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!
2025 Trips – Grab your spot on one of these exciting trips!
May 18-24, 2025 – Sandals Resort Barbados
- Crystal Lagoon luxury suite with balcony and tranquility soaking tub for 2 adults…more details about the resort and special offers!
- Special welcome meet-up and pre-booked group activity for all Shepherd attendees to be announced.
- $4,996 based on two adults and roundtrip airport transfers included.
- Call Destinations by Kimberly at 304-931-0741 (toll free at 844-238-5970) or email kimberly@destinationsbykimberly.com to book!
Travel Talks info session: 5 p.m., December 12, Facebook Live
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 person 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
TRAVEL TALKS INFO SESSION: 6 p.m., December 10, Facebook Live
September 2025 (pick your 6 days) – Amtrak Vacation overnight train-car excursion
- Roundtrip train 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.
- Pick any 6 days in September 2025!
- Starting at $2,049 per person.
- Call Destinations by Kimberly at 304-931-0741 (toll free at 844-238-5970) or email kimberly@destinationsbykimberly.com to book!
Travel Talks info session: 5 p.m., January 23, Facebook Live
Oct. 23-Nov. 1, 2025 – Royal Caribbean New England Fall Foliage Cruise
- Departing out of Baltimore, MD aboard Vision of the Seas, you’ll visit Boston, Massachusetts; Saint John, New Brunswick; Sydney, Nova Scotia; and Halifax, Nova Scotia before returning to Baltimore.
- 9 nights starting at $1,840.08 per person (price is for interior cabins, double occupancy, and will increase for upgrading room types – CHECK OUT DETAILS ABOUT VISION OF THE SEAS)
- Call Destinations by Kimberly at 304-931-0741 (toll free at 844-238-5970) or email kimberly@destinationsbykimberly.com to book!
Travel Talks info session: 5 p.m., January 23, Facebook Live
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 person 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.
TRAVEL TALKS INFO SESSION: 6 p.m., January 21, Facebook Live
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 person 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.
TRAVEL TALKS INFO SESSION: 6 p.m., February 18, Facebook Live
Dec. 27, 2025 – Jan. 6, 2026 – Sunny Portugal ft. NYE in Madeira
- Tour Lisbon and uncover its treasures, including views of the Tagus River, venture to Nazare, a popular seaside resort on Portugal’s Silver Coast, and admire the stunning views of Ponta de Sao Lourenco. Enjoy a two-night stay in the Portuguese Riviera town of Cascais and four nights on Medeira for the New Year and take in a world-famous fireworks display. Enjoy a traditional espetada dinner, feasting on a favorite local dish cooked over an open fire, plus delight in a delicious dinner during a memorable New Year’s Eve gala in Madeira!
- $5,499/person (double occupancy). There is an additional $1,000 single person room supplement. Prices good through 6/28/2025; please call the number below for prices after that date.
- Along with all hotel stays, most attractions, and some meals, roundtrip airfare from Washington, inter-flights from Lisbon, air taxes and fees/surcharges, and hotel transfers are included in the quoted price above.
- For booking, call Collette at 855-843-2414 (reference #1291211), or click the SIGN UP NOW! button in the top-left corner of the itinerary webpage.