I really don't see what TCU could offer on the visit. It's a "meh" area of Fort Worth and the campus really isn't great. If we hit a home run with our visit, we could easily be in this.
It's right next to the zoo and the botanical gardens and is pretty much 10 minutes from anything. It's a smaller school and known to be basically the best academic school in Texas other than Rice and UT (I'd rate UT the same or better in most programs, but again, it's HUGE) and Rice is.... well, Rice... which has a marching orchestra.
Hell, you're 30-45 minutes away from Dallas and of course 10 minutes away from Six Flags, the Cowboys, Hurricane Harbor, etc. Two hours from Austin, an hour from Waco... and like 40 minutes from West (kolaches :cheeburga). Weather is hot but not humid like most of the rest of the South.
TCU also has a recent history of winning, a kickass workout facility (attached to the stadium, you can see it in the standing room part of the stadium behind the goal post) and a few guys in the NFL that have done good things. They're also in the Big 12 now, which has to count for something.
They take regular prospective students on a tour of Ft. Worth that was actually pretty cool and I'm sure they'd take athletes to some of the best BBQ/Steakhouses around. If he likes rodeos they have them at the Stockyards every week or if he's more for culture (lol), Bass Hall is amazing. Fort Worth is quaint but really nice.
To be honest, TCU is another school that I wouldn't want to get too hot in recruiting because they'd attract a lot of the same Texas talent as ND.
I turned down the Chancellor Scholarship (~40 full rides given per year) to go to ND and very nearly went there. TCU is not a crappy school in the least. Oh, and THE GIRLS ARE FREAKING HOT DUDE.
