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Pretty much anything! What you actually do on your gap year will depend on how much time and money you have and what kind of experience you’re looking for. The most popular options are travelling, working and volunteering abroad:

Travelling – While it’s possible to spend your gap year at home, most people travel abroad to see the world and find new experiences. Round-the-world plane tickets are a popular option and allow you to take in lots of countries on one trip. It’s also common for gappers trip. It’s also common for gappers to combine their travel with work or volunteering.

With so many options for your gap year it can be hard knowing where to start! That’s why it can be useful to get a little help…

Working – As well as help fund your trip working during your gap year can do wonders for your CV! While some people choose to earn money through casual work, such as fruit picking and bar work, it’s possible to gain experi-ence in more specialist fields that ben-efit your career directly.

Volunteering – Volunteering abroad is an opportunity to do something meaningful during your gap year! Whether working with or-phans or endangered animals, vol-unteering is the best way to get to know overseas communities and can be both rewarding and fun.

What is a Gap Year?A gap year is a period of time when someone takes a break from education or employment to do something new or different. This could involve travelling, volunteering or working, either at home or abroad, though none of these activities need to last a whole year, (in fact breaks of 1-6 months are much more common).

Taking a Gap Year

Taking a Gap Year

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Who Takes Gap Years? When do people take Gap Years?

Why take a Gap Year?

The most common time for people to take a gap year is immediately after school or university or before starting their first full-time job. However, ‘gap years for grown ups’ have become increasingly common and many people in their 20s, 30s and 40s choose to take a gap year as a break from their career.

What can you do on your Gap Year?

Surely the most important question if you’re considering taking one! There are loads of good reasons to take a gap year. Here are just a few:• Take a break from education or employment and return refreshed and re-focussed on what you want to do in life • Add unique experience to your CV helping you get into uni or get a new job• Step outside of your comfort zone to build new

Quite simply, anyone and everyone! The idea of taking a gap year started among British students in the 1960s but they’ve since become popular across the world, among people of all ages and backgrounds.

• Enjoy a once in a lifetime experience and a real per-sonal adventure• Travel the world and discover exciting new coun-tries and cultures• Meet new people and make friends for life

Why Gap Guru?

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GapGuru is a gap year travel company specialising in volunteering, teaching and internships over-seas. Since we first started in 2004, we’ve built up an impressive selection of programmes across Asia, Africa, South America and Europe, which we deliver through our experienced UK and overseas teams.

Why travel with Gap Guru?

What we do

Where your money goesHave a look at the pie chart below to see exactly where your money goes:

Why choose us

Our CharityWe are strong believers in the importance of respon-sible travel and sustainable development, and all of our volunteer projects are supported by our charity, the FutureSense Foundation. This works to promote long-term development goals and ensure continuity between volunteers, so you can feel part of something much larger no matter how long you volunteer. Through the Foundation you can also stay in touch with your project and continue to make lasting impact through fundraising.

There are countless ways to spend your gap year, so why should you choose GapGuru to guide you through the experience? Here are just some of the things we offer:

Wide variety of carefully selected projects across the worldPersonalised service provided by a team of travel expertsWe get to know all of our gappers individually so we can match them to projects that fit their personality and skills, helping them make the most of their experienceComprehensive pre-departure briefing & in-country supComprehensive pre-departure briefing & in-country sup-port24/7 support from our dedicated in-country teams. Our local experts will help you settle in and give advice on the everyday and extraordinary.Our gappers stay in local homestay accommodation which offers a unique insight into local culture and cuisine.

Don’t just take our word for it! Here's what some of our Gappers had to say:

“I really did have the best experience of my life and got so much more out of it than I ever imagined I would!”

“An amazing experience that will stay with me forever.”

“A tough experience in some ways but very rewarding and fulfilling.”

We pride ourselves on offering some of the best gap year experiences around! Our programmes are designed to give some structure to your gap year, to give you a unique insight into other cultures and to make sure that your year out is both meaningful and memorable. We offer everything from medical internships to We offer everything from medical internships to high altitude treks and because we arrange all the important things like accommodation, you can concentrate on enjoying yourself!

Imogen Lepere, Teaching Volunteer, Nepal

Ailene Barclay, Orphanage Volunteer, Sri Lanka

Rebecca Smith, Physiotherapist Volunteer, Tanzania