We enjoy traveling with other homeschoolers and taking advantage of group discounts to lower our costs. We often schedule our trips during the school year and off-season for better weather and lower crowd levels. Homeschoolers in other states (and countries) are welcome to join us. To find out more about each trip, click on the links on your left.

Future Trips
I'm often asked about future trips we have planned. Although none are definite yet, we're planning a cruise/land tour to Alaska in May 2013, and trips to Costa Rica, England, a Wild West trip to Yellowstone and surrounding areas, a river cruise, a trip to Hawaii (my husband and daughter have been nagging me about this one), and others. I've also had more than a few requests for a Boston trip, so I'm going to put that one on the front burner again soon.

Of course, we'll also plan trips to old favorites like Disney World (every year), Washington DC and New York City (from time to time) and more.

Once details and dates are decided for each trip we'll post it here and distribute information via our mailing list. We try to post details about our bigger trips at least a year in advance so you'll have plenty of time to plan.

If you have a suggestions for a future trip, please email me and I'll put it on my list.

Fundraising
We participate in fundraising projects to raise money for our trips, making them even more affordable for homeschooling families. These projects include Box Tops for Education, an association with Amazon.com, and other website and newsletter advertising.

All of the money generated from these programs (less any taxes due) goes toward our trips and has helped tremendously with unexpected costs, non-refundable deposits, and advance reservation fees.

Everyone benefits from our fundraising money, regardless of whether or not they participate (as long as generous homeschoolers continue to help us out), but I don't apply fundraising money to specific families. The cost listed for each of our trips already includes the fundraising money applied for that trip.

If a trip requires active participation in order to benefit from our funds, it will be stated in the trip's description.

Box Tops for Education are "coupons" found on specific foods, cereal boxes, and other grocery/household products. They're worth .10 each, and can add up quickly when many people contribute. Public schools earn thousands of dollars each year collecting Box Tops. We can, too! For more information about Box Tops for Education and a list of participating products, visit their website. To choose Carolina Homeschooler as your school, type in 29721 for the zip code and then choose Carolina Homeschooler. Please mail your Box Tops to Carolina Homeschooler, PO Box 1421, Lancaster SC 29721.

Our Amazon.com link is available on most of my website pages (look for the brown box). When you click on the box, it will take you to Amazon's website (you'll see our code "carolinhomesc" in the URL).

Please email me if you have any questions or suggestions for fundraising projects. We welcome all the help we can get!