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DISCOUNT SHEEPSKINS College costs this year increased at the lowest rate in 12 years, according to a report last week by the College Board. The average cost of a four-year public school went up only 3.4%, to $3,356 a year, while that of a private school rose 4.6%, to $15,380. But saving for college is getting easier, as more major brokerages offer tax-advantaged college savings plans...
...water." He was thrilled by the Arctic, "one of the most unusual places in the world--the beautiful blue colors of the ice, the sparkle of the sun." Travelers of any age are welcome but must be in very good physical shape and willing to spend $25,000, the cost of the trip. Northwest Passage also offers less expensive ways to realize a polar dream, including a $6,000 ski-and-dogsled trek across Ellesmere, Canada's northernmost island. Adventurers travel through an expanse of mountains, fjords and giant icebergs, observing polar bears, musk oxen, caribou and the island...
...products are cost-free to the environment, But these are a little easier on the earth than most --By Hilary Roxe...
Using some free air miles to fly from their home in Seattle to Corfu, and with the cost of food and lodging at the work camp only $125 a person, the Kraussers spent less than $1,000 for their two weeks. The Greek group leader often sauteed calamari for a treat at lunch, which was the main meal, and the seven other campers, all in their 20s and from Holland, France, Crete and Britain, shared recipes. Everyone ate together at a large table under a shade tree in front of the little school. When the Kraussers weren't wearing shorts...
Every year Global Volunteers, which is based in St. Paul, Minn., sends some 1,500 workers to 21 international projects ranging from health care, business and community improvement to teaching English. Their airfare and the cost of $2,095 each are tax deductible. "It was a wonderful way to experience a culture, vs. going as a tourist," Bettie says. On free afternoons and weekends, they went sightseeing and enjoyed trying the local cuisine. Duane, whom everyone calls Pete, developed a taste for eel with hot pepper. They were invited to cook dinner with a Chinese family in their home...