18 years old and I want to travel from Ireland To America,?

Question

I am 18 years old and am finished from Leaving Cert in three weeks. I am hoping to travel in october. I am deadly keen on travelling to america, to Florida or new york and travelling around it. Do i need money for going, how much? What are the periods I can travel for and can i work over there? Any help??

Answer 1

Come to America. Contrary to popular belief and contrary to what our government spews forth we love to meet people from other countries and Americans are suckers for Irish accents! Immigration here sucks (my Cuban friend has been here for 10 years and now they are hassling him) but the majority of the people here will welcome you with open arms. I don't know much about the technicalities of working whilst over here but the place I work for encourages diversity. I will look into it for you.

As for places to work, try Marriott Hotels & Resorts. They are world wide and they encourage people to transfer to new locations. The one I work for is in a small town and we have people from over a dozen different countries.

Good luck my friend!

Answer 2

Of course you will need money for going...

Your best bet is to go through the J1 programme unless you already have family over there who can help you out.

You can travel/work for any period over there.

America is crying out for Irish students as there has been a drop off in recent years since 9/11 and also with an increased interested in students going to SE Asia and Australia.

Answer 3

Under normal tourist trip with the visa waiver (for being Irish) you can't work legally. I don't recommend working illegally in US. You could be deported and banned from the country if discovered working without work permits.

As soon as you have finished with your studies, get a job in Ireland, save, and do a normal tourist trip. That is the easiest solution for you. Even at Penney's or at a fast food place.

If you want to work there, look for the links posted about J1 visas. Even those are hard to get, and will take a lot of time. If you get a job with J1, you don't have a choice of where they send you, and you'll earn basically the minimum wage, around $ 6-7 an hour (about 5 euros). So you are well better off getting a job in Ireland or in UK and saving for your trip and just enjoy the travel.

Depending on how you plan to travel, with whom etc, cost of travel will vary. If you rent a car, calculate to be on safe side $ 100 per day. For accomodation, $ 30 for a cheap place to over $ 300 per night if you search by yourself. It is probably the best for you to try to get a travel package with flights and accommodation included, so the only additional costs would be car or travel depending on where you want to go to see something, food, and whatever shopping you'll need done.

New York is expensive. With $ 30 per night you can get a very plain hostel accomodation. In NY also the travel cards come to cost you, and it's hard to be in NYC without it.

Food, coffee .. depending on your habits, calculate $ 10 as a minimum for a day. $ 30 you can eat something outside.

If after the travel package you'll have € 2000 euros saved for your trip of up to a few weeks, you should be fine. The more money saved the better for allowing you to see and to do more. If you have more money, you don't have to spend everything on the trip either so working on summer for a few months in Ireland isn't a bad idea for getting money for travel.

Answer 4

if u plan on shopping bring alot of money, and if u get a work visa u can work here don't worry most americans love meeting new people especially me but there are also alot of arrogant mother (can't say that) that hate foreigners sure our goverment is hated but you'll love the people

Answer 5

u can work and live there for 3 months or up to a year depends on what greencard ya get and that and yep u need a fair bit of money

Answer 6

You more than likely need to have an accepted place in college to get a J1 visa, in fact you may not be able to get

one until next year... Recently America have become extremely anal about visa processing and require you to go for interviews in the american embassy as well as taking ages to process your passport.

Also, in the eyes of every American immigration officer everyone is a terrorist - they are possibly the biggest a*sholes you will ever meet in your life.

BUT the people are very decent, and living in America will give you a chance to know the country and see beyond its unpopular image! A J1 visa is a great experience.

Answer 7

What about Camp America? Its ace! Although u dont get to choose where u are placed but once you're done working for a few months u get to stay for a couple more on the same visa so u can travel where u like.

Or you could go on Disneys website and hunt for jobs. I'm sure that would be a fab experience. I have a friend who worked in the english bit in Epcot for a year and she loved every minute!

Answer 8

Why? Europe's so much nicer ... and you don't need to worry about currency or visas in so many of the EU countries if you're Irish.