This past week Bus2alps was featured on two popular websites for college students. The first, Ubumm, is a website geared towards study abroad students, or what they call, Ubies. The second featured article was on the wildly popular online webzine, College Magazine. Check out the College Magazine article here. Check out the Ubumm Q and...Read More
Spread a little holiday cheer to yourself with holiday sales that matter to you! Tis the season for love, giving, hot wine, and spending lots of money on other people. It is the consumer rush, always marked by the dozens of holiday specific television commercials sporting their newest sale. Seriously, a 5-note tune would make...Read More
Is studying abroad worth it? Hell yea it is worth it! This is coming from someone who studied abroad and parlayed it into a 3 and a half year job (thats still going strong). If you ask anyone who studied abroad, there is no tangible value that can be applied to the feeling, satisfaction, and...Read More
So this week’s travel tip is a little bit different than usual. Bus2alps staff member Mike LaPorta was interviewed by Modern Travel Talk, a blog about student travel, about how he became involved with Bus2alps and what it is like working in the tourism industry. The last question, Mike was asked to give some of...Read More
Academic Programs International (API) has recently conducted a survey on ‘The goals of study abroad students in the Smartphone Generation‘. The survey reached out to students who are about to study abroad and also to study abroad alumni. At 85%, the most commonly cited goal for students about to study abroad is to explore a new...Read More
Interlaken Pow Pow Power Week The Bus2alps Super Team (aka our Managers & Head Haunchos) spent this past week up at our home base in Interlaken, Switzerland to prepare for a massive season of Spring travel coming up next semester. After spending countless hours in the Alps planning new amazing trips around the world for...Read More
Today I am here to tell you a story about a boy. The story is too painful for him to tell himself, so I was chosen to share it for him. Once upon a time, about four years ago, a boy from Marist College studied abroad here in Florence. You guys all know him- His...Read More
It’s time to put all your knowledge acquired “studying” abroad to good use! The grueling hours invested to ensure optimum midterm grades will be sure to pay off when you partake in the ultimate Bus2alps trivia challenge, Quiz Night, tomorrow at 8pm. What better way to reward yourself than a discounted trip to one of...Read More
Take the road less traveled, or shall I say visit the cities less traveled. Some great poet once wrote this, and it has been reproduced in every graduation speech and advice column you have ever heard or read. How could I resist not being cliche and adapting these same words to convey the importance of...Read More
This blog entry was written by Allison Baldwin. My eyes are tired. No, it’s not because I was pumping my first at Twice last night…or from attempting to run up to the Piazza Michelangelo this morning… My eyes are tired from looking at so many gorgeous places. It really is a beautiful problem to have....Read More
Well.. it was another great weekend for the bus2alps crew! With over 100 students en-route to the Amalfi Coast and day trips running from Florence to Tuscan Wine tasting & Cinque Terre, it was an amazing time had by all. The weekend set into action on Thursday, as Florence and Rome students headed to the...Read More
To cap off our most successful semester ever, Bus2alps has rolled out our new wheels, launching the first ever Bus2alps branded bus. In collaboration with our Florence transportation and bus partner, Alterini, we will now be riding to top destinations like the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, and Interlaken, on one of the hottest rides around....Read More
