Cheap student travel - have a blast!

The exams were gruelling. It has been a taxing two weeks but it is all over now. You have a long three months of vacation before school resumes. You want to travel but need to maximise on discounts so as to save while on vacation and have some left over when you return to school. As a student there are so many options available for you on a student status.

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Use Student Status to Your Advantage

You can access so many discounts on accommodation, transportation and other services just by producing your international student identity card (ISIC) while you are travelling abroad on vacation. The card is valid in over 125 countries for all bona fide students over the age of 12. All you need to do is present proof of your student status to any ISIC office in your country and you will get the card on the spot. If you apply online it will take 3 to 4 weeks for processing and shipping to you. Once you get the card, use it to get ISIC students offers on many services such as transport, food and entry to tourist attractions. You can also access cheap holiday deals and pick an adventure.

Cultural Exchange With Friends World Wide And Save On Accommodation

If you want first hand experience and cultural knowledge of the people in the country or countries you would like to visit, the best place to get it is from staying with a family or someone who can host you.

You will get a lot of benefits from this kind of accommodation in that you will have a local to guide you on how to get around, where to visit and also learn a bit of their lingua franca. The hosts will also guide you on proper etiquette when travelling around their country and help you with figuring out the prices of things and the local currency.

Local accommodation for backpackers can be found on sites as Couchsurfing to help you meet people keen on hosting international travellers. It is a two way exchange as they will also learn much about your own culture and the icing on the cake is that you will have made friends in other countries.

Travelling Cheap

If you want to travel through Europe on land, it is a good idea to get an InterRail Global pass that gives you access to rail travel in 30 countries in Europe. You can also make amazing savings by getting low cost airline offers and car sharing as you travel across the European continent. So take advantage and use the resources you have to have a blast!

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