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. 

You still do not have any plan for this summer ?

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Summer Trip in China

Summer Trip in China

We organize a great trip in China which aims at promoting cultural exchange and educational travel in China for students. We took the time to create this trip according to students interests. When you travel with us we care about you and the details. What is important for you is important for us. We offer you a safe experience and an educational impact on your future.

This summer trip is especially for students who would like to study or travel in China. We know that it is difficult to visit an university in China when you are abroad that is why during this trip we give you the opportunity to visit four universities. At the same time, it is the best opportunity to discover China as you have never seen before. You will discover China through activities and excursion. It is a unique experience that you won’t forget for a lifetime. You will discover amazing places, experience a new culture, enjoy the local cuisine and visit different universities. This tour is the best way to help students gain new cultural experience and make them more open-minded.

The program : *From 6^thAugust to 19^th August 2017*

You won’t travel in only one city but in four wonderful cities in China. During 14 days you will be in total immersion among Chinese language and culture while visiting Beijing, Xi’an, Huai’an and Nanjing. 

The incredible program includes to visit the ancient Heritage of China (The Great Wall, The Terracota Army, Sun Yat-Sen Mausoleum, Tieshan Temple…) and to participate to different activities for example, learning Chinese Kong Fu, learning how to make Chinese Dumplings or how to write Chinese calligraphy. 

Benefits :

• This trip will provide you so much fun as well as unforgettable friends and memories. 
• You could get $1320 scholarship from the universities.

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How to Make Your Life Easier in China

Some handy tips and experiences from a student in Beijing

1. Get your student card as early as possible

Even if it means annoying the university, keep pushing them to give you your student card as soon as possible, because at most universities you can use this card in the school shops, canteens and also in the library, so it’ll make your life a lot easier if you had this sooner rather than later. I didn’t receive mine a few years ago until I’d already been in China for a month, the amount of I.O.Us I had was unbelievable! All joking aside you can always just use your friend’s card and give them the physical money, but it’s just handy to have your own, you can grab lunch or dinner really quickly instead of waiting at a local restaurant.

2. Get your subway card early and keep an eye on the credit!

Quite often I found myself trying to get onto the subway and being blocked by the gate due to not enough credit on my card, turning around and seeing at least 30 people in the queue at the ticket office and wanting to cry. So make sure that you top up your card at night, avoid rush hour, or try the smaller stations or exit booths, as less people will be wanting to top up their card there! And if you’re on a bus and don’t have enough, then you’ll have to pay with notes or coins, and if you don’t have any then you can’t get on!

3. Set up a Chinese Bank account at a foreign friendly area.

Even though you’ll be finding yourself waiting in a longer queue to be served, setting up a bank account at a foreign friendly branch is ideal because you won’t have any of that awkward pointing and looking at each other blankly trying to work out what the other person said. You can also ask them to set up everything for you, for example Bank of China allows you to have mobile banking, online banking and also physical banking, you don’t have to pay for the extra so just ask for it all!

4. Get a Chinese SIM card as soon as possible

Ask one of your friends, or go to a store that happily accepts foreigners, like unicom (for example the airport) and get a Chinese sim card, because you’ll find that in lots of areas like shopping malls or restaurants, the software to enable wifi will often ask for your mobile phone, and quite often it only works for Chinese numbers, you can also link this number to your Chinese bank account to set up other accounts like wechat pay, alipay, and even accounts on taobao, it’s so important that you do this to avoid a big hole in your bank!

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