Travel Planner Certification & Jumpstart
The Educational Travel Planner Certification elevates the professionalism of nonprofit travel planners.
The certification program was launched at the ETC / Educational Travel Conference 2024.
In today’s world, numerous professions have embraced certification processes as a means of demonstrating their competence, and this Certification program serves the same purpose. This travel planner certification will provide tangible evidence of your knowledge and capabilities in the field of nonprofit educational travel planning. Obtaining the Travel Planner Certification will demonstrate the graduate’s proficiency in managing travel programs and promoting a high standard of professionalism across the industry.
The certification program does not offer one standardized way of running travel programs. Instead, it offers comprehensive insights into various possibilities and major considerations in the field, so that participants may implement the best practices for their institution’s program. Travel programs vary across the different types of nonprofit travel programs such as, but not limited to, university alumni offices or museums, conservation, and cultural organizations. This certification serves as evidence that participants have acquired essential core competencies to run a nonprofit travel program. It does not mandate adherence to a specific model but rather showcases a broad understanding of the core competencies required including operations, programming, risk management and marketing.
This professional certification will be granted by ETC /Educational Travel Consortium in collaboration with teaching members from ETC’s Executive Advisory Council (EAC) and Emeritus Council, a dedicated group of experienced and seasoned travel planners who volunteer their expertise.
Travel Planner Jumpstart Seminar
A Comprehensive Introduction to Educational Travel Planning — Wherever your travel program is situated in your organization there are fundamental skills and best practices that are important to the success of all programs. Learn the fundamentals of running a travel program from experienced education travel planners. Attendees will be introduced to the variety of ways programs are managed across educational and non-profit institutions. This course is the first requirement needed for those working towards their Educational Travel Planner certification, but is open to all travel planners who are new to their role, the industry, or the ETC conference. Jumpstart participants will be assigned an experienced mentor who will be available at the conference and beyond.
