Educational Travel Ministry

  Costa Rica

• San Jose: 
San Jose
• North Western Region: 
Heredia,  Arenal,  La Fortuna
• Central Pacific Coast: 
Puntarenas,  Cartago
• Eastern Lowlands: 
Tortuguero
• Monteverde: 
Monteverde

  England

• London: 
London

  United States

Dallas,  Texas

Length of Position: 4-5 months
Dates: 03/08 - 7/08

Description: Though a travel job sounds like fun--simply choosing the best sights to see and places to eat--it's actually very demanding and great responsibliity. First, it's a job that calls for a detail-oriented mind. It's up to the travel guide to meet the group at the airport, to check people in and out of hotels, coordinate sightseeing and transportation, help with currency exchange, take over in emergency medical situations, and in general try to make sure that their group has a comfortable, enjoyable experience. Because travel guides are dealing with groups of people, it can be a bit like perpetually planning a major event. In addition, travel guides have to remain pleasant and personable, even when dealing with hard-to-please people who aren't always so nice. When luggage gets lost, people get sick, planes are late and busses break down, travel guides must remain helpful, polite and calm, and handle the problem competently. When travel guides are running an adventure tour, they need to be both highly-skilled in the activity the tour involves and extremely safety-conscious to prevent students from getting hurt. Travel guides need to be highly responsible in following the itinerary and keeping the group on schedule. Every tour must be have effective on-site teaching from a Christian perspective.

Highlights:
* Show students the world and give them the opportunity to change it!
* Domestic and International travel
* Opportunity to impact student's lives
* Platform to inspire others to understand Truth
* Opportunity for you to be challenged, stretched and serve others
* Teach others to experience a new culture

Qualifications:
- You must have a college degree (related field is a plus)
- You must have work experience
- You must have travel experience - living or studying abroad is a plus
- You must be knowledgeable in your field
- Some foreign language is required depending on the field
- You must have your CPR and First Aid Certificate 

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: Contract Labor - $120 per day plus all travel expenses related to the tour

Experience Required: yes

several years of experience is needed to better learn how to work with people.

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 12 - 100

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Joshua Expeditions's Mission Statement: Joshua Expeditions is a non-profit Christian organization founded for the purpose of assisting schools and churches in bringing the world to young people and the Gospel to the world. Short-term missions and travel experiences will provide today's students with a broader perspective of the world and increased cross-cultural understanding, an opportunity to understand the world's needs, an opportunity to use their gifts and talents to share the Gospel, an opportunity to share their faith in both word and deed, and an opportunity to consider missions as a life-long calling.

Year Founded: 1997