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RECOMMENDED BOOK:
Before You Go: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your Gap Year
A thoroughly practical guide for anyone considering a gap year travelling, be you a recent graduate or an older adult looking for a change of pace and scenery. Be it for a couple of weeks or a couple of years, every aspect of planning a gap year trip is discussed, from making the decision to go, to selecting travel companions, saving for the trip, and deciding on the places to visit. This revised and updated edition includes a gap year web directory and details of internet access.
Buy with up to 20% discount:
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RECOMMENDED BOOK:
Working in Ski Resorts: Europe and North America
A complete guide to every aspect of working in ski resorts with advice on how to get a whole variety of jobs and which includes listings of employers. The guide includes details of nearly all resorts worldwide.
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ARTICLE:
Rust2Rome, a new twist on student travel?

How and why the 'Action' team are spending part of their student summer break driving from Edinburgh to Rome in a rust bucket and recording the event on camera.
 


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 HAGGiS Adventures website: HAGGiS Adventures
Budget tours in Scotland, Wales and England serving the 18–35 age bracket ...
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 Responsibletravel website: Responsibletravel
Very wide selection of gap year travel, holidays and ideas worldwide ...
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 GAP Adventures website: GAP Adventures
GAP for gap year trips, authentic adventures with something for everyone...
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uk flag Alltracks Academy
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.alltracksacademy.com
Alltracks Academy runs ski and snowboard instructor courses, improvement camps and backcountry ski and snowboard tours at Whistler and Revelstoke, Canada. Their courses are ideal for a constructive gap year or career break, or for anyone who wants to train to become a ski or snowboard instructor.
| skiing (piste) | skiing (off-piste) | snow cat skiing | snowboarding | gap year | Canada |

uk flag Busabout Explorer
based: London, UK
website: Busabout Explorer
A hop-on hop-off network of buses serving the 18–35 age bracket designed exclusively for backpackers and independent travellers and covering 33 destinations in 9 countries across Europe. Flexitrip allows you to start from any city on the loop and travel at your own pace, stay as long as you want, then jump on the next bus and to move on. Ideal for gap year trips; student discounts available.
| bus/coach holidays | sightseeing | student travel/discounts | gap year | Europe |

uk flag G.A.P Adventures Featured Site
based: Canada, London & Worldwide
website: GAP Adventures
GAP Adventures for your gap year trip! Holidays and vacations for travellers who want to experience authentic adventures in a responsible and sustainable manner. GAP Adventures offer something for everyone, from volunteering projects to true adventure travel in all corners of the world.
| ethical/ecotourism | animals/safari | expeditions | walking/trekking/hiking | mountain biking |canoeing/kayaking | ecological tours | overlanding | multi-activity | working/volunteer holidays | gap year | Worldwide |

uk flag Global Vision International
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.gvi.co.uk
GVI expeditions offer the adventurous individual the chance to work as part of a structured team on pioneering international projects. With projects all over the world you can join expeditions as diverse as Rainforest Expeditions in the Amazon, Wildlife Research Expeditions in Africa and Marine Research Expeditions in Mexico.
| gap year | expeditions | survival courses | marine safaris | ecological tours | ethical/ecotourism | working/volunteer holidays | Africa | Asia | South America | Mexico | South Africa |

uk flag GoLearnTo.com
based: London, UK
website: www.golearnto.com
Looking for some inspiration for your next holiday? GoLearnTo.com offer a range of inspirational holiday courses in 30 countries to suit all timescales and budgets. Go Learn To cook, dance, paint, practice yoga and pilates, surf, ride, make jewellery, take photographs and more. Ideal for singles, gap year, active seniors and more.
| multi-language | dancing (mixed styles) | surfing | riding | photographic | French language | Spanish language | jewellery (jewelry) making | gap year | seniors/silver surfers | Western Europe |

