Travel built for the lifelong learner.
A new HCI membership for the Group Leaders at OLLI programs, University Life Long Learning, Life Long Learning Centers Academic Travel Programs and other continuing education group travel programs.
Your travelers signed up to learn and they expect substance, not just sightseeing. We've built this membership for the people designing those richer journeys, and the institutions whose missions depend on getting them right.
For the lifelong learner's leader.
This membership is built specifically for OLLI program directors and lifelong learning center coordinators who use travel as an extension of their academic programming.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes at colleges and universities
Campus-based continuing education travel programs
Independent senior learning centers with travel programming
Faculty-led and academically curated group travel experiences
Two missions, one trip itinerary.
You're not just planning trips, you're extending your institution's mission, deepening member engagement, and quietly generating the revenue that keeps the lights on. Every trip has to satisfy the program officer, the development team, the educators, and the travelers themselves.
That's a different job than running a bank club, and it's a different job than running a for-profit travel business. We see that, and the membership reflects it.
Continuing Education travelers aren't booking vacations. They're enrolling in experiences. The Group Leader who designs those experiences is part curator, part educator, part travel agent… and they deserve a community that gets all three.
Everything HCI offers, tuned for educational travel.
You get the same membership benefits as our other Group Leader members, with resources, peer connections, and education specifically built for the institutions you represent.
Peer Group Conference
Annual 4-day conference. Meet fellow Continuing Education Group Leaders, connect with Travel Partners who specialize in educational journeys, and build the relationships that make your year easier.
Curriculum-Driven Trip Design
Dedicated learning on building itineraries with academic substance, lecture integration, expert guides, theme development, and the educational frameworks that make trips count as real learning.
CTGL
The industry's formal credential, open to Continuing Education Group Leaders. Demonstrates professional standards to your board, your members, and your institution's leadership.
Education-Focused Peer Circles
Small curated groups of fellow Continuing Education Group Leaders only. Trade itinerary ideas, faculty contacts, vendor reviews, and solutions to the institutional challenges only your peers really understand.
Nonprofit & Institutional Resources
Templates for board reports, ROI frameworks for development teams, member-engagement metrics, fiscal-year planning calendars, and the documentation institutional travel programs actually need.
HCI Partner Network
Direct access to PTOs, Travel Partners, and Corporate Partners, including the operators experienced with educational journeys and culturally-themed itineraries.
Monthly Virtual Meetings
Free monthly Zoom meetings for the whole HCI community, Member Spotlights, Travel Spotlights, and round tables. A consistent way to stay current with the field without leaving the office.
Mission Storytelling Support
Resources to help you communicate the educational and mission value of your travel program to boards, donors, and program officers, turning your trips into stories that resonate.
Built for the way your institution works.
Continuing Education Group Leaders get the same HCI benefits as our other members with resources, peer connections, and learning tracks tuned for mission-driven institutions.
The commercial path
Travel as a customer-relationship driver (banks) or a stand-alone business (independents). Success measured in trip volume, customer retention, and revenue growth.
- Primary metrics: Trip fills, deposits, customer retention
- Stakeholders: Bank leadership or business owner
- Trip design: Member experience & entertainment value
The mission-driven path
Travel as an extension of your institution's mission, education, engagement, and development. Success measured in mission impact, member loyalty, and the depth of the experience.
- Primary metrics: Educational impact, member engagement, development pipeline
- Stakeholders: Board, executive director, development, education team
- Trip design: Curriculum, faculty/expert content, theme integration
Same membership, same price.
Continuing Education Group Leader membership is priced identically to all our Group Leader memberships and the benefits are the same, with resources tailored to your institutional context.
joiners fee
For a limited time, the $350 joiners fee is waived for Continuing Education Group Leaders. Apply with the Quick Application below and we'll personally walk you through onboarding.
Annual dues for Continuing Education Group Leader members. Membership runs October 1 through September 30, and can typically be processed as an institutional expense.
Three steps to becoming a partner.
Complete your application
Complete the Membership Application. Or use the Quick Application at the bottom of this page if you'd prefer we reach out to you.
Submit it to HCI
Email completed applications to Andy Ziegler or call 401-443-0652 with questions.
Pay & you're in
You'll receive an electronic invoice to pay online, or mail payment to 359 Putnam Pike Unit B1, Smithfield, RI 02917.
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