Roaming Rams: Alumni Travel Program
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Join the Shepherd University Alumni Association on one of our exciting, pre-planned group tours, both international and domestic. You can also plan your own excursions through our partner, TravelPerks.
Check out all of our amazing travel opportunities below!
Paris & Normandy River Cruise – August 18, 2024 sailing date
(THE DEPARTURE DATE OF THIS TRIP HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE LIVE INFO SESSION WAS STREAMED DUE TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES)
Cruise from Paris through Normandy’s countryside, uncovering its many charms: Château de La Roche-Guyon, the medieval capital of Rouen, Monet’s beloved home in Giverny, and the famed Normandy beaches. Experience a different side of Northern France’s history with a tour of the majestic Palace of Versailles, once home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
See the best of Paris in one of three ways: via a panoramic tour, a bicycle ride along the Seine, or a walk through the Latin Quarter with a local guide. There are plenty of opportunities to take part in more active experiences, such as golfing atop the cliffs of Étretat, perched on the cliff high above the sea, making playing golf here a memorable experience and visual feast.
Trip itinerary here Paris and Normandy River Cruise
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT, please reach out to our Consumer Reservation Consultant, Torrie Castillo (torrie.castillo@uniworld.com / 800-259-2009, ext. 3821017), and reference the Shepherd University Alumni River Cruise (Group Number 28924).
2025 Trips – Mark your calendars for these exciting trips!
May 18-24, 2025 – Sandals Resort Barbados
- Crystal Lagoon luxury suite with balcony and tranquility soaking tub for 2 adults.
- Special meet-up and pre-booked excursion for all Shepherd attendees to be announced.
June 1-6, 2025 – Treasures of Ireland (itinerary & booking info)
- Explore Dublin’s Georgian squares, Titanic Story in Cobh and Killarney National Park with a local specialist. Discover Waterford, Cork, and Killarney. Visit Trinity College, Glendalough, Waterford Crystal, Blarney Castle, Torc Waterfall, Foynes Flying Boat Museum and the Cliffs of Moher. View St. Kevin’s Cross in Glendalough and King John’s Castle in Limerick. Take a scenic drive of the Ring of Kerry.
- $2,075 per person (twin rate). There is a $710 supplement for single rooms with limited availability. Pricing does not include airfare.
- Call 1-888-370-2736, email scheduled@ttc.com, or use the “message us directly” box in the itinerary link to book with reference # C019651
Sept. 25-Oct. 4, 2025 – Royal Caribbean New England Fall Foliage Cruise
- Departing out of Baltimore, MD aboard Vision of the Seas, you’ll visit Boston, MA; Saint John, New Brunswick, CA; Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada; and Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA before returning to Baltimore.
September 2025 (pick your 6 days) – Amtrak Vacation overnight train-car excursion
- Roundtrip from D.C. to Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA. Tour includes sightseeing city tour of Charleston, the Magnolia Plantation, a hop-on/hop-off sightseeing tour of Savannah, and a Savannah harbor cruise. Overnight stay both on the train cars and in hotels.
Nov. 8-15, 2025 – Costa Rica Eco Adventure (itinerary & booking info)
- Visit Tortuguero National Park, Sarpiqui, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. View the Arenal Volcano. A Dive Into Culture experience – meet master chocolatiers, Julio Fernandes and George Soriano, to learn about the history of chocolate and how it is produced at this small workshop. A Make Travel Matter experience with The Sea Turtle Conservancy Totuguero Visitor Center, an education center located in the heart of Totuguero National Park, one of the most important sea turtle nesting sites in the world for green turtles. Connect With Locals experiences – enjoy some time with the owners of your hotel, providing a unique experience, as they prepare a special BBQ meal just for you, visit a local Tico family’s palm plantation to learn about and taste the delicate heart of palm, visit the Quintana family’s Hacienda Pozo Azul and discover how they reduce their carbon footprint and support the local community, and meet Monteverde’s Quaker pioneers Marvin and Flory, who moved in the early 1950s to Monteverde from Alabama; they will share their life stories and all the changes they have seen take place in the region.
- $2,550 per person (twin rate). There is a $446 supplement for single rooms with limited availability. Pricing does not include airfare.
- Call 1-888-370-2736, email scheduled@ttc.com, or use the “message us directly” box in the itinerary link with reference # C015711.
Nov. 30-Dec. 10, 2025 – Treasures of Thailand (itinerary & booking info)
- Enjoy a Be My Guest dinner in Chiang Mai by joining the Saiwangjit family, who live in a wooden Thai stilt house, for a traditional northern Thai-style meal. Have Dive Into Culture experiences – Visit Lumpini Park in Bangkok and join the locals in their daily T’ai Chi practive, enjoy a traditional Thai massage in the grounds of Wat Pho, learn the secrets of Thai cooking and visit a local market to buy fresh ingredients, and stop at a coconut palm sugar plantation and discover how the farmer extracts the sap from the palm trees to be turned into sugar. Make Travel Matter on a visit to Natonchan where we’ll interact with the locals and meet one of the villagers to learn about traditional crafts such as gymnastics doll making and creating textiles in an array of patterns which are then soaked in mud to protect them from fading. Plus so many more iconic experiences!
- $4,733 per person (twin rate). There is a $836 single room supplement with limited availability.
- Call 1-888-370-2736 EXT. 1, email scheduled@ttc.com, or use the “message us directly” box in the itinerary link to book.