Are you a student? Are you interested in going to study abroad or take a gap year, and you want to make the most of the experience and keep costs down?
One of the main problems is finance, especially with exchange rates fluctuating, your money doesn’t go as far as you’re used to.
The International Student Identity Card, or ISIC, can give you thousands of discounts during your experience overseas.
The ISIC student card is the only internationally-recognized student ID card. Its global abilities make the discount opportunities endless, and easy to keep track of. The card also gives discounts domestically!
Some of the more popular discounts involve transportation, entertainment, shopping and culture. Specific examples for domestic spending and spending is:
• 15% off selected products in the USA
• 34% off the Young Persons railcard in the UK
• 2 Euro discount on cultural tours and free weekend supplements in cities like Madrid in Spain
• 2 AUD off the National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra, Australia
The total amount of discounts the card gives is 40,000 in more than 130 countries, used by over 4.5 million students. We’ve already given you the low-down on the basic facts on our International Student Identification Card page, but this blog is to go a little more in depth.
There are other cards issued by the ISIC association; the IYTC card for youth travel, and for people teaching abroad, there is the Teacher Identity Card, or TIC. However, the ISIC accounts for 95% of the card sales.
The card can also be used for online purchases and deals. The new ISIC design has made the card functions easier to use online and made it easier for partners to incorporate their logos while still being able to recognise the ISIC identity.