Student Travel: Most Popular Articles

Bed Bugs in Hostels
It's hard to kill bed bugs, though we've got some tips on how to kill bed bugs on the road and at home. Think professional exterminators before you spend big bucks trying to kill bed bugs yourself - and try to keep bed bugs from traveling home with you at all.

Calculate Gas Mileage
A US road trip sounds like a cheap way to travel. Is it? Calculate gas mileage and find current gas prices to figure out the cost of a car trip-- learn how to use a gas mileage calculator.

Passport News, Rules
For what countries are a passport required for travel? Do I need a passport to go to Mexico? To Canada? You need a passport for all of them by air, though you can still travel to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean by land or sea without a passport. Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, among other island areas, are US territories and no passport is required for travel between them and the US. Learn what you do need for travel by land and sea.

Summer Concerts in Europe
Strike up the band -- summer concerts are here. In Europe, that means some of the biggest, as well as small but hot, bands in the world are hitting Europe for huge summer concerts. Several-day extravaganzas with camping, food and merriment mean a summer music festival in Europe is a ready-made vacation with thousands of your soon-to-be closest new friends. Check out the top summer concerts in Europe.

Student Airfare Finders
Student airfare - looking for discount student airfare on the internet? Cheap student airfares websites are here. Some are true student travel agencies; others simply offer ways to find discount student airfare.

Mexico Travel Documents
Mexico travel documents -- Mexico travel documents do you need? Do you need a passport to visit Mexico? That answer and all about Mexico travel documents like id, Mexico tourist cards and links to news on the new PASS passport substitute for Mexico and Canada.

Get a US Passport
Passports are a crucial travel document and it is easy to get a passport. Learn how to get your first US passport and what you'll need to complete a passport application and get a US passport. Do you need a passport in Mexico and Canada? And what's up with the new PASS passport substitute? Learn more...

US Maps
US maps - free online or hard copies. US state and territory maps, scenic maps, attractions and sightseeing maps, and info (time zones, capitals, physical maps, city and highway maps). Fun United States maps: scenic, attractions and sightseeing.

Airport Security
Airport security has tightened drastically in recent years. Banned items in your carry-on baggage can net you huge fines, you may not be able to board the plane, and you may find yourself on a government list that increases flying hassles. Learn what current airport rules are and about the TSA's latest.

Rush Passports
Getting a passport fast is easy. You can rush a passport, or expedite a passport application and get a passport rushed in anywhere from one day to a few weeks. Getting a US passport expedited in two weeks or less is considered a rush. Learn how to rush a passport without paying a passport expediting service.

Melbourne Street Art Graffiti
Art as Graffiti - Melbourne street art graffiti in an alley. Click below for full size, full color photo.

Backpacking Europe
Want to go backpacking in Europe? Welcome to a great backpacking Europe FAQ, designed to answer key questions before you go backpacking in Europe -- what to pack, where to go, backpacking Europe budget, how to get there, where to stay and how to do backpacking Europe on the cheap. No ramen noodles. Unless you want 'em.

Packing for Airport Security
New and very strict airport rules across Europe, the UK and the US can mean packing headaches for air travelers. Carry on rules forbidding liquids and gels is by far the most problematic of the airport rules facing travelers these days, and packing with a little foresight helps. Let's walk through how to cope.

Cheap Mexico Airlines
Cheap Mexico airlines hopped on the budget airline flight path in 2005, with Avolar, Azteca, Click, Interjet, vivaAerobus, or viva Aerobus, and Volaris on board the cheap Mexico airline wagon by 2006. More budget Mexico airlines will probably be on the way as Mexico privatizes Mexico airline AeroMexico.

Country Calling Codes
International calling codes, or country codes, are digits that must be dialed to reach a telephone number in another country. Learn how to dial an international call with country code and find country codes and city codes.

Hide Travel Money
Learn how to hide money while traveling -- check out money belts and socks with secret pockets that hide travel money, sew your own thief-proof pockets in pants or bras for hiding travel money and get a few travel money tips.

Standby Flights
Airtran offers standby flights called Airtran U (student standby flight tickets formerly called X Fares) - a student airfare discount program - to young people 18-22 years old. Learn about Airtran standby flights at Airtran airline, and know you can even get frequent flyer credit for these standby tickets.

Money Belts
Hide travel money safely in money belts. You can buy regular belts that are really money belts or cloth money pouches, also called money belts, that are worn under your clothes. Read all about money belts and compare money belt prices.

