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Mexico here we come! Sun-kissed weather, authentic Mexican food, and dancing all night are what are in store if you spend a semester abroad in Mexico. You may be wondering wouldn’t studying abroad be too expensive compared to taking a vacation instead? The answer is no! Studying abroad is 100 percent affordable for students compared to a short expensive vacation to Mexico.

            Specifically, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico would be the best place to study abroad to. The beaches are absolutely beautiful with crystal blue water, beautiful caves surrounding the beach, and delicious drinks and food. Studying abroad in Cabo San Lucas would be a better financial investment rather than taking a vacation. Studying abroad in Mexico would be a smarter decision for students because the tuition you would be spending for a semester at university would directly go towards studying abroad in Mexico. In fact, Hechinger Report, an educational news outlet, stated that scholarships and grants up to $8,000 are offered to students who study abroad. With these finances covered by the university for students, it will become more affordable for students to study abroad rather than to take a vacation on their own without any financial help.

      

El Arco de Cabo San Lucas,Mexico: cave beach

      The money study abroad students receive from scholarships and grants helps students save extra spending money for fun activities to do while in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. For example, students now can take a boat ride along Cabo’s beaches to see the caves’ beautiful architecture up close and personal. As well as snorkeling in the beautiful blue water with the fishes. Snorkeling was probably my favorite part because the beach water was so warm and clear that you really got to see the fish swimming around you and feel their fins brush against your skin. Careful if you are ticklish! Receiving money to get an education while abroad plus being able to participate in all these fun activities in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is like killing two birds with one stone. A vacation to Cabo San Lucas would not be as beneficial to students.

            Taking a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico would be too expensive for college students to afford. Taking into account that students have to pay an average of $23,000 a year for room and board at a university, students are already deep into debt; it would not be affordable for students to take a vacation during the summer. According to travel website, Trip Advisor states that an average plane ticket to Cabo San Lucas would cost $550 and up, plus the costs of a hotel resort each night, and an all inclusive meal plan that costs an average of $750 a day per person. This does not include any costs for activities to do while in Cabo.

Factoring in the financial aid, scholarships, education, and adventure studying abroad in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico compared to the prices a student would have to pay in order to have a vacation, education, and fun, it is obvious that students would financially benefit more from studying abroad. Speaking as an experienced traveler, if I had the opportunity to study abroad to Cabo San Lucas rather than taking a vacation, I would have chosen to study abroad because that would have saved my family and I a lot of extra money. Studying abroad in Cabo San Lucas Mexico is affordable to students compared to a vacation because students abroad are able to get financial help from the university as well as using their tuition to not only be educated in a foreign country but to also to live and explore Mexico at the same time. Want to save some money? Study abroad at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.