The TFT Traveler of the Month is a student who we feel exemplifies the TFT style of traveling and whose life has been significantly affected by their TFT experiences.

Name:

Jacob Smith

TFT Trips Traveled:

Amsterdam, Belgium & Paris, Spain & Portugal 1 and 2, South Africa Community Service

2012 Trips: 

Thailand Adventure & Service, China Discovery 

Home Town:

Philadelphia, PA

Education: The Germantown Friends School

Travel for Teens has changed my life in so many different ways over the past three summers I have spent with them. The variety of trips that they offer, from Spain to South Africa really gives you a sense of how big and interesting the world is in a way that you can’t be taught, you have to live it to fully appreciate it. Travel for Teens does an amazing job giving you that sense of culture in different countries, and how food, language and everyday life varies from place to place. The people that go on Travel for Teens are some of the coolest people I have met and I still keep in contact with many of them over the years.