<p>soozivet- You asked how kids pay to fly wherever for senior trips. It varies alot. I flew to Ohio to visit friends, and I did it on a free ticket my dad had that was about to expire. I did call ahead and plan when people would pick me up and take me to and from the airport and people’s houses.</p>
<p>Most of my friends traveling out of the country had parents pay, at least partially. Some of them chose less prestigious colleges with more merit money, so parents are more willing to contribute. One in particular has almost everything paid for, so her parents didn’t mind spending $1500 for her to fly to Spain for a semieducational stay (she loves Spanish art and may do a minor in Spanish). Three of my friends are going unsupervised to China for a month, which I think is an accident waiting to happen (only one speaks Chinese at all). Two of them have parents paying, and the third got a part time job during the school year and agreed with her parents to cover half the cost. This is all in a rather diverse suburb of a big city.</p>