For the past decade, tuition across the spectrum has been increasing every year globally. Over the past three years alone, college tuition has increased on an average of 3% a year! Although many college students are saving all those pennies and quarters to pay for their college tuition, it doesn’t mean there should be a ban on globe-trotting. Travelling is one of the best things that a young adult can do for themselves. As people get older, settle down, get a job and have more commitments to fulfill, traveling becomes harder. Young people should seize their youth and travel to their heart’s content; many articles have shown that one of the biggest regrets dying people have is that they never got to travel while they had the chance.
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Every inch of this earth holds an experience of a lifetime that can help meld one into their perfect future self.
Travelling to foreign lands can be a real eye opener to all the different things the world has to offer. Like being tossed straight into the fire, travelling throws people into the heart of culture hotbeds different from home and forces them into new situations. Finding new friends, uncovering new flavors, and scaling mountains higher than skyscrapers are only some of the situations which might be encountered! Such experiences are memories that many travelers hold dear for the rest of their lives, even to their deathbed.
Having been a poor college student myself, I know the very troubles that might come along with travelling. Accommodation, food and travel costs can take a heavy hit on a college student’s wallet. On top of that, with the heavy course load that comes along with being a college student, students may be discouraged with their ability to travel. In the end, these problems are nothing more than excuses. With proper planning and guidance, traveling can be done without breaking the bank.
The process before traveling can be as daunting as travelling itself. Still, with hard work and proper preparation, travelling is well within the average college student’s grasp. These series of articles will show some of the best means and methods I have discovered on my travels to get the most college savings even while travelling the world. Having traveled to South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan this year alone as a college student, I have learned not only important lessons which to build my life upon but also some of the most efficient ways to travel.
Gary Chen Stony Brook University
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