1. Apply for a Scholarship

Just like colleges and universities, Road Scholar offers financial assistance. Each year, thanks to our generous donors, Road Scholar awards more than 300 scholarships for programs in North America to participants who may not be able to afford a program on their own.

2. Apply for a Caregiver Grant

Our amazing donors also fund Caregiver Grants to help family caregivers offset the costs of arranging substitute care while they attend a Road Scholar learning adventure. If you care for an ill or disabled relative, click to learn more and apply for a Caregiver Grant.

3. See our Best Value Programs

While we strive for all of our programs to be a great value to all participants, our “Best Value” collection is made up of programs that our participants said offered extraordinary value—programs where their dollars went the farthest.  

4. Search Programs by Price

You can also search all of our programs by price to find the best fit for your budget. Check it out!

5. Keep Your Eye on Our Special Offers

We try to keep prices as low as possible, and as programs develop and participants enroll, sometimes we’re able to offer special discounts on programs or free airfare to make things easier on your wallet. Keep an eye on our special offers, as they are updated often!

If you’re traveling solo: Our Special Offers often include programs where we’ve been able to negotiate single rooms at no extra cost to the participant!

6. Invite a Friend

We never add fees from Road Scholar to penalize single or solo travelers. But when you aren’t splitting the cost of the room with someone else, rooms are typically more expensive for one person. That’s why recruiting a friend or family member to travel with you will save you money on all of our programs. When you enroll online, just select the “double room” option. Then a few clicks later we’ll ask if you have someone you’d like to room with. If you are enrolling with us over the phone, just mention that you’d like to share your room with a friend. 

...Or two!

Road Scholar recently added new triple-rooming option, available on some programs. That means if you’re traveling with two companions, you can all share a room and save! Call us at 800-454-5768 to learn more about our Triple Rooming options.

…Or Twenty!

For Groups of 20 or more, the 21st person can go for free, each person can receive 5% off the program price or you can give 5% of the program cost back to your organization as a fundraiser.

7. Travel during off-peak dates

Traveling during the “shoulder season” (dates outside a destination’s peak season) not only means lower prices, but also fewer crowds. This can be a great way to check a dream destination off your bucket list that you’ve never thought you could afford. Give our specialists a call at 800-454-5768 to inquire about off-peak programs, search our adventures by date, or browse our collection of “Winter In…” programs designed for off-peak travel.

8. Become a Road Scholar Ambassador

If you’ve been on Road Scholar program already and are interested in saving on future programs, consider becoming a Road Scholar Ambassador! Our ambassador program allows participants to earn credits that you can use to pay for a program.

9. Refer a Friend

One of those frequent contests we mentioned is our monthly refer-a-friend raffle. Introduce a friend to Road Scholar and you’ll be entered to win up to $2,000 Road Scholar gift certificate and the friend you referred gets a $500 gift certificate!