<p>^ Sorry you feel this way. These post are not intended to degrade anyone, other than the sponsors of these trips, the ones that are not particularly honest about what one get for one’s money.</p>
<p>I’ve seen all too many parents spend money they don’t have in order to give their kid an “enriching” experience, only to find that the only one enriched was the sponsor. How? Just sign up for a trip where you spend most of your time with fellow yanks, with a few visits to carefully chosen local, indigenous activities. What a kid got is an experience within, but not in, a foreign country. </p>
<p>That can be enough for many, but it is not the same as actually living locally.</p>