As soon as the Covid-19 vaccine became available to older adults in the United States, Road Scholar participants began enrolling in their next learning adventure. Nearly 50,000 participants called Road Scholar between January-April 2021, with many declaring they were celebrating their new vaccinated status by acting on the travel dreams they’d put on hold for more than a year during the pandemic. As of May 10, nearly 25,000 participants have reserved a program for the second half of 2021, while nearly 20,000 have already secured their programs for 2022.
What we’ve missed the most over the past year,” said Rob Gattman, a retired chemical engineer from The Villages, Florida and a long-time Road Scholar participant, “is not being able to fulfill the dreams we had planned on for so long.” He and his wife are among the first Road Scholar participants to make their return this July.