April 22, 2013 - 8:49pm
Campus Corner: Real advice from real students
BY KAT CARTWRIGHT
Studying abroad this spring or summer? Well, if you’re one of the many students packing their bags and heading overseas, you definitely want to check out Realabroad.com. A website founded by recent Colgate University graduates, Realabroad.com prides itself on being a website for students, by students. What exactly does that mean? Well, by requiring a .edu email address in order to sign up and with a staff comprised completely of student writers, the travel advice found on Realabroad.com is aimed at you — the college student.
A website solely targeted at students, Realabroad.com offers answers for every study abroad student’s concerns. On the website you can find everything from safety tips, to a list of the best bars and restaurants in a city, to advice on staying within your budget. Although at first much of the content seems to be directed at students traveling to Barcelona, Florence, Prague and Rome, if you check out the website’s Blogroll you can find advice from students who have been everywhere, from Hong Kong to Keflavik, Iceland, and, of course, an abundance of destinations around Europe. Throughout the numerous articles in the Blogroll, you’ll find advice from students both living in and travelling around foreign countries.
Whether you’re looking to plan a trip in advance or looking for some undiscovered tourist destinations in the city you’re in, Realabroad.com is the perfect website for students travelling around the world.
Kat Cartwright can be reached at katcartw@umich.edu.
