For 8^th grade students across this country, a trip to Washington, D.C. is the capstone experience that signals the end of middle school.  Every spring, more than a million students experience this rite of passage. These shared days on the bus, inside jokes at the memorials, and late-night laughter at the hotel can weld the class together in a way nothing else ever will.

While the journey may only last a few days, the feelings of joy and quiet moments of understanding during the trip will last a lifetime.   Long after the buses pull away, the details stick. The moonlight reflecting off the marble steps of the Jefferson Memorial. Lincoln’s famous words etched into the walls of the monument towering overhead. The cold granite of the Vietnam Memorial wall catching students’ reflections between the names.  These sights, sounds, and chills never quite fade. Somewhere between the monuments and the museums, students realize democracy isn’t just something you study. It is something you inherit, protect, and pass on.

For 50 years, principals and trip leaders have chosen Junior Tours because we deliver what matters most: uncompromising safety, effortless convenience, and genuine affordability.  This journey is where Junior Tours began. In 1976, our founder Marty Abrams, a Brooklyn middle school teacher, turned his own 8^th grade class trip into an annual tradition that exists today.  That same care, that same attention to detail, is why hundreds of schools choose us year after year.