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
Gapyear.com Expert
Andy Tipp
Andy Tipp is our community manager. He loves everything to do with travelling, and is one of our country experts on Argentina, Bolivia and South Africa.
Andy took his first gap year in 2002, and a couple more in 2006 and 2007, travelling to a number of countries. He's particularly fond of South America...
If you want to know anything about these countries, or even just someone to talk to, then get in contact with Andy!
Not going to Uni?
Just finished your A-levels? Taking a year out? There are so many options to choose from when it comes to taking a gap year... it's a great way to have fun and make yourself more employable, all whilst seeing the world...
We'd recommend you start by looking at Round the World Flights for some ideas...
Gapyear.com Guides
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...
