college travel budget

Columbia university in New York

By the time you are going to college and haven't had the opportunity to travel, go to college away from your home. You could always study somewhere abroad and then go to college back home, but to restrict your self from seeing other parts of the world and then expect yourself to have your whole life mapped out based around the comfort of your town. .Sometimes money is definitely an issue, because traveling is not cheap. there are ways to still travel when you have little money......

5 ways to travel semi-broke

- Save Money and Travel

-Study Abroad

-Go on a Mission Trip

-Volunteer Abroad

-find a Job/Internship Abroad

Plan your travel trip efficiently and inexpensively by

- going with a group

- stay in fewer hotels, and opt for the cheaper accommodations

-buy your food at local markets instead of restaurants

Traveling as a young adult offers many benefits like gaining knowledge you wouldn't gain at home. Also traveling gives you experiences with friends or roommates that won't happen as easy when you have a job and families. Enjoying your freedoms, in college you have a lot of responsibilities but when you graduate you will have even more responsibilities. Take advantage of your young age and free time and do something with it.

If you don't get the opportunity or time to travel your life isn't destroyed, there will be plenty more opportunities when your older, just make sure to take them.