Recent gap year press

In the news...

e4s.co.uk
studying abroad 'improves employability'
29th October
According to founder of gapyear.com Tom Griffiths, having a well stamped passport can make a candidate stand out from the thousands of bland clone-like ... Read article >>

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MSN News
Holidays with heart
20th October
Writing for MSN, Tom Griffiths, the founder of Gapyear.com, lists his top 10 holidays where you can make a difference by giving something back to the world you live in. And you get the chance to explore a whole new world at the same time. Read article >>

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Travel Weekly
gapyear.com takes social networking further
17th October
Selecting trusted customers to produce videos, blogs and review gadgets is one thing website gapyear.com is doing to attract and engage visitors, its founder revealed at the TTI Summitt. Read article page 45 >>

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GMTV
Gap year risks
8th October
Overall, 25% of gap year tourists did not obtain travel health advice before their trip, according to the survey conducted by Gapyear.com for the Malaria ... Read article >>

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Which? News
Malaria warning for gap year travellers
6th October
... sleep under a mosquito net in areas where the disease is prevalent, according to a survey conducted by Gapyear.com for the Malaria Awareness Campaign. ... Read article >>

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Money Expert
Travellers 'using prepaid cards'
3rd October
... banks of their intentions to use cards abroad, computer glitches can mean they still get cancelled, stated Tom Griffiths, the founder of gapyear.com. ... Read article >>

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World First Travel Insurance
Older generation 'becoming more adventurous'
3rd October
The founder of gapyear.com recently said in a statement that specialist travel insurance when travelling on 'backpacker' holidays could prove vital in the ... Read article >>

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Only Finance
Backpackers deal with card cancellation
3rd October
For many young people gap year backpacking is their first extended stay abroad and obliges them to deal with many new issues, including currency changing ... Read article >>

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World First Travel Insurance
Backpackers mistaken for credit card fraudsters
2nd October
The founder of gapyear.com, Tom Griffiths, said: "This is because the computer sees a card that hasn't been used much in the UK suddenly being nailed in ... Read article >>

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Essential Travel
Gap year travellers at risk of malaria
2nd October
According to a survey conducted on behalf of the Malaria Awareness Campaign by Gapyear.com, 33 per cent of gap year travellers did not take antimalarials ... Read article >>

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Age Concern
'Always take antimalarials' when on holiday
2nd October
Holidaymakers have been urged by one individual to ensure that they take their antimalarials and follow any medical advice they have been given when they ... Read article >>

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Telegraph
Gap year travellers given malaria warning
1st October
Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com, which conducted the survey on behalf of Malaria Awareness, said: "In this day and age, backpackers should not be ..." Read article >>

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Nursing in Practice
Malaria a problem among travellers
1st October
Overall, 25% of gap year tourists did not obtain travel health advice before their trip, according to the survey by Gapyear.com. Of the near-1000 gap year ... Read article >>

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SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA
Study: Many U.K. student travelers don't take precautions against malaria
1st October
"By not taking the necessary precautions, we believe hundreds are needlessly becoming seriously ill each year from malaria," said the founder of Gapyear.com ... Read article >>

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TravelBite.co.uk
Gap year travellers handed Malaria warning
1st October
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com says: "An estimated 250000 gap year students will head off on their gap year holidays this year and more than three ... Read article >>

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InTheNews.co.uk
Malaria illnesses 'avoidable'
1st October
... head off on their gap year holidays this year and more than three quarters will visit malaria endemic areas," Gapyear.com founder Tom Griffiths said. ... Read article >>

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The Press Association
Malaria warning for travellers
1st October
Overall, 25% of gap year tourists did not obtain travel health advice before their trip, according to the survey conducted by Gapyear.com for the Malaria ... Read article >>

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Money UK - London,UK
Backpackers 'Facing Card Cancellations'
1st October
According to new analysis from gapyear.com, many firms are confused by the travellers using their cards while overseas and suspect fraudulent activity. ... Read article >>

