Back To School: 5 Essential For College Move-In Tips For Students Flying To Campus
Moving to campus is never easy, and students who have to fly really need my college move-in tips. Not only do we have the standard stress of tracking down room keys, awkwardly...
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Why Travel Insurance For Families Is Essential
We love family travel insurance and won't leave home without it. Our family has found it essential since the very first holiday spent battling storms and re-booking missed flights...
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Family Travel Forum Announces Winners Of 2019 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
(New York, NY – September 24, 2019) Family Travel Forum (FTF) and its travel industry partners congratulate the winners of the 2019 FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. Completing...
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Teen Bloggers Compete for Family Travel Forum Travel Writing Scholarships
Media Alert: 2019 FTF Scholarship will earn Talented Teen Bloggers up to $1,000. Students Explore the...
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Experiential Trips and Vacations Top Teen Travel Trends in 2017
The Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Trends...
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Innocents Abroad: Students Traveling Alone
For teens and college students, the freedom of their first trip or study abroad program without parents can be a rush. Empower them to stay safe by sharing this advice. Parents often...
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Caribbean Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship Applications Are Open
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Tourism Association (CHTAEF) announces it's 2017 scholarship...
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2016 ScholarTrips Winners Announced by Allianz Travel
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Experiential and Heritage Trips Top Teen Travel Trends in 2016
The Family Travel Forum Student Travel...
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Family Travel Forum Announces Winners Of Its 2016 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
(New York, NY – October 4, 2016) Family Travel Forum (FTF) and its travel industry partners are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship....
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Save Big On College Visits And Student Travels
I've found that packing smartly, shopping around for flights, and bundling flights and hotels into one efficient travel package make instant savings that can be used for more important student expenses. Parents...
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Europe by Eurail: A Student’s Tips
Join FTF's student correspondent as she rails across Europe with a Eurail Pass, a backpack full of guidebooks, and not-quite-enough funds. It seems that traveling across...
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FTF Supports Teen Travel Bloggers in 10th Annual Scholarship
Media Alert: FTF Grants Scholarship Money and Travel Prizes to the Best Teen Travel Blogs of the Year Students Explore the Teen Travel Experience in 10th Annual Merit Competition for...
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8 Essential Dos and Don’ts While Volunteering in Kenya With Your Family
Immersing in humanitarian work in Kenya is a brilliant way to learn about the cultural nuances of this region and explore the wilderness at the same time. However, one must keep a note of a few important...
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Heritage, Service and Cultural Exploration Lead Teen Travel Trends in 2015
The Family Travel Forum Student Travel...
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Family Travel Forum Announces Winners Of Its 2015 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
(New York, NY – October 19, 2015) Family Travel Forum (FTF) and its travel industry partners are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Family Travel Forum Teen...
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Family Travel Forum Congratulates Winners of 2014 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
(New York, NY - October 30, 2014) Family Travel Forum (FTF), the trusted vacation planning resource, in partnership with the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), is pleased to announce the...
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Teens Reveal Why They Love New York in 2014 Scholarship Competition
(New York, NY October 20, 2014) Family Travel Forum (FTF), the award-winning resource for family vacation planners, in association with Empire State Development’s Division of Tourism (I LOVE NEW YORK)...
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Congratulations! Winners of 2007 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
Compelling stories...
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Student Travel And Semesters Abroad
FTF offers guidance on how to prepare students for study abroad programs, so parents can maintain the maximum peace of mind.Although strict new regulations from America's INS Department have...
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Family Travel Forum Honors Teen Travel Writing 2012 Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to all student travel...
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Family Travel Forum Announces 2013 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship Winners
(New York, NY - September 22, 2013) Congratulations to all student travel bloggers who earned 2013 Scholarships from Family...
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Virtual Internship for College Students
We live in the digital age where many things can be done without ever leaving home: shopping, getting a degree, and now eInternships, or virtual internships. I really shouldn’t...
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Writing Scholarship Asks Teens To Promote Their Hometowns
College Scholarships Support Teen Literacy and Community(New York, NY – May 6, 2013) Family Travel Forum, the award-winning resource for family vacation planners, announces its 7th...
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Family Travel Forum Announces 2012 Young Travel Writers Scholarship Winners
After hosting five Teen Travel Writers Scholarship contests with the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), Family Travel Forum and SATW decided this winter to...
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No Lions, No Tigers, But Snot Rockets! Oh. My…
After one month of life in Russia, the universe has shown me yet again how incapable I am at playing nice with others. Having a personality that my loving parents refer to as 'being larger than life',...
