Dear AFS-USA Volunteers,

We are excited to share the Belo USA programs being offered to AFS participants in the 2019-2020 program year. And we are especially excited to be sharing this information with you!

Many of you will remember the days when AFS’ers spent several days together on their AFS Bus Trip prior to returning home. These trips were fun, educational and, perhaps most importantly, they helped foster a sense of living within a world community. Certainly, for those that took part, it made for lifetime memories and was an integral part of the overall experience that changed their life. Similarly, the Belo experience is a way for AFS to offer our students a chance at the same fun, education, sense of world community, and incredible memories that our prior trips did.

Belo USA Travel is an American travel operator specializing in cultural, educational, and tourist trips for international exchange students. They have worked successfully with AFS Partners and other exchange organizations for more than 20 years. Overall, the feedback and evaluations we have received from AFS students, participants, chaperons and staff has been extremely positive. You may visit their website at: belousa.com

Please note: 

• Belo will send an e-mail to all AFS students with upcoming trip information in mid-October.
• AFS-USA does not share the email addresses of our volunteers or host families.
• To access the trips designated for AFS, you must login to the Members Area of the Belo website.

This year’s username and password are:

Username: AFS

Password: EXPLORE

• A communication will be sent out to our AFS Partners later this month which will include specific information regarding independent travel and the Belo USA trips.

For more information on Belo Tours, please visit the Belo Tours for AFS Participants page on MyAFS Help and Learning.

We are pleased to offer this special opportunity to our students. If you have any questions about the Belo programs, please contact Belo USA at 1-877-BELOUSA or via email at afs@belousa.com. For AFS specific travel and program policies, please contact a member of the Support or Travel Teams at 1-800-AFS-INFO.

Best regards,

Barbara Telser-Gadow                                                             Paula McGrath

Senior Director of Participant Support, AFS-USA                 Director of Travel Operations, AFS-USA