The interview of the week with Oana Taralunga – PR Manager EURO <26 Romania

1.infotravelromania.ro : Costinesti was named EURO 26 Resort! It is something new in Romania! What does that means for the ones who are at the sea sight at this time?
O.T: Because of a partnership between the Local Council of Costinesti and the European network EYCA European Youth Card Association, this resort, known as the youth touristy point, was market as an European Euro 26 resort. Practically, all the resort was market with the symbol Euro<26, a Hercules, who is the sign in all the places with Euro<26 discounts.
As a Euro<26 resort, in Costinesti we have contracted 40 important discounts
(www.euro26.ro/eurotourist/la_costinesti.html) in the most popular places, important discounts, between 20 and 50% - from the Ring Disco to the well known pubs La Tomita, 10 Flags, to hotels and so on.
This discounts are available only with Euro<26 Card and the cards can be taken from the Centre of Information Euro<26 opened on the pub Vraja Marii. An Euro<26 team is developing an intense information program on the beach and on the events from the Ring Disco, is staying at the disposal of the students to complete the Euro<26 form and deliberate instantly the Euro<26 card and the Euro<26 bank card.

2.infotravelromania.ro : what sort of cards are available for the students and which are the advantages of each of them?
O.T.: Now we have in Romania 3 sorts of Euro<26 cards and the young people under 26 can choose based on their needs: the Euro<26 classic card, for all the young people under 26 years old, the European Youth Card and the successful program Euro<26 Student Card and Euro<26 Bank Card.
The Euro<26 Student Card = is a European card for the students from Romanian universities. This card confirms the identity as a student, is a card with discounts and also a mobility card because it has medical travel insurance for free.

The Euro<26 Bank Card = it is a co branded card Euro<26 and the Transylvania Bank, under VISA ELECTRON brand, debit card, internationally recognized. Is a financial instrument combined with Euro<26, they can make payments on line, money transfer, service payment, the young people can receive money from their parents, the money from the university, can pay the phone bills and they can access the discounts from Euro<26 in the 38 countries, over 300.000 discounts in all the domains. The bank card also contains the medical travel insurance.

This package is free of charge on the sea sight and during the university year in the 25 universities which are partners to this program. All the cards have the same Euro<26 discounts accessible in the places market with the symbol of Hercules, but they have attached auxiliary services – insurance, quality of being a student, the bank card.

3.infotravelromania.ro : For the summer of 2004 what are the discounts provided for the young people and the students from Romania?
O.T.: Especially during the summer we recommend the best discounts in the area of tourism, travel, holidays and free time. Our partner ZIP International offers to students and young people the less expensive flying tickets on the market, hotels in the country and abroad, because is a tourism agency based on young people tourism. Also Eurolines covers a large area in the terrestrial transport, by bus. Through our partners, the possessors of Euro<26 card benefits of international hotels at the lowest prices, work and travel USA and all the tourist services for the young people and for the students. Than, we have discounts for the free time as diving, rafting, extreme sports, already very requested. In the foreign countries, the most wanted are the discounts in cultural domain and for the international transport where we can mention the advantages offered by our external partners.

4.infotravelromania.ro : Where can we find those cards for distribution and which are the papers requested?
O.T.: During the university year, the Euro<26 Student Card and Euro<26 Bank Card with free medical insurance are distributed for free in the 25 universities because this card is a student European identity. The students must go to the secretary with a copy of the identity card and a photo and complete the 2 forms. Shortly they can pick up the cards and the guide of discounts.
For the students from other universities, the card could be received in our bureau on Valter Maracineanu 1-3, 4-th floor, room 337, sector 1, Bucharest, for free, in the same package with the bank card or separately the student card (for the ones who are not eligible for the bank card) paying 5 € for the participation on the European program.
During the summer, the Student and Bank Cards are distributed for free only in the Euro<26 Information Centre in Costinesti. The papers requested are a photo and a copy of the identity card.
The Euro<26 Card is also found to Eurolines, to ZIP International and in the network of our Euro<26 national partners – tourism agencies and youth organizations which can be found on www.euro26.ro or www.euro26.org.
The complete of the forms and the releasing of the card is taking only 5 minutes. The possessor is receiving for free the Guide of Euro<26 discounts and enters the Euro<26 list of communications to be informed permanently about the new discounts, Euro<26 programs they can participate to, events and contests.
More information is available on www.euro26.ro and www.euro26.org.ro

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Euro<26 Romania - Cardul european de tineret
Str. Valter Maracineanu, nr. 1-3, intrarea 5, et. 4, cam. 337, sector 1, Bucuresti, Romania
tel./fax: +4 021 313 40 16 | e-mail: office@euro26.ro euro26_romania@yahoo.com
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