We prioritize hospitality, education, experience, and SAFETY.

Students on this tour experience American life alongside American kids and American families.  We are American teachers and our chaperones are Chinese teachers–education is in our very core.  We are parents, and we want the best possible experience for our kids and yours.  But none of that can happen if SAFETY is not a priority.

In all of our tours we have never seen even the slightest injury among our students.  We celebrate this unbroken record and we work hard to provide a safe environment for your kids.  Travel and health insurance is provided for each student via www.imglobal.com to provide complete worry-free coverage for your child.

We’ve taken care of all the details—two weeks of round-trip transportation from Asia, lodging, food, school tours, and exciting experiences with American families.

All you need to do is reserve your space (do that now, by requesting more info and starting a conversation with us in your language or English) and then in the coming months request your travel visa.  Don’t worry, we’ll help.

Tim and Janet Chase taught English in China for three years in the 1990s and more recently in Vietnam, and now they are overjoyed to welcome Asian students to visit them in America.  Tim is the tour guide, driving his big 15-passenger van and showing the exchange students all the special treasures of his home state.  Janet is everybody’s Mom, and an accomplished cook!  Tim and Janet are teachers and love to host people.

Tim and Janet know lots of American families who are eager to connect with international students.  We will get together to play games, go camping, and learn American-accented English.  Tim and Janet are specialists at teaching accent and helping foreigners reduce their accent-problems.  Tim already has an advanced degree as an English teacher, and Janet is getting her Masters Degree in speech and accent therapy.

Want to know more about the Chase Family?  How can we introduce ourselves to you?  Below is a graphic made of words that describe us:

Each day we …

• prepare and eat together a big American breakfast (milk and cereal, pancakes, or meat and eggs)
• prepare for the day, reviewing vocabulary and phrases learned the day before and previewing vocabulary that will be pertinent for the new day.
• play a warm-up game to get everyone feeling fun and speaking English.
• go do something 1) educational, 2) recreational, or 3) cultural.  The list of WHAT TO DO on each day is long and varied, including volcanoes, deserts, tours, shopping, water-play, museums, schools, hikes, exploring, rock-climbing, blueberry picking, etc.
• picnic lunch at the mountain lake or at a park or at a restaurant.
• play games with American kids (some English required).
• cook dinner (baking breads/cakes, cooking, eating, and cleaning up) together.
• journal about the day.
• play games in the evening.
• sleep in an American home.