Posts Tagged ‘travel’

Making The Most Of Your Summer

Making The Most Of Your Summer

Well, the greatest time of the year is almost here. No, not Christmas, but summer vacation.  For many of us, finals are just around the corner and this upcoming week will be filled with energy drinks and long nights. However, after the long battle against final exams is over comes the long awaited summer. Most ...

Prepare For Spring Break Travel With The 5 Best Travel Apps

Prepare For Spring Break Travel With The 5 Best Travel Apps

Planning your Spring Break trip is essential to its success. While you might be cramming for midterms and pull all-nighters for your 12-page essays, it’s okay to do a little research for your upcoming trips when you take a coffee break. During that time, get your device connected to the Internet, and download these handy ...

How To Plan Your Adventures

How To Plan Your Adventures

Adventures. They’re highly prized and for good reason. They’re awesome and different and they sound especially appealing when you’re bored on your couch watching Amish Mafia. That said, however, you need to follow a few basic rules to make sure they go well. 1. Escape Clause The most important thing you need in any plan ...

How to Buy the Right Bike for You

How to Buy the Right Bike for You

In the market for a new bike? We’ve got you covered. Getting around on a college budget can be rough. One of the most cost-effective forms of transportation is riding a bike; one initial investment can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars that would otherwise be spent on gas or bus fare. Plus ...

Don’t Do These 5 Things When Studying Abroad

Don’t Do These 5 Things When Studying Abroad

Before you pack your suitcases, it can be easy to idealize the life you’re going to live in Paris, Rome, or Beijing, but the reality is, once you land in your new temporary home abroad, you can quickly become intimidated by the reality of living in a new place. It’s easy to fall into the ...

How Safe Is Your GPA From Studying Abroad?

How Safe Is Your GPA From Studying Abroad?

As you walk around the study abroad fair where fifty different programs are vying for your attention and tuition dollars and pick up the brochure for the semester in Morocco or a year in Beijing, you get a nagging feeling. I don’t speak Chinese or Arabic. Even if you’ve been studying the language since freshman ...

The Latest & Greatest Resources Online

The Latest & Greatest Resources Online

Bookmarking useful websites in college is on every student’s to do list. Unfortunately, shuffling through your pages and organizing your online tools can be a hassle for everyone. When organizing my own weekly bookmarks this morning, I lost track of time and ended up spending 2+ hours picking the right pages, organizing by categories and, ...

7 Unconventional Ways To Save Money While Traveling

7 Unconventional Ways To Save Money While Traveling

Whether you want to study abroad, visit a new state or go a few hours from home, traveling is costly. All the money you saved up from tedious hours of work, can be blown through within minutes when not aware of how to finance your travels properly. In order to allow for a sweet vacation ...

5 Essential iOS Games For Killing Time

5 Essential iOS Games For Killing Time

Whether you’re traveling cross-country, sitting around campus waiting for a class to start, or just an iOS game addict, here are 5 games you should probably be playing to kill a few hours of your day. Field Runners 2 Field Runners is a tower defence game based on the traditional style of a majority of TD games, ...

101 Study Abroad Hacks—A Cheat Sheet

101 Study Abroad Hacks—A Cheat Sheet

Thinking of studying abroad, but not sure what you need to do to have the best semester you possibly can? Whether you’re going to an non-English speaking country, participating in a formal study abroad program, or thinking about doing a master’s program abroad, here are 101 ways to make your semester memorable. Choose your study ...

TweetMemeFace+: TripIt Makes Social Travel a Breeze

TweetMemeFace+: TripIt Makes Social Travel a Breeze

If you’re planning a trip over your winter break (I’m going to Dollywood!), TripIt can help you make the process easier. I’ve written about the site before, but in a nutshell, it’s a hub in which to organize your flights, travel plans during your vacation, and information about the weather. The interface is easy-to-use and ...

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