Tips for safe and secure travelling on a gap year
Whether you’re planning a gap year adventure for once you finish school or are going to be doing some travelling this summer, the chances are you’re pretty excited about what awaits you. This will especially be the case if you’re … … read more
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Gap year regions: Africa, Latin America and Oceania
After a trekking across the northern hemisphere in our last two blog posts on the major gap year regions of the world, today we’re going to finish off our tour by sweeping across Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Africa Africa … … read more
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Tagged travelling, backpacking
Gap Year Regions: North America and East Asia
On Monday we kicked off a series of blog posts looking at the main regions that attract gap year adventurers. Having started close to home with a look at Europe, today we turn our attentions to North America and East … … read more
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Tagged travelling, gap year destinations, USA, China, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam
Gap year regions: Europe
If you’re in your final year of school and have set your heart on taking a gap year, or are currently on a gap year but as of yet haven’t yet settled on what to do with it between January … … read more
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Tagged travelling; europe; backpacking
Easy adventures for gap year ditherers
If you’re currently on a gap year, you may well be reading this from some far-flung corner of the world as you take a breather from the life-changing travelling and/or work experience. Alternatively, you could be in the final stages … … read more
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Tagged volunteering, gap years, Working abroad
Key things to do when preparing for a gap year
If you’re preparing for a gap year, there are some important preparatory steps which need to be followed to ensure that you have a safe and comfortable time. Even if you’re just considering whether taking a gap year is right … … read more
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More suggestions for keeping hold of your travel memories
As you may have guessed from the blog post we put up a few days ago about travelling memories, we’re big fans of taking the time to capture the magic of your weeks or months away. Last time we discussed … … read more
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Tagged gap years, travel memories, travelling
Making sure you remember your travel adventures
Although in an ideal world we’d all be off on a gap year for the full twelve months of the year, every year, the reality is that opportunities for travelling are in practice few and far between. And even when … … read more
Last-minute ideas for the summer
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Tagged summer, gap years, travel
Great sites for booking gap year accommodation
When it comes to organizing a gap year or summer vacation travel bonanza, one of the biggest logistical headaches people have is accommodation. While flights can be changed and you can often take advantage of all-inclusive ticket services such as … … read more
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Tagged accommodation, gap years, travel