Plan Your Trip
Planning Your Gap Year
The easy part is deciding you want to go travelling, the hard part is planning your trip. The biggest problem is information overload; there's just too much rubbish out there. But relax. You've come to the right place. We cut out the non-essentials to give you the best travel advice and ideas to make planning for your gap year easy.
Whether you fancy an adventure tour around Australia, camping through Canada, hiking in the Himalayas, volunteering in Vietnam or working abroad, we've got it covered. We've got fantastic information and advice on round the world flights, a vibrant community of committed travellers who've been there and do it, and a great scheme to encourage new travel writers. Everything here really is done by backpackers for backpackers.
The only thing that's limiting you is your ambition, your imagination and your budget. So start planning your gap year now; it'll be a trip you'll never forget...
Some Ideas
Round the World Guru
Sam Willan
Sam is our site Round the World Guru. He's joined us to help our members with any questions relating to round the world flights, tickets, tours and other inspiring gap year ideas.
He has travelled to Canada and New Zealand, as well as Australia, North America, Ecuador, South East Asia, and Europe. Sam will shortly be doing a Kilimanjaro climb and visiting Kenya for his first taste of Africa.
To test his knowledge, gain some free advice or just to compare passport stamps get in touch with Sam by sending him a private message.
Gap Year Ideas
Gap Year Ideas
So, you've decided you want to take a gap year but you're unsure what you want to do. That's cool. Everyone's like that at first. That's why we've put together some gap year ideas to inspire you.
There are hundreds of gap year ideas out there and there's something for everyone. Not only are they fantastic fun but they'll also boost your CV and impress potential employers.
So, if you're stuck for ideas then check out our top 10 gap year ideas.
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Gap Year Packing List
Packing for a holiday can be difficult; packing for a round the world trip can be near impossible.
You're constantly packing, unpacking, packing again, checking that you’ve got everything, then realise you’ve forgotten your toothbrush...
