Educational
Travel
Consortium
Membership
Since 1987, the Educational Travel Consortium (ETC) has served as the leading professional community for the educational and affinity travel sector.
Membership provides year-round access to a trusted network of institutional travel planners, destinations, tour operators, and industry partners working collaboratively to develop, manage, and strengthen educational travel programs around the world. Explore the membership program below to find the ETC community best aligned with your role and organization.
What Your ETC Membership Includes:
- Webinars and Professional Development. Access live webinars and an on-demand library of sessions focused on educational travel program management, risk considerations, destination trends, traveler engagement, partnership development, and industry best practices.
- Annual Conference Access. Receive member pricing and priority access to The Premier Annual Gathering for Educational & Affinity Travel — a relationship-driven conference bringing together institutional travel planners, destinations, operators, and suppliers from across the global educational travel
- Industry Research and Benchmarking. Gain access to benchmarking reports, traveler sentiment research, destination insights, and emerging industry trends designed specifically for the educational and affinity travel sector.
"The leading gathering place for educational travel professionals worldwide."
- A Trusted Professional Community. Connect with peers across universities, museums, alumni associations, zoos, conservation organizations, destinations, tour operators, cruise companies, hotels, and industry service providers working throughout the educational travel ecosystem.
- Resource Library and Practical Tools. Explore ETC’s growing library of webinar recordings, conference sessions, operational templates, case studies, and program development resources designed to support both new and experienced professionals in the field.
- Industry Insights. Stay informed about evolving developments affecting educational travel programs, including destination updates, operational considerations, insurance expectations, and other issues impacting institutional and group travel.
Transformative Connections.
The Value of Belonging.
Designing Transformative Travel: The Power of an Engaged Peer Network
“The three words I would use to describe the ETC community are purposeful, curious, and engaged. What has struck me most is the profound commitment to learning, to education, and to understanding the complex world we live in better.”
William Blair
Director of Collections
National Museums Northern Ireland
“As I entered a new career path as Travel Planner twenty years ago, I was amazed to experience my first ETC Conference. I found a community of endlessly amazing professionals and people with happy energy and big hearts, who do not hesitate to share and collaborate on our shared vision for educational travel. ETC has continued to be a wellspring of ideas, best practices, support, inspirational people and friendship. ETC is the convener of a community of educational travel professionals, who, regardless of where they live and work, feel connected and understood and supported.”
Beth Ray-Schroeder,
Senior Director,
Duke Travels Alumni Engagement and Development, Duke University
“For me attending the Educational Travel
Conference (ETC) is the highlight of the year – it’s truly the “Super Bowl” of our industry. It’s an incredible chance to exchange ideas, learn, and gain fresh perspectives from my colleagues and affinity partners. It is the single most important conference we attend; and, it is the combination of rich programming and wonderful networking with long time partners and new members that makes it valuable. The sessions are not only inspiring and thought- provoking, they also offer valuable opportunities for the entire supply chain — suppliers, operators and planners — to collaborate and share insights.”
Karen Kuttner-Dimitry
Vice President of Affinity Sales,
Aurora Expedition
“I find so much value in coming to ETC, to learn from the most qualified, introspective and well-spoken people, to get inspired, and to connect with a truly special community of travel professionals in this unique niche market of educational travel. “
Lisa Benshea,
Travel & Special Programs Manager,
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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