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Go Travel Insurance
Backpackers 'take unnecessary risks'
30th September
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, said that backpackers often make the mistake of behaving the way they would in the UK. "People are more at risk in ... Read article >>

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World First Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance? Cheaper cover for your holiday.
30th September
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, said: "They don't actually realise that they are putting their parents' home and life savings at risk. ... Read article >>

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Money News
Backpackers without proper insurance 'risk parents' home and savings'
30th September
According to Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, the growing popularity of debit and credit cards has meant that backpackers are vulnerable to pick ... Read article >>

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Beat That Quote News
Travellers 'risk under-insurance'
30th September
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, explains many travellers fail to understand what is covered by their travel insurance, meaning they end up without ... Read article >>

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Essential Travel
Backpackers put themselves at risk
30th September
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, said that a quarter of backpackers going on their year-off trips leave the country without any or adequate insurance. ... Read article >>

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Australian Visa Bureau
Australia still first choice for gap year travellers
29th August
Tom Griffiths, founder of the company, said "STA Travel has reported record numbers of long-haul round the world tickets for 2007, and Australia is the ... Read article >>

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Go Travel Insurance
Backpackers without insurance 'put parents at risk'
29th August
Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com, pointed out that sustaining an injury abroad could easily result in a medical bill of £50000 and said that travellers ... Read article >>

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Employment4students
gap years 'are changing'
23rd August
Gap year travel is changing as the credit crunch hits many students across the UK, according to latest reports. A poll commissioned by social networking ... Read article >>

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Thisismoney.com
How to mind the gap
18th August
Website gapyear.com has useful information for travellers and links to specialist insurers such as Down Under, Insure And Go and World Nomads. ... Read article >>

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Gradplus.com
IT off shoring 'not hitting graduate jobs'
18th August
Recently, writing for the Independent Gapyear.com founder Tom Griffiths claimed that experience gained on volunteering projects can help people get a ... Read article >>

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BBC Breakfast
CREDIT CRUNCH HITS GAP YEAR TRAVEL
18th August
Following a press release released by Bebo - regarding how the credit crunch has effected the number of people taking a gap year. Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com, was invited on the show to discuss and he said "This research is not based on any factual findings - students and young people don't have mortgages to pay, they earn and save money for their part time jobs, so the credit crunch is very unlikely to have any impact on the amount of young people taking a gap year".

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MSN News
Gap Years - the weird and wonderful
17th August
Tom Griffiths, the founder of gapyear.com As students up and down the country discover if they have made the grade in their A-levels, they will have to make key decisions about their futures; such as whether or not to take a gap year... Read article >>

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Guardian
Hands up if you want to be useful
16th August
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, says chads are "modern-day adventurers who take on exciting and often dangerous trips for the benefit of others". ... Read article >>

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e4s.co.uk
gap years 'prove popular'
16th Aug
Research by gapyear.com found that employers and recruitment agencies are increasingly taking gap year experience into account when considering applicants ... Read article >>

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Telegraph
Don't be wooed by surf-and-sun gap years
15th Aug
Getting behind the marketing hype is never easy but looking at the forums on Gapyear.com or Facebook is a good start. Travellers write honest, undiluted ... Read article >>

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GAAP Web
Gap years 'can help graduates get jobs'
15th Aug
At the time, Tom Griffiths, the founder of Gapyear.com, commented: "Constructive well planned and executed gap years, more often than not based around a ... Read article >>

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Visa Bureau
Students 'can benefit' from a gap year
15th Aug
A recent report from GapYear.com has found employers increasingly take gap year achievements into consideration and they often set applicants apart from ... Read article >>

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Telegraph
A-Level results: What next for school leavers?
14th Aug
Visit www.gapyear.com for gap year ideas and advice. Meanwhile good jobs are not the preserve of the graduate. Many top employers, ,br>including ... Read article >>

