The easy part is deciding that you want to go travelling, the hard part is getting the plan into action. The biggest problem is information overload; there's just too many different voices out there. But fear not. We’ve ejected the non-essentials to give you the simplest first steps to get you from dreaming, to planning your trip of a lifetime.
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Planning your gap year
1. PLANNING The easy part is deciding that you
want to go travelling, the hard part
is getting the plan into action.
YOUR GAP The biggest problem is information
overload; there's just too many
different voices out there. But fear
YEAR …
not.
We’ve ejected the non-essentials to
give you the simplest first steps to
get you from dreaming, to planning
your trip of a lifetime.
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“5 SIMPLE STEPS”
2. 1. Budget Questions?
1. When do you want to go?
2. How much money do you
“I Haven’t even decided where to go!”
have?
We hear you cry. Keep your little 3. How much money can you
traveling boots on the ground, you
wont be going anywhere if you don’t
realistically acquire
have any cash stashed. by fair means before
Now is the time to smash open that
departure?
piggy-bank, time to ask your parents,
your grandparents, even your fairy
godparents for some monies.
Once you’ve figured out how much money
you have to spend, you will know what
options are open to you or not.
Before you even start
Googleing :FULL mOON PaRTY:
draw up a realistic plan of
how long you want to be
away, how much your going to WARNING! A year traveling around
need and how long its going Australia could easily cost £12,000,
to take to save up for it. and remember immigration might not even
let you in if they don’t think you have
enough money to complete your trip!
3. 2. Duration Where? .3
Gap Year is some what of a misnomer,
not that many people head out on the
road for a whole year. We’d
recommend 6 months of working and TOP 5
saving money, followed by 6 months 1. Backpacking South East Asia
on the road, but it is totally up to 2. Fruit picking in Australia
you. 3. Round the World Ticket
4. Trekking in the Andes
5. Working with an NGO
Are you a fly be the seat
There really are limitless
of your pants traveller or opportunities when it comes to your
do you need it all planned gap year. It does depend to some
degree on what you want to get out of
out? your gap year. If you are just
looking for new experiences and fun
then it doesn’t really matter where
you go, but if you are looking for
FACTOID: John Waite is perhaps the experiences that will look good on a
oldest backpacker in the world at 89. CV, you should put a great deal of
He started traveling in 1982, that’s thought into this, NGO’s like VSO
30 years on the road! offer many opportunities to help
communities around the world.
4. INSURACE:
Insurance may be the last thing you
4. Papers? want to think about when planning your
gap year travel, who wants to think
about things going wrong! But without
it things can go from bad to horrific!
Where are your papers?!
Resources.5
PASSPORT:
It is vital that you have a valid
passport for the entire length of your
trip. It can be expensive, stressful
and hard work trying to get a new
passport in a foreign country. It is
also a legal requirement in many
countries that you have a valid 1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
passport with you at all times as a 2. gapyear.com
form if ID. 3. Voluntary Services Overseas
4. Bunac
VISA: 5. STA Travel
You will almost certainly need a visa 6. OZintro
if you plan to travel outwith the EU.
For some countries it’s a simple form
like on flights to Dubai, but for
others you may have to have this
organised long before you get on the
plane to go. Check the UK FCO website
for more info.
