Teen Travel Talk is web site written by teens for teens who love to travel. Founded by parent and travel-lover herself, Luisa Frey, the site not only includes travel stories by teens, but also both a teens' and parents' discussion forum.
Every now and then, Luisa sends me the link to a post on college visit travel published on her site. In "How to Approach the College Visit," the author, Elaine, gives us her take on how to get the most of out of college visit. Through efficiency and good planning, she and her friends/family were able to visit three colleges in one day!
Among her insider's tips, Elaine suggests bringing along a camera. Whether it's a cell phone camera, digital camera, or a Flip, taking pictures (or video) of the campus you are visiting is a terrific idea. There's always so much to take in during the campus visit and digest once you're back home. A photo can trigger the memory of that moment which can be helpful as you begin to narrow your college choices and decide where to apply.
Click here to read Elaine's take on: How to Approach the College Visit and while you're there, check out the other fun stories on teen travel.
Colleging In Chicago (Part II) | Teen Travel Talk On March 12, 2010, we linked our readers to Part 1 of "Colleging in Chicago" by Teen Travel Talk writer (and teenager), Justine. An excerpt of Part 2 in her series on college visits continues below. Click the link at the end to continue to Teen Travel Talk for this next chapter on college visits.Seeing Willis Tower was actually really awesome. I was sort of expecting an Empire State building experience: you wait a really long time, go up, oooohhh, aaaaahhh, and come back down. While waiting in line for the Skydeck (the part of the Willis Tower you’re able to tour), however, there were loads of statistics about the building on the walls as well as touchscreen quizzes you could play around with. The line was pretty short and security was fast, but I have one complaint to throw in: they made you stop and take a picture in front of a green screen in case you wanted to buy a picture of you and your mother in front of a fake Chicago panorama. But whatever points the tower lost in my mind for the photo were regained during the elevator ride. As we went up, a plasma screen told us exactly how high we were and what famous structure we just surpassed in height… oh look, we just passed the Taj Mahal! Hey, there goes the Eiffel Tower!
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