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While the lists below are certainly not comprehensive, they will get you started in preparing for your departure, whether you are looking for how to travel around your destination, or where to look for information on safety in your country of choice.
Travel Agencies and Services
- International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
- Student Universe
- STA Travel
- Kayak.com
- Orbitz
- Travelocity
- Travelzoo
- AESU: Low-cost airfares & tours to Europe
- Lowest Fare.Com
- Expedia travel services
- Easyjet and Ryanair: low-cost airfare within and around Europe. Be wary of additional airport fees.
- Google Flights
Money and Currency
- Go Currency: currency converter and other information on currency and exchange
- Finding ATMs Abroad: Mastercard; Visa
- Avoiding ATM and credit card fees
Travel Guides
- Lonely Planet: online information from one of the leading publishers of guidebooks
- Atlapedia Online: full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world
- Travel Library: travellers' tips and stories -- air travel, bicycling, trains, tourist offices worldwide, and more.
- Virtual Tourist: maps, currency converter, time converter, driving directions, weather forecasts
Other Travel Sites
- Computer-Equipped Travel: resources for everything from roaming Internet access providers to the correct plug adapter for computers
Europe
Transport
- Rail Pass Express: Europe by Eurail and Britain by BritRail
- Bus2Alps - Student Tours through Europe
- Eurail: Cooperation of 30 European Railways
France
- CampusFrance: registration site for French student visa application, with general information on studying and living in France
- Paris
Germany
Scandinavia
- The American-Scandinavian Foundation: educational and cultural exchange between the U.S. and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Spain
United Kingdom
- Study in the UK: links to British educational institutions, scholarships, and other sources of information
- Visit Britain: Official website for travel and tourism in the UK
- UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oceania
Australia
- Australian Government Information
- Study in Australia: official Australian Government site
- Foreign Language and Culture: extensive worldwide links, organized by country and language
- Free Language Podcasts: 30+ languages for listen or download
- BBC Free Online Languages: Lessons, videos in 40 languages
General Study Abroad Sources
- Transitions Abroad: online edition of the work/study/travel overseas magazine
- General Study Abroad Student Handbook: follow links for separate sections on many individual countries.
- World Education Services: foreign credential evaluation service
- Abroad View Magazine: student-written articles on study abroad
- Americans for Informed Democracy (AID): a non-profit, non-partisan organization working to raise global awareness on more than 250 U.S. university campuses and in over 10 countries
- U.S. State Department: tips for students abroad- this is a great site!
- U.S. State Department: to help you prepare
- U.S. State Department: background notes on the countries and regions of the world
- U.S. State Department: register yourself abroad in case of emergency
- U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
- U.S. Passport Services
- U.S. Customs Service
- Embassy.org: embassies and consulates in the US
- Embassyworld: embassies and consulates worldwide
- UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Absentee Ballot Information for US elections