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By Valerie Tort

Students are looking forward to their semester break less than three months from now. Thoughts of having a barkada out-of-town trip this coming sembreak are springing out of their minds to give theirselves a break from the grueling challenges in school.

Student travels must be well-planned ahead of time to ensure a fun, safe, and memorable outing with your classmates.

Arm yourselves with these tips for your much awaited backpacking:

• Pick your top three destination places during your sembreak. Make a research on the location of your outing. Ask your parents, call some relatives or friends who can help you orient on the place your group wished to visit.

• Take into consideration your financial situation and the possible expenses in your outing. Do you have your own money to spend for your trip? How much will you be asking for your parents?

• To help the students determine more or less the cost of their trip, itemize the travel expenses: food, lodging, transportation, pocket money (for souvenirs and other items to be bought), medical expense (just to be sure in case any emergency arises), and safety money (This is not meant to be spent unless for urgent situations such as increase in the room rates, or additional transportation expense.)

• To be sure your estimated budget for the trip is enough, call the hotel, pension house or your choice of board and lodging to ask for their room rates. Also call the bus terminal or the airlines (if traveling outside Manila or out of the country) to provide you with the prices of the transportation plus the travel tax.

• Since most student outings are on a distinctive budget, make sure you pack all your necessities to cut down on extra miscellaneous expense.

• You and your classmates can create your own itinerary to make the most out of your trip. An itinerary is helpful so you will not miss out on any famous or historical spots to be seen.

• As much as possible, leave your official school identification card at home and bring other IDs. This will minimize the problem in case you lost your ID.

• Secure all your documents and tickets in a pouch. It is easier for a student to find and present the necessary travel documents if placed in a separate bag.

• Double check your belongings before you leave the house. Make a checklist beforehand to help the student in locating items inside the bag. The checklist is also advantageous in making sure there are no items forgotten for your travel.

• Bring a small phonebook containing all the phone numbers (landline and mobile number) of your loved ones. Call them often and let them know where exactly you and your classmates are. This gesture will lessen their worries while you are having fun.

These are some of the pointers to take into consideration while traveling with your buddies. Traveling is one of the best learning experiences a student can have since they will become acquainted with different places, cultures, and events in their travel destination.

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