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With long summer holidays and gap years travelling can be an essential experience of student life. The following page offers links covering all types of student travel, information on gap years, some of the best student travel deals, plus student travel advice:
Student travel advice (for Gap Years, working abroad, volunteering, teaching english abroad or language courses including TEFL please visit our Careers page).
Association of British Travel Agents - here you can check ABTA's 2300 member companies and the destinations they cover.
is a leading cheap travel insurance specialist which was established in 1988. By selling direct to the public, they cut out the middle man and can save customers up to 60% in commissions charged by other providers.
Book hostels and tours through Hostelworld:
Hostelbookers - search and book budget accommodation in over 110 countries.
Expedia - search 80,000 accommodation properties worldwide.
Hotels.com is the Internet's largest specialised provider of accommodations worldwide, offering savings of up to 70% off regular hotel rates.
Skoosh is one of the fastest growing travel sites on the web offering only the most popular hotels at the lowest prices. With thousands of hotels in nearly 2000 cities around the world.
- scan realtime availability of 20,000+ discounted hotels and apartments world-wide then book online!
1-2-Book Hotels - instant room availability and discount hotel reservations for hotels in Europe.
- search for low airfares.
- search millions of discounted fares on 450 airlines with the UK's largest online travel agent.
British Airways is a full service global airline, offering year-round low fares with an extensive global route network flying to and from centrally located airports.
ebookers.com is Europe's leading 24-hour travel store with millions of discounted flights, hotels, holidays and car hire.
- compare airfares with 500 airlines!
- compare all the ferry companies in one place!
Airport Transfers London - transfers to and from all of Londons airports at low fixed prices, fully licensed company.
on car hire from Expedia.
ebookers.com is Europe's leading 24-hour travel store offering discounted car hire.
Any Car Hire are specialist in car rentals and offer cheap car hire in over 40 countries including car hire UK, Europe, USA, Asia and car hire Worldwide.
Check rail times and fares with The Train Line:
Rail Europe for sleeper ski trains to the Alps or European summer inter-railing passes.
Cheap4Ferries offers competitive online bookings for all the leading ferry operators on major ferry routes to France, Spain, Ireland, Holland and the Channel Islands.
P&O Ferries for cruises and ferry crossings.
Eurail - a vital reference for those looking to inter-rail across Europe.
- National Express’ scheduled coach network offers easily the best value way to travel to 1200 destinations throughout the UK, to airports and into Europe. Their website offers easy access to a journey planner as well as printable e-tickets. Upon purchasing a discount card, they offer discounts for students and under 25s.
Stray Travel - here you can find out about cheap bus journeys around Europe.
Expedia Maps - includes maps of places around the world.
If you know of any other good student travel websites then please let us know by filling in the form on the feedback page.
Lonely Planet Publications - for the definitive travel guides, and free delivery.
Brochure Rack provide a brochure request service for travel and holiday tour operators.
BUNAC offer worldwide work and travel programmes for young people.
Camp America is for the adventurous type who fancy a cheap summer in the states taking care of American kids.
Council on International Educational Exchange - details on how to travel in USA, Canada and Australia.
eDreams - most of the holidays featured here are beyond a student's budget, but it provides a good insight into many activities and destinations.
Fit for Travel - provides excellent travel health information.
The Foreign Office website features specific information and advice about each country.
Global Volunteer Network - place volunteers in community projects in China, Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, Romania, Russia, Thailand, and Uganda.
Global Wanderers run football holidays overseas.
International Student Travel Confederation - ISTC is a confederation of student travel organisations from around the world. Their members provide student flights, student cards, travel insurance, work exchange programmes and more. Find your local International Student Identity Card (ISIC) issuer here.
Lonely Planet - provides worldwide destination guides.
Lost Luggage Tales - A unique international travel guide with resources and advice for the discerning independent budget traveler.
Planet Reunited - find lost travelling mates and keep in touch on a budget.
Pure Australia is an invaluable resource providing gap year travel advice for backpackers visiting Australia.
Rough Guide Travel - includes online travel guides.
Socrates-Erasmus is a scheme which provides grants for students following a course of higher education in one participating European country who wish to study part of their course in another participating European country.
Study Options is a unique independent education agency that helps students from the UK choose and apply to their dream undergraduate degree, postgraduate degree, gap year course or internship in New Zealand and Australia.
Trip Advisor provides free, unbiased reviews on where to go, where to stay and what to do, in thousands of cities worldwide.
Virtual Tourist - a comprehensive member driven online travel guide book for the world.
World Challenge Expeditions is the leading provider of leadership, teamwork and personal development training for young people.
Youth International is an experiential education programme which focuses upon international travel and inter-cultural exchange, adventure and community service.
Student travel insurance
Hotel Club - save up to 60% off rooms in over 25 000 hotels in 120 countries!
Laterooms is the hotel industry late booking database with over 500,000 discount hotel rooms and up to 70% off thousands of room rates in 4 star and 5 star hotels, bed and breakfasts, guesthouses, apartments and luxury accommodation in the UK, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide.
HotelPronto.com offers over 45,000 hotels to book online in 7,500 destinations throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Cottages Online - book online for thousands of cottages across the UK, France & Ireland.
Amsterdam hotels - discount hotels in Amsterdam
Barcelona hotels - discount hotels in Barcelona
Barcelona Hotels - all Barcelona Hotels with instant reservation.
Bed UK list a directory of bed and breakfast places around Britain.
Berlin Hotels
Brussels Hotels
Copenhagen Hotels
Czechpoint is a tour operator that specialises in booking accommodation and activity holidays in the Czech Republic. The site features some bargain offers for students.
Edinburgh Hotels - discount Hotels in Edinburgh.
