GaryTheSnail

OK. Thank you, I feel relieved.

Hello everyone, I am an European student and a good canadian university offered me a campus visit. They have not accepted me yet into their PhD program and want me to be further interviewed by my first-choice professor and interviewed by a second one. This first professor invited me to fly down to their university and say they will cover all travel-related costs. I asked if housing was included and where I should book for it (on campus or in town); he just said that he can book the hotel for me once I give him my arrival / departure dates. 1 - Do you think that he implied the university will pay for the hotel as well? 2 - The travel will cost me almost 1000 euros / 1500 $. I asked if I had to keep the bill to get my money back later, he just answered "yes". Is that a typical procedure? Don't I need any formal administrative agreement first? How can I be sure that I will have my money back? Does anyone ever experienced any problem with this kind of situation? Thank you in advance!