If he’s 20 he should be looking into all of this info for himself - especially if he’s studying journalism which is a career that heavily involves doing your own research.

time to cut the apron strings.

You can raise some of these issues with him as pointers as to what he needs to look at but don’t do the work for him.


But you’ve not even mentioned insurance for his trip especially health insurance and for things like lost baggage and delayed flights, Don’t assume US policies automatically cover him when he’s abroad.