Press

Please contact the PR department for media requests including:

• mined data or stats from our community of hundreds of thousands of older adults (like in our solo travel report)
• quotes from or interviews with travel experts at Road Scholar who can comment on travel trends, tips, and more; (we do podcasts, too!)
• professional photography of older adults and/or travel destinations across the U.S. and around the world
• an older adult to interview from anywhere in the U.S. who can speak from personal experience about their travels
• story ideas on travel trends, tips, hot destinations, inspirational senior travelers or solo travelers, and more!

We're at your disposal! Don't hesitate to reach out! Kelsey.perri@roadscholar.org or call/text 617-521-5301.

Mission Statement

Road Scholar inspires adults to learn, discover and travel. Their learning adventures open minds to new ideas and deepen understanding of oneself and of the world’s peoples, places, cultures, history and environments. A true university of the world, not-for-profit Road Scholar’s meaningful — often transformational — educational adventures engage people for whom learning is the journey of a lifetime.

About Road Scholar

Not-for-profit Road Scholar is the world leader in educational travel for older adults, serving around 100,000 lifelong learners annually in more than 100 countries and throughout the United States. Founded as “Elderhostel” in 1975, Road Scholar will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2025 with a Great Global Giveaway, among other special projects. Their programs combine travel and education to provide experiential learning opportunities featuring an extraordinary range of topics, formats and locations. Alongside renowned experts, participants experience in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities by land and by sea on educational travel adventures designed for adults over 50. For more information, please visit us at roadscholar.org/about.