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Telegraph
A-levels: Take a gap, make a leap
13th Aug
For advice from peers, you can chat to other gap year students online at gapyear.com. Murray adds: "Ask the gap year company about everything you want to ... Read article >>


Telegraph
A-levels: Take a gap, make a leap
13th Aug
For advice from peers, you can chat to other gap year students online at gapyear.com. Murray adds: "Ask the gap year company about everything you want to ... Read article >>

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m-Travel
If you're fighting on price, is there logic in integrating
UGC into your business?
12th June
In an interview with EyeforTravel.com's Ritesh Gupta, Tom Griffiths, Founder, gapyear.com shared his viewpoint on such strategy, credibility issues etc. ... Read article >>

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Independent
Gap year: off into the unknown
11th August
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, advises you to get online or purchase a guide and get clued up. He is conscious of the parental desire to protect ... Read article >>


Independent
Gap year: how to make yourself stand out
11th August
Dynamic gap year students will always stand out from the rest of the A-list crowd, says Tom Griffiths the founder of Gapyear.com. 'Everyone is the same. ... Read article >>

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International Travel Insurance Journal - Bristol, UK
Issue 91 : Insurance gaps
4th August
Tom Griffiths, the founder of Gapyear.com, a website that offers both travelling advice and social networking, said: 'Our research shows that 25 per cent of ... Read article >>

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World First Travel Insurance
Increase in 'career backpackers'
1st August
Gap years travelling is becoming increasingly popular among people who bypassed the opportunity during their pre and post-university years, one industry expert has claimed. Read article >>

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Canadian Tourist Commission
Students Undertake Gapyear.com's Challenge Canada trip with Zoom & VIA Rail
14th July
Challenge Canada - CHANCE FOR YOU too TO WIN A TRIP. Two lucky students were awarded winners of Challenge Canada. Read article >>

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Telegraph
Gap years: Thousands of gaps to aim for
12th July
"I'd draw a distinction between volunteering and what we call voluntourism," says Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com.
"If, say, the project involves ... Read article >>

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Telegraph
Gap year travel: Check insurance, father urges
15th June
Tom Griffiths, the founder of Gapyear.com, an advice and social networking site, said: "Our research shows that 25 per cent of [gap year] students are ... Read article >>

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USA Today
'Gap year' before college gives grads valuable life experience
13th June
"The U.S. is viewed in our sector as the sleeping giant," with the "potential to surpass the rest of the world in numbers and possibly spending within the next five years," says Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com... Read article >>

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Eye For Travel
Addressing credibility issues in case of discrepancy between official and unofficial content
13th June
Regarding credible content on your own websites, Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com , says the rule of thumb on creating your own content is 'Would it fool you?'.... Read article >>

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Scotsman
Generation why-should-I?
11th June
"There is an assumption among twentysomethings that everything's going to be fine; that they'll get everything they want from life," says Tom Griffiths, ... Read article >>

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City Talk FM
Talk To Trisha - Gap Year Special
18th May
A gap year special on city talk fm - including guest speakers Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com, Tom Hall, editor of Lonely Planet, Tim Blackman of the Lucie Blackman Trust... talking about ideas for a gap year, tackling worries that parents face if their child chooses to take a gap year .... Click here to listen to the show >>

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gapguru.com
Gapyear.com: Princeton and York University launch
Gap Year programmes
29th April
Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com says "Interest in gap years in North America is really taking off, fuelled by online advice sites and social networks ... Read article >>

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Payment News
UK's Advanced Payment Solutions Moves Prepaid
Portfolio to Metavante
17th April
Metavante has announced an agreement with Advanced Payment Solutions (APS), making it the payment processing house for the entire prepaid portfolio of APS, including the cashplus prepaid gold MasterCard, the Gap Year cashplus card and a ... Read article >>

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asap NEWS
Gap Year travel gets a publicity boost
16th April
Founder Tom Griffiths has been touting the concept as keynote speaker at the US Educational Travel Conference in Baltimore... Read article >>

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BBC News 24
How Safe Are Gap Years?
15th april
Following the Ecuador bus tradgedy - a special report on taking gap years, how safe they are and what precautions to take when planning a gap year. Guest include Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com, Cath Urquhart, ex Times Travel Editor, Hannah Saunders who took a gap year in 2007 and her mother Shareen Saunders..

