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Articles about gap year (0-50 of 1141)
- What Is Responsible Travel?
By: Bruce Haxton | - Responsible travel is a bit like The Big Bang; most people believe in it but cant always explain it! Well, while I dont know much about the origins of the universe, I can certainly shed some light on what responsible travels all about and a few ways of being a responsible traveller, especially while on your
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- Is A Discipleship Gap Year Right For Me?
By: Chriss Tyrrell | - There are multitudes of reasons why a young person today would want to take a break in their education after completing high school. Quite often, it's simply a case of being burnt out after spending so many years dedicated to academia and one may simply just want some time off for a while. Or in other cases, a young adult may feel that they are deserving of some change of pace, after all the years of dedication and hard work they have put in.
Then there are others and you may be one ...
Tags: Dna, Christian, Pioneer, Year, Out, Gap, Discipleship, Pete,
- What Not To Wear While Volunteering Abroad
By: Bruce Haxton | - Weve all been there youve got your flights, visas and vaccinations all sorted, but theres just one problem your empty backpack/suitcase staring back up at you. What the hell are you going to wear?! Well, while every adventure is different, here are some dos and donts that might help you decide what to take and what to leave in your wardrobe
Do
Wear a hat if youre going somewhere hot sunstroke is not especially chic
Wear trouser ...
Tags: volunteer abroad, gap year, career break, year out, adventur
- How To Budget For Your Gap Year
By: Lauren Mackay | - Going on a gap year is a fantastic way to take a breather, broaden your horizons, gain new skills and experience other cultures, whether youre about to take the final leap into the world of work or feeling like you might have made that leap a little too soon. For those who dont happen to own the bank of England, taking a gap year is also the ultimate test of budgeting and fundraising skills.
Raising the necessary cash for gap year flights, visas and the all-important spending ...
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- Hop Onto A Mobile School To Help Slum Children In Goa With I-to-i
By: Bruce Haxton | - While most kids faces here in the UK light up at the sound of an ice cream van approaching, kids living in the slum areas of Goa get more excited about the prospect of the mobile school bus rolling in! On i-to-is brand new trip in the stunning Indian state of Goa, volunteers help bring education to gorgeous kids who desperately need it, and still have time to lounge on some of the regions amazing beaches and immerse themselves in the laid-back Goan pace of life.
The mobile ...
Tags: Goa, India, gap year, beach, volunteer abroad, gap year, yea
- Why People Tefl (teach English As A Foreign Language)
By: Bruce Haxton | - TEFL, on paper, is perfect: an exciting career, a chance to see the world, a life full of fresh faces, opportunities and experiences. But, in reality, life at home holds people back: jobs, cars, family, friends, house, age, personal circumstances so what is it exactly that makes people put all that on hold, get TEFL certified and jet off into the sunset? We asked some of our TEFL graduates what made them take the plunge
1. To fund travel
Its a happy coincidence ...
Tags: TEFL, TESOL, EFL, teacher, teach English abroad, adventure, travel, China, gap year, VSO
- How To Cope With Culture Shock On Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - A gap year is a fantastic opportunity to see the world and expand your horizons. But being away from home, living in a different culture and always being surrounded by the unfamiliar well that can take its toll. If you find yourself feeling uneasy, homesick and skulking back to McDonalds for Western-style comforts for the umpteenth time that week, you might well be suffering from culture shock. Dont let it ruin your gap year though! To make sure youre back out there soaking up n ...
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- How To Stay Safe On Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - It goes without saying, but safety while youre off travelling doesnt start and end with the in-flight safety demonstration on the plane out. And while wrapping yourself in cotton wool isnt an option (itd make you look mighty silly for starters), there are several wise moves you can make to reduce the risk of coming unstuck on your adventures.
Before you jet off
Believe it or not, staying safe starts before you set off! As well as crammin ...
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- How To Plan Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - So, you've decided to ditch school/uni/work/daytime TV for a year and venture out to see the big wide world. Awesome - but how to get it all sorted? There's the question of where to go, how long to go for, what to do, how to get there, and that's not even starting on the money! Don't panic - just sit back and let a seasoned traveller walk you through the whole process:
1.Decide your budget
"But I haven't even decided where to go yet!" I hear you cry. Well, that's beca ...
