Trip to the Netherlands, flights, etc.?
I want to go to the Netherlands. I'm a college student so... what's the cheapest way?? I'm looking to go either this Christmas break or else during the summer around May or June. I haven't a clue as to how to start preparing for the trip. Any help is appreciated!
Netherlands - 5 Answers
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Contact a travel agent.
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how about doing some google searchs or expedia, or travelocity...geez
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shop around budget airlines that fly from your area. I've paid between £30 - £50 flying to Amsterdams Schipol. prices tend to be lower during the winter. Just remember that the temperature is usaly between 1-5 degrees celcius in winter! The price of accomodation all depends on what you are looking for. if all you want is a place to shower and sleep i'd recomend a hostel as they are so cheap.If you dont want to share a dorm there are usally private rooms that you can book which are a little more expensive. From my experiance the cheapest hotels are at least double the cost of a hostel and not much better. Find a hostel where there is a buffet breakfast included in the price so you can eat as much as you can and maybe take some with you for the day as food can be expensive in tourist areas. check out sites like hostelworld.com Take your student card with you as many places offer a discount on admision for students especially in Amsterdam as it is a University city. There are plenty of cheap places to visit just do a bit of research before you go. Beer is not that cheap so if you are planing to do a lot of drinking make sure you budget for it!
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Please don't come! We don't want any more cases of swine-flu! And I don't care if you don't have it now, just don't come!
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
How to raise $4,575 in about a year?
How to raise $4,575 in about a year?
So I need to raise 4,575 in year for my exchange student program to The Netherlands. Any and all help would be so welcome! Okay eww to the first!! Thanks for the second, and the third, yeah right not going to happen. Im not going anywhere near Amsterdam
Netherlands - 2 Answers
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Try a "cause" page on Facebook. Host an "ask" dinner. There is a great book on organizing "ask dinners". Sounds fun! Good luck.
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That is a lot of money to raise additionally even if you have in a fulltime salary. The one practical route would be to try to find sponsorship from a local company. However you would need to set out a well considered case that would appeal to them e.g. why do you want to do it, what would be the benefit to you (e.g. your future, education, international outlook) and of course what benefit to them - e.g. could you get your local newspaper to run an article on you. This is publicity and companies love publicity On top of this look at other ways. Of course a part-time and summer job is one obvious way. Then look at all the things you have and what you don't need anymore, and try selling them on Ebay. Ask your parents to support you ie that you do more household chores and ask them if they would give you money for them to help you meet your goal It's a big ask for a year, so you might have to consider postponing it for longer, but of course it is worth a go. If you want it hard enough and are determined and enthusiastic then anything is possible.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Recycling in the Netherlands?
Recycling in the Netherlands?
Where and how can I recycle paper/plactic and glass bottles/batteries/ milk and juice cartons in the Netherlands? I am going to live in a student room/apartment. And how much does it generally cost to deposit a shopping cart? Do I have to prepare the change beforehand? I read a few on wikipedia so please, dont provide me a link there. Thanks for answering. typo : plastic bottle
Netherlands - 2 Answers
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Most supermarket carts will work on € 0,50 coins, €1.00 coins and some also on €2,00 coins. There are also special cart tokens around, that will work them. If you are in a supermarket without the right coin you can always ask at the reception desk or one of the tills, they will change you money for the right coin. You can recycle glas all over the Netherlands, mostly in big containers in your part of town, often located in the nearest shopping area. There you will often also find a paper container too. Sometimes your town (gemeente reiniging) will collect glass and batteries, as well as paper and green waste, if so, you will get a list with dates once a year. If you do not get that list when you start living in your new house, you can ring the 'gemeente huis', they will send you one or tell you the details. See your (nearest) supermarket for what they accept in recycling, often they have a place to put your batteries, sometimes also for milk jars. The bigger sizes plastic bottles have a deposit system, as do most beer bottles, you mostly return them to the shop you have bought them, or any shop that sells the same brand. Sometimes they also collect the platic bottles that do not have a depostit on them, but not often. But the Netherlands are not great in collecting used plastic and plastified cardboard from milk and juice cartons. Metal is collected with the normal waste and cleaned out before the waste goes into the ovens, (as most waste is burned rather than brought to a dip.)
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The horrendous complications of the recycling system in the Netherlands can be best exemplified by a simple teabag: First, you must remove the tea from the bag, and place that in a compostable rubbish bin, the paper bag should be dried, then recycled in the paper bin. The paper bin is collected according to some arcane schedule derived from the movement of the stars or something, but all dutch people seem to instinctively know when it's paper collection day. I think they learn it at school maybe. The string which is attached to the teabag has to be removed and stored separately. Bizarrely enough, string recycling seems to be handled by the boy scouts, who descend at random, demanding string. The staple which attached the string to the piece of cardboard must be removed, and placed in the metal recycling bin, and finally the card should be separately recycled with the weekly card collection. The byzantine nature of these rules seems to be resolved in practice by dumping everything in a heap of rubbish bags on the street. If you're unsure if you've followed recycling etiquette properly, and are concerned about punishment, the proper thing seems to be to dispose of your rubbish on the next street so no-one can tell where it came from, or dump it outside a fast-food place and blame the foreigners. A proper, less flippant, answer is that you should check with your gemeente (city council) for precise details regarding your local collection and recycling details. The rules vary from city to city, but there's almost always a website which will help (or confuse) you. If you're in student accommodation, there will undoubtedly be some friendly environmentalists on hand to explain the rules, and to insist stridently that you follow them.
