Retired Teachers' Association of Manitoba

Safe Travel in a Post COVID Worl, Upcoming RTAM Trips and Benefits with Trip Merchant

Trip Merchant partners with RTAM to provide its members with exclusive travel savings and benefits! You can choose from a variety of travel styles including, Guided Tours, River and Ocean Cruising, Long Stay Vacations, Adventure Travel, Rail Journeys and more…

At this upcoming presentation (December 13th, 2023), aside from being inspired to travel, you will learn all about Trip Merchant, and what they provide you as a member of RTAM. Here’s what will be highlighted in the presentation:

Your Member Benefits and Savings
Trip Merchant Loyalty Program
Travel Styles/Various Travel Supplier Options
Travel Trends (Post-COVID)
Current Offers/Other Updates
Various Group Departures - including highlights on African Safaris (South Africa, Kenya & Tanzania), Egypt, Vietnam & Cambodia, Morocco, Iceland, Portugal, Costa Rica, and more!

Dubrovnik Croatia

Ryan will be taking questions from the audience and also talking about possible future RTAM trips being planned for our members, which may include:

For Canada:
1. Newfoundland & Labrador – Anytime between June and September 2024
2. Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI) – Anytime between June and September 2024
3. Okanagan Wine Country – More of a bus tour option – May/June or September 2024

For North America/Caribbean/Central America:
1. Belize – A tour with a beach stay at the end – February-April 2024
2. Costa Rica – November/December 2024
3. America’s Music Cities (New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville) – April 2024
4. Star Clippers tall-ship sailing cruise through the Caribbean for 7-nights (Eastern or Western Caribbean or Costa Rica to Panama) – Winter or fall of 2024

For Worldwide:
1. Guided tour of either, Croatia, Iceland or Ireland – September 2024
2. Long Stay Vacation in either Portugal, Spain, Italy or Croatia – depending when we promote and depending on the destination, but could be anytime departing between February-April or October-November.
3. River Cruise along the Danube or the Rhine River in Europe – September/October 2024
4. Egypt or Morocco – fall 2024

Upcoming - RTAM Sponsored Trips:

Croatia 2024

Portugal 2025

RTAM MEMBER BENEFITS	STUDENT BENEFITS
1. The project will provide the means and incentive to increase communication between RTAM members and their family high school students they are sponsoring.	1 Portfolios encourage the collection of artifacts and evidence by the student to support their successful writing of award and scholarships applications.
2. Recognizing the importance of a post-secondary education, RTAM members can feel pride in the role they will play in supporting their family members to be awarded funding to help with the high costs of today’s world.	2 Portfolios help students focus on their knowledge, skills and attitudes to support their successful applications for bursaries and scholarship.
3. This project will provide RTAM members with an opportunity to experience renewed passion in their roles as teacher and mentor working with their family members.	3 Portfolios help students track their changes and growth in important leadership skills through their high school experience.
4. RTAM member involvement with their family members will promote positive mental health opportunities during a time when COVID has caused many to experience social and physical isolation.	4 Portfolios assist the student in becoming more aware of their own learning experiences and history.
5. RTAM member involvement will support a sense of purpose in their lives and offer them a sense of social value to society.	5 Portfolios provide a framework to encourage students’ self-assessment leading to a more accurate choice of how they want to spend their future, their career aspirations.
6. RTAM members will increase their opportunities to know and understand their youth family members’ challenges and issues while developing a relationship and creating a sense of trust.	6 Portfolios provide a framework with resources for building a resume and completing university/college entrance applications as well as job applications.
7. RTAM members can offer direct input into the writing of the applications to enhance the students’ chances of being successful.	7 Portfolios save the student the time and agony of trying to recall their experiences and gather all their information to complete applications in their graduating year.
	8 Portfolios provide students support to practice informed decision-making regarding their personal and professional opportunity selections.

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Trip Merchant December Presentation

Safe Travel in a Post COVID Worl, Upcoming RTAM Trips and Benefits with Trip Merchant

Upcoming - RTAM Sponsored Trips:

Student Success Portfolio Program

Mentoring: The Role of the RTAM Sponsor

October 27^th is National Mentoring Day!
Celebrate the day with your family member!

September Discussion Starters

October Discussion Starters