STB to USA

Sixteen Victoria students went to the USA for the summer vacation on the NZUSA Student Travel Bureau group trip. Not only were they able to get a 30% reduction on the normal airfares this way, but they also got a work permit each - the S.T.B. is one of the Very few channels through which a student can get a work permit. This summer however at least one of our people crapped out here: shortly after his arrival Tom Dwyer broke his arm. He was out of work the rest of his stay, but all hospital fees and $12 per week compo was paid to him by his travel insurance cover. Being a Kiwi of no mean initiative, Tom found that flashing his plaster was a great help when hitching, so he spent most of his time in the States bumming around.

Other people in the group earned up to $250 per week in the Capitalist Continent, and this more than covered the $681 return airfare, while also giving everyone there a shithot lime. What's more, the trip to the States for the 1972-73 summer is expected to be considerably cheaper - about $550 return (including work permit).

About half a dozen Vic students went to Europe for the summer - saving $400 each by going through the STB. Salient would like to hear from any of these people with stories to tell - also from those 400 Vic people who went to Australia, Singapore, Fiji and New Caledonia on a Student Travel Bureau groups.