Editor's note: It's Education Week on the Noon Business Hour. In this segment, we look at the ritual of the college campus visit and how to leverage the trip to be something more.
(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – A campus visit for your future college student can be more than a campus visit. It could be a family vacation, too, says one travel expert.
Parents of college-age young people may want to plan a tour that includes stops at different types of colleges and universities so that their high schooler can weigh the offerings, says Cindy Richards, editor-in-chief of She Buys Travel.
“You want to look at different kinds of schools,” she said. “So, plan a road trip where you’re going to look at a small private school; a sort of a mid-sized school and then a big school, like the University of Illinois.
You can get a feel for the kind of campus each one is going to be. That will help your child narrow down: Are they a big school kid or a small school kid?”
She cautions against cramming too many stops into one of these trips. That could be overwhelming.
Bonus: By taking siblings along on such a journey, that could rule out the need for a future visit to a particular campus, Richards says. Just make sure you include activities that will be fun for everyone, she said.
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