Travel Abroad

annUal honors trip

Since the inception of the Honors Program, we have offered a travel abroad opportunity for our students to expand their minds with global experiences. Every January, TWU Honors hosts a travel abroad trip to a European destination. In partnership with a travel abroad class, students earn three hours of honors credit while studying the art, history, culture and literature of the destination.

This tour is led by a trained EF (Education First) tour director with experience traveling all of the countries we visit and who speaks several languages.

Honors students also are able to bring family and guests on travel abroad experiences, if there is space after students are prioritized.

2026 Honors travel abroad:

Budapest, Vienna, and Prague

Itinerary

Day #1:

Fly to Budapest

Day #2:

Fishermans Bastion
Hungarian Parliment Building

Day #3:

Castle Hill
Gellert Hill
Heroes' Square
Matthias Square
Budapest Basilica
Budapest Baths

Day #4:

Travel to Vienna
Ringstrasse
Parliament Hofburg
Visit Schönbrunn

Day #5:

Travel to Prague
Walking tour of Prague
Cobbled streets of Mala Strana
Visit the 13th century Stare Mesto
See the Old Town Sqaure

Day #6:

Explore former Captial of the Holy Roman Empire
Visit St. Vitus Cathedral
Visit Charles Bridge
Visit Prague Castle's Golden Lane

Day #7:

Depart for home

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lOObodLVzE50ZmOW5AFM_RX0GSH3mhb5/edit#slide=id.p2 -Link with more details and scholarship link!

how to travel with honors

The cost of the trip covers:

Airfare
Ground transportation
Hotel lodging
EF Tour Director
Entrances to locations on the itinerary
Breakfast and dinner daily

We try our best to keep the cost of the trip at or below $3,000, a price you cannot beat! To fund their trips, our students regularly apply for the Education Abroad Scholarship, EF Scholarship, and raise funds within their communities.

Once a trip is selected by the students, enrollment will begin and you can start paying for your trip over the course of the next year to year and a half. Here's what your year before the trip looks like:

Enroll in the trip with honors and EF, our tour company
Monthly payments - scholarships and fundraising encouraged!
Enroll in the fall semester travel class, an English honors credit
Fall class and travel training meetings from September to December
Travel in January! Don't worry, we'll come back right before classes.

Travel Abroad 2025.mov

FUNDING YOUR TRAVEL ABROAD

24-25 EA Scholarship Packet (2) (1).pdf

Explore Past Honors Trips

HONORS ABROAD 2024 VLOG

Italy 24.mov

HONORS ABROAD 2023 VLOG

Honors Abroad '23.mov