GoBeyond Student Travel
GoBeyond Student Travel
Why choose GoBeyond Student Travel?
If you’re searching for something more than just a typical summer trip - if you want to travel with real purpose - then GoBeyond. Backed by over 40 years of experience, GoBeyond Student Travel offers worldwide programs for high school students during the summertime, combining international community service projects with cultural immersion, travel, and outdoor adventure activities. Though all of o...
If you’re searching for something more than just a typical summer trip - if you want to travel with real purpose - then GoBeyond. Backed by over 40 years of experience, GoBeyond Student Travel offers worldwide programs for high school students during the summertime, combining international community service projects with cultural immersion, travel, and outdoor adventure activities. Though all of our programs are designed to provide unforgettable experiences, each journey has a unique approach that tailors to a participant’s interests. Go beyond the typical teen tour while working with disabled orphans in China, tagging sea turtles in the British Virgin Islands, snorkeling between two continental plates in Iceland, or trekking the high Andes of Peru. Our programs will immerse you in a new c...
GoBeyond Student Travel Reviews
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Amazing experience
by: Rex Roclord - United StatesProgram: GoBeyond - Australia - Reef to RainforestMy son went to Australia with GoBeyond when he was 15. He had an unforgettable experience. GoBeyond is an amazing company, extremely well organized. They even help with booking the flight and all the details, and I didn't have to worry about anything. I can't say enough good things about them.
A summer to remember!
by: Josie Gould - United StatesProgram: GoBeyond - Global Community Service Adventures for TeensGo Beyond helped me to have the two best summers of my life. I have created life long friends all over the country. I plan on going back to Go Beyond BVI next year. I also think that the BVI GB is extra special because of how we travel with Action Quest. We get to meet so many more kids that seem to all have similarities. Go Beyond has allowed me to meet people that I would have never come in contact with in my life, if I had not come. I have crated so many friends that I know I will have for th...
Both leaders were great
by: Kyler O. - AustraliaProgram: GoBeyond - Australia - Reef to RainforestBoth leaders were great and had an amazing outlook on the trip and on everyone. They were always excited and thrilled to be working with us and had amazing and useful information. he service projects really gave us and understanding fir the rainforest in Kuranada. What's best about GoBeyond? The experiences and friends you make.
GoBeyond Student Travel Programs
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GoBeyond - Global Community Service Adventures for Teens
This program goes beyond ordinary high school travel programs and build cross-cultural community service summer trips perfectly geared to your in...
GoBeyond - Peru - Service & Adventure Programs
Volunteer to help impoverished women and their children in Peru with GoBeyond. Casa Mantay, a Cuzco center founded by Raquel and Sergio, serves a...
GoBeyond - Australia - Reef to Rainforest
Discover Australia, one of the most environmentally and socially diverse places on earth. Beginning with a thrilling surf session in Sydney, you’...
GoBeyond - Iceland - Inspiring Iceland
Traverse this legendary landscape and leave forever inspired by the other-worldly beauty of Iceland. This Nordic oasis transforms the mundane int...
GoBeyond - India - Tibetan Village Experience
Live in dormitories and hotels in Dharamsala for the majority of your stay and participate in daily Tibetan Immersion and Mutual Learning Partner...
GoBeyond - China - Orphans of Beijing
Travel through China and make a difference in the lives of those who, by no fault of their own, have been left behind. Live in Beijing, the bust...
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Shannon Hallak
Participated in 2018
Shannon Hallak is currently a senior in high school from Mahwah, New Jersey. She has been a competitive dancer for about 6 years. Throughout her life,...
Shannon Hallak
Participated in 2018
Adventure! I always wanted to do something unusual and outside of the box that would provide me with both a learning experience and the opportunity to meet new people. I knew there was a world outside of the small bubble that I lived in, and I wanted to go and explore that.
Dan Meyer
Interviewed in 2019
Dan has been active in the field of experiential education since 2000. Since that time, Dan has facilitated thousands of young adults as an environmen...
Dan Meyer
Interviewed in 2019
What inspired you to travel abroad?
After college, I spent around five years bouncing from seasonal camp jobs in the U.S. to personal travels abroad. My two primary passions at the time were working with youth in non-traditional educational settings and traveling, especially to developing countries. At some point, it occurred to me that I might combine these two passions into a career. I hopped online and found Lifeworks International (now GoBeyond Student Travel) via a simple Google search. I didn’t realize at the time, but that simple act would set the stage for much of my personal and professional present-day life. I applied to the program and was lucky enough to be hired as a summer service-adventure guide for the Ecuador and Galapagos program in 2007. At the time, I was also pursuing a Masters in Experiential Education. I needed an internship for graduation and ended up at the Lifeworks office in 2008. I grew into my current role quickly after that, and now the rest is history!
Elliot Evins
Interviewed in 2019
Growing up in disparate parts of the United States, Elliot developed an appetite for travel and exploration at a young age. He fostered a passion for ...
Elliot Evins
Interviewed in 2019
What inspired you to travel abroad?
My introduction to GoBeyond came as a British Virgin Islands student in 2007. Needless to say, the program completely changed my life and outlook forever. Over the course of just three summer weeks, I learned practical skills, became more globally aware, and grew as a person. The experience set me on a path to seek more like it that eventually led me back to a seasonal position running the same program I experienced in high school. Over time I grew into a leadership role and have since become the operational director of community service in the BVI.