Pack Light, Pack Smart
Hopping continents while hauling mounds of luggage is a gigantic drag. Want to breeze through countries instead of sweating along the sidewalk? Pack light, pack smart: a short packing tutorial.

Mexico Tourist Cards FAQ
Mexico tourist cards - what is a Mexico tourist card? How and where do you get Mexico tourist cards? Learn what Mexico tourist cards are, who needs one and how to get Mexico tourist cards.

Not-so-random Graffiti Art
Not-so-random art grafitti at the Bunk Brisbane hostel, Brisbane, Australia -- artistic surprises bloom on many of the hostel's walls.

Driving in Mexico
Driving in Mexico - border crossings, Mexican car insurance, driving rules of the road in Mexico, bringing items into and out of Mexico, Mexico and US Customs and renting a car in Mexico and more on driving in Mexico. Driving in Mexico is a snap --don't be afraid of driving in Mexico!

Mexico Travel Planning
Do some Mexico travel planning with this Mexico pre-travel guide and Mexico travel planning FAQ. Learn about travel documents you need to get before you travel to Mexico, whether you need shots to visit Mexico, about Mexico water, driving in Mexico and where to get Mexico maps and guidebooks. See some Mexico photo galleries in this Mexico travel planning FAQ, too.

Tiger Cub Picture
Mexico Golf Tournament Photos - Ujena Bikini Jam Golf Tournament, El Tigre Golf Course, Puerto Vallarta: Everyone loves the tiger cubs at El Tigre (pictured).

Spring Break Hot Spots
Where's the action for spring break 2008? Get the skinny with this list of top spring break hot spots (if you prefer, know where you ain't going!). Cancun tops the list again, and new passport rules keep Puerto Rico (sunny beaches, a reasonable drinking age, and no passport needed) in the running; Lake Havasu and Vegas -- still nowhere; Europe: way in. See the 2008 spring break hot spots list, or get some alternative spring break ideas.

Nebraska Barn
US Road Trip Photos - Nebraska Barn

Greyhound Bus Discounts
Bus travel is surprisingly easy and inexpensive, especially for students. Get Greyhound bus student travel and shipping discounts and a Student Advantage Card that gives you global deals on your favorite stuff from great stores.

Mexico Maps Roundup
Mexico maps -- maps of Mexico, online or hard copies, and Mexico GPS maps. Mexico road maps, Mexico state maps, Baja Mexico maps, Gulf of Mexico and Mexico city maps, Cancun maps, Cozumel maps, Mexico road atlases. Get Mexico maps before you travel.

Night Train Tickets
You can buy night train tickets for night train routes in Europe as individual tickets or you can add a night train trip to a Eurail pass. Reserving a night train costs extra -- all reservations on European trains cost a few dollars extra but guarantee you a seat. You can also reserve a sleeper. Find out more about night trains and buy night train tickets direct.

Backpack Reviews
Hiking and travelling backpack reviews from real backpackers and professional reviews - Kelty, Northface, Arc Teryx - all the popular backpacks and a few lesser known backpacks - and puchasing advice and backpacker tips.

Debit Cards for Travel
Student travelers will find an ATM or debit card the most indispensable asset you can bring along on your international journey. It functions like a credit card, which you must have for making reservations, and if you lose your cash and/or traveler's checks, it will be your lifesaver. - you can use it in payphones and get fairly favorable exchange rates at ATM machines. Don't leave home without it!

ETickets Make Travel Easy
Air etickets are a great boon for student travelers who may not have a travel snail mail address. Use an internet cafe to print your eticket yourself and wing your way to your next destination with minimum hassle. Why you should use e-tickets, how to get etickets and what you need to use etickets at the airport.

LL Bean Passport Organizer
The LL Bean passport organizer is a seemingly small affair that opens into a virtual travel toolkit. As a passport holder only, it's a little expensive because it's a lot more than that. Using this multi-featured travel accessory solely for passpor and tickets is impossible, anyway; no sooner will you decide in which of the seven pockets to put your passport then you'll be filling the rest.

Mountain Biking
When you need a break from all that laying about on the beach, try mountain biking in Puerto Vallarta -- friends like Bike Mex.

