Visiting the United States
We specialize in creating customized experiences allowing your international student group to explore California and the region’s innovative roots in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Barbara.
Our programs are based in Santa Barbara, California where we partner with Startup Santa Barbara, The University of Santa Barbara and a number of multinational companies to provide a unique experience combining company tours, classroom lessons featuring guest speakers, a powerful curriculum and safe student accommodations.
Santa Barbara’s central location in California also makes excursions to the Los Angeles area and San Francisco easy.
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About your Visit to California or the United States
About Santa Barbara
The Learn and Launch “base camp” is located in beautiful Santa Barbara, California, a city of over 88,000 residents located between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Santa Barbara is located 90 miles north of Los Angeles, CA and can be accessed easily by arriving international attendees.
Santa Barbara is is often described as the “American Riviera”and features historical sites and cultural attractions like the Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Courthouse, Funk Zone, Harbor and Waterfront as well as great shopping and restaurants
Santa Barbara’s Mediterranean climate provides the city with dry, warm summers and mild winters. This makes Santa Barbara ideal for outdoor recreation including surfing, hiking, kayaking, golfing, swimming, biking, running and more. Fresh, local and organic food is available in Santa Barbara, Goleta and on the University of California Santa Barbara campus where our camps are held.
Our Lodging Partner is the University of California Santa Barbara’s Student Housing. Our programs that include lodging allow for students to stay in campus housing buildings and eat at the campus dining commons.
For more information about Santa Barbara, visit the following websites:
Flying to the US
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the best destination airport for our Santa Barbara and Southern California camps. The international airport has many international flights originating in large cities near you.
If you are interested in including the San Francisco Bay Area in your custom program, we suggest your return trip leave from San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
We arrange all transportation and transfers for the Learn and Launch program and will pick your group up at the airport and transport you to Santa Barbara.
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Getting to Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is just 95 Miles (152 Km) from Los Angeles International Airport.
Our program includes the cost of transportation transfers for all participants in our programs. We will coordinate with your program representative to have our partner transportation company pick your group up at the airport and bring you to Santa Barbara.
Learn and Launch’s Santa Barbara location also gives us easy access to Disneyland, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Camarillo Outlet Mall and more.
Other Camp and Tour Locations in the United States
If you are interested in exploring a US city with your international travel group, please let us know., We can put together a custom program to include cities and destinations your group would like to visit while in the United States.
We can collaborate with our partners to create a custom camp program in a city your organization would like to explore. We have connections in many United States cities and have ran programs in Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco, San Diego and more.
Visits to international destinations can also be arranged.
International Camps
Travel in Company, our parent company designs international travel experiences around the world including Costa Rica, Brazil, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Australia, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal and Israel. Other countries and cities can also be arranged.
