{"id":2259,"date":"2010-07-29T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auip.wordpress.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-07-29T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T00:08:56","slug":"library-backpack-kids-outlines-key-pre-departure-information-for-overseas-study-and-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/library-backpack-kids-outlines-key-pre-departure-information-for-overseas-study-and-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Library: Backpack Kids outlines key pre-departure information for overseas study and travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/backpack-kids.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-224\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/auip.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/backpack-kids.png?w=169\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re a college student, then you probably don\u2019t like being referred to as a \u2018kid.\u2019 But in parents\u2019 eyes, their child is always their kid, regardless of age.<\/p>\n<p>A recently published booklet, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backpackkids.org\/\">Backpack Kids: The Safety Planning Checklist for Overseas Travel<\/a>, <\/em>outlines essential information for pre-departure planning prior to studying, traveling or working abroad.<\/p>\n<p>We think the guide is most suited for parents, but students can also garner worthwhile information, especially from the Resources section we mention later.<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kategoggin.com\/\">Kate Goggin<\/a>, <em>Backpack Kids<\/em>, pictured left,<em> <\/em>includes six chapters that count down chronologically to the trip and have a time line checklist. The Essential Planning chapter details very similar information to that found in our <a href=\"http:\/\/auip.com\/students\/predeparture.php\">program handbook<\/a>, such as tips for obtaining money overseas. We particularly like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backpackkids.org\/screenshots.htm\">Resources<\/a> component that gives instant links to useful Web sites and emergency contacts.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the guide only cost 99 cents to download to your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/iphone\/\">iPhone<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipad\/\">iPad<\/a>! Or download a PDF version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backpackkids.org\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a college student, then you probably don\u2019t like being referred to as a \u2018kid.\u2019 But in parents\u2019 eyes, their child is always their kid, regardless of age. A recently published booklet, Backpack Kids: The Safety Planning Checklist for Overseas Travel, outlines essential information for pre-departure planning prior to studying, traveling or working abroad. We think the guide is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}