Graduation Gifts for Travelers
Graduation gift time! If your favorite graduate is planning travel after graduation, finding a graduation gift becomes truly fun. Traveling graduates need some basics as graduation gifts, and a few premium graduation gifts for travelers will really make your graduate's world go 'round. Read on for the top 10 graduation gift ideas for travelers -- tuck everything into a great travel bag for a complete graduation gift.

Europe Train Tickets
You can buy Europe train tickets for a single destination, also called point to point tickets, as opposed to buying a Eurail pass, and you can buy single Europe train tickets before you leave the US. Learn how to buy single Europe train tickets, like from London to Paris or Paris to Rome.

Jim Morrison's Grave
Jim Morrison's Grave Picture, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris - EF Europe Tour 2006

Beautiful Girls
Beautiful Girls

Does Mexico Have Buses?
Buses in Mexico -- does Mexico have buses? Where do Mexico buses go? Where can I get a Mexico bus schedule? Where can I catch Mexico buses? How much does it cost to ride a Mexico bus? Get answers to these and other FAQ about Mexico buses.

Amtrak Family Bedroom
Amtrak family bedrooms are sleepers that can hold six people and don't have bathrooms. Learn about family bedrooms and other Amtrak sleepers and see a picture of an Amtrak family bedroom.

Cheap European Airfare
European airlines offer big airfare discounts if you look. Before you buy a student airfare for European puddle jumping, check out the many budget airlines offering super cheap one way European airfare - how about a $2.28 airfare from London to Rome? Add taxes and fees and you're looking at a European airfare of $40.00 or less.

Travel Immunizations
Travel immunizations - about travel shots and immunizations - do I need travel immunizations or shots for travel? What kind of travel immunizations do I need? Get the answers about travel immunizations and vaccinations.

When is Spring Break
When is spring break? Aside from spring, of course, when is spring break 2008? See the chart - "When is Spring Break" - for spring break 2008 dates and number of humans detail, and learn where to find out when individual colleges' spring breaks are.

Europe Rail Passes
Rail passes - under 26? You're eligible for European rail passes at a student discount - Eurail Global Youthpass, Eurail Select, Eurail Global Pass Youth Flexi and many single country European train tickets. Check out the best of what's on offer in rail passes from Rail Europe and Railpass

Amtrak Superliner Sleeper
Picture of Amtrak Superliner sleeper compartment in the California Zephyr and description of Amtrak sleeper compartments on Superliner trains (see more Amtrak seat options below the picture).

Current Student Airfare Deals
Student airfare deals abound, considering the small number of student travel agencies 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.

Amtrak Routes
Amtrak Routes - a screenshot of the coast to coast Amtrak routes map from New York to California, with an inset map of the Amtrak route over the Sierra Nevada range. Learn more about finding Amtrak routes below the picture.

Night Train FAQ
A night train in Europe is one that is traveling from well before midnight until morning, which is generally understood to mean after 7:00 a.m. Night trains in Europe have sleeper compartments - you may want a couchette on a night train. Learn about night trains.

American Road Trips 101
How to have great road trips - get or ready a car for a road trip, learn about food on road trips, get US maps or Mexico maps, understand AAA, see gas claculators, and view some US road trip photos.

Best Women's Travel Gear
Women's travel gear needs to be strong, light and long-lasting -- but most women's clothing is not. Exceptions: Expedition travel shirt, Royal Robbins zip off travel pants, Woolrich's women's travel vest and a packable hat. Find comfy travel flip flops and women only travel accessories (safety gadgets, makeup/sunscreen, gal-only personal gear and a beauty shoulder bag) in this list of top 10 picks for best women's travel gear - travel clothes and women's travel accessories.

Amtrak Tickets
After checking out the route map to ensure the train goes where you want to get, you can buy Amtrak tickets online, at a train station, or from the conductor. Learn how and where to buy Amtrak tickets, and see some pix of what the station, the train, and the trip will be like.

"Go Deal" Student Airfare
Popular student airfare discount finder Student Universe is offering a fab student airfare special: "Go Deal" student discount airfares. Getting an student airfare discount was never so much fun.

Nightlife in Puerto Vallarta
Nightlife in Puerto Vallarta, if you'll pardon the expression, rocks. Great clubs with friendly folks -- each of the big four clubs hosts a special nightlife event each night of the week, meaning nightlife in Puerto Vallarta never takes the night off. Clubs in Puerto Vallarta are open late, and the drinking age is often just old-enough-not-to-puke in Mexico. What happens each evening in Puerto Vallarta's nightlife scene:

Exchange Rate Defined
What is the definition of exchange rate? What is an exchange rate? What is the definition of exchange rate as it applies to travel? What is the current foreign exchange rate? How can I find the exchange rate when I travel? How much is my money worth with the exchange rate?

