TRAiLS Trips

Fee Waivers

If the cost of a trip is a financial barrier or concern we can offer fee waivers. For trips less than $50, we offer full fee waivers. For trips more than $50 we offer fee waivers of 25%, 50%, and 75%.

To request a fee waiver please follow these steps:
1. Register for the trip as normal, filling out all the required information
2. When you arrive at the payment page, instead of filling out your payment information, exit out of the page.
IMPORTANT: Immediately email [email protected] confirming you signed up and wish to receive a fee waiver. If you do not complete this step, your registration will be canceled.

Trip Postings

All TRAiLS trips are posted one month in advance on DSE, which is linked above. Registration remains open until the Wednesday before the trip goes out. If you need to cancel, we will fully refund you up until 11:59 PM on that Wednesday, after which we begin our final planning stages for trip departure. If you have questions on trip sign-ups, please email either the lead guide, which can be found on the bottom of the sign-up link, or [email protected] for general questions.

Land Acknowledgement

GW TRAiLS trips take place on Piscataway and Nacotchtank (Anacostan) land. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, as well as the many harms that continue today. We honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples who have resided in this region and served as stewards of the local land and waterways and those who are still connected to the land on which we gather. We acknowledge that much of what we know of the United States has been made possible by the labor of enslaved Africans, their descendants, and their ascendants who suffered the horror of the transatlantic trafficking of their people, chattel slavery, Jim Crow, and other harms that continue today. We are indebted to their labor and their sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the tremors of that violence throughout the generations and the resulting impact that can still be felt and witnessed today. Learn more about land acknowledgment.