| Top 10 Guide Picks for Best of Student Travel 2005Year-end lists are fun -- good ways to find the best stuff. About Student Travel's Best of 2005 includes the best youth hostel, best tour group company, best travel gear, best travel tech gadget, best student airfare discount and more -- including a chance to choose your student travel "best of" for 2005. Location is everything in Acapulco -- in the case of the Kingdom youth hostel, an address in Puerto Marques means palm-shaded tranquility far from the madding Acapulco crowds and close to the calming waves. Decent rooms, lots o' suds, great courtyard, large pool, real running track, well-kept soccer field and (the key) the nicest managers around contribute to handing the Kingdom hostel "About Student Travel's Best Hostel 2005." Explorica's services and industry standards include putting only three students in a room as opposed to four or more, online room selection pre-trip, full European breakfasts and high speed trains and ferries as opposed to cheaper (and slower) options, though Explorica's trip prices are guaranteed to be the lowest available. All in all, Explorica is the best educational tour group company out there and "About Student Travel's Best Tour Group Company 2005." Independence Air's summer "GLiDE Pass" worked very well for most and earns runner-up status, and Airtran's X-Fares takes home the bronze. STA Student Travel Agency offered its great monthly deal roundup, and TravelCuts' Canadian cool factor still rules while their communication lags. Overall, Student Universe's " Go Deal", though, was "About Student Travel's Best AIrfare Discount Fnder 2005." Whacky writing in their forum notwithstanding, they do know what they're doing. 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 has multiple personalities. Because it's rough and tough. Because somebody who's dragged a laptop around designed it: great daypack / laptop backpacks spring from those who've used them -- kudos to the Timbuk2 designers. Check out "About Student Travel's Best Bag 2005." The Big Three -- Paris, London and Rome -- remain just that; student travelers are loving Amsterdam, though. Tons o' trips to Australia and New Zealand this year, but Amsterdam is topping out at the most student-friendly city. Offers coffeehouses and craziness, easy budget eats and entertainment. Glasgow and Edinburgh are getting some notice, too.
Top 10 Amsterdam youth hostels
Holland student rail passes You said it -- in a 2005 survey, student travelers chose New York City as the top US student travel destination. Bright lights and a big city are key to the Big Apple's star status, of course, as are great hostels and plenty of free activity (good thing, because it's the spendiest city in the top ten student travel favorites). Top picks for the best men's travel gear -- don't leave home without the best travel clothing like the best travel shirt, travel pants, travel shoes, men's travel hat and an iPod hoodie, and travel accessories like the best travel watch and a very trick travel razor earning "About Student Travel's Best Guy's Gear 2005." Techie? Check out the best travel gadgets, too. Women's travel gear needs to be strong, light and long-lasting -- but most women's clothing is not. Exceptions here, plus comfy travel flip flops and women only travel accessories (safety gadgets, makeup/sunscreen, gal-only perosnal gear and a beauty shoulder bag) in these top 10 picks for best women's travel gear - travel clothes and women's travel accessories that win "About Student Travel's Best Women's Travel Gear 2005." Party Europe 2005 is a unique students / young people-only 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. Pick your persona and the book's real world folk tell you what you'll like-- crucial to any urban trek. The guidebook's very current facts and sassy slant earns it "About Student Travel's Best Guidebook 2005" award. What's your favorite student travel pick for 2005? Got a must-see travel stop, an awesome student volunteer vacation, a travel accessory you can't live without? Or a great travel tip? Best traveling teacher or tour guide? Write to "Best of 2005" with a persuasive pitch and your very own student travel favorite may be posted here by the end of January 2006. If you can think of it, it qualifies. |
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