Connecting institutional travel planners, global operators, tourist boards, and suppliers to design and deliver, impactful, mission-driven group experiences.
The Educational Travel Consortium (ETC) is the premier professional community platform for alumni, museum, zoo, conservation, and nonprofit group travel programs. We bring together an international network of institutional travel planners, vetted group tour operators, global suppliers, and tourist boards to advance the design, operation, and marketing of transformative group travel experiences.
Whether you manage an educational travel program for an alumni association, university, museum, zoo, conservation organization, or nonprofit, ETC provides the peer network, educational frameworks, and vetted operator and supplies connections you need to grow your program, expand participation, and deliver exceptional experiences to your travelers.
Connect directly with the institutional travel planners who develop and manage educational and affinity travel programs for built-in audiences including alumni, members, and donors — while participating in a professional community dedicated to learning, collaboration, and the future of educational travel.
“If I had to describe ETC in three words, they would be connection, innovation, and community. You develop deep, wonderful connections that last well beyond the week of the conference.
The learning sessions give you actionable, innovative ideas to bring back to your own work. When you leave ETC, you don’t just leave an event—you remain part of a close-knit, lasting ecosystem of planners, destinations, and operators.”
Anthony Hannon
President
EPIX Travels
“For me, one of the most valuable components of the ETC Conference is the ability to talk to Destinations, Operators, and Suppliers (DOS) in-person. I receive far too many cold calls and emails from DOS throughout the year to properly vet their value and compatibility with my travel program, so I ask them to go to the ETC Conference. There I can have interesting and informative conversations with DOS, get to know their product and strengths, and make new connections. Thanks to the many sessions that are open to everyone, I also find that those chance encounters at a shared table or in the elevator can be just as valuable as more formal one-on-one meetings with DOS.”
Emilie LaRosa
Associate Director
Penn Alumni Lifelong Learning
University of Pennsylvania