5 Money Saving Road Trip Tips
Top 5 Money Saving Road Trip Tips - learn how to save money on road trips with the top 5 money saving road trip tips. Save cents on food and lodging and get the best gas prices, and learn gas saving techniques, with the top 5 money saving road trip tips.

Muslim Women's Travel Dress
Women traveler's dress in Muslim countries -- words of wisdom for women travelers from other women regarding dress in Islamic countries and women's Muslim clothing for travelers.

Senor Frogs, Puerto Vallarta
Senor Frogs in Puerto Vallarta has a down home funk, sorta like any college pub, but with palm trees nearby. Check out more Senor Frogs photos from Puerto Vallarta's Ujena Bikini Jam Week.

London Shopping for Women
Top 5 places for London shopping for women - faves for London shopping are Top Shop, H&M, Mango and Zara in Soho are all great for bargain fashion London shopping, with cool Carnaby Street stores nearby. Get locations and descriptions of the top 5 cheap London shopping spots for women, and some ideas on London street markets, too. Love that London shopping.

Naked News
Ujena Bikini Jam Puerto Vallarta Marathon Photos - Naked News

Top Paris Hostels
Get maps and descriptions for the top ten Paris hostels travelers like: Le Village, Peace and Love, Lucky Youth, Woodstock, Absolute, Le Montclair Montmartre, Young and Happy, Aloha, Three Ducks, Square Caulaincourt.

Motion Sickness Facts
Motion sickness puts a real cramp in your travel style. If you're at sea or traveling by car, bus or train, you'll need motion sickness prevention tips and long term remedy ideas. If you're flying, you may just need to avail yourself of the "barf bag" when motion sickness strikes.

Student Travel Discounts
If you're between 12-26, the travel industry considers you a student traveler and you are eligible for student travel discounts. Travel companies from Rail Europe to Greyhound offer student travel discounts. Let's find the student travel discounts available and learn how to take advantage of student travel discounts.

How to Get a Visa
Working abroad requires a work visa issued by the country in which you're working. If you've arranged an internship on your own or found your own international student job, you'll need to know how to get an international work visa.

Natural Insect Repellent
Good smelling natural insect repellent that works without DEET -- what a concept! Crocodile is a DEET-less all natural insect repellent guide-tested on mosquitoes and sand fleas -- this DEET-less natural insect repellent works almost as well as DEET but has a better bouquet. Read the review of Crocodile natural insect repellent without DEET.

Amtrak Viewliner Sleeper
Amtrak Viewliner roomettes, or sleepers, have toilets and sinks plus two seats and two beds - check out a description and picture of an Amtrak Viewliner sleeping compartment.

Drinking Ages
As a student traveler, you may be under 21, which is the legal drinking age in the US. Guess what? Alcohol drinking ages around the world are far more reasonable -- most drinking ages worldwide are at minimum 18, if not less, which makes sense for legal drinking ages. Check out a brief rundown of legal drinking ages around the world.

Eurail Passes
How Eurail passes work, like how travel days work on Eurail passes, how night trains with Eurail passes work, how Eurail passes and reservations work, how to validate Eurail passes and how to buy Eurail passes. Find student discounts on Eurail passes, too.

Tulum Travel
The tiny town of Tulum, Mexico, is two hours south and light years from crazy Cancun. Tulum is a four hour haul north of the Belize border -- Xcalek is on the route but shhh -- no one knows about Xcalak yet. Learn about Tulum -- why you should go, where Tulum is, how to get there, where to stay, where to eat and more.

The 75 Foot Jesus
Pictured: Baja Mexico's 75 Foot Jesus. This humongous statue of Jesus Christ was commissioned by Antonio Pequeno Guerrero and now stands over the old town of El Morro, across from Las Rocas Spa and Hotel six miles south of Rosarito Beach. Yeah, huh.

WIndow or Aisle?
You've bought your airline ticket - next question: just where is your airplane seat? And why should you find out? When you make an airline reservation, a seat is assigned to you; you'll often have the option to choose your seat. Let's walk through airplane seat choices step by step.

