By the 1990s, more than 200,000 people were learning with Elderhostel each year. Its program offerings expanded through the United States and Canada, and eventually internationally. The program started in the summer of 1975, offering older adults noncredit classes and dormitory housing on campuses in New England -a sort of " summer school for retired people." Elderhostel was officially established as a not-for-profit organization in 1977. There, he and Bianco, the university administrator, decided that society needed "elderhostels" in addition to youth hostels. After four years of backpacking through Europe and staying in hostels, Knowlton, then in his 50s, returned to the United States to direct the youth hostel program at the University of New Hampshire. Knowlton rejected as ageism the belief that one's mind must fail as one ages. Elderhostel was founded in 1975 by friends Marty Knowlton, social activist and self-described hippie, and David Bianco, director of residential life at the University of New Hampshire. Road Scholar educational adventures are created by Elderhostel, the world leader in educational travel since 1975. It offers thousands of programs in more than 100 countries and 50 states. Road Scholar is the nation’s largest not-for-profit educational travel organization for adults – a true university of the world. To request a mailed catalog, please call (800) 454-5768. To explore Road Scholar’s 1,000+ program offerings, please visit. So far, more than 52,000 participants have enrolled in programs for 2022: 26,700 in North America programs, 16,900 in international and 4,500 in Road Scholar’s Adventures Afloat shipboard programs, which resumed in August 2021. More than 6,500 older adults are currently scheduled to travel with Road Scholar between October 15 and December 31, 2021. Things that we used to take for granted seem very precious now after what we have all been through.” There is a collective sense of gratitude to be back on the road again. Nancy Coolidge, a long-time Road Scholar instructor, shared that “as we resume our programs, I am struck by how patient and appreciative everyone is. The organization arranges for COVID testing in countries that require it and has only seen a handful of mild or asymptomatic breakthrough cases out of more than 10,000 participants. Road Scholar offers guidance to help participants follow COVID protocols in each of the 46 states, territories and provinces and the 34 countries where programs have resumed. “Knowing that everyone I sat on a bus with, sat across a table from and sat in a classroom with was vaccinated was reassuring.” “Requiring vaccinations allayed my fears,” said Georgina Schuster, a first-time Road Scholar participant. This is a policy Road Scholar established as soon as vaccines became available and to which we are fully committed.” “Especially in light of the new Delta variant, participants’ feedback has been consistent: they are grateful that we will only enroll people who have been fully vaccinated and that our on-site leaders must also be vaccinated. And, for Road Scholars, living means learning and traveling,” said Moses. “We all are settling into the reality of learning to live in a world with COVID. The most popular Grandparent programs focused on physical and educational activities with their grandkids, including canoeing in the Ozarks and learning about sea turtles in Georgia. National Parks and U.S.-based outdoor learning experiences.
Road Scholar’s most popular learning adventures this year have been in Costa Rica, U.S.
“These folks decided the time was right, they were fully vaccinated and they were ready to get back out in the world to learn and discover together.” “This was a summer for grandparents to reunite with their grandkids and embark on learning adventures across the U.S.,” said Road Scholar President James Moses.
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