High school travel groups?

How do young people travel so often?

• Everywhere I look, myspace, photobucket, school etc. I see photos and hear stories of young people, 18-28, traveling the world.They always appear to be in large groups and usually partying. Many of them have visited as many as 20 countries, even lived in a few. My question is, how can they afford to travel so much. First of all, it's expensive, then there's missing school, work, which results in even less money. I know people like to be spontaneous when young, but spontaneity does not provide money. I hear that in some places, like Australia, it is customary for many students to travel the world after college graduation.How is this done? I have a hard time believing parents pay for these travels, as not all parents are financially able either.Is it simply a matter of spending student loan money or maxing out credit cards? Answers from people who have done it, or are doing it are appreciated.

• Answer:

  well i am 19 and have only visited one place on my own which was new york city. i did travel out of the country on a summer exchange to germany. a lot of kids these days have jobs so that helps a lot. i found i could visit around 5 countries for under $3000. it takes a lot of looking around for deals. not going to expensive hotels, and getting rail passes (travel through many countries). the hostels in the usa are usually pretty bad, but there are a ton of really nice ones throughout europe. one thing i noticed with being in college, is that may is a cheap month to travel before the summer rush begins in june. almost all colleges get off in the first or second week of may so the students could take an advantage of traveling in the cheap month and possibly the first week of june. i went to new york city for three days to see a yankees redsox game for under 500 dollars, flights included. next summer i plan on visiting the countries where my roots are from. ireland, italy, and germany. some kids even visit a lot of european countries if they are an exchange student. sometimes they will get the chance to visit neighboring countries. european countries arent like the usa. germany is only about the size of a missouri and a half, so hopping from one country to another takes very little time. i wouldnt doubt if some kids are maxing out credit cards, and dont realize how huge of a hole they will be in afterwards, but i think most just save up their job money after a year or two of working. also, think how kids dont really have much money they have to spend on needed items. sure there is gas and such, but they dont have to pay house bills, electric bills or anything of that such, so any money they make, they can directly spend it for the trip. hope this helps. and ps. dont get on the student travel sites such as STA Travel, or Student Universe. they are usually more expensive than just getting on a website such as expedia or orbitz. hope this helps. contact me if you need any help