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Earning money for your travels You can do it!The most obvious way to earn money for your gap year is to get a job. You might be surprised to learn how quickly you can earn enough to have a dream gap year, particularly if you're living at home and your outgoings are low. Depending on how long you've got before you leave for your gap year, you could take one or even two full-time jobs and stash the money away. Thanks to the minimum wage, even with expenses you should be able to save £100 a week from one job. If you have longer to raise the money - if you are planning your trip while still at uni or school, perhaps - there is less pressure. For example, if you have ten months to raise £1,500 it could be raised through a £4 per hour job working 37.5 hours each month, less than ten hours a week or just two evenings a week in a pub. At £5 per hour, the £1,500 could be raised by working 30 hours a month or seven and a half hours a week - that's just one day at the weekend. Andy's story 'I worked in McDonalds for just over a year to fund my world trip, aiming for a target of £4,000, and here I am... living proof that even on McDonalds' wages, you too can go around the world! I've got to admit, you will find saving hard if you also enjoy a good night out with your mates on a Friday! But stay focused, remember what you are saving for and the money will keep stacking up. If I can do it, anyone can do it!' Our users say...  "Work hard, get a second job, become a social recluse, make sandwiches for your lunch. Remember every pound you spend now could be going towards the trip of a lifetime. Keep the faith and it will push you through the most boring, mundane and horrible jobs the world has to offer; it's all worth it in the end"- Martin Garrett.Breakin' it down... If you got a job in McDonalds earning £4 an hour and you worked an eight-hour shift, this would earn you £32. Just doing the job every Saturday for two years would earn you: £32 per week x 104 weeks = £3,328. Your tax, national insurance etc. would take about 25% of this, leaving you with around £2,500 if you saved every penny. If you decided to work full-time at McDonalds after your exams until after Christmas (six months' work) and then head off travelling for six months from January to June you could earn: £32 per day x five days = £160 per week = £640 per month = £3,840 in six months (or £4,600 for an average six-day week, which a lot of gappers do, working every shift available... after all, you have a great incentive!). Minus tax this puts you at around £3,000. Broken down like this, it doesn’t look too bad after all. You can also see how people do actually afford their travel gap years. Types of job Look in the local paper, jobcentre, students' union, temping agencies like Manpower and so on for vacancies, or check out gapyear.com's jobs zone. Likely jobs could include bar work, waiting, cleaning, admin and clerical duties, factory work, shop assistant, care work, the list goes on and on. Don't be afraid to get you hands dirty - it'll all be worth it in the end. And don't worry if you haven't had a job before, everyone has to start somewhere. Click here >> for the jobs zone |
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