Shoestring Travel with a Student ID
Though technically I'm no longer a student, in June of 2008 I picked up an international student ID from a travel agent in Miami Beach that doesn't care to verify enrollment (see the travelogue post: 'Student ID for Discounts').
The card cost me US$22, and below I will be updating the discounts presenting it has entitled me to.
Not all places in the world give discounts for student identification, so this is sort of an experiment in how much a student ID can save a shoestring traveler across several regions of the world during one year. I don't often pay for museums or heritage sites — this is a shoestring budget.
Field key: Date — Savings from Discount (also in USD) — Memo
Slovakia
11 Aug 2008 — 28 Sk ($1.43) — Bus tickets
18 Aug 2008 — 28 Sk ($1.38) — Bus tickets
19 Aug 2008 — 65 Sk ($3.20) — Bus tickets
Hungary
*ISIC card not accepted for bus and rail discounts
Romania
*ISIC card not accepted for bus and rail discounts
25 Sept 2008 — 3 lei ($1.04) — Castle admission
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