Gap Year Travel Kit

Travel Kit for Backpackers and Travellers

Before you travel you're going to need the right kit. What you take with you can make or break your trip, so it’s important you get it right.

In this section you'll find loads of useful advice and information on gap year travel kit. There's nothing worse than buying a backpack and finding out after a week that it’s unsuitable. We’ll do our best to make sure that doesn’t happen.

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Backpack Advice

Confused by all of the backpack options on the market? Looking for advice on how to properly pack your backpack? Getting a sore back and wondering what you are doing wrong? Find out all you need to know in our helpful backpack advice guides:

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Meeting People on your Gap Year

You really don't have to worry about meeting people while you are travelling. You will meet people everywhere, all the time. And it really is a small world. I helped out a couple of guys in Red Square in Moscow, and when my friend and I got on our train the following evening they were in the next cabin. Then we bumped into people in China who we had met on the train from Russia to Mongolia. Small world.

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Andrew Sagar

Andrew Sagar is a full-time employee of outdoor specialists Blacks and a part-time adventurer. Andrew has travelled and worked in a number of countries including Peru,  Mexico, New Zealand and Australia.

Read our interview with Andrew Sagar

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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. Get used to it. It will happen more than once. What you need is a gap year packing list...

Need help? Call the round the world helpline: 0845 344 7667