Posts Categorized: Travel News & Info

Homestay and Host Family FAQs

Living with native speakers is an unequivocally educational part of the language immersion process, and in some ways it can give you the best possible scope of your unfamiliar surroundings and language.  We here at AmeriSpan couldn't help but notice how excited our former students are about their homestay experiences, or how anxious our students-to-be… Read more »

College Semester/Year Abroad in Spain

A lot of people are not aware of the fact that they can save thousands of dollars on college tuition by spending a semester abroad!  Studying abroad has long been considered a luxury reserved for those lucky enough to have extraneous financial opportunity, but the reality is that tuition abroad is cheaper, and that many… Read more »

New School Location in St. Petersburg, Russia

Our award winning Russian in St. Petersburg school has moved to a more central location in the gorgeous city of St. Petersburg, close to hot spots like the Mikahilovsky Zamok, Russian Museum, and several parks, shops and cafes, and is now more popular than ever!  

Study Spanish in Alicante!

  Don't forget- our 'Spain Fever' special runs until May 31st!  Participants have until that date to register for Spanish language programs in Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Marbella, Salamanca, Sevilla, Tenerife and Valencia!  Throughout the duration of 'Spain Fever', we've highlighted some of these locations.  Today we want to tell you why we love the… Read more »

Spain Fever Special Extended!

After popular demand, AmeriSpan has decided to extend our Spain Fever Special until May 31st!  So, now there are two bonus weeks left to register for a program from a selection of Spanish schools and save hundreds of dollars! In the spirit of Spain Fever, here's a great video of our Learn Spanish in Salamanca,… Read more »

Studying French in the South of France

Our friends at Boots 'N' All Travel Blog have compiled a great list of "7 Secrets of the South of France" and  we felt we had to comment.  AmeriSpan offers a multitude of Study French in France programs, but we think our southern locations have a certain "je ne c'est quoi."  Here's an excerpt of… Read more »

Update: Eyjafjallajökull and Flights in Europe

As you have likely heard on the news, there have been many costly and headache-triggering complications for travelers wishing to fly into, out of, and within Europe this past week due to bothersome volcanic ash floating downwind from the active Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and obstructing international airspace. Every day we have been hearing stories… Read more »

College Study Abroad in Granada, Spain

This past year, we here at AmeriSpan were thrilled to add several College Study Abroad programs to our repertoire.  We know that Spain is and has always been an ideal destination for students studying Spanish and racking up college credit abroad, and we’ve delivered!  Today we’d like to highlight one of our newest programs, our… Read more »

Costa Rica Spanish Schools: Beaches

Looking for a Spanish school at the beach? Budget Traveler seems to think Samara Beach is particularly awesome, but we think they’re all pretty great.

Russia School Update

The violence in Moscow that shook the country and made global news yesterday was scary and a noted highly rare event.  Thankfully, our Moscow language school staff has reported that everyone there is fine and that the school’s neighborhood is all the way across the city from where the violence took place.