The short answer: a Christian school Holy Land trip works best when you start with learning goals, pick an itinerary that matches your Bible and history curriculum, set clear deadlines for families, and partner with a faith-based operator that handles hotels, buses, guides, and logistics. You bring the students; Mission Travel Faith Tours builds the educational journey.
When students stand at the Sea of Galilee, walk the streets of Jerusalem, or look out from Masada, Scripture stops being only a page in a textbook. The right trip is discipleship and academics at the same time.
1. Start with your school's educational goals
Decide what you want students to carry home: deeper biblical understanding, stronger history and geography, spiritual formation, leadership, or a mix. Mission Travel Faith Tours partners with Christian schools, universities, and homeschool organizations to customize travel around those goals, your budget, and your dates.
2. Choose a Holy Land itinerary that fits students
A strong first school trip is often the Holy Land Discovery Group Tour: 10 days / 9 nights in Israel, with cities and sites including Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee, the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, Masada, and the Dead Sea. The published group price starts from $3049 per person and is based on 14 or more travelers. Breakfasts and dinner daily at the hotel are included on the live tour page, along with a licensed guide, entrance fees as listed, and airport transfers on day 1 and day 10. Activity level is moderate.
Older students or Bible electives may also connect with Footsteps of Paul journeys in Greece and Turkey, Reformation tours, or other church-history routes listed on the school travel page. Every itinerary can be customized.
3. Know what "full-service" should cover
On the school travel page, every tour is described as including hotels, bus transportation, professional licensed guides, daily breakfast, group meals, entry tickets, a tour manager, pre-trip planning, 24-hour support, emergency assistance, and educational itinerary planning, with optional mission service projects. That is the standard your faculty should expect so teachers can focus on students, not vendor chaos.
4. Use the planning path schools already like
The live school process is straightforward: talk with a travel specialist, customize the journey, receive a proposal with itinerary and pricing, run pre-trip student meetings, travel with ground-team support, and return ready to plan the next year. School leaders are promised no registration fees, flexible travel dates, a private group guarantee, completely customized itineraries, experienced specialists, free educator travel based on group size, and dedicated support before, during, and after the tour.
5. Prepare families and students early
- Announce the trip 12 to 18 months ahead when you can, so families can budget.
- Hold an information night with the itinerary, sample daily pace, and payment schedule.
- Align classroom reading (Gospels, Acts, or your Old Testament survey) with the sites you will visit.
- Set behavioral and discipleship expectations before anyone packs a bag.
6. Keep faculty free to teach
Your teachers should not become travel agents. A faith-based operator's job is logistics and licensed local guiding. Your job is spiritual and academic leadership on the ground.
Frequently asked questions
Who is this for?
Christian schools, universities, homeschool organizations, and other educational institutions that want customized faith-based educational travel.
How many students do we need for a Holy Land discovery tour?
The Holy Land Discovery Group Tour is published based on 14 or more people. The school travel page also notes experience with groups from about 20 students to 200. Ask for a quote that matches your headcount.
What destinations can a school request?
Holy Land, Footsteps of Paul, Reformation tours, broader church history, mission and service trips, and fully customized educational tours.
Do educators travel free?
The school travel page states free educator travel based on group size. Confirm the ratio for your proposal.
How do we get a proposal?
Call 407-377-7912, email info@missiontraveltours.com, or start through the planning form. We are based in Orlando, and work with schools wherever they are.
Ready to take your students to the Holy Land? Visit Christian school travel or call 407-377-7912. You bring the group.
