete tour of New York and Washington , we can handle everything from transportation to accommodation and experience bookings. We also provide a 24-hour emergency contact while you’re on tour, so you’ll have someone to call if there are any problems.

Ready to go? With a focus on safety (stf certified), we’re fully ABTA bonded, ATOL protected, contact your regional Travel Advisor or get in touch to request a quick quote and start your journey with Select School Tours today.

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Without a doubt, Sarah promised me a holiday of a lifetime for my pupils and she (along with the rest of the team) delivered. I was very impressed indeed with every aspect of the trip from my initial conversation with Sarah through to my return journey home – Thank you!

Mr Field, Redhill School

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What's Included in Our Tours

A  unique brand of service from school tours of america, after three decades planning educational travel, the school tours of america staff has remained the choice of veteran educators. our comprehensive planning approach and superior quality of tour places our east coast tour in a league of its own., complete step-by-step planning & support, personal tour coordinators, true planning experts averaging over 20 years planning educational, east coast itineraries, customized itinerary to your preferences including all of logistics, bookings and private appointments, state of the art tour tools, mytour fund - every teacher and student receives their own customizable, fundraising website, mytour portal - an on-line account to track payments, read announcements and contains valuable resources, mytour promo site - every teacher customizes a personal tour webpage to promote the tour, kickoff tools - step by step playbooks and videos giving teachers everything they need to promote the tour, educational opportunity, our director of education can work individually with any teacher to customize tour curriculum, chaperones can fulfill all of their professional development needs (graduate credit or ceus) through adams state university, high school students are eligible to receive college credit from adams state university for participating in the tour, all students are eligible to participate in the presidential leadership program for a valuable college admissions credential, pricing integrity & support, the all-inclusive price means everything is included with the exception of possible airline bag fees and a meal on the way, our friendly, bi-lingual agents handle all accounting directly with the parents, students enjoy long term flexible payment plans with no punishing late fees, the only money students need to bring is money for their own souvenirs, the ultimate tour experience, we maintain the best, veteran guide pool on the east coast, hand-picked for their ability to connect with your group, our hotel representatives provide assistance throughout your tour, including airports, hotel check-ins, and even stay overnight at your hotel, our east coast tour central is staffed by our renown tour experts to handle any tour issue or emergency that arises, bonded, professional security guards are posted each night on every student hotel floor, a 24/7 toll-free, emergency hotline is available to students and parents in the event of an emergency, in addition to emergency clinics, on-call physicians or nurses may travel to the hotel, if necessary, all chaperones and their schools are protected by our professional liability coverage, all tour participants are protected by our illness, accident and dental insurance coverage.