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Join Travel Troop 21
Join Travel Troop 21
Thanks for your interest in Travel Troop 21. Our troop is accepting limited new scouts for the 2026-2027 Girl Scout year. If you would like to be find out about joining, please fill out the "Join Our Troop" interest form.
Are you ready for adventure? Travel Troop 21 is designed for Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Girl Scouts (grades 6–12) who are excited to explore new places, experience different cultures, develop leadership skills, and create lifelong memories through travel.
Already belong to a Girl Scout troop? That's perfectly okay! Girl Scouts may have dual troop membership, allowing them to remain active in their home troop while also participating in Travel Troop 21. This gives girls the best of both worlds—continuing their local troop experience while enjoying incredible travel adventures with us.
We can't wait to welcome our next group of Girl Scout travelers!
Travel Progression:
Girls who are considering joining should:
Be able to attend at least one Sunday afternoon meeting a month to learn travel skills and plan trips
Be comfortable being away from their parents and homes
Can to adapt to unfamiliar surroundings and situations
Have the ability to make decisions for themselves and for the good of the group
Be willing to try new foods and experiences
Be open to making new friends, get along with each other and handle challenges
Pay attention to instructions and follows through with tasks responsibly
Work well as a team member
Have enthusiasm to travel and make Girl Scout memories!
Travel is at the heart of Troop 21! Our girls build confidence and independence by participating in adventures that become progressively more challenging as they gain experience. Each trip helps develop leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, and travel skills while creating lifelong memories.
Basic Trips — We begin by exploring San Diego County using public transportation, helping girls become confident navigating transit systems, staying together as a group, and traveling responsibly. Local adventures also include cultural experiences, service projects, museums, hiking, overnight stays, and weekend trips throughout Southern California to destinations such as Catalina Island, Big Bear, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and other exciting locations.
Advanced Domestic Trips — last several nights or more, and cover more terrain. As girls gain experience, they participate in longer trips across the United States. Past adventures have included San Francisco, and Orlando for the Girl Scout National Convention. These trips encourage girls to plan itineraries, manage travel logistics, explore new cultures, and experience the beauty and diversity of our country.
International Trips — Our experienced travelers have the opportunity to explore the world through international travel. Troop 21 has traveled to Japan, Our Cabaña, the WAGGGS World Centre in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and most recently Iceland and France. Future adventures may include additional WAGGGS World Centres, international Girl Scout and Girl Guide events, cultural exchanges, and destinations around the globe.
Letting Girls Lead
Whether the trip is a day hike or a cross-country trek, the basic steps of trip planning are essentially the same. It’s true that as the locale gets farther away, the itinerary more complex, and the trip of greater duration, the details become richer and more complex, but planning every trip—from a day-long event to an international trek— our troop will work with the girls on travel planning by asking the following:
What do we hope to experience?
Who will we want to talk to and meet? What will we ask?
Where are we interested in going?
When are we all available to go?
Will everyone in our group be able to go?
Are there physical barriers that cannot be accommodated?
What are visiting hours and the need for advance reservations?
What are our options for getting there?
What’s the least and most this trip could cost?
What can we do now to get ourselves ready?
How will we earn the money?
What’s the availability of drinking water, restrooms, and eating places?
Where is emergency help available?
How do we handle emergency travel situations?
What safety factors must we consider?
What will we do as we travel?
What will we do when we get there?
How will we share the Take Action story?
As girls answer these questions, they begin the trip-planning process. In time, girls can make specific arrangements, attend to a myriad of details, create a budget and handle money, and accept responsibility for their personal conduct and safety. Later, after they’ve returned from an event or trip, girls also have the chance to evaluate their experiences and share them with others.
For more information mail us at: gstraveltroop21@gmail.com
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