usa flag Green Tortoise Adventure Travel
based: California, USA
website: www.greentortoise.com
Adventure bus tours designed for fun-loving, independent travelers, the young and young at heart. Discover California, the West coast, cross country tours, Western USA, Mexico, Central America, Alaska, the Northwest, festivals and fairs, all aboard a Green Tortoise sleeper coach which converts by night to sleeping bunks for up to 36 passengers.
| singles | bus/coach holidays | gap year | North America |

uk flag HAGGiS Adventures Featured Site
based: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
website: HAGGiS Adventures
Budget tours in Scotland, Wales and England, serving the 18–35 age bracket. Discover well know destinations and hidden gems, travelling will fun-seeking groups of like-minded people! Singles, couples, groups welcome, student discounts available. Also Hop-on Hop-off Scotland (ideal for gap years), Christmas/Hogmanay, specials and one-off events like Up Helly Aa Viking Festival.
| bus/coach holidays | small group motor tours | singles | sightseeing | gap year | student travel/discounts | Christmas/New Year | festivals/carnivals | Scotland | Wales | England |

INFO Nepal – Global Volunteers for Nepal
based: Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
website: www.infonepal.org
INFO provides volunteers with a customised program that enables them to make an important contribution to the people of Nepal, while gaining an in-depth experience of the Nepali language and culture. INFO provides training and then places volunteers in communities and schools across Nepal where they may be involved with English teaching, environmental awareness, developing income generating programmes, health care education or assist in orphanages, children's homes etc.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | Nepal |

uk flag International Academy Ski Instructor Courses
based: Cardiff, Wales, UK
website: www.international-academy.com
International Academy was one of the first companies based in the UK to offer ski and snowboard instructor training courses, and the first in the Canadian Rockies. Quality ski instructor training programmes in Canada, USA or New Zealand.
| skiing (off-piste) | skiing (piste) | snowboarding | working/volunteer holidays | gap year | extreme snow sports | Australasia | North America |

International Volunteer HQ
based: Taranaki, New Zealand
website: www.volunteerhq.org
International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) provides safe, quality and extremely affordable volunteering placements in developing countries all over the world. At present they have a wide range of volunteering opportunities in Tanzania, Kenya, Kenya-Maasai, Nepal, Vietnam, Peru, Ecuador and Thailand.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | ethical/ecotourism | native peoples | groups | South America | Asia | Africa |

 John Muir Trust
based: Hampshire, UK
website:
www.jmt.org
The 'Activities Programme' offers adventurous activities and exploration in beautiful wild areas, canoeing and sea kayaking trips, conservation work, story telling, music, wilderness skills, medicinal plants. Also see their 'Conservation Work Parties' where you can volunteer to help carry out conservation work. The John Muir Trust is a registered Scottish charity with the aim of protecting and conserving wild places and increasing awareness and understanding of such places.
| charity expeditions/holidays | working/volunteer holidays | gap year | ethical/eco tourism | survival courses | canoeing/kayaking | sea canoeing/sea kayaking | herbalism | storytelling | UK |

 Pattaya Orphanage Trust
based: London, UK
website: www.pattayaorphanage.co.uk

The Pattaya Orphanage in Pattaya, Thailand, provides a loving home, residential care and education for 180 orphans, up to 100 street children, 220 deaf or blind children and 200 disabled young people. Opportunities for gap year/working holidays teaching English and jungle trekking charity expeditions.

| charity expeditions/holidays | gap year | working/volunteer holidays | Thailand |

uk flag Raleigh
based: London, UK
website: raleighinternational.org
Raleigh is a charity with over 24 years experience of providing adventurous and challenging expeditions that develop skills and confidence in young people. Explore Borneo, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and India for 4 to 10 weeks where you can volunteer on sustainable community and environmental projects, plus enjoy an adventure challenge.
| gap year | expeditions | charity expeditions/holidays | multi-activity | expedition training | groups | working/volunteer holidays | walking/trekking/hiking | youth/teen | tailor made | team building/management courses | Worldwide |