Watch the interview below:

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Internet Travel News
gapyear.com launches media campaign
15th April
In response to a sudden growth in 'Gap Year' media in the American press and a similar growth users from the US, Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com has launched a media campaign... Read article >>

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Guardian
Gap in the market
14th April
According to Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, 80% of those that take gap years went to state schools. Most travel and work, while less than 6% do ... Read article >>

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College Week Live
The Gap Year Experience
26th March
CollegeWeekLive and Gapyear.com Launch the Gap Year option to US students! "Taking a gap year before or after college is booming in the UK and Australasia and taking off around the world, including America. To give you an idea of the scale, in 2007 the top three private UK high schools saw over 50% of their students electing to take a gap year prior to University... Read press release >>

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Prospects
Gap Year - Prospects
March 08
Prospects worked together with gapyear.com to launch their gap year section on their website to offer students and graduates an oppotunity to get the inside guide with real gap year experiences and
travel information... Click here to see the section >>

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Real World Magazine
Know before you go
March 08
A 3 page Gap Year Feature - with things you need to consider and case studies from Deloitte & Trekforce. Taking time out can rejuvenate your job hunt, but there's a lot to consider.... Read article >>

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National Geographic & Ashoka Awards - USA
gapyear.com nominated for sustainable tourism
9th March
Gapyear.com leads the field in aggregating travel opportunities for people young, old, and in-between to engage with destinations and communities near and ... Read article >>

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Smaart Graduate
Top 10 Unusual Gap Years
March 08
Gap Year feature including travel preparation - things you need to consider before you head off and the top 10 Unusual travel ideas.

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Sun-Sentinel - USA
The people who create trips of intelligent design
9th March
We were soon joined by Tom, of gapyear.com, who has made a career out of helping young people take a year off. (I did this before there were consultants, ... Read article >>

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BBC Breakfast & BBC News Online
Government announces £10m Gap Year Volunteering Scheme for young adults
29th February
Tom Griffiths, Founder of gapyear.com invited onto BBC Breakfast to discuss the new government £10m Gap Year Volunteering Scheme for young adults....

Watch the interview below:



BBC News 24 - 'It's a life-changing opportunity'
Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com says "They will go away as young people and come back as adults... Read article >>

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Hostelbookers - USA
Check home contents insurance on long holidays
25th February
Gapyear.com estimates that 25 per cent of those embarking on gap year travel do so uninsured, placing their parents' homes at risk. Read article >>

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Holiday Hypermarket
Holidaymakers Told Home Insurance May Cover Their Baggage
25th February
Gapyear.com revealed recently that 25 per cent of young travellers go abroad uninsured or underinsured, putting their parents' homes and financial security ... Read article >>

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TMC Net
Gapyear.com: Joining 'Forces' - Trekforce And Greenforce, The UK's Leading Conservation NGO's Merge To Continue Their Vital Work Around The World.
22nd February
Gapyear.com: Joining 'Forces' - Trekforce And Greenforce, The UK's Leading Conservation NGO's Merge To Continue Their Vital Work Around The World. Read article >>

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Go Travel Insurance
Fair trade holidays uncovered
22nd February
... one of the top places, where there's more projects in the gap year industry than anywhere else in the world," Tom Griffiths, founder of gapyear.com, said. Read article >>

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Money News - Reading
AA health insurance warning for travellers
19th February
Gapyear.com estimates that 25 per cent of young travellers set of underinsured or uninsured, opening themselves and their parents up to significant ... Read article >>

