Budget tips

All of the language courses proposed by ESL – Language studies abroad offer comparable high quality benefits. However, some programmes are more affordable than others. ESL – Language studies abroad provides you with leads in order to identify good deals and to save money. In a time of crisis, you don’t need to limit yourself, you just need to know how to find a good deal ! Exclusively for you, here are some tips:

1. Special offers
2. Travel as a pair!
3. Destinations with a favourable cost of living
4. The dates of your stay
5. Work experience placements / Voluntary work
6. Paid jobs (job club)
7. Combining several schools / destinations of the same group
8. Accommodation
9. Journey (destinations served by low-cost flights)

First reflex : Take a look at our special offers regularly and take advantage of them ! You will find the offer of the month and the ongoing offers of free flights, reductions on courses, on accommodation, free excursions etc…

ESL offers you a special reduction for each participant ! (In order to benefit, there is no need to book the same accommodation or to choose the same destination/school, all you have to do is enrol at the same time and ask for the reduction when you make the booking).

Choose of course a destination which appeals to you, but also a city where the cost of living is favourable, for example :

See the list of "low cost" destinations

Contact us in order to find out everything about favourable destinations in the four corners of the world.

4a. Generally, depending on your availability, choose the dates of your stay in such a way as to avoid the high season.

For example :
2 weeks of course + accommodation in Berlin in June EUR 580
2 weeks of course + accommodation in Berlin in July EUR 638

In addition, the prices of the travel packages will also be more favourable.

4b. Book in advance and benefit from the first prices of the transporters (plane, train etc.)

4c. A language study stay planned for next year? Book in advance and benefit from this year’s prices (around -10% reduction)

The longer your stay in immersion is, the more solid your progress will be. ESL – Language studies abroad organises work experience placements or voluntary work programmes in order toe allow you to extend your stay at the lowest cost following the end of your course.

Opt for destinations/schools which propose a Job Club. This meeting space offers a free interface between the local jobs market and the student community. It is a effective exchange platform which, thanks to the advice of professionals, the help of the school and the experience of former students, will allow you to find a job which is compatible with your studies and your availability (in this case, the standard course will be the best suited to you). It is also a good opportunity to extend your stay following your academic course.

Paid job

You can combine 2 or 3 destinations/schools during the same language study trip for a price based on the total duration. For example, it is possible to divide a stay of 8 weeks between 2 destinations whilst paying the fees linked to 8 weeks, which is cheaper than paying for 2 stays of 4 weeks.
This option is generally possible with schools of the same group.

In addition, depending on the duration, ESL pays for your connecting flight (or train journey) between two cities, for example :

ACE
EC dual destination

ESL – Language studies abroad offers numerous accommodation options, contact us in order to
specify together the option which will correspond the best to your wishes and budget.

Everything will depend on what you are looking for, according to your needs and living habits. For example, accommodation without meals included represents the least expensive option, insofar as you can manage to prepare your own meals in such a way as to control your budget. In the opposite case, staying with a host family with half board included will allow you to calculate your accommodation and meals budget for all of your stay.

It is also more favourable to choose a school which allows you to stay in a shared room with another student, even if you are travelling on your own. In this case, we endeavour to make sure that it is with someone of another mother tongue.
This option is proposed by the following schools :

See the list of schools proposing accommodation in a shared room

Choose destinations served by « low-cost » airline companies.
Don’t forget to compare prices with rail transport companies which propose special offers throughout the year.