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Elderhostel is a non-profit educational/travel organization which offers inexpensive, short-term, academic and recreational programs hosted by a global network of educational institutions and program facilitators geared towards pwople who have retired or are about to retire. Participants are usually in their mid-fifties or beyond. Catalogues feature programs in USA, Canada, and over 80 countries around the world.

An Elderhostel program can be a university/college level liberal arts or science course, a leisure learning course, a recreational course, or a combination of all three. There is no homework or preparatory work, no exams or grading, no required prior educational background or training, and no credit.

Variations in styles of program offerings include intergenerational, recreational vehicle sites, hearing and visually impaired assisted programming, joint and double site courses, service learning programs.

A typical Elderhostel program includes

• Three courses that meet for 1 plus hours each day, scheduled so that you can take all three
• Five or six nights of comfortable accommodation
• Balanced and nutritious meals
• Extracurricular activities that reinforce the various components of the programs

Some site locations offer special theme weeks with an intensive look at a particular subject. Several locations have double courses with a single complimentary course available.

Hostelers are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the program sites.

For further information including on-line catalogue:

www.elderhostel.org
www.elderhostel.org/ehin (Elderhostel Institute Network)

Elderhostel Inc.
75 Federal Street
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02110-1941
Phone: toll free US and Canada: (877) 426-8056 Outside: (978) 323-4141
Fax: (877) 426-2166 Outside: (617) 426-0701
email: registration@elderhostel.org

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Updated February 12, 2000