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Holiday Hypermarket - UK
AA: Remember European Health Insurance Card When in Europe
19th February
According to Gapyear.com, 25 per cent of young travellers go abroad uninsured or underinsured, putting their parents' homes and financial security at risk. ... Read article >>

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Save Borrow Spend
Travel insurance always a good idea, says AA
19th February
According to Gapyear.com, 25 per cent of young travellers go abroad uninsured or underinsured, putting their parents' homes and financial security at risk. ... Read article >>

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Sydney Morning Herald
Youth flocking Down Under for working holidays
15th February
AUSTRALIA'S gap year market is booming and changing, Department of Immigration and Citizenship figures show. Around 145000 grants for Working Holiday Maker ...Tom Griffiths says "backpackers are being ripped off with.. Read article >>

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Visa Bureau - London
Thousands flock to take working holidays in Australia
15th February
Skilled migration into Australia among gap year students is booming following the release of government figures this week, which revealed that some 145000 ... Read article >>

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OE Overseas Immigration
Thousands of Brits flocking to Australia on Working Holiday Visas
15th February
Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com, said "We're seeing some really good activity in the Australian market at the moment. The Australian Working Holiday Visa was extended to two years about two years ago, and the message has got ... Read article >>

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Holiday Hypermarket UK
InterRailing has become a "popular way to explore" Europe ...
13th February
Furthermore, Gapyear.com estimates that 230000 18 to 24-year-olds set off on a big trip each year, plus 90000 career gappers aged 25 to 35, and 220000 55 to ... Read article >>

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Challenge Canada
Zoom Across Canada by VIA Rail with gapyear.com
8th February
We released a press release announcing our exciting partnership with our friends Zoom Airlines & VIA Rail to launch 'Challenge Canada' - a multimedia travel competition targeted at creative students and backpackers. Read press release here >>

Coverage includes:-
Internet Travel News >>
Travel Daily News International >>
TMC Net >>
Real World Magazine >>
M2 >>
HotelExecutive.com >>

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Eye For Travel
Industry Analysis » 80+ speakers Keynote Speakers Include...
7th February
Head of Travel, Google UK, Ian McCaig, CEO, lastminute.com, Richard Lewis, CEO, Jebel Ali Hotels and Tom Griffiths, Founder, gapyear.com.
Read here >>

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m-Travel.com - USA
Facebook UK Chief to outline views on social distribution at
TDS ...
4th February
Similarly, gapyear.com founder Tom Griffiths is a great advocate of social networking as a means of bringing like minded travellers
together. ... Read article >>

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Holiday Lettings
Australian Tourist Market "really good"
2nd February
Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com, said: "We're seeing some really good activity in the Australian market at the moment. "The Australian working holiday ... Read article >>

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Go Travel Insurance
Australia is "number one destination" for backpackers
2nd February
The land down under has been reported the number one destination for gap year travellers, according to one commentator. According to Gapyear.com... Read article >>

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Opodo - UK
"Set-Jetting" - the new travel craze
31st January
According to Tom Griffiths, founder of travel community gapyear.com, set-jetting has developed into something of a craze....

Opodo - London - UK >>
Holiday Hypermarket >>
Go Travel Insurance >>
Hostelbookers.com >>
Justtheflight - Guernsey >>
La Manga >>

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BBC Northampton Radio
Spending your kids inheritance
29th January
Tom Griffiths invited onto the the Consumer Issue Lunchtime programme with Joe Pignatiello following Nigella Lawson's statement that she would not be leaving money for her children as she thinks this will spoil them.

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Just the Flight - Guernsey
Backpackers haul £1bn of gadgets abroad
29th January
Last month, Tom Griffiths of gapyear.com said that Africa is one of the most popular destinations for backpackers heading abroad on a gap year. Read article >>

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Go Travel Insurance
Backpackers carry £1bn on travels
29th January
Gap year holiday makers carry more than £1 billion worth of valuables in their rucksacks, ... Read article >>

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