Benefits of Being a Trip Leader
Heavily Subsidized/Free Trip
•You earn Trip Credit for every participant who joins your group. Sign-up enough participants, and you will earn a free trip and even a free flight! Click here to learn more.
Volunteer Experience
•Volunteering is an incredible opportunity for experiential learning, personal growth, forging lasting friendships, and giving back. Click here for more about the benefits of volunteering. As a trip leader, you will participate fully in all volunteer activities.
Leadership Experience
• Your group will look up to you as its official student leader, both on campus and during the trip itself. But don’t worry; we want to see you succeed, so we’ll give you all the support that you need. This is a terrific opportunity for you to hone your leadership skills!
Make A Difference—both in Guatemala and on your Campus
•The volunteer work that your leadership enables will make a real difference in the lives of Guatemalans who will truly appreciate the help.
•But leading a community service trip will not only help a Guatemalan community. It will also broaden your perspective, and the perspective of every one of your fellow students. When they think back on one of the most rewarding and exciting trips of their lives, they’ll think back to you.
Resume Booster
•Employers and grad schools are looking for leadership experience and accomplishments that distinguish you from other applicants. Leading a community service trip to Guatemala demonstrates maturity, determination, leadership ability, cultural awareness, and countless other important attributes that will help set you apart.
What is a Trip Leader?
A trip leader is a student who works closely with Encountour and their Campus Representative to organize a volunteer or adventure trip from their college. A trip leader has two primary responsibilities:
1) Recruiting other students on campus to join his/her group.
2) Acting as a leader on the trip.
Responsibilities of a Trip Leader
Raising Awareness on Campus:
•We will work with you to develop a comprehensive action plan to encourage students to join your trip.
•We will provide you with informational materials such as brochures, flyers, and template emails, to help you raise awareness and garner the campus interest that you need to make this trip a reality.
•And we will be in close contact to make sure that you are getting all the support that you need to assemble a solid group.
Leading the Trip:
•When break roles around, you will be leading the trip with the close support of Encountour staff.
•We’ll take care of all of the logistics, so that basically everything on the ground in Guatemala will be setup ahead of time.
•The student trip leader will work with their dedicated in-country Group Coordinator to help organize the group during all structured activities, and will help ensure a positive group dynamic while guiding the group during recreation.
Want to Learn More?
Before you apply, please download our short Trip Leader Information Guide to learn more about this unique opportunity.
By clicking on the links below, you can access brochures for our specific volunteer and adventure trips. Your Trip Leader Application will ask you to rank your preferences for which trip you would like to lead.
To Apply:
Applications are currently streaming in and they are being accepted on a rolling basis. To maximize your chances and to give yourself more time to assemble a group, follow this link to access our Online Application.