Hotels in Ireland - Irish accommodation and hotel booking service.
Eurocamp offer cheap camping and self-catering holidays abroad that are relaxed and flexible.
Europe Hotels
Florence Hotels - reserve online for all available hotels in Florence, Italy with seasonal Promotional Rates. Easy to find hotel by Points of Interest.
Hotels Worldwide
Istanbul Hotels - offers all kind of hotels,especially in the old historic part of Istanbul and the business center is Taksim, Laleli and also in the other parts of the city.
Jarvis Hotels - one of the UK's largest hotel companies with 71 hotels in 64 locations and some 7000 bedrooms.
London hotels features hotels in London, heathrow hotels, stansted hotels, luton hotels, gatwick hotels, also Wales, Scotland and Ireland!
London hotels - World Stay - booking hotels in London couldn't be easier with instant confirmed online bookings.
Hotels in London - accommodation in London hotels. Periodically updated special offers.
New York hotels - discount hotels in New York
Nice Hotels - cheap, budget and luxury hotels in Nice, France.
Paris hotels - cheap, discount and last minute hotels in Paris
Prague Hotels
Prague Hotel Reservation - search hotel rooms in the Czech Republic.
Princesa Villa Rentals - Costa Blanca villa rentals.
Rome hotels - discount hotels in Rome
Sydney hotels - discount hotels in Sydney
To book - for online hotel reservations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, London, Berlin, Madrid and many other cities in Europe.
Travel Check - a UK online hotel and travel guide.
Travel UK provide a searchable database on hotels, b&b's, self catering accomodation, camping and caravans in the UK.
Vienna Hotels - discount hotels and on-line booking.
Washington DC Hotels Online - be online with DC's Only Interactive Hotel Reservation Service.
Vienna Hotel Reservation - search hotel rooms in Austria.
Villa Kantara Javea - stunning villa to rent in Javea on Spain's Costa Blanca.
Student flights/Holiday packages/Tours
Virgin Atlantic is the second largest long haul airline in the UK and with their awesome inflight entertainment a good choice for those long flights.
Airline Network - for great worldwide flight offers, this is my personal favourite for finding cheap deals!
Excel Airways fly to over 40 destinations across Spain, The Canaries, The Balearics, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Caribbean. Excel Airways fly from five cities in the United Kingdom including London Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow. £5 discount for users booking online.
flybe. fly away for less!
- the low fares airline.
Lastminute.com - flight, hotel, car hire deals and more.
Fly BMI for cheap flights to Europe and the USA.
Cheap Airplane Ticket Search
Cheap Flights - list the lowest air fares available to your selected destination.
Cheap Flight Deals - a resource of cheap flights, accommodation and car hire.
Cheap Flights 123 - offers online booking of airline tickets, accommodation, and holidays/vacations.
Cheap Online Flights features cheap flights, late package deals, car hire, airport parking and hotel bookings.
Easyjet - the low cost, no frills airline.
Flights Direct - part of Barrhead Travel, who are one of the UK's largest truly independent travel agencies - independent of any one tour operator.
Fly Park - See the savings comparison online. Secure 24 hour security.
- fly to Europe from 19 euros!
- fly to Europe from 4 UK regional airports for the price of a taxi!
Holidays over the net - enables you to search by type of holiday required.
Karibuni - small group adventure & multi activity weekends in the UK plus ski and snowboarding in the French Alps.
Monarch Airlines offers great value flights to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and the Canaries.
On the Fly Travel - features search engines for cheap flights, discount hotels and car rental.
Outgoing - is a leading student tour operator specialising in European group travel.
Purple parking - discount airport parking across the UK.
Ryanair - the bargain Irish airline.
Turkey & Greece Tour Operator - for hotels and cruises across Turkey and Greece.
Skydeals - as part of the Thomson travel group it offers specially negotiated airfares on hundreds of scheduled and charter airlines.
Student Flights - special offers for flights, hotels, rail travel, car hire and travel insurance especially for students and under 25's.
Vagabond - run four-wheel drive adventure tours of ireland.
Car hire
Car rentals.co.uk - through agreements with service partners including Alamo, Hertz, Budget, Thrifty and Europcar, www.carrentals.co.uk offers customers a choice of over 4,000 rental locations worldwide.
Easy Car from Stelios.
AutoReservation.Com - save up to 60% by comparing quotes on major car rental suppliers all from one site.
On Airport Car Hire - for cheap holiday car hire from £7 per day, part of First Choice.
Alamo has more than 180,000 vehicles available serving more than 15 million travellers annually, through 1248 different locations in 43 countries.
Budget combines the strength of one of the world's largest car rental brands together with the detailed local knowledge, flexibility and great value for money.
Hertz - the #1 car rental operator.
Airline Network - car hire deals.
National Car Rental is the largest car rental company in the UK with the largest fleet (over 40,000 vehicles), a wide range of models and more than 170 branches across the UK; all at competitive prices.
Car Rental Cape Town - Cape Town car rental by Value Car Hire - lowest prices and highest quality service car hire and rentals in Cape Town.
Cyprus Car Hire Rental offers low-cost rental car hire in Cyprus.
Eurotunnel - check availability and then book online.
London Transport offer student discounts on their bus and tube travel across London.
- save money and avoid the queues by booking rail tickets online.
The Tube has a journey planner and lists the latest delays and engineering disruptions on the underground.
Timetables - Railtrack's fast search engine of national rail timetables.
Virgin Trains - the national intercity rail operator. Check timetables and book online here.
How Far Is It - measure the distances between worldwide destinations.
Mapblast - a good reference point for worldwide maps.
Streetmap - displays excellent local UK maps online.
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