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    Although gap-year travel is a relatively new segment within the tourism industry, it has grown and diversified since the mid-1990s. This tourism genre is largely comprised of students - known as gap-year travellers, or 'gappers' - taking a year off from study between school and university.
Elisa Graceffo

Student Visa Requirements for US Citizens - 0 views

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    Every country maintains its own rules about student visas, and all these regulations typically vary according to the reason for the student's visit to the country. If you are planning to study abroad, you will need to make sure that you get a student visa for your trip. Read the complete post here to know what you can and can't do with a student visa as a US citizen, and other requirements to obtain a student visa.
Skeptical Debunker

How to save on airline bags - 0 views

  • 'In some ways, we're stuck between a rock and hard place, between the airline and airport security,'' said Reed Martin, a graduate student at MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass., who prefers not to check bags. ''Airlines are charging more for checked luggage while security is vastly limiting our ability to bring carry-ons.'' Carriers deny a connection between those two developments, saying the increase in bag fees has everything to do with revenues and nothing to do with security. ''Delta's increase in bag fees is a result of continued cost pressures on our business and not related to the heightened security measures put in place by the federal government,'' said Susan Chana Elliott, a Delta spokeswoman. Continental said its checked bag fee increase was a competitive match. JetBlue doesn't charge for the first checked bag, only the second. Southwest does not charge for checked bags and has even built a marketing campaign around its no-fee policy. Travelers have taken note. ''The difference between Southwest and other airlines is striking,'' said George Merkle, a credit counseling executive from San Antonio who flies about once a month and prefers Southwest largely because of its no-fee policy. On a Southwest flight from Baltimore to San Antonio in November, he said, he and his wife were able to store their jackets into the overhead bins because there was so much room. He cited, by contrast, a recent Frontier Airlines flight where many passengers carried on their luggage to avoid the $20 fee to check a bag. ''Boarding seemed to drag on interminably,'' he said. ''People were dragging bags of many sizes on.'' The carry-on crunch has pitted passenger against passenger as the race for space ensues. Like many other fliers, Merkle has arrived at his seat only to find the bin space above it jammed with the bags of passengers who boarded before him and picked out bin space randomly as they headed toward the rear of the plane. To find a spot for his bag, he had to walk several rows back. ''On deplaning, I had to struggle against the flow,'' he said. ''No one had any mercy.'' Some experienced travelers know the system well enough that they have figured out which rows board first, and are booking seats accordingly just to get a spot for their bags. Luis Figarella, who flies monthly from Nashua, N.H., aims for just behind the emergency rows. On American, he said, that usually means you'll be in the group that boards first in coach. It gives you ''a fighting chance'' to find space for your bag, he said. No one has felt the brunt of the checked bag fees more than flight attendants, who are often forced to police the overhead bins for bags too big to fit. ''The boarding process is a disaster these days because it seems people don't want to pay the fees to check their bags,'' said Corey Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the Association of Flight Attendants. This ultimately impacts safety, she said, because flight attendants spend an inordinate amount of time being baggage wranglers. With the recent fee hikes, she said, ''we expect that it will increase the carry-on issue even more.'' All of this is good news for at least one segment of the industry: luggage shippers. The number of bags booked by Luggage Forward, which offers shipping services under a variety of brands including Virtual Bellhop and Luggage Express, jumped 89 percent in the first 12 days of the year compared with the same period in 2009, as travelers ship their bags ahead of them and go without carry-ons.
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    On a recent Delta flight from Westchester County in New York to Columbus, Gregg Hamilton, a retired real-estate agent, was determined not to pay to check his bag. But he didn't want to deal with the usual carry-on kerfuffle either: bolting toward the gate to be among the first to board, racing up and down the aisle to find a spot for his bag and trying to create space in the jammed overhead bins. Instead he, and a handful of others, avoided that mess by taking advantage of an apparent loophole in the system: the gate check. At the end of the jetway, before stepping onto the plane, Hamilton simply inquired whether he could check his bag right there. A luggage handler who was waiting for strollers, car seats and other carry-on overflow was happy to oblige. ''They put a tag on it and we boarded the plane,'' he said. No charge. No stress. ''When we got off, the bag showed up pretty quickly,'' he added. As airlines continue to raise fees for checked luggage, more travelers are coming up with creative ways to dodge them - through meticulous packing of carry-on bags, by stuffing coat pockets with items they'd normally put in a bag, or hanging back and boarding last so they can check their bags at the gate for free.
Rachel Morris

UK Varsities Offer 401 Scholarship Awards for Indian Students - 0 views

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    The United Kingdom will be offering the highest number of scholarships ever worth 1.5 million pound (approx. Rs15.10 crore) to attract more Indian students. According to British High Commission's Minister Counsellor (Political and Press) Andrew Soper, this year British Council, in partnership with 57 UK universities, is offering a total of 401 scholarship awards for Indian students.
Dexter Brady

Reaching Out to the World Through Educational Travel Made Possible by Magellan - 0 views

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    Do you want to make new friends, learn and discover new things, go on exciting adventures, gain cultural awareness, and have the most life-changing experience?
Irene Estrella

Booking Details to Enroll English Course at UIC London - 0 views

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    Before you arrive in the UK, they strongly recommend that you take out insurance for your own financial and personal security. It is advisable to take out your student insurance at the time of booking your trip as cover will commence for pre-departure cancellation from the policy issue date. This will, therefore, provide cover should you have to cancel your course for an insured reason such as illness or serious accident preventing you from traveling.
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Picasso Museum in Barcelona - 0 views

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    Everyone knows about Pablo Picasso. He was a Spanish painter and his works are known all over the world. While travelling to Barcelona in Spain, one must visit the Picasso Museum as it houses his famous works. Many art students visit the museum to study and see his work of art.
Pooja Shree

Avail Student Concessions to Get Cheap Air Tickets Domestic and International - 0 views

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    The boom in the aviation industry in the past few decades has led to a significant rise in the demand for cheap air tickets domestic as well as international. With more and more people opting for air travel to cover regional as well as cross-continental distances, demand for low-cost flights has witnessed steep growth.
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Graz Airport in Graz, Austria - 0 views

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    Graz, the second-largest city in Austria is known for the abundance of students: no less than 40,000 are frequenting the six universities which are located in the city. With a rich and diverse history and representing an awesome cultural destination, this city in Austria makes a great travel destination.
Dexter Brady

Summer 2013 Programs | Magellan Study Abroad - 0 views

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    Begin and end your summer adventures with sightseeing and activities in the places you like Madrid,Spain, Sevilla, Biarritz, Salamanca & Galicia. Exeprience all this with Magellan Study Abroad.
Binod thapa

Everest Region Trekking - 0 views

Ganesh Himal Hiking Team offers you the best trekking and tour packages across various destinations in Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and Sikkim. We also gather special trekking packages for student-trips, o...

Everest Base Camp Trekking

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The STC

Advantages of School Adventure Trips - 0 views

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    With each passing day, our society is becoming risk averse and that has become a danger for the children as we all are trying to suffocate their lives by making many rules and regulations to control their lives and bring them up in our own terms. But children are like flowers and they should be…
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    With each passing day, our society is becoming risk averse and that has become a danger for the children as we all are trying to suffocate their lives by making many rules and regulations to control their lives and bring them up in our own terms. But children are like flowers and they should be…
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