Student Engagement Masterclass

Learn the tips and techniques to take your student tours to the next level.

  • Four days,
    Feb 16-19, 2023

  • Choose Both Cities or just DC or NYC

  • 5 Instructors: Local Guides + Student Engagement Experts

  • $99 non-refundable deposit due to reserve your place

A course focused on making you a better student travel tour director or guide.
  • Students have changed since the pandemic, and now more than ever understanding how to craft engaging student experiences is crucial.

What’s covered?

During these unpredictable times, some of these itinerary items may change. You will always receive either an equivalently valued experience, or a partial refund of any paid components.

Washington, D.C.

If there’s one city to master at the beginning of your career, it’s DC. However, the way we teach it is very different than your standard training. Let us make this city come alive in a new and compelling way for you! We’ll share our secret sauce for how to deliver engaging and memorable memorial experiences, and how to make places known to everyone in the country come alive in a new way.

  • Engagement ideas for all the memorials
  • Ideas and tips for handling museums
  • Fun, Hidden gem wow moments just for students
  • Exercises for connecting with political and government topics
  • How to facilitate constructive dialogues
  • How to tell a great ghost story

New York City

So many tour directors stick to the basics and highlights like Times Square, Central Park, and Rockefeller Center. We get it, it’s intimidating.

  • Central Park
  • Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center & Grand Central Terminal
  • Columbus Circle & Lincoln Center
  • The High Line, Chelsea Market and the new Hudson Yards
  • Washington Square Park Area & The West Village
  • The Financial District
  • Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island (orientation from Battery Park; not visiting)
  • Chinatown, Little Italy & Soho

Reasons to take this training

  • Show tour operators you’re serious about learning

  • Meet fellow tour directors, network, connect and build new friendships

  • Make yourself more hirable. Last year one TD was even hired for a tour during the training!

  • So much fun! We know how to have a good time while learning!

The TripSchool Difference

  • More than a FAM tour: not just surface stops at visitor centers, we’re offering a full-featured, real tour experience.

  • Immersive: we’ll take hikes, and actually experience the sights, to share our real experiences with guests

  • Participatory: you don’t just sit back and listen to us; we’ll also offer you storytelling/commentary assignments (optional) and technology tasks to learn a variety of new skills on tour!

The first 15 spots save $149!

The training will change how you think about student travel.

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Our Promise to you

Once you complete this program, you will feel in control of leading groups through this itinerary. Plus you will have the insider knowledge to look like a pro in front of your groups, and our blend of wow moments, storytelling, and technology engagement to put you above the rest.

We’ll vouch for you.

We actively speak with tour operators looking for tour directors. We stand by our trainings, and vouch for what you’ve learned. This means hopefully more work for you.

You become part of the TripSchool family.

Our community is awesome. The bond from the trip doesn’t stop at the end; you’ll be part of our private community groups, and also be able to reach out to Mitch and Alan any time, with any questions. We promise we’re accessible. We want to be a bridge between you and tour operators, and help you along in your careers!