im rly mad Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I am currently a university student in the US and I have been looking around for ways to get out of the country and explore and gain some life experience- just something out of my shell. I don't really want to drop a lot of money on anything, I desperately want to travel around but is the only way to do that to drop $2,000 on a plane ticket out of here? Is there any sort of program I can participate in as a student that will help me travel around that isn't ridiculously expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDress Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Can you define "travel around" for us? Do you have a length of time in mind? A destination? Where in the US are you? Are you open to Canada/Mexico? Do you have a car? Do you specifically want to volunteer? Or is leisure travel ok too? Volunteer tourism (where you go to Africa or something and build a well for a village, for example) is actually quite expensive and will run you much, much more than $2,000. The issue is that they have to insure you and train you. While it's a lovely idea, it's actually more expensive for them to do this and less helpful (in some ways) than simply donating money where they can hire a local who will STAY at the job (less re-training). And by donating money, you are helping their local economy. So... are you looking to volunteer? Or are you looking to see the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypseDreams Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Have you looked into the peace corp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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