QuickTips Index
Current Student Airfare Deals
Student airfares and student airfare deals abound, considering the small number of student travel agencies offering student airfares and deals in existence. Most student airfares are negotiated through SATA (Student Air Travel Association) and are for full time students or youth under 26. Check out this week's current student airfare deals available here.
WHTI Documents - What WHTI Documents Are
WHTI Documents - Passports and Other WHTI Documents - What is Okay for WHTI Passports
Oxegen Festival - Ireland, 2009
The Oxegen Festival 2009 - Dublin plays host to over 100 acts and 80,000 rockers at the Oxegen Festival, a summer concert featuring Razorlight, Kings of Leon, TV on the Radio (love 'em), Manic Street Preachers and, as they say, so much more. Overnight camping at Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, County Kildare for those doing all three days (and everyone does) for this Dublin concert starting July 10.
Options for Cheap Buses in the US
Buses: if you're like most, you don't have wheels at school -- and with gas prices in the stratosphere last summer and plane fares not far behind this winter, you may be looking for less pricey ways to get around the US. How about the bus? Yeah, seriously -- and there are a few alternatives to Greyhound these days (and Greyhound's actually a good, comfortable, cheap travel option). So what's the scoop on cheap buses in the US? Read up on Boltbus, Megabus, Chinatown buses and more.
Roskilde Festival
Learn about the Roskilde Festival for 2009, Denmark's major summer music festival. Band lineup, skate show links, how to camp at the Roskilde Festival, and more.
Sziget Festival Starts August 12
If you can only make it one music festival this summer, make it the Sziget Festival -- Hungary's finest music festival is the place to see some supreme concerts this summer in Europe. Get details about the Sziget Festival.
Rock Werchter Music Festival - Belgium
Old school gems like Metallica and Social Distortion join newer names like White Lies, The Prodigy and Metro Station as some of the acts headlining Belgium's 2009 Rock Werchter, a four-day music festival July 2-5. Get the details and buy tickets for Rock Werchter, a great summer concert in Europe.
Travel to Washington DC for Obama Presidential Inauguration
Travel to Washington DC for Obama Presidential Inauguration - Student Travel Discounts to Travel to Washington DC
Year-End Holiday and Christmas Student Travel Planning
The Christmas holidays can be an expensive time to travel; most of the student travel discounts you can find during the rest of the year kinda apply for Christmas travel, though, with a few much lamented exceptions -- no standby tickets from Airtran during Christmas travel periods, for instance). Take heart and check out the holiday student travel discounts you can use for Christmas travel.
Travel Updates From Student Travel Blogs
Keep up with student travel updates on student travel blogs - information for the savvy or beginner student traveler from the best student travel blogs!
How to Find Memorial Day Concerts and Music Festivals in the US
How to Find Memorial Day Concerts and Music Festivals in the US - A road trip is a fine fashion in which to kick off the US summer fun, and what better way to get summer's motor running than by heading to Memorial Day concerts or music festival in the US? Great way to get the travel jones -- to get going, you'll need to find Memorial Day concerts and music festivals in the US. Check out these resources...
STA Student Airfare Special - Fast Fingers!
Wow, what a student airfare sale: $30 total roundtrip to Paris or London! Too true! The fastest dialing fingers will win with this STA student airfare special: $30 roundtrip student airfafre sale to Paris or London if you're among the first to call STA at 800-360-9273 on May 20 and get a no-strings-attached $30 total roundtrip ticket to London or Paris from New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle. Good luck!
STA Free Travel Sweepstakes
Check out this free travel sweepstakes - to celebrate STA Travel's 30th anniversary, student travel agency STA is offering 30 days of free travel giveaways. Each day during month of April, STA is giving away a free round-trip ticket to destinations around the world including Australia, the UK and the Czech Republic. Read more...
CDC Health Travel Warnings
Just as the US guv State Department issues travel alerts and travel warnings, the CDC -- Center for Disease Control -- also issues health travel warnings and alerts after a fashion. On the CDC's website, you can choose the country you want to visit and see what's going in the health world there, or check to see if the CDC has issued any travel notices in general. Learn more about CDC health travel warnings and health travel notices.
Hostels Trending Upscale... and Too Expensive?
Never let it be said we're among those grouchy travelers who think nothing should change. However, we're kinda wondering about the growing trend of urban hostels getting cooler (okay, we like that) but more expensive -- and more appealing to US families, whom we've already heard complaining at hostel desks about those pesky facts of hostel life ("There's no soap! What do you mean, the doors are locked at 10? Yadda yadda!"). read more...
Student Work in Spain
International job search? Mariachi bands, beaches and sensible siestas are in your future while working abroad in Spain in a part time or summer Spanish job, perfect for student travelers, or find professional job opportunities for working students in Spain.
Party Europe Travel Guides
Party Europe, student travel guidebook to European hot spots, discos, clubs, coffeehouses and cafes in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Capri, Florence, Ibiza, London, Madrid, Munich, Pamplona, Paris, Rivieras, Rome and Venice.
Earth Day for Travelers
Earth Day for Travelers - About Earth Day for Travelers Including Carbon Offsets and Green Travel
Countries the US Government Consider Sponsors of Terrorism
Travel alerts and warnings lists from the US government usually overlap with countries comprising the "Axis of Evil" and countries the US government considers "state sponsors of terrorism" -- the places President Bush's administration not only doesn't want you to go, but may not help you in if you go anyway and have a problem: those would be places like...
Glimpse Student Travel Photo Contest
Bookmark the student travel photo contest site at Glimpse.org for spring entry -- one good reason to take photos when you travel. You can win $500 in travel as an added bonus for a job well done, which will earn you publication of your travel photos. Learn more about the Glimpse Foundation's annual student travel photo contest.
Government Financial Aid Websites for Study Abroad
Financial Aid Websites - Government Sources for Financial Aid Websites for Study Abroad Funding - Financial Aid Websites for Study Abroad
Study Abroad Financial Aid Private Sources
A multitude of study abroad financial sources exist, including financial aid private sources. While the US government and your home institution (your college, high school, university) can help you with much of your study abroad financial aid needs, you can also find lots o' terrific study abroad financial aid private sources. Start with these...
CEA Study Abroad Grants - CEA Semester and Annual Study Abroad Grants
CEA is a terrific study abroad source -- not only can you find tons of info about how study abroad works, but you can get grants and scholarships for study abroad. In 2009, for instance, some CEA destinations are eligible for study abroad grants of up to $1200 (semesters and academic years). Complete a new application online and see what you can save:
Using My Financial Aid for Study Abroad
Will my financial aid work, or apply, for study abroad expenses? The answer is yes, your existing financial aid from your home school in the US will probably work for study abroad - you can probably apply your existing financial aid to study abroad programs. Here's what's official:
Financial Aid Resources for Study Abroad
Study Abroad Financial Aid - you can get financial aid for study abroad in many forms, including your own financial aid from your home school or university. Learn how to get study abroad financial aid, including study abroad financial aid from the government and study abroad financial aid from private sources. Learn more...