Participating students should obtain their passports at their earliest convenience. Passports may be obtained through contact with the nearest State Department Office or United States Post Office. The program director will provide each student traveling to England a letter explaining the nature of the program and duration of such to facilitate the necessary international travel. The letters will not be available until the student has formally registered for the program. Each student participating in the program will be responsible for transportation to and from England.
Airlines provide a variety of reduced fare plans and early booking can create substantial savings.
As summer flights to Europe fill quickly, early travel arrangements should be made. Durham is accessible via modern airports at Newcastle and Teesside, or via direct flights to Manchester or London, continuing to Durham by high-speed electric train to Durham. Edinburgh to Durham may be traversed in under two hours. The railway station in Durham to Collingwood College requires only 10 minutes by taxi. The 1999 Durham class used rail travel extensively.