Reservation of your accommodation (different options)
ESL offers you a multitude of accommodation options: the best host families, carefully selected and regularly checked, student residences or shared apartments. Depending on the destination, you will have varioius options ranging from the comfort of a hotel to the freedom of a studio; for all tastes and all budgets.
Travel organization
ESL - Study Abroad works with the main airlines and can make a booking for you for anywhere in the world at competitive prices. Please do no hesitate to ask us for a free price quote. If you mention it on your enrolment form, we will send you a quote for a good value flight, for information purposes only.
Cancellation insurance and travel insurance
Cancellation insurance is offered once your course is confirmed. In case of major disruption (accident or illness) before departure, it allows you to cancel the residence abroad and to be refunded the major part of your intial payment, with the exception of the flight ticket. The travel insurance covers you in case of any possible disruption during your period abroad: loss of baggage, medical fees and hospitalisation, legal protection or renumeration for an exam resit (for students) - you will have nothing to worry about! For more information: see our
general conditions
Documents for a visa application
Do I need a visa? What is the procedure? Where do I need to make my visa request? ESL will guide you through the administrative process and will provide you with the necessary documents to obtain a visa.
Free evaluation of your language level
Our basic academic service consists of forming an integrated class that is suitable for the linguistic level of each participant. This is essential for allowing students to feel at ease and to progress steadily. It also makes lessons effective and interesting. For this purpose all schools offer an evaluation test on the first day. If you prefer, ESL also offers this service in the form of an advisory interview. This is very useful if you would like to follow a preparatory course for a certificate requiring a pre-defined minimum level.
Free flights
Thanks to the good professional relationships we maintain with airlines, we regularly offer free flights to some destinations. Throughout the year, all of our students travelling to BSC Brighton, London or Oxford for 12 or 24 weeks will be offered free tickets to London, flying with British Airways, Swiss Airlines or EasyJet (only valid for Switzerland and metropolitan France/airports: Geneva, Zurich, Bâle, Lyon, Paris, Toulouse and Marseille). For 24 weeks in Berlin, a flight is offered departing from Geneva. For students who follow a course of 24 weeks or more in Spain, we offer a free flight to Barcelona or Madrid departing from Geneva or Paris. Offers are valid for enrolments received 2 months before departure at the latest. See our
special offers
Free exam cancellation insurance
Ideally and for practical reasons, it is necessary to register for a language course in advance (plane, visa, accommodation...). Numerous students find themselves stuck waiting for exam results, unable to begin to make the necessary preparations meanwhile. Well aware of this situation, we offer free cancellation insurance that allows you to make plans without worrying about the consequences in case of failure. In other words, you will be able to enrol for a language course without risk , and if unfortunately you are not in a position to go because of your studies (exam failure), we will not retain any of your payment.
For more information : see
general conditions
Payment in foreign currencies
As we exclusively offer the original price of our partner schools, we offer you the possibility of paying in foreign currency. Otherwise, we will bill you in Swiss Francs (or in Euros) according to the current exchange rate.
Price quotes in CHF or in Euros
In order to give you an idea of the precise cost of your course and to give you the opportunity to compare different destinations, we will give you free personalised and detailed price offers in CHF or in Euros. You will therefore be able to think it over in peace at home, with all the necessary elements for making a decision at hand.
ESL Bonus – Free Cambridge course
With ESL, good students are always rewarded: if you pass the Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) or Advanced (CAE) exam with an ‘A’ grade, we will give you the preparatory course for the next level for free (accommodation/flight not included). This offer is also valid in Australia, in
Perth,
Cairns, or on the
Gold Coast.
Family / group savings
Family
If we receive an enrolment form for 2 people from the same family (brothers, sisters, parents or couples) for the same course and dates, we offer the following price reductions:
less than 5 weeks: CHF 50/EUR 30
from 5 to 12 weeks: CHF 125/EUR 80
from 12 to 24 weeks: CHF 200/EUR 125
more than 24 weeks: on demand
Groups
We also offer the above reductions for groups of three or more. For groups of 10 students or more, we offer language courses at very competitive rates.
Please
contact us for more information.
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