Tags: gap year, adventure, volunteer abroad, career break, travel
- Christian Gap Year Youth Work To Benefit Ones Future
By: Chriss Tyrrell | - It's just another sign of these changing times. Even high schools students who in generations past would have been consumed strictly with thoughts of themselves are now becoming more philosophical and philanthropic. So many young Christians getting ready to graduate are asking themselves the same question, just what is it that I can do to leave a positive impact on the planet on which I live?
Six months to a Year of Christian Gap Year Youth Work
Hence; ever more ...
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- How An Unexpected Gap Year Can Offer Unexpected Bonuses
By: Bruce Haxton | - With A-level results out this morning, hundreds of school leavers are planning impromptu gap years after missing out on places at uni.
While it may seem like a catastrophe at the time, having to take a gap year can be a great opportunity to broaden your horizons and develop new skills. Even if youve made the grade you may want to defer your place at uni until next year to avoid burnout after three solid years of exams. Either way, if you take an impromptu gap year you can: ...
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- A Free Gap Year? A Possibility?
By: Bruce Haxton | - There is apparently no such thing as a free lunch - so if that's the case, is there such a thing as a free gap year? The UK government launched a scheme last week to provide funding for 500 dole-bound graduates to head off on a 'free' gap year to boost their skills. The catch? Well, they still have to pay for flights, jabs and 1,000 towards the cost of their 10-week trip. Not so free after all!
So, I've had a think about whether it really is possible to have a free gap year. Her ...
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- How To Manage Money On Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - Budgeting and looking after your cash when youre off on your travels is something of a dark art, but Ive tried to put together some top advice to make sure you dont have to make that humiliating call to your mum to get her to wire more funds!
What to take?
When it comes to taking money abroad the motto should always be plastic is fantastic! Debit cards can be used all over the world and a credit card is handy for larger emergencies like ...
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- Fun Events To Hold To Raise Cash For Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - The skys your limit when it comes to dreaming up ideas for events to hold to raise money for your volunteer trip, but just remember two golden rules plan (early) and ask for help (from everyone)! Here are few ideas and the basics of getting them off the ground. You might think they look wildly ambitious, but give em a go and you might surprise yourself!
Gigs
It may seem like a tricky thing to organise, but have a think and odds on youll know someone ...
Tags: gap year, fundraising, volunteer abroad, adventure
- Cultural Considerations In Asia
By: Bruce Haxton | - Cultural differences make travel exciting. If you arrived in Beijing and saw everyone wearing the same clothes and doing the same things as at home, youd want your money back. Perhaps due to the number of visitors they receive every year, people in Asia are very forgiving of cultural ignorance, but youll receive a much better welcome if you try to respect cultural practices. To help you avoid disapproving looks (or even a jail term!), Ive put together a list of the most i ...
Tags: gap year, career break, Asia, etiquette, travel, adventure
- Some Handy Tips For Having An Ethical Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - You might not consider yourself an eco-warrior, but with a little careful planning and the right mindset, it is possible to have an ethically responsible gap year. Be warned though: being an ethical traveller is not just about taking the right sort of holiday or wearing the right sort of T-shirt, it's a whole outlook - and one which will make you a much more considerate traveller.The most obvious ethical considerations are where to go and what to do, but how you interact with people while you're ...
Tags: travel, gap year, responsible tourism, volunteer abroad
- Make Your Kids Learn On Family Summer Vacations
By: Evvie Meier | - As the school year starts winding down across the country, many parents struggle for ways to keep their children learning over summer break. For families planning summer vacations, travel is the perfect time to give your children a fun and memorable learning experience. Many of America's most popular destinations are home to educational attractions that will entertain the entire family. Keep your kids' minds sharp this summer by visiting the nation's top museums and exhibits.
New ...
