talk to the experts 01737 214 214 9FREE Travel VouchersDiscounts and OffersWhen travelling on a school trip with Discover the World you'll join our newly introduced Travel Voucher Scheme - good news for independent travellers as well as those who organise educational visits.For every five fare paying students you will receive £50 in Travel Vouchers to use on your next school trip or against one of our independent travel experiences to a variety of destinations such as Iceland, Norway, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden's Icehotel and much more.Collecting vouchers could help to reduce the per person cost of your next group visit, or maybe you would like to explore one of our destinations without the restraints of a group teacher inspection trip? Perhaps offer the vouchers in a raffle to raise money for the school - the decision on how to use them is yours. Those who organise multiple trips can earn £100s or even £1000s of travel vouchers - the sky's the limit!Vouchers are valid for 24 months from the date of issue. Visit our website to see the full terms and conditions of our Travel Voucher Scheme.Teacher Inspection Trips can often be a requirement of your LEA. With the familiarity of a destination that these trips instil, you will be better equipped to choose the best trip relevant to the requirements of your students. For this reason we are offering free places on one of our inspection trips to Iceland, Morocco, Bay of Naples or Costa Rica. Places are free for those that have paid a deposit to us and have yet to travel on their group tour, otherwise trip fees will be refunded when a subsequent booking is made for 20 fare paying passengers or more. Departure dates, terms and conditions etc may be found on our website.Up to 10% off personal holidays If your school books a group field trip through our educational travel programme, all staff, students and parents will be eligible for a discount of up to 10% on their personal holiday to any of our amazing destinations, subject to terms and conditions.FREE Northern Lights ExcursionThe winters of 2011/12 and 2012/13 are predicted by some scientists to be a Solar Maximum (or Solar Max), a term used when sunspot activity is at its height, something which happens every eleven years. Sunspots produce solar flares which in turn create the northern and southern lights when they reach the Earth's atmosphere. For our School groups travelling to Iceland on selected departures during February 2012, half term, from Heathrow, Manchester or Glasgow, this Solar Max could be a very exciting piece of news. And even better - we'll give you and your students a free northern lights excursion (worth £30 per person), subject to weather conditions at the time. Spaces are limited for travel at half term so let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in this excellent offer. For further offers please visit our website.FREE Teacher Inspection TripsWairakei Terraces, New Zealand © Destination Lake TaupoIcehotel, Swedish Lapland

10 Our trips are bound by our Booking Terms & Conditions - for details visit discover-the-world.co.uk/educationalvisitsFrom the horses mouth.The ultimate aim of our educational trips is clear: to inspire students in the classroom and with their coursework by providing an enjoyable and above all, valuable excursion from school. What better way to see if we accomplish that goal than to hear from the students themselves? Here we have two accounts from students who have recently travelled to Iceland as well as an extract from a blog written by a student following a Morocco adventure."My first impression of Iceland was how vast and empty it was; it seemed like a huge rocky desert. You could see for miles and miles without seeing any life, and although it was bleak it was still very interesting and surreal.I found the trip very interesting and think it helped my knowledge of Geography a lot. It made me think about green energy (geothermal power), mountains, and how countries are made. And it has made my interest for the subject increase too. Even on the coach journeys our friendly guide made it fun by telling us lots of stories and describing the scenery outside. We saw amazing waterfalls, volcanoes and breath-taking scenery. In the evenings we had plenty of free time to have fun with friends too.I will never forget the black sandy ash that you could see everywhere, the lava deserts and the huge waterfalls. If I had to describe Iceland in three words they would be: amazing, exciting & out-of-this-world"Joe Laithwaite, 14"When the plane started the descent into Iceland all I could see for miles around was open space and lava rocks. Add in the coldness and the sudden burst of sleet and it quickly felt very different to home.The trip to Iceland gave me a new insight into geothermal power and how volcanoes work, I also learnt about glaciers and how places change. It has made me more interested in Geography, as I saw how amazing the world is around us and what different places and cultures are like. The Iceland trip was really great fun and I made some new friends with people I wouldn't normally know in school.I will always remember climbing the glacier and standing behind the great waterfall Seljalandsfoss, hearing the thunder of water and how freezing cold it was! If I were to describe Iceland I would say it is extraordinary, unique and eggy!"Sam Carter, 13Thingvellir Blue LagoonReynisfjara