Mark your calendar, pack your bags, and get ready to set off on a custom educational tour with fellow UMRA members to explore unique ports of call.

The UMRA Travel Committee was formed earlier this year to plan unique custom educational tours for UMRA members. We have contracted with Road Scholar to work with us in this endeavor. We chose Road Scholar because they have been inspiring adults to open their minds to new ideas and knowledge of the world’s peoples, places, cultures, history, and environments since 1975, offering educational adventures that engage people for whom learning is the journey of a lifetime. Road Scholar, a not-for-profit, is also the world’s largest and most innovative creator of experiential learning opportunities, offering more than 5,500 adventures in all 50 states and 150 countries around the world.

Road Scholar will offer us private group programs that include in the cost: informative lectures; “behind the scenes” experiences; all excursions; enrichment activities, cultural events and performances; all meals, except a few to allow exploration of local restaurants; a group leader throughout a program and to handle all logistics; 24-hour assistance for medical and other emergencies; and all gratuities and taxes.

A survey we sent to UMRA members in July was completed by more than half our membership. The results will aid us in planning tours, both nationally and internationally, for the next two years. We intend to plan two to three trips a year and will send out the schedule for 2020–21 in September.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 612-929-0233.

—Cherie Hamilton, chair, Travel Committee