I have long touted the value of taking family trips to educational destinations. The trend, which began with learning vacations for adults, is now being embraced by teens, who are looking to do more with their downtime than simply work on a gnarly tan.
Loews Hotels recently introduced a program they are calling “Edu-cations.” The travel package is tailored to teens and combines a stay with learning a new skill such as cooking, golfing, surfing or getting an inside look at Nashville’s Music Row or New York’s financial markets.
Some of the packages include:
“Surfin’ Safari.” This package is offered in San Diego and allows young guests to stay at Loews Coronado Bay Resort while taking private lessons on a custom-designed surfboard decorated with personally chosen photos and graphics. A two-night package, with connecting rooms for parents and kids, and spa treatments starts at $2,000.
“Music and Lyrics.” This package is being offered at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville. It starts at $1,200 and includes a night’s lodging for one child and his or her parents; a writing session with a songwriter; an acoustic guitar and lesson; and a performance at the Bluebird Café, where many famous country stars have gotten their starts.
“Inside Financial Markets.” If you are raising a future MBA you might consider taking advantage of this package at Manhattan’s Loews Regency Hotel. It includes a night’s stay, power breakfast featuring a speaker from the financial world; viewing of the Nasdaq opening bell and a tour; plus the you teen’s image projected on the Nasdaq Tower. The package starts at $900.
And as long as we’re discussing learning vacations you might be interested in this sidebar story about carefully choosing what airline to fly to your next destination.
Earlier this week Air France forced 400 of its Miami-bound passengers to sit in a plane at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport for almost 10 hours. Airline execs claim the plane had technical problems, yet did not fully disclose why the passengers were not allowed off while mechanics addressed the failures.
According to news reports, Flight 090 was scheduled to depart at 10:45 a.m. Monday, but rather left at 8:34 p.m.–just a few minutes before it had been due to land in Miami.
Air France execs say a fuel leak followed by an engine glitch sent the Boeing 747 back and forth between the runway and a plane parking area on Monday.
As for the plane’s passengers they were not allowed off during the wait in Paris, because “time-consuming safety measures would have lengthened the ordeal,” according to Air France officials. Instead, all 400 were fed meals and snacks and the airline promised they would be compromised.
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