In association with Go Next, this program specializes in dealing with alumni group trips.  The AOG selects a number of unique itineraries with good value and features important to our members and grads. The following are the AOG sponsored group trips:

Paris - March 28-April 5, 2008: (link to trip brochure) In Paris, magic is an everyday affair. You can't help but feel it, whether you're sipping espresso in a sidewalk cafe, exploring the Louvre, or looking up at the Eiffel Tower, lit up against the evening sky. Go where Monet painted and Napoleon ruled. Where champagne runs like water and food is an art. Travel to the chateaux country and find yourself in a fairy-tale land of extraordinary castles and enchanting gardens. See Leonardo da Vinci's inventions painstakingly reconstructed, his genius brought to life. Visit the Louvre and fall in love with Venus de Milo, smile back at Mona Lisa. Go where style was born and love is always in the air. You'll go home with the "City of Light" in your heart. As Ernest Hemingway said"... it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." ($2,099 per person includes airfare)

South Africa - April 9- 18, 2008: (link to trip brochure) Take a moment from your busy day to imagine. See yourself in a place Sir Francis Drake called "the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth." Imagine being at the tip of Africa where majestic mountains stand guard over unspoiled beaches, where a penguin colony frolics not far from cosmopolitan Cape Town. There you are bartering for a piece of folk art in the craft market, or enjoying a night in a jazz cafe. Such is the diversity of this magnificent land. See yourself visiting Stellenbosch and Franschoek, storied villages in the verdant winelands of South Africa. You are tasting excellent wines and marveling at the pastoral beauty of the magnificent wine estates. The next evening perhaps have your binoculars trained on a lion asleep under a tree or elephants roaming the plains. Now envision yourself at Victoria Falls, standing in front of one of the "Seven Natural Wonders of the World" thinking "how lucky am I to be here, to see this, in all its glory." ($4,499 includes airfare)

Danube River Cruise also Vienna & Regensburg - April 25 - May 3, 2008: (link to trip brochure) A river runs through history and the land, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, enticing you to follow its course through the heart of Europe. The legendary Danube is Europe's longest river, passing through eight countries and countless stunning sights. Go where beautiful blue waters float you through the Wachau Valley, renowned for its picturesque villages, ancient medieval castles, and lush terraced vineyards. Stay in two of the Danube's most fascinating cities, Vienna and Regensburg and drink in the breathtaking scenery as you cruise between them. Begin your trip with two nights in the German city where the ancient past awaits, Regensburg, a medieval miracle bursting with historical landmarks. Sense the breadth of 2000 years as you gaze at a Roman gateway, a Carolingian palace, a mysterious Romanesque portal. From this idyllic location, travel to Munich and discover this dynamic city nestled under the wing of the Alps. Then step back in time as you travel on the MS Rossini to the enchanting medieval towns of Linz, Durnstein, and Melk, renowned for its spectacular Benedictine Abbey. Then it's on to Vienna for two more nights, the most imperial of cities that offers up a wealth of treasures. Go where the music and art of this majestic city await, have a slice of Apfelstrudel, open your ears to the beauty of a Strauss waltz. The MS Rossini, one of the largest ships on the Danube, is a delightful world unto itself with every amenity that makes a trip memorable: a restaurant that specializes in European cuisine, swimming pool and sun deck, fitness room, library, hair salon, bars and lounges. (From $2,599 per person includes airfare)

China & Yangtze River Cruise - May 19-31, 2008: (link to trip brochure) Take a minute out of your busy day to imagine. See yourself hiking across the Great Wall of China, thousands of years of history spread out before you. Imagine the scent of flowers as you stroll through ancient gardens, the exotic flavors of a dim sum lunch, the breeze from a hand painted fan you picked up at a local market. See yourself encountering a life-size Terracotta Army, more than 6,000 warriors unearthed after thousands of years, or looking up at the Temple of Heaven, a masterpiece of Ming architecture. Envision yourself cruising the fabled Yangtze River, flowing with it across the centuries, through breathtaking gorges, past waterfalls and deep canyons. You are in a land rich with its history, bursting with its future, and to be here is to live in a constant state of fascination. ($3,499 per person includes airfare)