• Elderhostel serves nearly 170,000 program attendees each year; 22,000 of whom go on overseas programs.

• Elderhostel has enrollments four times larger than all other not-for-profit educational travel providers combined.

• Elderhostel's first commitment is to providing a quality educational experience; exciting and diverse travel opportunities are an added benefit.

• Elderhostel has 30 years of experience developing lifelong learning opportunities for older adults.

• Elderhostel is affiliated with over 500 of the world's leading colleges, universities, conference centers, museums and many other educational and cultural institutions

• Elderhostel 's participants grow and learn through new experiences and the active exploration of subjects and interests around the world.

• Studies such as the research conducted by the MacArthur Foundation confirm that individuals who maintain an active mind and body live longer and fuller lives.

• Elderhostel creates communities of likeminded individuals learning about subjects of joint interest.

Message 3: Elderhostel makes the world its classroom.

• Elderhostel's multidimensional approach to learning encourages participants to explore and experience a subject from many different angles. "Boys of Summer: Spring Training" - With the Florida Grapefruit and Arizona Cactus Leagues' Spring Training games as the backdrop, participants attend lectures, presentations and discussions by professional players, coaches and historians on baseballs myths and legends; the history and times of the LA Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians; sports medicine and women in baseball.

• Elderhostel participants bring a wealth of knowledge, life experience and varied perspectives to every Elderhostel program, providing a rich and more fulfilling learning environment.

• Elderhostel also offers a range of programs designed to appeal to participants with more specialized interests or who are interested in trying something new. Costa Rica to Panama: Cultural and Natural   History (Adventures Afloat), Harry Potter and Friends (Intergenerational); Hiking the National Parks and Monuments of the Four Corners (Exploring North America)

• Elderhostel offers nearly 8,000 educational programs on a vast array of subjects, in over 90 countries.

• Elderhostel is education the way you always wanted it to be - no pre-requisites, prior education, homework or tests are required.

Message 4: Elderhostel's participants get excellent value for their money.

• Elderhostel's mission is to deliver the highest quality education programs at excellent value.

• Elderhostel offers programs for a wide range of interests and tuition levels, and also offers scholarship programs for those in need.

• As a not-for-profit organization, Elderhostel's mission is to set tuition as low as possible. Tuition is not driven by profit margin.

• Elderhostel's international and domestic programs are distinguished in the market by their superior value.
    • All of Elderhostel's domestic programs are all-inclusive and average about $115 per day.
    • More than 90 percent of Elderhostel's international programs are all-inclusive, including round-trip airfare, and average about $250 per day.

• Elderhostel offers a wide range of accommodations to appeal to its growing range of participants. For example:
    • Well-appointed hotels with a variety of amenities
    • Barges
    • Retreat centers
    • Country inns
    • Berths aboard trains
    • Dormitories

Message 5: As a not-for-profit organization, Elderhostel relies on your donations to continue to create lifelong experiences for older adults.

• Elderhostel relies on contributions to keep programs affordable and available to adults 55 and older.

• Elderhostel provides an immeasurable value to the lives of its participants that will continue only with the support of contributions. Contributions also help fund scholarships, making programs accessible to larger number of individuals.

• To remain true to its mission, Elderhostel conducts fund raising aimed at maintaining the low tuition rates associated with its programs.

• Over 80,000 donors made contributions to Elderhostel in 2004; 50% were repeat donors to Elderhostel. 71% of the donors were also Elderhostel participants.

• Elderhostel's management is committed to keeping operating costs at a minimum while running an efficient organization that is accountable to its donors and participants.