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All About Girl Scout Travel

Siobhan Hickey • Addy Lerner • Kristen Tobelesky

Julie Jackson, Program Specialist

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Where do you want to go?

• It’s all about planning and

progression!

Girls can go just

about anywhere

in the world, but

there are some

steps to get

there.

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Travel Paperwork

After you figure

out which level

your trip is, use

this timeline as

a reference for

your planning

schedule. Level

4 trips and

above require

GSOC Program

Department

approval.

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Travel Application

• 2 parts: Leader Section, Girl

Section (younger girls may need

assistance, but we encourage all

troops to make travel girl-led).

• Leader section requires SU

Manager approval and Council

approval for Level 4 and above.

• Girl Section requires Troop Leader

approval and Council approval for

Level 4 and above.

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Leader Section

• Trip Basics

• Troop/Group Training

• Trip Planning/Progression

• Money Earning

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Girl Section

• Girl Scout Program

• Trip Activities

• Trip Budget

– Walks girls through the basics of the

trip budget

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Goal Setting and Planning

• Global Travel Toolkit: Girl Guide

and Adult Guide available

– http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/travel/res

ources/global-travel-toolkit/

• Product Sales Goal Setting

• Money-Earning

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Planning

• Make it girl led

• Payment plans

• Ratios: Troop Travel vs. Parent

and Me

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Destinations

• Individualized travel opportunity

• 6 Categories: International,

Domestic, STEM, Career, Culture,

Outdoors

• Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors

• Round 1 applications due November

1st

• Round 2 applications due January

2018

• http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/travel/ta

ke-a-trip/destinations/

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Getaways

• http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/travel/

take-a-trip/getaways/

• Pre-packaged trips throughout the

United States

• 4 categories: Career, Culture,

Domestic, Outdoors

• Cadettes, Seniors, and

Ambassadors

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Girl Scouts of Northern California

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12 months before

• GSOC Travel Training • Hold first Parent Meeting to collect deposit and answer questions.• Complete GSOC’s Travel Application. This requires generic information

about the trip; full details are not yet necessary.• Research lodging. GSOC troops can stay in GSNoCal properties and

reservations are made six months in advance.

October Register for event Girl Scouts of Northern California

October -March

• Plan where to go, what to see, where to eat. • Make matching sweatshirts or hats.• Collect period payments and communicate regularly with parents,• Sell nuts and cookies!

January Cheapest airfare will be 3 months before the event on a Tuesday.

March Confirm lodging, make packing list, arrange transportation to the airport,

April

Final parent meeting to:• Collect final payment adjusted based on money earned from cookie sales.• Collect permission slips & health history forms.• Confirm details with girls and parents.

April 30 Attend Bridging event!

SF Trip Planning Timetable

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Travel Patrol

• San Francisco Bridging 2018

• New York 2018

• Our Cabaña 2019

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Join the Global Action Team!

• Passionate about travel? Global

Girl Scouting?

– Assist with the GSOC Global Action

Team

For more information, contact Julie

Jackson at

jjackson@GirlScoutsOC.org

Thank You! Workshop Review

• Travel Progression

• Travel Paperwork

• Goal Setting and Planning

• Travel Patrol

• Destinations

• Getaways

• Travel Team

Contact Info

www.GirlScoutsOC.org/travel

Julie Jackson-Travel Program Specialist-

jjackson@GirlScoutsOC.org

Travel Team-

GSOCTravel@GirlScoutsOC.org

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