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A Place to Call Your Home: Finding the Right Housing While Studying Abroad

November 19, 2011 By admin In Living Abroad, Planning Your Study Abroad

Safe and Convenient Places to Live for Students Studying Abroad

Where you live while studying abroad will dictate the pace of your experience. Your possible options are home stays, student apartments/dorms, and hostels & hotels. Now ask yourself, which is the best and safest way for you to live? Do you want to choose home staying? If not, will you be able to find some prime student housing that would meet your expectations? If you are not sure of your answers, then you may be in trouble. (more…)

A Dollar full of Dimes Cause Budgeting Ain’t Easy

November 17, 2011 By admin In Planning Your Study Abroad

Budgeting for the Studying Abroad Experience: A Dollar full of Dimes Cause Budgeting Ain’t Easy

Save before the trip

Before you can start budgeting for your trip, you need to know how much money you’ll have to work with. The more you can save, the more you can spend, so start saving early! One extra month of saving could

: Put The Money Away For Later

be the difference between being able to afford that weekend trip to Rome. Cut out any unnecessary spending and start putting money aside for your trip. You may have to live on a tight budget for a little while, but it will be worth it to have a comfortable amount of money while abroad. (more…)

Funding Your Study Abroad – Study Abroad Fundraising

November 13, 2011 By admin In Planning Your Study Abroad

Fundraising for Studying Abroad

Many people overlook this our never think about it at all, but this is a perfect way to begin your quest for the fountain of money. This is a somewhat out of the box method but realistically all you’re doing is asking for financial help. Here are some quick and easy ways to begin developing a fund-raising campaign that can yield big payday payoffs helping you bridge the gap and make ends meet. (more…)