Planning Your Gap Year

Discover how to plan a worthwhile gap year, setting goals, researching opportunities, creating budgets, and preparing practically for extended travel or work.

Benefits of Doing a Gap Year

After all of the struggles to pass exams and build a future, many students think it would be madness to defer it all for a year and spend time doing nothing....

Convincing Your Parents of the Importance of a Gap Year

Many potential gappers find that one of the biggest obstacles to making their dreams a reality is convincing their parents of the importance of a gap year. P...

Gap Year and Your Education

Many students (and their parents) are worried that a gap year will interrupt their education and thus present an obstacle to their eventual careers. This is...

Interviewing Former Gappers

A great way to learn more about what to expect on, and how to prepare for, a gap year is to interview former gappers. These interviews do not need to formal,...

Obtaining a Passport for a Gap year

If you're planning a gap year abroad then one thing you'll most certainly need is a passport. In fact, your entire trip will depend upon it. A passport is a...

Organising and Planning Your Gap Year

Deciding to take a gap year is a big step, but actually organising a gap year is even bigger. Many organisations and websites exist to help you plan your per...

Staying Safe When Travelling Alone

Travelling alone can bring a number of pleasurable benefits - going where you want when you want chief among them - but it also means that the solo traveller...

Travelling With Friends

Travelling with friends may well bring you to a new level of intimacy - with their strange senses of humour, quirky traits, and disgusting habits. Ask anyone...

What is a Gap Year?

A gap year. Most have heard of it, many have debated it, but few may actually understand it. In reality, a gap year is simply a year, or even less, taken out...