http://studenttravel.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-11-30T14:42:32Z Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/learn-spanish-in-mexico.htm Preparatory to another year in which my travels will take me to countries where Spanish is spoken, I'm making my usual and usually unsuccessful attempts to improve my limited (okay, ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/learn-spanish-in-mexico.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/learn-spanish-in-mexico.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:39:05 +0000 2012-11-30T20:39:05Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/australia-road-tripping-for-backpackers.htm It was about this time of year that we were last negotiating Australian roads' roundabouts that rounded the "wrong" way, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2006/10/19/driving-down-under.htm">learning to drive with the wheel on the right and the road on the left</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/australia-road-tripping-for-backpackers.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/30/australia-road-tripping-for-backpackers.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:42:32 +0000 2012-11-30T14:42:32Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/25/amtrak-travel.htm 'Tis the season to think about travel in the US of A and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/discounts/p/how_to_discount.htm">student discounts</a>, and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/usstudenttraintravel/ig/Amtrak-Train-Photos-Gallery/index.htm">Amtrak</a> offers 'em -- students can travel on Amtrak at <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/studenttraintravel/qt/amtrak_isic.htm">15% off with an ISIC card</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/25/amtrak-travel.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/25/amtrak-travel.htm Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:41:22 +0000 2012-11-25T21:41:22Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/23/managing-holiday-stress-travel-and-otherwise.htm You couldn't wait to get home for the holidays -- take a break from stressful studies and see the fam. 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Or need to travel to a friend's place for a ride to Mom's? ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/last-minute-student-travel-discounts-on-greyhound.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/last-minute-student-travel-discounts-on-greyhound.htm Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:03:09 +0000 2012-11-21T11:03:09Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/last-minute-thanksgiving-airfare-deal-airtran-student-standby.htm Skyhigh last minute Thanksgiving airfares bringing you down? That's partly because last minute airfare's always spendy, but partly because Thanksgiving week is what's called a peak air travel time and ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/last-minute-thanksgiving-airfare-deal-airtran-student-standby.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/last-minute-thanksgiving-airfare-deal-airtran-student-standby.htm Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:56:16 +0000 2012-11-21T10:56:16Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/to-5-money-saving-road-trip-tips.htm Hitting the road home for Thanksgiving? Know that food and lodging are the biggest <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/getontheroad/p/road_trip_tips.htm">road trip travel budget</a> busters, followed by unintentionally guzzling (spendy) gas... and they can all totally ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/to-5-money-saving-road-trip-tips.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/21/to-5-money-saving-road-trip-tips.htm Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:51:40 +0000 2012-11-21T10:51:40Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/thanksgiving-travel-calendar.htm Thanksgiving can be an expensive time to travel; if your travel plans involve flying home or elsewhere around the holiday, use some smart tools like a Thanksgiving travel calendar to ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/thanksgiving-travel-calendar.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/thanksgiving-travel-calendar.htm Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:34:02 +0000 2012-11-14T11:34:02Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/world-toilet-day-3.htm November 19 is <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://worldtoilet.org/wto/index.php/our-works/world-toilet-day">World Toilet Day</a>. You think the next part involves a sailor walking into a bar. It's a deadly serious affair, though -- among other statistics it has ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/world-toilet-day-3.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/14/world-toilet-day-3.htm Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:57:21 +0000 2012-11-14T09:57:21Z http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/05/mexico-travel-myth-4-ill-have-to-share-the-bus-with-chickens.htm <sup><i>Mexico is becoming a student travel mecca -- it's always registered high on the indie travel radar, but backpackers are flocking South now for some truly good <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/mexicostudenttravel/p/mexico_lodg_ala.htm">hostels</a>, colonial grandeur, and Mexico sun and sand. Many myths abound about Mexico travel, though; let's debunk a few of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/od/mexicostudenttravel/tp/mexico_myths.htm">top Mexico travel myths</a>...</i></SUP>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/05/mexico-travel-myth-4-ill-have-to-share-the-bus-with-chickens.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://studenttravel.about.com/b/2012/11/05/mexico-travel-myth-4-ill-have-to-share-the-bus-with-chickens.htm Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:27:27 +0000 2012-11-05T02:27:27Z