Student Travel New Year's Resolutions
Saturday December 31, 2005
A new year is an especially fine time to make student travel resolutions: in 2006, resolve to travel well, travel wisely and travel a lot. A few student travel new ... Read More
Solo Backpackers Needed For SUNY Survey
Wednesday December 28, 2005
Those people who say you're crazy for taking a long solo journey with a backpack? Somebody wants to know if there's any truth to that.
A City University of New York ... Read More
Etickets Simplify Air Travel
Wednesday December 28, 2005
Traveling this week? You need an eticket. Air etickets are a great boon for student travelers who may not have a travel snail mail address at which they can receive ... Read More
Free Personalized Travel Map
Tuesday December 27, 2005
There's something about a graphical representation that just makes things seem official. Perhaps the seeming legitimacy of a visual aid stems from the hundreds of stats graphs and pie charts ... Read More
Greyhound Bus Student Travel Discounts
Sunday December 25, 2005
It's Christmas morning, and you're not home yet -- still hoping to get to Mom's for the holidays, or need to travel to a friend's place for a ride home? ... Read More
Donate Leftover Foreign Change
Saturday December 24, 2005
An article in the New York Times travel section reminded me today, during the season of giving, of a great option for getting rid of change after a trip: donate ... Read More
Last Minute Holiday Air Travel Planning
Thursday December 22, 2005
Christmas can be an expensive time to travel. Take heart if your student travel plans involve flying during the holiday: use some smart tools to plan last-minute, affordable holiday air ... Read More
Hosting a High School Exchange Student
Thursday December 22, 2005
Would you like to have your family host a high school exchange student? Now, while everyone is home for the holidays, is the time to discuss it with your parents. ... Read More
Volunteering on the US Gulf Coast
Wednesday December 21, 2005
Want to give a little this holiday season? Families on the US Gulf Coast, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, need help now. Brandon Marsalis, honorary relief effort co-chair with fellow New ... Read More
One Also Dances There
Wednesday December 21, 2005
Gridskipper.com reminds us that American students' popular Paris hangout, The Long Hop, is very much open on Christams Eve. If you're a lonely student in Paris this season, drop by ... Read More
International Snail Mail Addresses
Monday December 19, 2005
The holidays are far from the only occasions that cause student travelers to think longingly of home and hearth. The best gift you may get at any time of year ... Read More
Top Student Travel Gift Ideas
Monday December 19, 2005
Done the holiday shopping for the student traveler on your list yet? Though time is running short, it's by no means out. If you're buying something over the internet that ... Read More
What Do You Know About Geography?
Monday December 19, 2005
Q: Which US state shares a border with only one other state? Hint: stop trying to picture Alaska on a map.
A: Maine -- borders only New Hampshire.
That's one of ... Read More
Traveler's Diarrhea Vaccine Coming?
Sunday December 18, 2005
The runs. The trots. Call it what you will -- diarrhea's a drag. Common travel wisdom is to let it run its course; plugging up the source keps the bad ... Read More
Travel Editor Seeks Anthology Contributors
Sunday December 18, 2005
You've been to Nowhere. Most student travelers have. You stopped there on your way to Vegas via Route 66 and had a great plate of huevos while the sun rose ... Read More
Sydney Riots Bring Police Pressure
Tuesday December 13, 2005
Australia, long time low key traveler's favorite, has recently seen ethnic rioting erupt in Sydney with young people and students in the spotlight. About's Guide to Australia, Larry Rivera, says ... Read More
Mail Mobile Pix as Postcards
Sunday December 11, 2005
A recent Gadling.com entry reminded me that this now exists: photo postcards by mail / cell phone. Like to send postcards but can never find the perfect shot? Generally forget ... Read More
How to Find Cheap Air in Asia
Saturday December 10, 2005
"No-frills travel" is something students are familiar with - student travelers may have coined the term. The rest of the travel world is catching on, though, and no-frills airlines are ... Read More
About Student Travel's Best of 2005
Friday December 9, 2005
Pictured: an Explorica Student Travel Mexico tour. Explorica is About Student Travel's Best Student Tour Company 2005...
Now this is news: About Student Travel has released the first ever "Student Travel ... Read More
JiWire Finds Wifi Hotspots by Country or Location Type
Thursday December 8, 2005
JiWire makes the coolest widget -- a wifi hotspot finder for your dashboard. You can find hotspots with it regardless of whether you can actually hook up with an internet ... Read More
AAA High School Travel Challenge
Tuesday December 6, 2005
Want to test your travel literacy? Try the Triple A Travel Challenge, a three stage competition awarding ninth-12th grade high schoolers over $100,000 in college scholarship prizes. The challenge, which ... Read More
Gift Idea: iPod-Friendly Hoodie
Tuesday December 6, 2005
Sun Valley's SCOTTEVEST clothing designers know you can't be separated from your gadgets by travel, and they've created "technology enabled clothing" that makes it easy to bring 'em all along. ... Read More
Backpack Travel Stories Sought
Monday December 5, 2005
Got a European backpacking tale you love to tell? Popular student travel guidebook, "Europe From a Backpack," is accepting stories from folks like you for upcoming editions "Italy From a ... Read More
Guide to Packing a Laptop Backpack with Travel Tech Gadgets
Monday December 5, 2005
What to do with all those travel tech gadgets? How do student travelers carry them? By packing a laptop backpack with them, of course -- a computer backpack would be ... Read More
Best of 2005: Laptop Backpack
Sunday December 4, 2005
The Timbuk2 Detour 2.0 laptop backpack earns the Student Travel Best Laptop Backpack 2005 award because it pads plus-size laptops. Because it's comfortable to haul in multiple ways. Because it ... Read More
Make Your Own Women's Travel Gift Set
Sunday December 4, 2005
What to give the globetrotting gal in your life? Why not make your own women's travel gift set and cover *all* the travel bases? Start with a great women's travel ... Read More
Budget Travel Food
Sunday December 4, 2005
A Student Traveler mag article advising cheap travel eats strategies caught my eye recently -- some excellent tips, although the couple of tacos and boiled corn mentioned for $1 in ... Read More