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First stop for new students...
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Cheap International Calls Call your mom - she'll be happy ;) |
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Those websites have the best deals for international calls from US
(from $0.01 to Europe). You just need to buy the card online. An email with the toll free number to call and the
PIN are sent within a minute. Look at the connection and the maintenance fees.
Choose the ones with no connection fee and low or no maintenance fees.
http://www.phonebycard.com http://www.phonecardsavers.com http://www.phonecardsforsale.com |
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Cheap International Flights Go home for Christmas |
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Check out these websites. You can find some pretty cheap tickets there. A few guidelines
when looking for cheap international flights: look very early (at least a few months before
your departure date), be flexible with your dates, and avoid peak travel dates (July, August,
a few days around Christmas). http://www.travelzoo.com http://www.lowestravel.com http://www.airfares.com http://www.statravel.com http://www.studentuniverse.com |
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Last-minute Flights See the world or the U.S.! |
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The websites listed here are particularly good for last-minute international or domestic flights: http://www.travelzoo.com http://www.continental.com/specials/sWeb.asp (special offers) http://www.aa.com (see special offers) |
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Car Insurance Life is harsh for international students in the U.S. |
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Insurers can give you very high quotes "if" they accept to insure you. Check out:
Liberty Mutual, Lake Creek Square Shopping Ctr, 12129 North FM 620 Suite 450, (512) 258-1267, Toll free (800) 553-3191 |
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Housing Where are you going to live? |
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You are an international student coming for one or two semester, you want to meet a lot of people and
improve your English while having a lot of fun... Check out the co-ops:
http://www.collegehouses.org |
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Deals for electronics Need a computer? MP3 player? |
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Then check out these places: http://www.dealsea.com http://www.nextag.com http://www.bizrate.com |
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More deals Buy more stuff, save more money... |
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Good deals on books:
http://www.addall.com Movies: The AMC Barton Creek Cinema has discounts for students, you pay $6 instead of $8! Bored of renting expensive movies and paying late fees at Blockbuster, check out: Netflix. Only $20/month, no late fees, as many movies as you want. |
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Please report all bugs to esa@www.utexas.edu. |
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