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Last minute spring break flights on a ramen noodle budget

(Deals as of 1/23/18)

If you go to school in the middle of nowhere or in-between a few airports, which one should you make it your business to get to?

I found the academic calendars of over 20 major colleges and universities around the country (thx Google), tracked down their spring break times (#stalkerstyle), and found their closest regional and international airports. From there I just tracked prices flying out of all of those airports, and discovered which ones have the best deals. *All the hubs I found are also the cheapest destinations to and from other hubs.*

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How you can afford to travel abroad: Flight buying guide

Money is just a meaningless social construct of weak and shamelessly uncultured slaves of capitalism, sure, but you can bet your parents’ recently watered down bottles of liquor that it still buys you plane tickets. Here’s how you can do that without secretly selling your roommates textbooks to Chegg.

How I Booked Flights as a Student

This is my tried and true travel method. I wrote an article about how I booked my most recent trip to Spain by doing this so you can see it working in real life.

  1. Figure out when you can travel and PLAN EARLY 

You are obviously restricted to school scheduled breaks and summers off. This is manageable and can be affordable if you book as far in advance as humanly possible. Those dates are always the most expensive, but I have traveled to Europe in August for less than $400 roundtrip because I booked 9 months ahead of time. You have to be willing to start early before the airline begins to collect its data on those routes, and can therefore jack up the prices.

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