Cheap flights
International travel is positively one of my favorite things to do. OK so I've only been to Europe once and Mexico once. Europe with family, and Mexico for Spring Break. But I did leave the party scene in Cancun long enough to really explore some offbeat sights in Mexico, and just being in another culture really does change you a little bit. But with flights to Europe as expensive as they are, I think that is really not bad for a 19 year old. Some people wait their whole life to take one big trip to Europe. At least Americans. It's a shame that Americans do not travel the way Europeans do.
So I seriously intend to go as often as I can for the rest of my life, the experience is just so enriching and enlightening. The thing is to get hooked into student flights, which are cheaper. You have to have a valid student ID, but a student flight to paris can cost less, not much less, but still..... Airfares to Europe are sometimes cheap and sometimes expensive, so I shop around. With student airfare discounts, I see some bargains now and then, but of course I have finals right when the bargains are around. These days it can be tricky to plan international travel. Then during Spring Break, cheap flights are nowhere to be found. I find deals to fly back home, but that is all East Coast. Especially for international flights, the deals seem to come in spurts, and any day now I'm going to catch one.
So should I go to Europe? Rome. Paris. London. The biggies. Done them all. Yes this was a big trip to Europe. Not a student flight at that time, just a big group trip. I don't recommend one of those big tours really, especially if you are young. But my family wanted to do it. I found the schedule too... well... scheduled. I wanted to skip some parts and stay at other places longer. But the tight itinerary does allow you to get all the big sights in a short time. International airfares for 4 of us cost $4000, can you even believe that? But since I wasn't paying, it didn't really sink in how expensive it can be.
I think Turkey. I have a friend with an apartment in Turkey, and that is a hotspot travel destination for Europeans, and still cheap. Anyone been to Turkey?