Elderhostel

American  

[el-der-hos-tl] / ˈɛl dərˌhɒs tl /

Trademark.

1. an international nonprofit organization that offers older adults short-term, low-cost courses, housing, and meals, usually on college campuses.

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Example Sentences

Once covid restrictions ease, you could explore the idea of taking your grandchildren on an Elderhostel retreat.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2022

On balance, Road Scholar — founded in 1975 as Elderhostel and mercifully re-branded in 2010 — provided a fascinating look at what has been dubbed the Rooftop of the World.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018

I explain the place to the worldly and cultured back home as something like but not really like the adult-learning structure of the Elderhostel experience, the Road Scholar program or the Lifelong Learning Institute.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2014

At Exploritas, a nonprofit educational travel group previously known as Elderhostel, the proportion of people over 75 choosing adventure-tour options is up 27 percent since 2004.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2010

Says she: "Getting the Elderhostel catalogue is like getting a wish book for Christmas."

From Time Magazine Archive