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Water[melon] for Elephants
The rough, wrinkly trunk wraps itself around the hunk of squash I hold in my outstretched hand...then promptly tosses it away, reaching out again expectantly for another snack. "She's...
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No Shoes, Just Service
Red dirt. Hot, sticky air. Children laughing. Chai brewing. Tumaini Orphanage is alive with the happiness of their 52 orphaned children and the volunteers were just as excited to be part of this unique...
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a breath of fresh air
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert...
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Volunteering in South Africa
Following the summer after high school, I traveled to South Africa, where I will be living and volunteering for nine months. I have wanted to live in Africa and study primates since I first learned...
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The Eiffel Tower When She Glitters
There sat steak and custard alongside bottles of soda and cups of coffee. And, of course the customary dish of snails that looked like little hills all grouped together in a lake of garlic. The white...
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A Memory That Will Take Me Back
More than seven hundred years have passed since Marco Polo roamed the narrow allies of this famous city. As I sit on the small, second floor, restaurant balcony of my hotel and look over the beautiful...
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It’s Greek to Me
When my parents and I went to the Minneapolis Greek festival in the fall, I didn’t know what to expect. My only experience with Greek culture was the craziness I’d observed in the film My Big...
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Giving What You Can
I began digging into the soil with my shovel. Not being able to plunge too deep, I carefully sifted through the debris and inch-by-inch I made my way into the destroyed park. Glass shards, wood chunks,...
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Time and Travel – East Asia
Time is an interesting construct. It can seem to drag for eternity (and what is eternity?) or it can zoom by before you have a chance to realize that it happened at all. Long time or short time. Is...
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Portland is for Lovers
I once fell in love with one of Portland, Oregon’s 583,776 residents. During the autumn of 2008, I packed my belongings into USPS boxes and made the move from rural Georgia to the city. While the...
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Fighting for My Place in Paris
I forced myself to fight for a spot on the ligne 13 this morning. A little girl squeezed my knees and gave me a genuine smile. Her honesty relaxed me. I can feel a lady with a wrinkled forehead breathe...
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Neredesen, Margaret…Where are you?
Life as an exchange student opens up doors to many curiousities. During my summer in Istanbul, Turkey on a full government scholarship for Turkish language study, I did a lot of thinking about the location...
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We Share the Same Blood
Echad, shtayim, shalosh, arba…”The foreign sounds of counting came from the deck of a dhow, a traditional Arab sailboat, cruising through a harbor filled with open sky, twinkling city...
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Les Vendanges in St. Georges
I am a little late on recounting this story, but it's worth telling. Our program director, Joelle, told us our morning class was cancelled and would be replaced by an...
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Upon My Rocky Path
Traveling alone without speaking the local language is no simple task. Why, then, do I continue to do it? This was a question I was asking myself two winters ago when I was traveling alone to...
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Tzedakah in India
Every afternoon, sixteen-year-old Salim came home from school, through the doors of the Nav Jagriti or the “New Hope” orphanage and shook my hand. He asked me: “You are feeling?”...
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Nigeria
My name is Chigozilim Udonna Menakaya and I am a Nigerian-American. Whenever I tell somebody this, they’re always like, “please, there's no such thing as a Nigerian-American. Either you’re Nigerian...
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FTF Announces Young Travel Writers Scholarship
(New York, NY – February 1, 2012) Family Travel Forum, the award-winning resource for planning fun family vacations, and the Society of American Travel Writers is pleased to announce its second FTF...
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Family Travel Forum Announces Teen Travel Writing Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to student travel bloggers who earned 2011 Scholarships from Family Travel Forum and Society of American Travel Writers for college or travels. (New York, NY - November 1, 2011) Family...
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Rules of the Road
As I've mentioned before, in my profile that I have these three rules that I live by. I feel I should explain them a bit better so you can full understand what I'm all about when I travel. 1)...
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Teen Bloggers Earn FTF Scholarships For College
(New York, NY – May 10, 2011) Family Travel Forum, the award-winning resource for family vacation information, announces its 5th annual FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. The merit...
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Who Judged You: The 2010 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
The Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Writing Scholarship has recently announced its 2010 winners, but the process for selecting these award-winning travel blogs started back in May. The Family...
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Family Travel Forum Announces Winners of 4th Annual Teen Travel Writing Scholarships
(New York, November 15, 2010) - Family Travel Forum, the award-winning family vacation publisher, is proud to announce the winners...
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Family Travel Forum Announces 2010 Young Travel Writers Scholarship Winners
After running the inspirational Teen Travel Writers Scholarship for the past three years, Family Travel Forum decided it was time for travel writers ages 18-26 who shared their tales with the travelBIGO.com...
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