| Congratulations on your decision to study abroad | | | | Economy Travel , Airline Consolidators and Best Fares. |
| Spanish! Yes, one of the best way to improve your | | | | If you have been buying tickets from places like |
| Spanish is to immerse yourself in the environment and | | | | Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity, you will see |
| live the language. But the other side of the coin is that | | | | the difference. I guarantee it. |
| the study abroad experience requires a huge | | | | Finally, another way to cut the cost of your Spanish |
| commitment on your part. For example, money. | | | | learning experience is to go direct to the Spanish |
| Depending on how you do it, it could cost you a small | | | | school by skipping through the language school |
| fortune. In order to harvest the great return of | | | | agencies. When you search for Spanish schools on |
| improved Spanish, you have to invest in yourself, right? | | | | the web, most likely, those agencies are the ones that |
| But what if you can optimize the investment by getting | | | | you will encounter first. They come up on the top of |
| the most Spanish out of your dollar? This article is | | | | the search engine list and they offer lots of options |
| about that. More specifically speaking, there are 3 | | | | too. After all, that's their job. They are the "advertising |
| ways to obtain maximum amount of Spanish by | | | | agency" for Spanish school. They charge tons of |
| studying abroad. There are: 1) Picking the right country | | | | money from the individual Spanish schools and from |
| to study Spanish in, 2) Picking the right airline, 3) Not | | | | you too by marking up about 10%-20% on top of the |
| signing up with the language school agency. | | | | tuition you pay to the school. Yes, some of them do |
| Out of the 3, Picking the right country holds the utmost | | | | offer fairly nice information of the countries and |
| importance because it will determine significant portion | | | | schools and we should use them to familiarize |
| of your study abroad expense. Of course, the | | | | ourselves about the potential destinations. But it's not |
| countries determine the available touristic resources, | | | | rare that those agencies have problems |
| difference in how the Spanish is spoken, etc, but we'll | | | | communicating your needs to the school (My friend |
| focus on monetary issue today. Let's say that you are | | | | had to wonder around the street of Guatemala with all |
| looking for an one-on-one class in Spanish because | | | | his luggage because the agency didn't notify the arrival |
| you've already taken some high school and college | | | | time to the school) and there is no point paying extra |
| Spanish class with 30 other students and that didn't | | | | $50 for the "introductory packet" from the agency |
| give you much opportunity to practice. As you know, | | | | when you sign up with them because that's the copied |
| Spanish is spoken in Spain and many Latin American | | | | one from the Spanish school. So, once you find out the |
| countries and thus, you now have a huge selection. | | | | name of the school you are interested from the |
| And cost of the study varies significantly from one | | | | agency, just go to Google or Yahoo and type in the |
| country to another. For instance in Spain, the individual | | | | name of the school to go to the school's home page |
| class in Spanish for a week runs around $850-$900. If | | | | and sign up directly. |
| you want more complete immersion living with a host | | | | In conclusion, I'd recommend that you use the language |
| family, there goes another $350-$400. If you are going | | | | school agency to learn about the going price of tuition |
| to study for 4 weeks, it's a safe bit to budget around | | | | in various Spanish speaking countries and when you |
| $6000! On the other hand, there are less expensive | | | | find a school of your interest, go to their web site to |
| options in Central America. In Guatemala, you can find | | | | register directly with them. Finally, use the discount |
| both the one-on-one Spanish class and homestay | | | | airfare web sites indicated previously as a reference |
| within $150-$250. You definitely don't want to ignore | | | | point to shop around for your best airfare. With this |
| this enormous range of difference. | | | | little bit of research, you are well on your way to get |
| Another huge expense is the transportation fee. Since | | | | most Spanish out of your bucks! |
| most of us will be going to the destination country by | | | | Gen Takahashi is originally from Japan and is an |
| air, we'll look at how you can save on airfares. But, first | | | | ex-Japanese language teacher. Based on his previous |
| of all, let me just tell you that since I don't work in travel | | | | study abroad experience of learning Spanish, he now |
| industry, I don't have the insider's secret. I don't have | | | | dedicates his time bringing together the students, the |
| the travel wisdom of a nomadic super backpacker | | | | Spanish teachers and the host families in |
| either. All I can give you is a few web sites where you | | | | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. |
| can begin shopping around for your airfare. They are: | | | | |