Tulum Cabanas, Hotels, Hostels
Tulum cabanas and the best Tulum hotels for student travelers, and a cool hostel in Tulum, too. Two hours south of Cancun on the Mayan Riviera, Tulum offers beach camping and sand or concrete floor cabanas. Find Tulum cabanas, hostels, and budget hotels in Tulum (it's a town, not just a Mayan ruin).

Free Amtrak Ticket
Amtrak is offering high school juniors and seniors a free train ticket for a parent or companion when the student travels by Amtrak train to tour prospective college campuses. Get the promotional code.

Guadalajara Cathedral at Night
Guadalajara Cathedral at Night -- Gaudalajara, Mexico's beautiful cathedral at night in the centro

Before Student Travel
Before you travel, do some student travel planning -- life on the road will be easier if you know what you need and at least a little about where you're going, what you're doing, how you'll get there and where you can stay. Read a complete student travel planning roundup -- this is Student Travel 101.

British Pound Picture
British Pound - Picture of British Pound

Spring Break Without Passport
New passport rules requiring passports for air travel home from Mexico and the Caribbean, excepting US territories, dictate that you can't fly to the Bahamas, Jamaica or Mexico (but you can drive) for spring break without a passport. And it takes up to two months to get a passport, though you can rush one in less time. What's that leave in the way of cool spring break destinations? A lot, because lots of other college students didn't get passports in time for spring break, either. Suss it out.

Flashpacker Travel Gadgets
Flashpacker is a new buzzword for student travelers and young at heart backpackers, and one defining characteristic of the breed is gadget hauling. We lug laptops onto chicken buses, haul tattered backpacks bulging with travel gadgets into hoity hotels or sketchy hostels, pack cargo pants pockets with global cell phones and we find wifi. Let's walk through getting the best laptop backpack and the flashpacker gear, step by step.

Free Things to Do in London
Top Free Things to do in London - Student Travel -- check out the top 5 free things to do in London for budget travelers. This list of top free things to do is geared toward students -- music, hanging out and the museums you'll like in London.

Picadilly Circus Budget Hotels
Piccadilly Circus is central London's busiest spot, but budget Piccadilly Circus hotels are hard to find. Check out the Regent Palace Hotel (sweet) in Piccadilly Circus and the Piccadilly Backpacker's Hostel (not so much).

Malaria and Travel
Malaria, a creepy insect-borne disease found in warm areas, is a very real travel worry if you're heading to a country where malaria is prevalent, like many countries in Africa. Check out a [link url=http://www.cdc.gov/travel/regionalmalaria/index.htm]malaria map[/link] from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to learn whether malaria is an issue in countries to which you will be traveling. Learn about malaria symptoms, malaria prevention, including malaria pills, and treatment.

Women's Travel Safety Tips
Women travelers need to travel with special care; here are some tips on doing that. Female concerns include sexual verbal harassment or physical assault, "come-ons", unwanted touching, inappropriate comments, crude propositions, groping and even rape. Females are more likely to be the victims of theft, too.

Amtrak Observation Car
Amtrak offers food in a cafe or dining car on most long haul trains, as well as observation cars or sightseer lounges and places to buy booze. Learn more and see pictures of an Amtrak observation car.

Amtrak ISIC Discount
Student travel via rail: get a train travel deal on almost any Amtrak train with your ISIC card. Check the Amtrak schedule and grab an Amtrak train travel deal - 15% off your student Amtrak ticket. See America with a train travel vacation and an ISIC card!

Travel Sized Tubes and Samples
Travel sized tubes are a bonus packing item, especially when packing for airport security rules. Using samples ofliquids and gels helps - here's where to get small travel sized tubes of liquids and gels toiletries like soap and shampoo - find sample packets of food and drugs, too.

Student Travel Documents
Travel Documents - what travel documents will I need for student travel? Learn which travel documents you may need for student travel -- passport, tourism and work visa, id, travel immunizations record and international driver's license. Let's look at all the travel document details.

Electric Adapter
This international electrical adapter with surge protector has four kinds of international electrical plugs built into one small box, with each set of plugs being good for a different part of the world. Great adaptor!

Hostels 101
Hostels, or backpackers', are the place for student travelers and backpackers to stay. Learn about hostels, hostel reservations, booking hostels, how hostels work while you're staying in hostels, see top hostel lists and hostel photos and read hostel reviews. What are hostels, anyway? Read and know all.

