Traveling for Avy Level 2 Course?

I just noticed one of the mountain guiding companies in my area (northeast US) offers a rec level 2 course in the backcountry in Iceland, which sounds very cool, if maybe less practical in some ways than taking it locally in the mountains and snowpack where I actually ski all the time. Have any of you done a trip like this? Would you recommend it - or do you think it's a better experience to just take the course and go on a fun ski trip separately?