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3 Entries Tagged with "Independent Travel"

8 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way While Abroad

Posted by admin on July 8, 2015.

Life is all about learning from your mistakes. In this case, you can learn from mine and spare the mess.

#1 Your feet go through their own little culture shock

I always thought I was a relatively active person, before arriving in Europe and exponentially increasing my step count to a … More »

Tags: Study Abroad // London // lessons abroad // tips // Independent Travel // 2015
Why every student abroad in Europe should try and make their way to Morocco

Posted by Andy Steves on May 5, 2015.

There are some places in the world that every travel site or every traveler strongly recommends visiting in Europe: (most of them are covered by WSA’s trips!) Prague, Paris, Greece, Rome… The list goes on and on. One country that gets a handful of students but seems to be underrepresented … More »

Tags: Student Travel // Study Abroad // Independent Travel // budget travel
On My Own….

Posted by Intern on November 11, 2013.

Since I've been over in Europe, I have taken the idea of independent travel (or, more literally, traveling independently) and have embraced it a little more than when I think about it before August. Solo traveling is a concept that either some have shuddered at (like me) or that some have … More »

Tags: Independent Travel // Solo Travel // Rick Steves

Happy Backpackers

This past weekend a group of my friends and I decided to go to Budapest, but wanted to go with a group because we were unsure of what we wanted to do and how to plan our trip. Booking the trip through WSA was the best idea we ever had. It was basically all planned out for us (excluding flights). It was great because there were plenty of things planned for us that were included in the package, but there was also a bit of free time for us to explore the city and do the things we were most interested in. I really enjoyed the caving and thermal baths we visited during our trip! Also the hostel that was booked for us through WSA was great and our tour guide, Bogi, was amazing! I would definitely recommend this trip to everyone and am happy to say that I will be booking more trips with WSA in the future!
Danielle Maclain, Concordia University - Irvine ~ AIFS Richmond, Spring 2015
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