"Gator" Travel Shoulder Bag
Red Oxx's "Gator" travel shoulder bag isn't inhabiting the same planet as other travel bags. It's that superior. As Red Oxx advises, write it into your will... it will outlive you. Provided you survive the airlift.

Passport Application Problems
You must have certain materials to get a passport, usually including a birth certificate. Find out here how to get a passport without a birth certificate.

Travel Aggregators
Aggregators are multiple travel search engines in one place. Use aggregators, like Kayak or Booking Buddy, to compare travel prices for sites like Expedia, Orbitz, CheapSeats and more of the top search engines.

Outside in Rosarito Beach
Get some info on outdoors activity in Rosarito Beach below this photo of an ATV / dune buggy, or quad runner, in Rosarito Beach -- learn about surfing and hang gliding, too.

Amtrak Baggage Rules
Amtrak allows different numbers and sizes of checked bags depending on your ticket. Oversized baggage items, like snowboards, have to be checked at the station. Learn about allowed checked baggage on Amtrak trains and Amtrak security rules.

Travel Gift Ideas Guide
Got a student traveler or backpacker on your gift list? You need some travel gift ideas.Check out these ideas that may spark your own imagination, or can lead you straight to non-biased personal reviews and price comparisons for this year's best student travel or backpacker (or flashpacker) travel gifts.

Eurostar FAQ
The Eurostar is the train running from Brussels and Paris to London and back under the English channel. Eurostar travel requires a separate ticket from any Eurail pass you may have, but some Eurail passes will give you student discount Eurostar tickets. Learn more about the Eurostar and Eurostar tickets.

Free Things to Do in Paris
Top 5 Free Things to Do in Paris - Student Travel: find the free things to do in Paris that won't cost you a Euro, like visiting a famous grave, the Paris Plage, in a list of top free things to do in Paris meant just for student travelers.

Lost Luggage
Lost luggage sometimes can't be helped, and lost luggage, like first time concert-goers, usually returns somewhat changed. Learn how to try and avoid lost luggage and what to do about wayward bags, especially if an airline has lost the luggage.

ETN Buses, Mexico Station
Mexico Transportation Picture Gallery - Mexico Buses and Cabs, VW Vans, Collectivos Pictures

Nikki Beach, Puerto Vallarta
Hotels in Puerto Vallarta - Pictured: Nikki Beach Bar and Westin Hotel Beach in Puerto Vallarta.

Freighter Travel
Boat travel is a charming alternative to long haul flying. A little known and cheap boat travel option, freighter travel, is popular with student travelers and adventurers of all ilk. And with Easy Cruise ships bobbing up in world ports, "regular" cruises are now navigating the cheap boat travel fun lanes. So what's up with freighter travel, cruises and boat travel in general?

ISIC Cards
An ISIC card is a great boon for student travelers looking for airfare and shopping discounts. ISIC cards will also provide sickness and accident insurance for student travelers, low cost phone calls and more. These instructions show you how to buy an ISIC card.

Finding Your Amtrak Train
Just like airports, every Amtrak station is different. Finding your way is a snap, though. Learn how to find your Amtrak train station, your train and platform and about boarding your Amtrak train.

Mexico Student Travel Budget
Mexico travel budget: how much money should you budget for Mexico travel? How much does Mexico travel cost as a student traveler? Mexico travel is not as cheap as you might think, but still a bargain for student travelers. See a bare-bones Mexico student travel budget.

Beginner's Mexico Travel
Mexico Travel - student travel Mexico. Beginner's and student's guide to Mexico travel for student travelers, with in-depth first time and expert Mexico travel tips. mexico hostels, Mexico photos, how to ride Mexico buses and all the Mexico travel tips.

Tipping on Amtrak Trains
Tipping on trains is far from compulsory, but if you want to tip, here's a guide to tipping on trains -- how much to tip the attendant, porter, dining car attendant and all about tipping on trains.

Best Travel Gift Lists
Best student travel gift guide - a guide to the best travel gifts guides 2007. Check out user reviews and compare prices while you get ideas for the student traveler on your holiday gift list: Best Men's Travel Gear - Great Guys' Student Travel Gift Ideas, Best Women's Travel Gear - Great Women's Student Travel Gift Ideas, Guide to Student Travel Gifts Under $25, Student Travel Stocking Stuffers - Guide to Small Gifts and Premium Student Travel Gift Guide - Travel Gifts Over $100.