uk flag Responsibletravel.com Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel
Very wide selection of over 200 gap year travel ideas, holidays and options to destinations worldwide. Select from overlanding tours, gap year and career break expeditions, wildlife conservation projects, community volunteer projects, internships, health care placements, teach and travel trips and summer camps to destinations all over the world.
| gap year | working/volunteer holidays | charity expeditions/holidays | ethical/ecotourism | Europe | Africa | Asia | UK | South America |

uk flag SnowCrazy
based: Tarentaise, France
website: www.snowcrazy.co.uk
Chalet based ski and snowboard holidays, and summer breaks walking, multi-activity, motorcycling and mountain biking. Also 'The Ultimate Chalet Host Cookery Course' – an all encompassing course designed to teach everything needed to run a successful chalet in the Alps with style and minimum fuss. Learn quick, easy recipes, for large numbers at altitude.
| skiing (piste) | snowboarding | cookery | multi-activity | walking/trekking/hiking | mountain biking | motorcycling | gap year | France |

usa flag uk flag TrekAmerica & Footloose
based: London, UK and New Jersey, USA
website: www.trekamerica.com
TrekAmerica's adventure holidays are a unique combination of sightseeing and exciting activities that will take you to the big cities, National Parks, remote beaches and many other hidden places off the tourist routes. Choose from a wide range of camping, walking, lodging, family and special interest tours.
| walking/trekking/hiking | singles | multi-activity | bus/coach holidays | gap year | family/child friendly | white water rafting | mountain biking | native peoples | small group motor tours | groups | North America |

uk flag VentureCo Worldwide Limited
based: Warwickshire, UK
website: www.ventureco-worldwide.com
VentureCo's multi-phase travel programmes incorporate development projects, expeditions and adventure travel in Asia, Africa, South America and Central America. If you're taking a gap year, considering a career break, running a school expedition, organising a charity trek or just fancy a working holiday with a difference VentureCo can help you.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | school tours | charity expeditions/holidays | overlanding | backpacking | walking/trekking/hiking | walking/trekking safaris | white water rafting | South America | Africa | Asia |

uk flag Volunteer Latin America
based: London, UK
website: www.volunteerlatinamerica.com
Providing free and low-cost volunteer work in Central and South America for independent volunteers; offering a wide variety of projects including opportunities to volunteer and learn Spanish abroad.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | Spanish language | South America |

Voluntourists Without Borders
based: Chiang Mai Provence, Thailand
website: www.voluntourists-without-borders.com
An initiative aimed at using volunteer tourist (voluntourist) labour and donor funding to alleviate rural poverty, protect forests, and promote sustainable eco-tourism. The initiative puts volunteer labour, and the funding they secure, to work alongside ethnic minority and rural Thai village groups under a programme to establish a world class eco-tourism industry.
| working/volunteer holidays | groups | gap year | ethical/ecotourism | native peoples | school tours | seniors/silver surfers | singles holidays | team building/management courses | Thailand |

uk flag Blue Ventures Conservation
based: London, UK
website: www.blueventures.org
Dynamic marine volunteering positions available in Madagascar, researching threatened coral reefs ecosystems.
| working/volunteer holidays | charity expeditions/holidays | gap year | diving/snorkelling | Madagascar |

uk flag Leading Edge Expeditions
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.leadingedge.org.uk
Leading Edge Expeditions offer adventures for young people aged 16-25 years.
| charity expeditions/holidays | gap year | expeditions | expedition training | mountain leaders courses | Worldwide |

 Sport Lived
based: Nottinghamshire, UK
website: www.sportlived.co.uk
Gap year sporting holdays in Australia and New Zealand.
| gap year | Australasia |

uk flag Volunteer 4 Africa
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.volunteer4africa.org
Providing information on adventure travel and volunteer work opportunities in Africa.
| working/volunteer holidays | gap year | charity expeditions/holidays | animals/safari | Africa | England |

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