At Hart Travel Partners (HTP), we turn the world into your classroom. That means we start with your academic goals and design a travel itinerary around the components of the course content you would like to highlight. As you identify the types of places you would like to visit and the experiences you would like to include, our experienced team will tailor your trip to ensure travel days that balance exploration and learning. We take care of all the logistics so that all you have to do is teach.
Service
Travel is our passion. It’s also our job, and we take it very seriously. At HTP, we believe that travel is as much an investment in a person’s future as education is. Every member of our staff is therefore fully dedicated to providing you and your group with the highest quality service every step of the way.
Safety
Your safety while traveling is our top priority. Your Travel Director is trained to deal with any type of emergency that may come your way and is with you every day. Your Travel Director is also in constant contact with our many local offices, who can provide 24/7 on-the-ground support as necessary. We also provide liability insurance that covers you and your institution, as well as a 24-hour emergency number that participants and their families have access to.
All of our programs include the following elements to make planning easy and travel worry free:
- A dedicated HTP expert who will help you customize your itinerary to include all the elements you require for a successful program.
- Hands-on pre-trip planning throughout the year, with faculty, study abroad and other offices
- Suggested educational content based on chosen destination and activities
- Liability insurance
Customization
Because your travel program is fully customized to your academic and travel goals, your group will never be combined with another group. We take your lead, both during the planning process and while traveling. We work with you to determine:
- The length and pace of the itinerary
- Your guaranteed departure date
- Lectures or seminars your group may attend
- Opportunities to meet with your in-country contacts
- Preferred hotels and restaurants
- Preferred transportation methods
- Included experiences, such as attending a show or a sporting event
- Visits to sites unique to your group’s interests
- Individual travel arrangements, if any, for participants wishing to travel home at a later date
Travel Directors: Your Experts on the Ground
Your Travel Director is your experienced local partner dedicated to bringing local cultural context to your course in real time. The Travel Director will use their destination expertise to ensure your group is drinking in every last drop of local culture, history, customs, food, art, fashion and lifestyle, while managing all of the logistics of your travel program.
The Good Stuff: Hotels, Meals and Flights
Positive travel experiences—and therefore positive learning experiences—depend largely on the littlest details. That’s why we include comfortable, centrally-located hotel accommodations, which may range from a B&B in Ireland to a large hotel in Latin America. We focus on local, delicious and culturally interesting meals when selecting dinners for your group, and breakfast is always included to ensure everyone starts the day off right. Lastly, we work with regularly scheduled airlines and will book the most direct round-trip flights available.