Travel?

asdfjkl1 · 04-21-2008, 12:33 AM

What would you say is the easiest way to travel in college without going 100% broke? Or the way with the most fun?

In the New York Times this weekend, they had an interesting thing.

Quote:

TAKING A BREATHER ON PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO, LISBON, PORTUGAL, APRIL 4, 2008 Joanna Beaufoy, 19, with her friend Thomas Petit, 20, both students at Cambridge University, toward the end of their five-day hitchhiking trip from Paris to Lisbon. “We actually came up with the idea after a few drinks. In English university there’s something called ‘Jailbreak,’ where you have to get as far as you can in a week and back, without spending any money, for charity. I was living in Paris over the holidays so we started there. I wanted to stand outside the Arc de Triomphe — I thought it would be hilarious to stand there dressed as a hitchhiker. That didn’t work, so we walked down the Champs Élysées, and then a man stopped and took us on our first hitch. I think we took 27 lifts, 9 of which were in big lorries. The whole trip was all these random experiences, meeting so many different people who were all really kind to us. We didn’t have any aggressive remarks, unpleasant experiences. It all went off completely without a hitch.” As told to Austin Considine

Has anyone attempted this? Found a better way? Please share/discuss!

Bourne · 04-21-2008, 12:51 AM

I don't think people would want to try? We've all watched one too many Bud light axe commercials.

kelseyg · 04-21-2008, 01:33 AM

Plane tickets to europe are really expensive and the dollar isn't doing well. If you want to travel on a budget I'd stick to the US and Mexico/Canada (depending on where you live.)

But that really depends on how much money you can spend before going broke, maybe a European trip isn't out of the question.

CDN_dancer · 04-21-2008, 01:34 AM

One of my friends living in the UK did that Jailbreak event and had a blast. I can't remember how far she ended up...think somewhere in Germany?

Edit: That hitchhiking idea though probably isn't as easy/safe to do in the US/Canada though...just thought I'd throw in an endorsement for the UK event

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burgler09 · 04-21-2008, 03:21 AM

Tickets to europe are pretty expensive, but after the plane ticket it really isn't so bad. What you do is you go to Europe with a backpack and you can stay in hostels which can cost from 5-20 dollars a night. Just live cheap go to some bars and meet a bunch of people it owuld be a lot of fun like that. You can get what is called a Europass for 500 dollars and its a train ticket that will take you through i think 11 different countries over either a 1 or 3 month span.. I can't remember. I've been looking to doing this but I decided to do a study abroad in France instead... if that doesn't work out I'm going to do this the summer after I graduate.