As Газета.GZT.Ru writes, discounts are provided when purchasing a ticket for any type of transport (which is especially relevant during student holidays), and an ISIC card holder can dictate terms to airlines.
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The system of student discount cards appeared 55 years ago. The International Student Travel Confederation that founded it was created on the initiative of UNESCO in 1949. The developers hoped that the cards would contribute to the development of student tourism, educational and cultural exchanges, and the dissemination of knowledge about countries and cultures. That is how it turned out.
The International Student Identity Card (ISIC) is both a student identity document and a discount card that gives up to 35,000 discounts and benefits around the world simply because its holder is irresistibly drawn to knowledge. The benefit of the ISIC card is also that it grants access to a free 24-hour emergency hotline, whose operators are obliged to help the student with any problems – from complex legal issues to everyday ones, up to explaining how to use a microwave oven.
With the ISIC card, students in hotels, clubs, and cinemas in the UK can get discounts from 10 to 50%. Public transport fares and meals in London restaurants will be 20% cheaper, and using the Internet in some cafés will be completely free. In France, the card will allow you to save 10% on public transport fares, and from 10 to 15% on visits to cafés and restaurants. Those who want to visit Parisian museums and cinemas will receive 35-50% discounts.
Public transport and intercity train travel in Spain will be 25% cheaper for cardholders. Hotels and hostels will offer to pay 30 euros less. The first show in some cinemas on weekdays will cost 4 euros.
In bars and restaurants, they promise to deduct from 10 to 20%, but you need to carefully look at the conditions: for example, some restaurants do not offer student discounts at certain times of the day, others refuse them on Sundays and holidays. Those who want to take intensive Spanish language courses without leaving Spain will be able to pay 10-15% less with the student card.
Riding public transport in the Netherlands will be 10% cheaper, a student will pay 1-10 euros less for visiting museums and cinemas, and can buy a regular customer card at a video rental store for half price. Restaurants and bars have a special menu for students: a whole lunch or dinner will cost 7.5-9.5 euros.
A student in Italy will be able to rent a car, motorcycle, or bicycle 20% cheaper, and there will also be special discounts when renting scooters. In cheap hotels operating on the "bed and breakfast" principle, you can stay with a 10-20% discount or not pay for every seventh night. Students can go to theaters and cinemas together on one ticket.
In Germany, students are ready to knock a quarter off the price for transport rental. Hotels and hostels lure cardholders with prices from 15 to 24 euros per night, and museums and cinemas let students in for half price. In Belgium, discounts are not given so willingly: you can save no more than 5% on accommodation, museums drop from 0.5 to 5 euros off entry, and restaurants offer to buy two drinks to get a third one free. In some Greek hotels, every fourth night is free. You can also get free entry to theater performances.
In Austria, they count in fives: 5% discounts on accommodation, 5 minutes of free Internet access, and 5 euros for theater visits. In Norwegian hotels, discounts stop applying on holidays. At other times, the student card will help knock 21% off the hotel bill. Museum exhibitions can be seen for half the price. In Finland, students get half price on transport, and in cinemas every third film is free. Students can enter some clubs and discos in Denmark for free: the main thing is not to mix up which day of the week this is possible.
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Possibilities of GО-25 and EURO cards.