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Where and how can I recycle paper/plactic and glass bottles/batteries/ milk and juice cartons in the Netherlands? I am going to live in a student room/apartment. And how much does it generally cost to deposit a shopping cart? Do I have to prepare the change beforehand? I read a few on wikipedia so please, dont provide me a link there. Thanks for answering. typo : plastic bottle
Netherlands - 2 Answers
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Most supermarket carts will work on € 0,50 coins, €1.00 coins and some also on €2,00 coins. There are also special cart tokens around, that will work them. If you are in a supermarket without the right coin you can always ask at the reception desk or one of the tills, they will change you money for the right coin. You can recycle glas all over the Netherlands, mostly in big containers in your part of town, often located in the nearest shopping area. There you will often also find a paper container too. Sometimes your town (gemeente reiniging) will collect glass and batteries, as well as paper and green waste, if so, you will get a list with dates once a year. If you do not get that list when you start living in your new house, you can ring the 'gemeente huis', they will send you one or tell you the details. See your (nearest) supermarket for what they accept in recycling, often they have a place to put your batteries, sometimes also for milk jars. The bigger sizes plastic bottles have a deposit system, as do most beer bottles, you mostly return them to the shop you have bought them, or any shop that sells the same brand. Sometimes they also collect the platic bottles that do not have a depostit on them, but not often. But the Netherlands are not great in collecting used plastic and plastified cardboard from milk and juice cartons. Metal is collected with the normal waste and cleaned out before the waste goes into the ovens, (as most waste is burned rather than brought to a dip.)
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The horrendous complications of the recycling system in the Netherlands can be best exemplified by a simple teabag: First, you must remove the tea from the bag, and place that in a compostable rubbish bin, the paper bag should be dried, then recycled in the paper bin. The paper bin is collected according to some arcane schedule derived from the movement of the stars or something, but all dutch people seem to instinctively know when it's paper collection day. I think they learn it at school maybe. The string which is attached to the teabag has to be removed and stored separately. Bizarrely enough, string recycling seems to be handled by the boy scouts, who descend at random, demanding string. The staple which attached the string to the piece of cardboard must be removed, and placed in the metal recycling bin, and finally the card should be separately recycled with the weekly card collection. The byzantine nature of these rules seems to be resolved in practice by dumping everything in a heap of rubbish bags on the street. If you're unsure if you've followed recycling etiquette properly, and are concerned about punishment, the proper thing seems to be to dispose of your rubbish on the next street so no-one can tell where it came from, or dump it outside a fast-food place and blame the foreigners. A proper, less flippant, answer is that you should check with your gemeente (city council) for precise details regarding your local collection and recycling details. The rules vary from city to city, but there's almost always a website which will help (or confuse) you. If you're in student accommodation, there will undoubtedly be some friendly environmentalists on hand to explain the rules, and to insist stridently that you follow them.
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Help me figure out my European vacation plans! College student on a budget...up for the challenge?
Help me figure out my European vacation plans! College student on a budget...up for the challenge?
I'm trying to plan an itinerary for a three week or so European vacation. I am a 22 year old student and would like to spend less than 2500 (not counting airfare to Europe). I know that's possible, especially in Europe. I'd like to visit England, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Greece. Does anyone else have any other good suggestions? And which parts of these countries are not to be missed? Your input is greatly appreciated!
Other - Europe - 4 Answers
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Get in touch with youre Students Union. USIT they are the International Travel Organisation for Students and will supply you with Cheaper Travel and Accomodation Worldwide. Just show them your Student Card. Hostel Accomodation is cheapest on a Budget. In England see London and Bath go to Wales,go to the Lake district in Cumbria, Try to see Scotland and Edinburgh.In Belgium you have Brussels ,De Groot Market Le Grande Place. The Piss Mannequin The Statue of the little Boy having a Piss and they put different Clothes on him nearly every Day. Then there is the Town of Brugge and Ghent.They have a lot of Festivals throughout the Year, Medieval Pageants etc. In Amsterdam there is the Riksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum, The Anne Frank Museum etc.Anywhere in Italy is Brilliant no matter where you go. There is the Northern Lakes of Laggo Maggiore, Lake Garda ,Lake Como etc.Venice. Florence.Rome. Sorrento.Naples ,Pompei.Ihave not been to Germany yet but Berlin and Dresden and the Munich Beer Festival should be good . Have a nice Vacation Good Luck.
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Parts you shouldn't miss: England : London, York, Bath Italy: Rome, Florence , Venice Germany: Munich Netherlands: Amsterdam Belgium: Brussels Greece: Athens, Mikonos Other suggestions: France: Paris, Normandy Scotland : Edinburgh Spain: Barcelona Austria: Salzburg Czech: Prague And yes 2500 are enough for 3 weeks. Enjoy
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From Germany to Italy its worth spending a day in lovely Salzburg in the Austrian Alps, and going down to Venice by train through the mountains. Then down Italy, and across to Greece by ferry. In Germany the Rhine valley between Mainz and Bonn is really lovely. The vineyard covered hills above the river are full of old walled towns and castles crown almost every corner of the river. Its also right on the direct train route from Amsterdam to German Bavaria and Austria.
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To maximize your experience, look at the low cost airlines (i.e. Ryan Air, German Wings, Easy Jet) to plan your general frame work. For places to stay look up Hostels on the net. For food, stick to pizza stands & donner kababs (ps dont buy any donner in the UK ... in the UK go for the prefab foods in the grocery stores). Use sites like Virtual Tourist to ask people in the know about specific areas. Do your reading and research at your home town library and on the net BEFORE traveling to the sites ... so you dont need a tour guide to tell you what things are. In the UK the great museums are free, but it costs to get into churches (huh?) In the rest of Europe, the churches are free and in many cases outshine the greatest castles and palaces. Dont forget about the parks ... especially in the summer. Lastly, if comming to Europe you need to take the time to visit the great American Cemetaries of WWI & WWII ... it is a life changing experience that must not be missed.
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