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- Cheap International Destinations
By: Evvie Meier | - As the school year comes to a close and graduation ceremonies wind down, many high school and college graduates embark on the cultural phenomenon known as the gap year. For young adults craving a gap year adventure before entering the workforce, and for travelers of all ages planning to travel abroad, not all destination cities are created equal.
For gap year travel, and any long-term trips, travelers must factor in cost-of-living more so than travelers visiting for shorter perio ...
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- Why Americans Should Take A Gap Year!
By: Bruce Haxton | - In the UK, finishing school and taking a gap year go together as naturally as tea and biscuits and rain during summer! In fact a national survey found that nearly three quarters of youngsters wanted to take a gap year, yet in the U.S, thats the same percentage of people who dont own passports! While some American students are catching on to the idea of a gap year, they are still having a hard time convincing everyone.
Americans students are becoming increasingly ...
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- Benefits Of Obtaining An Australia Working Holiday Visa
By: Jason Bacot | - The Australian working holiday visa allows young people from the age of 18 to 30 to take job opportunities and work for up to two years. This visa is aimed at providing some means for financial income during the period of stay in the country.
It allows employment on temporary basis or casual work and not permanent as it is not legally accepted for a holiday working Australian visa holder to work for one company for more six months.
Australian holiday working visa gi ...
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- The Benefits Of Australia Holiday Visas
By: Jason Bacot | - Australia is a unique country full of beauty, excitement and charm. Aside from the outback that is a tourist attraction, the country is filled with beautiful beaches, cosmopolitan cities as well as opportunities to take hikes through the tropics. Its enormity in size is what makes Australia so enchanting.
Owing to these features that have made Australia an exciting place to visit, the government has made it easier for foreigners to travel to the country by offering various bargain ...
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- Why Work On A Volunteer Project?
By: Bruce Haxton | - Travelling, seeing the world and volunteering are among the most amazing experiences you can ever have. A change of place, pace and people can be wonderfully exciting, but it can also be a little daunting. Not only are you setting off intrepidly into the great beyond and coming back with a whole new set of skills, you could come back with a new perspective on the world, or even an entirely different person!
A little help
Lots of people want to go out and explore th ...
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- Can Volunteering Make A Difference?
By: Bruce Haxton | - In a time when technology is constantly progressing, there are more and more ways to be constantly updated about world events, social hardship and vanishing eco-systems. Unless youve got very green fingers or a lot money it can be difficult to imagine affecting such large-scale problems. However, gradual changes are being made and sustainable tourism is becoming the most popular way to see the planet. The key is to focus on making small positive differences and not expect to solve the wo ...
Tags: travel, gap year, world, overseas, make, difference, explore, adventure
- How To Prepare For Overseas Travel
By: Bruce Haxton | - 1.The passport
The very first thing you have to think about when you start planning your travels is your passport. It may sound obvious but as you cant go anywhere without it, its the most important thing, so even if you know your passport doesnt expire until 2012 check again! And remember to check the entrance requirements of the countries youre travelling to, some countries wont let you in if you have less than a year left on your passpo ...
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- What's The Point Of An Adventure Holiday?
By: Bruce Haxton | - Adventure travel is much more than just drinking the tap water in Asia or trying to cross the road in Italy! Real adventure travel is about stepping out of your comfort zone and getting your heart pumping with a range of pulsating activities like mountain climbing, bungee jumping, white water rafting and even sky diving. If you think that travelling is more than just an in-flight movie followed by a cocktail in the hotel bar, then you may be an adventure traveller without even knowing it!
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Tags: travel, gap year, world, overseas, year off, year out, explore, adventure
- What Is Changing In Travel Insurance?
By: Herbert Miller | - Lets take travel insurance rates as a starting point
With the constant introduction of new aggregator sites, and thus more competition, travel insurance rates have been reducing over the last eighteen months. However, as the adage goes, you do not get something for nothing. To offset the reductions that most online travel insurance suppliers have had to give to stay competitive, many have reduced cover or increased excesses which is the amount that you have to pay in ...
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- Travel, Why You Should Bite The Bullet And Go For It!
