Showing posts with label Travel Advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Advice. Show all posts

Friday, 7 May 2010

Summer Courses - Availability

Are you thinking of enrolling yourself or perhaps your child on a language course this summer? Vite, vite, vite! June, July and August are the busiest months of the year for language courses abroad.

We are regularly updating the website to show you which dates are available and which dates are fully booked. Yet bookings are coming in so fast, a course may show availabilities in the morning and be fully booked by lunchtime. Please do check with us first if you are interested in a specific date. Passez nous un petit coup de fil au +44(0)121 430 7660.

Monday, 16 November 2009

Travel on a Budget

Learning a language in the country where that language is spoken is the best way to learn. Unfortunately it is not cheap. But as everything in life, there are ways of doing it all on a tighter budget. Here are a few recommendations:

1) Time of travel: it is always cheaper to travel outside the peak seasons. Flights tend to be more expensive around school holidays. Some schools charge higher course fees in the summer months.

2) Your chosen destination: choose a destination which you can reach cheaply. Many low cost airlines provide cheap flights to major cities in Europe. It is usually best to book early to get the cheapest fair.

3) Some schools offer cheaper prices than others. It often depends on the location and the size of the school. Ask us for advice.

4) It is of course cheaper to enrol on a standard course than it is on a course combined with an activity or an immersion course.

5) Budget accommodation: some schools offer budget accommodation, many of them require you to share with another student.

Note that prices Experience Language charge are those advertised by the schools. Experience Language does not charge any fees.

Stay in Touch the Cheaper Way

How would we cope without our mobiles phones? Whether for texting or calling they have become a very useful little gadget.

But when abroad ....

Mobile roaming fees are frightening. It is thus worth doing a bit of research before your trip or your child's trip to see what is the best way for you to stay in touch. Note that most language schools have internet access so it is easy to check emails. Most host families have a landline which you or your child can use for incoming calls (within reason).

For those of you who do not need to call or text much, then the best way is probably to use your mobile as a pager. As you can get free texts when abroad you can ask your friends and family to text you if they need to contact you urgently and you can then call them using voip or a "cheap" phone card.

For those of you who may need to call a lot or who travel abroad on many occasions, an international sim card may be more appropriate.

For more information and advice on mobile roaming, read this article from www.moneysavingexpert.com:

Cheap Roaming Calls