u/Known-Ratio3123

I’m a recent graduate, still on my student visa. I am allowed to work full time as my course is completed but everywhere I’m applying they are asking me to submit my results or transcripts which is not possible before end of October. They are not even accepting any mails or letters from uni. And for part time roles its been like a whole month now and I have applied actively everywhere, still haven’t got a positive response.

I am starting to feel like my profile is either red flagged by them or I’m just actually bad! For Full time salaried jobs the condition is that i must provide a proper work visa, but then it will be only for 2 years. It’s so hard how international policies work and if your born in a 3rd world country you have to pay the game in hard settings.

My funds are tight and i need some help if anyone can help me with any part time roles or supply chain related roles it would be awesome!
I have experience in food business, retail and customer facing roles, and back in my country i used to literally manage my family business supply chain and operations.

Hello experienced travellers and locals. If i am planning a trip with my parents and my itinerary looks like 5days London, five days Edinburgh, five days in whatever place you guys suggest because earlier I was thinking about Ireland but then I think it would be just paying more and enjoying less. And I would like to switch it with somewhere in Great Britain, only or whatever can be accessed via train transport as we will be having three big luggage as well with us and then the rest of the trip will be in Devon where we can do day trips and basically I live here so that will be our stay before going back.

Till now I have booked the London stay and the Edinburgh stay for five days each from 12 August to 22 August. I have bought us rail cards and book the train ticket from London to Edinburgh as well. Now I am just a bit confused or concerned about travelling with big luggage Asif we are going to travel to Ireland. The flights will cost a lot because of this additional luggage and the limit for the luggage is 20 kg per bag and our luggage might go beyond that. And if we choose to take ferry then it will consume a lot of time. And also I don’t know if the ferry on its own is a good experience or not that is something I would like to hear from you if you have experienced it or if you guys suggest it.

One of my friends suggested me Wales and I think it can be a better alternative to fit in our travel plan. I am a student in Exeter so I was thinking that we can rent a car and do day trips in the last days of our trip. I’m not a travel expert so I am up for suggestions or any alterations that I should do or consider and I would love to have some help from you guys.

Thanks for giving it a read and I hope to get some help here as I am just finishing up with the plans as the dates are close.

Hi everyone,

Looking for some advice before I start booking stuff.

I'm an international student living in Exeter and my parents are coming over from India between mid-August and early September for around 20 days. They've travelled a fair bit before, but it'll be their first time visiting me in the UK and I really want to get this right.

The main thing is they don't want a trip that's just "stand in queue > look at building > take photo > leave".

They like scenery, food, nice walks, interesting places, little towns, coastal views, boat rides, local experiences, etc. They're both gym-goers and pretty fit, so walking isn't an issue, but I'm not planning any serious hikes.

One thing that's important to me is that they get to see my actual life here as well. They've spent the last couple of years hearing stories about Exeter, uni life, my jobs, friends and everything else, so I don't want them landing in Heathrow and immediately dragging them across the country before they've even seen where I live.

Current plan is roughly:

Exeter (3 days)

Show them the university, my accommodation, where I work, the gurudwara, Quayside, maybe Topsham, and take them to my Tuesday bachata class.

Also planning to take them to The Imperial because for some reason showing Indian parents a fancy-looking Wetherspoons feels like a British cultural experience 😂

Bath (2 days)

This is mostly because everyone seems to say Bath is beautiful and worth visiting. Looks like a place where you can just walk around all day without needing a huge itinerary.

London (3 days)

Don't want to skip London because I'd probably regret it.

Thinking more South Bank, Borough Market, Greenwich, Thames cruise, wandering around, good food, parks etc.

Not massively interested in spending entire days in museums unless there's something genuinely special.

Cornwall (3 days)

This is one of the places I'm most excited about.

Thinking St Ives, Minack Theatre, coastal drives/walks, seafood, sunsets and generally enjoying the scenery.

My parents absolutely love sitting somewhere with a nice view and just taking it all in.

Edinburgh + somewhere scenic in Scotland (4 days)

Scotland feels like one of those places that would be criminal to miss.

The photos of Glencoe and the Highlands look unreal but I'm not sure how much is realistically doable without spending half the trip travelling.

Lake District (3 days)

Boat rides, nice walks, good food and scenery.

This seems to be one of the few places that almost everyone agrees is worth visiting.

Then maybe leave a day or two free for travel days or if we randomly fall in love with a place and want to stay longer.

My biggest concern is what I'm NOT including.

No York.

No Cotswolds.

No Northumberland.

No Wales.

No Europe.

Part of me thinks that's fine because I'd rather properly enjoy fewer places, but another part of me is worried my parents will fly 8 hours from Delhi and then I'll realise afterwards we completely missed somewhere amazing.

If your parents were visiting you for the first time and you had about 3 weeks, what would you change?

What would you remove?

And what was the place that genuinely made you go "wow" rather than just "yeah that was nice"?

Would really appreciate any advice, especially from people who've done similar trips with family visiting from abroad.

Cheers!