The long-awaited day trip to Woodbury Premium Outlet Stores has finally arrived. A group of 32 excited students hopped on a bus and took out the Center map and store listings to plan their shopping route. With 220 outlet stores and impressive savings at Burberry, Coach, Dior, Gucci, Michael Kors, to name but a few, there is definitely a need for some planning.

Upon arrival at Woodbury, many students charged to the Information counter to redeem their VIP coupon booklet, which they had previously registered for. These coupon booklets give additional discounts on top of the sale items.

The students divided themselves into small groups and started raiding the outlet stores. This marked the beginning of a 9-hour shopping spree at Woodbury Premium Outlet Store, which is divided into 5 different areas – Bluebird court, Red Apple court, Marigold court, Evergreen court and Grapevine court.

As time passed, the number of shopping bags hanging on students' arms increased and the heavy weight of their steals left red imprinted marks on their arms. Most students frequented Coach, Kate Spade and Nike as they offered up to fifty percent savings on top of the lowest ticket price.

At 7pm, students boarded the bus back to Flushing YMCA. On the return journey, many students were jaded from their shopping spree and napped on the bus.

Given the large scale of stores, it is impossible to finish shopping in one day. Many students said that they would revisit Woodbury Premium Outlet Stores to visit other unexplored stores and buy more good deals.