Travel

There are plenty of student travel opportunities for anyone looking to travel cheaply. Whether you’re intent on planning a voyage with a purpose, like a gap year or a voluntourism trip, backpacking through Asia, Europe, Australia, North or South America, or simply soaking up the sun in Thailand, there’s a student travel package that will help you get there.

Your first step is deciding what type of student travel you’re interested in.

Many long-haul student travel trips result in a backpacking tour through Southeast Asia or South America. Finding cheap flights to Bangkok or Rio de Janeiro is easy, and from there, you’ll find hostels in each city, varying from quiet and clean to rowdy and fun. Another option is taking your student travel excursion a little closer to home, to a place like Paris or the south of Italy.

Student travel also branches out into the realm of helping people around the world through voluntourism. Finding a location suiting your volunteer interests is a good place to start. Environmentalists might choose ecotourism opportunities such as harvesting turtles in Greece, and others have options such as teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) or working in orphanages or community projects abroad. Whatever your desire, you can find a student travel arrangement that fits your skills and interests.

Looking for something with a longer time frame? Student travel can mean taking a gap year between secondary school and university, or between uni and starting your career. A year spent in another country, whether working in a job placement in your chosen field, or in casual, part-time work such as bar work or fruit picking, and absorbing a new culture will truly take advantage of time you have.

If gap years, volunteering, and learning from different cultures don’t seem appeal as much as hitting the beaches, then consider your student travel options for a sunny break in places such as the Carribbean, the Mediterranean, and California. Or, if a cultural city break with the opportunity to test your foreign language skills sounds appealing, try flights to Barcelona, Prague or Berlin.

The options for student travel are endless. Whether you’re looking to truly explore or escape with your friends, you can find flight deals and student travel specials once you’ve decided on your direction.