London Doubledecker Buses
Since you ride London's doubledecker buses to get around, you'll use regular London bus tickets for doubledecker bus tickets. Credit card-sized plastic passes called Oyster cards give you lots of London tube and bus rides at half the cost of a paper bus ticket, and you can buy an Oyster pass in London convenience stores or at London tube stations. Get a week's Oyster pass if you're staying three or more days; it's worth it. Read about tickets for double decker buses.

Mexico Water, Toilets, Phone
Mexico utilities questions: can I drink the water in Mexico? Why can't I put toilet paper in the toilet in Mexico? How do I make a phone call in Mexico? Basic travel questions about using utilities in Mexico.

Models After Marathon
Ujena Bikini Jam Puerto Vallarta Marathon Photos

Roofies - Date Rape Drug
Rohypnol (roofies), the "date rape drug", is a tremendous hazard for women and is of particular danger to women travelers in unfamiliar surroundings. Usually dropped in your drink by a man who wants to take advantage of you, roofies create a drunk-like effect in about 10 minutes that lasts about eight hours. Besides the worries of unprotected sex, roofies may lead to respiratory depression, aspiration, liver failure and even death. Learn how to avoid roofies here.

Bikini on the Beach, Malecon
Bikini beach Puerto Vallarta Malecon

Birkenstock Shoes
Birkenstock shoes and sandals are walker's favorites the world over. Ask student travelers what they won't give up, and Birkenstock wearers will list their shoes before backpacks. (Promotional code.) Well known and worn Birkenstocks are a renewable resource, too: resole, re-footbed, re-use. Try 'em for a trip and you'll be a well-heeled traveler indeed.

Churros in Guadalajara
Churros in Guadalajara

Day of the Dead Show
Day of the Dead Skull

Amtrak On-Board Personnel
Amtrak personnel are the folks manning the train. Find out who's who on trains.

Rosarito Art Graffiti
Rosarito Beach has put a certain amount of effort into cute-i-fying the downtown area, and it shows -- schoolkids have created some great art graffiti along the main drag, and some sidewalks are painted. Makes for a nice stroll to the candy store.

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Local Bus Driver in Mexico Picture

Great Ocean Road Map
Great Ocean Road Map -- a map of Australia's Great Ocean Road, Australia's beautiful drive past the 12 Apostles Marine Park, Port Campbell National Park, Bells Beach and Otway lighthouse on Australia's shipwreck Coast west of Melbourne and east of Adelaide.

Amtrak Conductor Checks Ticket
Once aboard your Amtrak train, the conductor will check your tickets. Learn more about who wants to see your Amtrak ticket and when.

Online Currency Converter
Best online currency converter; convert American dollars to every currency in the world. Use a currency converter in travel planning - convert dollars to Euros, pesos, francs, lira and more and vice versa.

KY Hostel Bathroom
Photo - Kingdom Youth Hostel Bathrooms - Kingdom Youth Hostel, Acapulco, Mexico, Photo Gallery - Kathleen Crislip

Easy Cruise Caribbean
Easy cruise-ing the Caribbean with no-frills discount cruise line Easy Cruise. St. Maarten, St. Barts, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Antigua, and Nevis are the 2007 easy Cruise ports of call. easy Cruise is a cheap Caribbean cruise ship deal -- easy Cruises available in Europe, too. Read all about the easyCruise ship, easy Cruise Caribbean route and easy Cruise rules.

Naked News Interview
Ujena Bikini Jam Puerto Vallarta Marathon Photos - Naked News Interview

Best Laptop Backpack 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 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 it out. [i]Read the review.[/i]

Parasailing in Mexico
Puerto Vallarta Action Photos- pictured: Parasailing in Mexico. Shot of parasailing over Banderas Bay in Puerto Vallarta. Love it.

British Coins and US Penny
British Money - Picture of all British Coins and US Penny

Camping Food
Eating from a backpack is way mo better than it used to be -- freeze dried or dehydrated food has changed drastically in the last decade. Campers who once had to make do with gorp and powdered eggs that tasted like wet dust have a whole lot more choices these days - how about "Beef Stroganoff With Wild Forest Mushrooms" (beef, sour cream sauce, noodles and a wild forest mushroom mix)?

Student Advantage Card
The Student Advantage Card provides student travel, retail and entertainment discounts for an annual $20 membership fee. Read more...

