Mobile Phone use in the
US is EXPENSIVE. Don't pay the rip off charges over there, get a MAXROAM
sim before you go and get a US and Irish number in one. Call home for
the price of a local call from your mobile!
Booked my J1 today and am looking to go to Santa Monica in LA, doesn't seem to be a popular choice for J1ers (good thing or bad thing, not sure yet!) Any advice, or anyone else going there, let me know
Santa Monica is great but expensive. Depending on what you will be making it may be difficult for you to live there. You should count on rents being between 650 to 850 for a shared apartment(unfurnished). First months rents and a security deposit of the same amount are usually required and since you may not have built credit here yet it might even be more.
i think im travelling alone, a few friends are kind of interested. have booked it now, leaving on the 20th June. Haven't been looking for accommodation yet, sent my CV to a few bars/restaurants but nothing back yet.