By: Bruce Haxton | - There is only one known cure for the travel bug, and thats getting out there and seeing the world with your own eyes. Whether you need a career break, youre looking for a great way to spread your wings before going off to uni or you just have a bad case of wanderlustitis, its much easier than you think to see the world. We know from personal experience that while that tingly feeling you get when you think about faraway places doesnt tend to go away, you may also b ...
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- Making Your Travels A Little More MeaningfulÃ"'¦
By: Bruce Haxton | - Too often trips can be planned like a mad shopping spree, adding new places to the itinerary as fast as you can, thinking the more the better! In fact, when it comes to seeing as much as possible, theres a lot to be said for not spreading yourself too thinly. Its sometimes better to spend a little more time learning about the history, tradition and people of one place, than sample lots in one go. It would take a lifetime of travel to truly understand even one count ...
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- Getting As Much As You Can Out Of Your Gap Year
By: Bruce Haxton | - It may sound strange but gap years are a bit like parachute jumps; theyre only great fun if youve packed everything! If you jump on the nearest plane with an empty rucksack and plan while youre in the air, you wont have such a good time. You wouldnt walk into an exam hall without doing your revision and its not a great idea to board a plane without a pretty good idea of where youre going and what sort of gap year youre going to have ...
Tags: travel, overseas, gap year, adventure
- Can You Afford Not To Take A Gap Year?
By: peter miles | - You've finally made it into the upper sixth - Year 13 - the very top of the school. Day by day you are heading towards the departure lounge and, within a matter of months, all that studying for A-levels, all that harassing from sixth form tutors to get your act together and complete your UCAS form, all that nagging by worried parents, will all be water under the bridge. University beckons.
But do you really want to go straight to university next autumn? After thirteen uninterru ...
Tags: Gap Year, A Levels, Sixth Form, University, College, Volunteer
- Advantages And Disadvantages Of Taking The Gap Year
By: Sanjou Gokhool | - If you have just graduated from high school or college you may be considering taking a gap year. Gap year means taking a time off to go and have another experience in life before getting back to studies. The gap year practice is very popular in Europe and other countries where students are persuaded to break off from studies for sometime. Students can travel during their gap year. They try to search for and do something different before moving to the next level in their academic career.
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- Why Is It Critical To Plan Well Before Travelling For Your Gap Year?
By: Sanjou Gokhool | - Gap year has become famous in many countries around the world. Lots of students especially in European countries take the gap year in order to break off from their studies. During the gap year young adults go in search of new experiences. Some people work while others travel. In either way the gap year helps these people to think well about their future career and also enables them to further develop their knowledge.
If you plan to travel during your gap year, it is important tha ...
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- Holiday Insurance, Rejuvenate Tired Souls!
By: Kirthy Shetty | - Need a break from your monotonies? Tired of doing the same thing, at work place, do you feel bogged down? You definitely need a recreation, efreshment, a holiday!
If the traveler makes a yearly policy then all the trips that fall within the year will be taken care of with annual holiday insurance. The condition is that each trip shall be less than one month and should not be more than four months also. Such insurance will save you from any accident that may occur when you are on ...
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- Gap Years In 2008
By: Kevin JSmith | - Nowadays gap years are very different to what they used to be, a gap year can now be more that just a year long holiday: whether you want to see the world, spend time volunteering, learn a new skill or just crash out on a beach. It is simply an extended period spent abroad, doing something - or maybe nothing. It's no longer a one-off event and gap years are typically taken between life stages; after education, between jobs, before having a baby or after retiring. The style of trips is also chang ...
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- Halls Gap Hotels - Taking Pride In Its Unique Hospitality
By: Alex Albert | - Halls Gap is a lovely town located in Grampians Road in Victoria, Australia. A popular tourist destination, the economy of this town is mostly dependent on the tourism industry. The proximity of this town to some interesting places of interest further enhances the appeal of this place. This town is situated close to the Grampians National Park, and the Halls Gap wildlife park and zoo is placed just 7 km from this town.
Tourists can reach this destination in approximately 3 hours ...
