Expenses Reviews
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Suzanne S
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Overall the cost of living in Wuerzburg is significantly lower than in Dublin (it wouldn't be hard!). I spent more on telephone charges due to calls to home and I spent more on travel because I travelled a lot more than I would at home.
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Nightlife, Food, Housing, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Travel, Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
If you plan on travelling a lot, get a Bahncard. It costs €50/100, depending on which you go for, but it can end up saving you quite a lot if you travel by train. Look out for special offers on the Deutsche Bahn website, up to 5 people can travel anywhere within Germany by train on a "Happy Weekend ticket" for a quite a low price. There are also similar tickets for within each Bundesland, so its worth researching your journeys a bit. There are also Mitfahrgelengheit, which is essentially organised hitch-hiking.
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gsurw
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings<br>
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I spent a lot on travel as I wanted to make the most of this opportunity to see as much of Germany as I could. Wuerzburg has reasonably low living costs so this was less expensive.
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Travel, Food:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Housing, Telephone, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
I was just surprised by the initial outlay. I could only take 25 kilos of stuff on the plane with me so had to buy all my plates and saucepans and everything once I got there. Thankfully my flatmates had lots of stuff (like a hoover, not provided in German halls) and they let me borrow everything I needed.
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Joanna H
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I sent more on travel because I wanted to see a bit of the country while I was there, so every free weekend was spent being a tourist; something I just wouldn't do at home! My telephone bills home were legendary as I often talked to friends and family at home and rung too many German mobiles too! Food and housing was considerably cheaper - had a shock when I got home!!
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Telephone, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Nightlife, Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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anonymous
Expenses
Main source of funding:
A private grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
The college that i go at home is very small compared to this small German city. Another reason is that i dont have a car in the USA while in Germany everything is connected by railways.
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Nightlife, Travel, Overall, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Buy the Deutsche Bahn Card for travel inside Germany.
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josie44
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Personal savings
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
I wish that we would also have so cheap student homes!
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Housing, Food, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Overall:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone, Travel:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
The money runs out anyway...
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mariajanica
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
life is expensiver in germany than in portugal and i traveled
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Travel, Telephone, Overall, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
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