Soaring student living costs?
Don't let it stop you getting around
We know it’s a difficult time: your Uni education is becoming more and more costly and many of you are facing a balancing act - juggling education with part or even full time employment!
According to ‘Which' students now face average outgoings of nearly £200 a week, of which £75 goes towards accommodation costs. Factor in the rising costs of tuition fees and it’s understandable why you feel skint.
On top of these costs are those extra luxuries that some students are still lucky enough to benefit from, such as holidays and cars. According to the 'RAC' cars can cost, on average, £5539 a year to operate! That’s the equivalent of £15 a day and costs for insurance, maintenance and tax are all rising.
Of course, students have many needs to travel such as research for courses, meeting up with family, visiting old and new friends and social trips, such as festivals and gigs.
The importance of getting out and about, socialising with friends and family and connecting with possible employers is highlighted even further by the current economic market, where everyday learning is becoming a battle, surrounded by high graduate unemployment rates and escalating costs of living.
For those of you who want and need to get and about, who perhaps don’t have the luxury of a car or are trying to cut back on the rising petrol and vehicle costs, then the bus is a good alternative. We think megabus.com is a sound bet. You can actually get around the UK for as little as £1.
Since its first launch in 2003 megabus.com has staying true to the needs of the student market and continues to offer low cost prices, reinvesting money into the fleet allocation to improve the services and extend the destinations it can offer to students.
There are 500 daily departures to over 50 destinations and has extended its services to include megatrain.com.