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- Gap Year Options - African Volunteer Projects
By: Tara McGovern | - So, youve just recently finished studying and are now looking forward to taking that well deserved gap year. Theres one problem though: deciding how you want to spend your gap year is beginning to seem like a decision that is becoming increasingly overwhelming. If this is the case theres no need to fret, we have a vast selection of gap year options that will help you alleviate the daunting task of trying to figure out what to do.
A simple way of beginning to make any kind of de ...
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- Volunteer On A Gap Year In Thailand
By: David Stevens | - The top gap year destination in Asia is definitely Thailand. Thailand has so much to offer to the traveller and in particular to the gay year traveller. Taking a Gap Year in Thailand is amazing! There is no other word that would better define the experience of Thailand.
Many travellers will be doing volunteer work in Thailand during their gap year. There are lots and lots of volunteer opportunities in Thailand. Lets take a closer look.
The Kingdom of Thailand lies ...
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- Taking A Gap Year Abroad In Cambodia
By: David Stevens | - Taking a Gap Year in Cambodia is one of the fastest growing gap year destinations in Asia. There are some amazing gap year programmes available in Cambodia for you to have a trip of a life time!
A predominately Buddhist country, Cambodia has a population of over 15 million people. Cambodians consider themselves to be descendents of the ancient Khmer Empire, a powerful kingdom that dominated Asia during the middle ages.
The geography of Cambodia is shaped by the Meko ...
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- A Gap Year Abroad, Is It Worth It ?
By: David Stevens | - More and more employers are acknowledging the merits of organizing a year-out Gap Year Program. By doing a career break abroad on a gap-year shows that the person is determined, resourceful and has gained a good measure of maturity and independence during this experience.
Taking a gap year abroad is far more common in the UK than it is in North America. North American version of taking a gap year abroad is often given a negative tone, emphasizing the school or work that a person i ...
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- Taking A Gap Year Abroad In Asia
By: David Stevens | - Are you dreaming of a Gap Year Abroad ? Well you are not alone ! Many people spend a lot of time thinking about doing a Gap Year Abroad. It is a wonderful thing really to spend some time travelling or volunteering or doing some conservation work. For many it is a life changing experience.
Taking a Gap Year is done by people from all walks of life : rich or poor, young or old, top executives or factory workers. The great thing about taking a Gap Year Program Abroad is that when p ...
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- Affordable Insurance For African Volunteers
By: Andy Burrows | - If you have some free time on your hands and you are in search of something more meaningful than just a holiday, a volunteer placement in Africa may just offer the kind of rewards you are looking for. Giving the less fortunate a chance to benefit from your knowledge and skills can be a once in a lifetime experience, whether it be at an orphanage, church, small village or a healthcare institution.
Organisations recruiting volunteers for African placements are numerous and include r ...
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- How To Travel Responsibly
By: Lalit Rastogi | - Responsible travel is a broad term but in essence, travelling responsibly means treating people in other countries with the same respect you would expect from others in your own community or country. The responsible traveller is interested in preserving cultures, communities, local way of life, wildlife, habitats and the environment as a whole in every region he or she travels to.
So how can someone interested in responsible travel help to minimise their travel footprint and help ...
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- Taking A Gap Year For Travel
By: Lalit Rastogi | - For both students and people in work, the option for taking a gap year is proving to be a very popular life choice. Making the decision to take a gap year and following it through can be difficult to achieve. For a student taking a gap year before or after taking a university degree, a gap year can have a huge positive effect in terms of boosting confidence, increasing maturity, developing social skills, gaining experience and knowledge of different cultures, helping the environment and feeling ...
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- How A Gap Year In Africa Changed Me
By: Alice Baines | - In 2003 I decided to take a gap year between school and university to do a mixture of paid work, volunteering and independent travel. Fuelled by clichd intentions of self discovery and broadening my horizons I set off on an adventure which I can now say with absolute certainty has changed me in ways I never thought possible. If you're in two minds about the value of taking a gap year, worried about the financial ramifications or just daunted by the prospect of organising and embarking on a ...
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