Future Explorers' Club vs The Adventure Letters

Where they differ

Both are letters, travel and activities clubs. The Adventure Letters also covers stickers; Future Explorers' Club stays narrower.

Future Explorers' Club is the cheaper of the two — £5.99/mo against $12.99/mo, roughly 41% less on a monthly basis. Whether that gap means anything depends on what turns up: the dearer club is not automatically sending more, and on a gift the up-front total matters more than the monthly figure.

They arrive on different rhythms. Future Explorers' Club comes monthly; The Adventure Letters comes twice a month. More frequent post is not automatically better — it is more to keep up with, and for some children the wait is part of it.

Shipping is the one that rules a club out rather than in: Future Explorers' Club ships to Worldwide, The Adventure Letters to US.

What each one sends

Future Explorers' Club

Each month covers a new location through an illustrated letter, plus a craft activity card, a recipe card for local food, a map, a fun-facts card and a puzzle sheet. The envelope is printed with the child's name. A sample letter PDF is downloadable from the site.

The Adventure Letters

Two letters a month, mailed the second and fourth Friday, telling a continuing story about US geography and travel. Each envelope includes stickers, scrapbook pages, conversation cards and the occasional small gift. US shipping is free; there is no international option.

Which one to pick

We are not going to pretend there is a winner here — they are close enough to be on the same shortlist, which is why this page exists. What we would say is that the choice usually turns on the household rather than the club: how much adult time there is, whether the child reads independently yet, and whether you want post that asks something of them or post that simply arrives.

Read the full listings before deciding, and follow through to each club's own site — prices, terms and gift options are theirs to change and ours only to record.