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Tips for buying your flights for your volunteer trip abroad: Buying your tickets as far in advance as possible usually results in getting the cheapest fares. With Cosmic Volunteers, you can arrive in the host country 24 hours on any date or day and their Coordinator will meet you at the airport. [If you sign-up [...]
Yesterday I drove from Philadelphia to Newark Airport in New Jersey to meet with a volunteer during her four-hour stopover. She is a biologist from Mexico (my first-ever volunteer from there) heading to Kenya for nine months to work with animals at several wildlife parks. As I don’t always get a chance to meet all [...]
I just signed up Cosmic Volunteers with Fly For Good which offers volunteers discounts on airfares. Founded by international volunteers, Fly For Good negotiates airfare discounts of 10% to 25% off the published rate for non-profits (like Cosmic Volunteers), their family members and their volunteers. Start by booking your flights via Fly For Good’s website. Then [...]
Melanie Pinola from Lifehacker.com lists the top frequent flyer programs nominated by readers. When you book your international flights, definitely sign up for whatever frequent flyer or rewards program offered by the airline(s) you’ll fly on. Also don’t forget to register your miles in your account with the airline(s). Don’t assume the airline will automatically do [...]
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