studentsineurope

When most people think of Amsterdam, the first things that come to mind tend to be marijuana, legal prostitution, canals, and of course bikes.  Lots and lots of bikes.
It’s no surprise then that the city has been named the world’s most friendly biking city time after time again.  Amsterdammers love their bikes – in fact [...]

As a student, what is the most important thing you look for when buying flights?  Comfort?  Style?  A specific airline?  Or, like me, is cost always your main priority?
If so, you’re in luck: low cost is what Fly.com does best.  A flight comparison web site that works with hundreds of airlines, big or small, Fly.com is [...]

As you get ready to leave for your trip abroad, you may find you’re a little nervous. Don’t be embarrassed. Foreign travel is a big deal, and that goes double if you’ll be gone for more than two months and triple if this is the first time you’ve done it. Culture shock is real, you [...]

I’ve been running around like crazy these past few days trying to get everything taken care of before I go! As always, I find there’s more to do than I think, and some of it takes more time than I thought it would (it’s always a good idea to start your preparations early). Such is [...]

This pillow is amazing, enough said.
I’d never actually owned a travel pillow before I came across the Cascade Designs’s Therm-a-Rest Compressible Pillow, but when I bought my Dad one as a Christmas present this year as an addition to his lightweight backpacking collection, I became a complete convert.
I’ve always been envious of travelers who could afford [...]

As my search for cheap flights around Europe continues, I keep running across really helpful websites. Apparently, there’s a lot of student travelers out there who have trouble managing the myriad budget airlines that criss-cross the continent of Europe, and a lot of civic-minded web designers interested in helping us out!
My latest discovery is flylc.com [...]

Welcome to the countdown! In twelve days, I will leave the United States for a five-month European adventure. It’s a glorified couch-surfing trip, really. I’ll be seeing friends, hanging out, and engaging in my favorite tourist activities, which include visiting museums, going for runs around the lovely cities of Europe, and finding odd local foods [...]

This is part 2 of my interview with Peggy Goldman, avid traveler and founder of Friendly Planet Travel.  Click here to read part 1.

Lodging can be one of the most expensive aspects of traveling abroad.  Do you have any advice on how to save money on a place to stay?
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As I continue planning my backpacking, figuring out how to get from a lot of random A’s to a bunch of unusual B’s, I’m running across quite a few helpful websites. My most recent favorite is a Dutch site, lowcostairlines.nl. Be warned, the site is actually in Dutch with no way to switch it to [...]

Peggy Goldman, travel guru and founder of Friendly Planet Travel, a website dedicated to booking high-quality, cost-effective international tours to exotic places, offers up some of her best tips for students and young people traveling abroad in Europe.  Read on for expert advice on how to save money, live like a local, how to pack [...]