Fish Tacos in Puerto Vallarta
Fish tacos in Puerto Vallarta at Las Palomas -- eat 'em with lime, salsa and a palm tree view.

London Tube
You may want to check out a London tube map online before you go, but you needn't download tube maps to carry across the pond -- free London tube maps are easy to find at any train station, and you'll find maps on tube station walls.

Working in the UK
International job search? Work in the UK in a part time or seasonal job, perfect for student travelers, or find professional job opportunities for working students in Great Britain. Best of all, it can be easy to get a work permit for the UK. Cheers!

Golfer's Helpers
Golfer's Helpers

Rosarito Candy Store
Mexico Candy Store Photo

Leather Travel Shoulder Bag
LL Bean's leather travel shoulder bag boasts a silky lining and powerful snap-plus-zip outer pockets, a roomy outer zip sleeve and interior zip pocket and pen / credit card pockets. Modeled after World War II bomber jackets, the distressed leather looks great while being tough as nails. Padded and adjustable shoulder strap is comfy and carry handles turn it into a briefcase. Classic campus companion and practical lifelong travel bag. Read the review.

View From the Window
You've boarded, you've eaten, you've explored the Amtrak train -- time to sit back and relax and watch the world go by. That's what riding trains is all about.

Sanuk Walking Flip Flops
A deceptively simple look characterizes the "Lazy" Chica, feature-ful flip flops from Sanuk: anatomical design makes feet feel fine. Good-looking strap raises theses flip flops to shoe style status. A great walking sandal. [i]Read the review[/i].

London Hostels
Top London hostels like Astor Museum, London Backpackers, Wake Up London and Ace Hotel are favorites with backpackers and student travelers. Check out a list of top London hostels with individual personal reviews, too.

Winter Park Platform View
The Winter Park train station is where you'll disembark, skis and all, from Colorado's Ski Train, or a beautiful station stop and break on a long Amtrak trip. Learn more.

Christine Club, Puerto Valarta
The Christine club in Puerto Vallarta is a disco with flash, all right. Check out more Christine club photos and get the club's address in Puerto Vallarta.

British Five Pence Coin
British Money - Pictures of British Five Pence Coin

Buy Pepper Spray
Pepper spray can be your best self defense weapon. Learn how to use pepper spray safely and find a wide variety of pepper sprays - purse sized, pepper spray on a key chain, spraying rings and other ingenious pepper spray dispensers.

Buying a Backpack
Backpacking expert and backpack-europe.com webmaster Ian Pasek gives expert advice on buying and packing a backpack: tips on backpack size, comfort and durability and travel packing advice.

Ujena Model Marathon Runner
Ujena Bikini Jam Puerto Vallarta Marathon Photos - Model Marathon Runner

Busabout Europe
Busabout is way to do European bus travel tours -- economical and easy. Students can get deals - check out Busabout details and Europe bus passes.

Melbourne - Graffiti & Coffee
Melbourne Lane and Street Graffiti

Parasailing From the Beach
Puerto Vallarta Beaches - Pictured: Parasailing on the Beach Near the Puerto Vallarta Marina

Rosarito Beach Nightlife
Rosarito Beach, just south of San Diego in Baja, Mexico, is a dyno place for clubbing and concert-going. Rosarito Beach's Baja nightlife is happening year 'round, though spring break is especially craaazy, and a reasonable drinking age in Mexico of 18 years old means accessible fun at every venue. Check out a Rosarito Beach calendar of events and stop in at downtown clubs Iggy's, Papa's and Beers, and Senor Frogs when you're on the Rosarito Beach nightlife trail.

Jim Morrison's Headstone
Picture - Jim Morrison's Headstone - Pere Lachaise Paris Cemetery Pictures - EF Europe Tour 2006

Daytona Beach, Key West
Everything student travelers could want to know about spring break in Florida - spring break in Daytona Beach, Panama City and the Florida Keys are thoroughly covered, with links to primers on spring break 101.

Tour de France Trivia
The magnitude of the Tour de France is staggering. The number of spectators, security forces, media representatives and staff following 135 men riding bicycles across 2241 torturous miles are mind boggling.

Jet Skis in Puerto Vallarta
Gallery of Puerto Vallarta action shots. Pictured: Jet Skis in Puerto Vallarta - Jet Skis and Jet Skiing Photo in Puerto Vallarta.