10 TIPS BEFORE TRAVELING ABROAD

                               

Summer is coming and you don’t know how to prepare your travel. Enjoy your safe trip by preparing it well. Generally, there is a lot of things we need to remember. Here you will find the 10 most useful tips you must not forget to do before your departure. 

Make a copy of important documents 

Make several photocopies of all your important documents (for example : Passport) in case you lose your original documents. You also can scan them. Leave one in your purse, one in your luggage, one with a trusted friend or a family member and one copy in your hotel room. 

Tell your bank you will be abroad 

Before you go, you have to contact your bank. When you will withdraw money abroad, your bank needs to know in which country you are traveling and in case of emergency. Don’t forget to prepare you money few days before. In foreign countries for example in England, you need to change your money. Pay attention to the exchange rates. 

Get insured  

Accident can happen. You must be covered abroad. Pay health insurance in case of emergency it is always a great decision to get insured. In foreign hospitals, patients often need to pay in cash. Moreover, before traveling, you should visit a doctor to find out what kind of health precautions you must take in the country you want to go. You will probably need vaccinations. 

Check your passport 

In case, you have a passport you must check the date of validity. It must be valid for at least six months after you come back home. 

If you don’t have a passport, hurry up and apply for it right now ! Basically, it takes 3 weeks or 1 month to receive your passport. 

                               

Visas 

You will probably need a visa for your trip but it depends on your destination. Don’t hesitate to check on the Internet or contact directly the embassy of the foreign country for more information. 

Basic First Aid 

In your first Aid you need to prepare important medicines because you may not have access to medicines when traveling abroad. 

Mobile phone 

Check in advance if your phone will work in the country where you plan to go. Contact your service provider about the costs of receiving and making calls abroad. Download free applications (Whatsapp, Wechat, Viber) in order to get in touch with your family at any time without paying anything. 

Keep a copy of your hotel address  

Before you leave, make a copy of your hotel address in case you lose your road. You can also write on your phone the address and the number phone of the hotel. Don’t forget to look at the itinerary from the airport until the hotel. 

Arrive early to the airport 

If you do not want to miss your flight go 2 or 3 hours early to the airport.  If you want to avoid In summer you are not the only one to take a flight. 

Separate your money 

Do not keep so much money with you. Get more money in more than one location. Separate your money in different places like in your luggage, in your purse or in your hotel. It is strongly recommended to do not keep your credit card and  your cash at the same place when you are not in your hotel. During your trip, be attentive to leave your cash in a safe place. 

Finally, be open-minded and positive during your trip. It could be a great summer holidays. 

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Studying and Working Abroad：Why You Should Do It

Studying and Working Abroad: Why You Should Do It

It has been now three years since I have left home, right after high school, to start my experience abroad. I went to two different universities in the UK and Denmark and I am now interning a Chinese company in Beijing for the next three months and I am surely planning to keep going.  Here are the main reasons why you should also go abroad without hesitation.

1- It’s NOT as expansive as you think

Do your research. There are many deals and opportunities out there that will save you a lot of money. To give you few examples from my own experience, I’ve found out searching the internet that the Scottish government was paying for the universities’ tuition fees of every student from the EU which led me to enroll in one of them for free. When I did my exchange year in Copenhagen, I was receiving 300 euros a month from the Erasmus program and had no tuitions fees to pay. Another great example is the Chinese government who offer scholarshipshttps://plus.google.com/116009838788976199635/posts/93s1UeApm7v to foreign students coming to China and cover their tuition fees as well as all other expenses including rent but also pay them extra money each month!

2- It makes your CV looks great 

Nowadays, the job market is so competitive that you have to distinguish yourself from the rest in order to catch the attention of potential employers and experiences abroad are a critical asset for this matter. As a rule of thumb, the younger you leave and the further away you go from home the more valuable you become to them.

3- You will learn English no matter what… 

When going abroad as you meet other foreigners or locals, you will find yourself speaking and hearing English everywhere. You will then be inevitably learning it faster than you ever did at school and you’ll realize how important this language can be.

 4-…and other extremely valuable skills for the future

Going abroad definitely gets you out of your comfort zone as you’ll have to adapt to new cultures, make new friends, and do things by yourself. It might be hard, especially at the beginning but in return you’ll become independent, flexible and a proactive thinker.

To quickly sum it up, these three past years have been the most interesting one of my life where I had learn and had fun the most and that is why I would advise to anyone without exception to go for it