The Best Travel Student Discounts

Written by Camila Karalyte

The best student discounts on holidays, accommodation, and transport, all in one place.

Sticking to a student budget isn’t always the easiest, but student discounts can make it a little less stressful. 

Whether you need to book a post-graduate holiday with your mates, or need cheaper train travel to see your family, Student Beans has plenty of travel student discounts to help you out. Make sure you’re prepped for your travels with our student travel tips and the best ways to spend money abroad. 

If you’re in need of more ways to save money, check out our food hub to find discounts and advice on all things food and drink.

Jump to:

• Holiday discounts

• Flight discounts

• Accommodation & hotel discounts

• Transport discounts

Holiday discounts

Pack your suitcase and that SPF, these holiday discounts are too good to miss. 

Whether you’re solo tripping or taking a gap year, use Student Beans to save money and maybe treat yourself to cheap airport lounge access. 

• First choice student discount: get £75 off when you spend £500 or more, enjoy short breaks from £151pp, and indulge in all-inclusive flights with hotel, food and drink from only £351pp. 

• Loveholidays student discount: treat yourself to £50 off on city breaks.

• British Airways Holidays student discount: get a £25 giftcard when you spend £500. 

• Lastminute.com student discount: grab £30 off holidays.

• Parkdean Resorts student discount: 5% peak or 7% off-peak discount on holidays, 10% discount on glamping holidays. They have many locations near the best hidden gems in the UK . 

• Trip.com student discount: 5% off tours and tickets.

• easyJet holidays student discount: £25 off with a minimum spend of £500.

• TUI student discount: £50 discount per booking.

• Jet2holidays student discount: £50 student discount online, 20% off all flights.

• Opodo student discount: 10% discount.        

Flight discounts

Up, up, and away… goodbye uni halls. Hello, cheap trip abroad. 

Explore all of our student discounts on flights; life’s too short to not see the world!

• Trip.com student discount: get up to £20 off flights.

• Emirates student discount: 10% student discount on Emirates Economy Class fares, get 10kg more or 1 extra piece of baggage.   

• Qatar Airways student discount: up to 9% off.

• Kiwi student discount: £42 off minimum spend of £600.

• Virgin Atlantic student discount: up to £60 off flights to the US or India, £20 off economy light, classic, and delight flights. 

• Turkish Airlines student discount: up to 15% discount on international transit flights. Up to 20% discount on domestic flights.   

• Air India student discount: up to 15% student discount and 10kg extra baggage and 1 free date change. 

• Cathay Pacific student discount: up to 10% off flights to Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. 

• Corendon Airlines student discount: 10% off online. 

  
  

• Alternative Airlines student discount: £5 student discount on flights over £150, so you can fly to these stunning European beaches for cheap.

Accommodation & hotel discounts

You’ve made it to your destination, the last thing you want is a rough night's sleep. 

Find somewhere to lay your head without spending a fortune with these accommodation and hotel student discounts. 

• Mad Monkey Hostels student discount: 15% off Social Hostels in South East Asia.

• Expedia student discount: 10% off hotels.

• Hotels.com student discount: 10% off online for luxury hotels on a budget. 

• Hostelworld student discount: 10% off hostels across the globe.

• easyHotel student discount: 12% student discount off non-refundable rates, 12% off stays in the UK, 12% off stays in Spain, Netherlands, France, Dublin, and Brussels — you’ll find the cheapest beer in Europe in some of these places. 

• YHA student discount: 10% discount online (England & Wales).

• Macdonald Hotels & Resorts student discount: 20% student discount online. 

• Best Western student discount: 5% discount off online bookings. 

Transport discounts

If you need cheap car insurance, affordable parking, train travel, bus rides, any sort of transport, we’re here to help you save. We’ve got a selection of the best student bus and train passes you should peek at. 

• Purple Parking student discount: up to 30% off online parking.

• Uber student discount: £10 off your first ride, 25% student discount on your first Uber XShare ride. 

• Avis student discount: 5% discount online. 

• Minicabit student discount: 5% discount online. 

• TrainPal student discount: 5% off trains for new customers, 2% off for existing customers. 

• Trainline student discount: 15% off 16-25, 26-30, 16-17 railcards. 

• Trip.com student discount: 2% off trains for existing users, 10% off car rental.

• Avanti West Coast Superfare student discount: train tickets from £9.

• Omio student discount: 20% student discount on Japanese travel. 

  
  

• FlixBus student discount: 20% off online. 

• National Express student discount: up to 25% student discount. 

• TfL Santander Cycles student discount: 50% off a Santander Cycles day pass, 25% student discount. 

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