Top Sites |
| Independent
Travellers World - Large UK travel show held around
January to March each year. The show usually includes talks,
seminars and workshops, many of interest to gappers. |
Links |
| FindaGap.com
- An online gap year directory produced by recent gap year
students. It provides users with advice and access to a
provider database of gap year related products and services
including hundreds of gap placements, travel options, backpacking
hostels and adventure activities. |
| Gapwork
- A stylish site particularly strong on working in Australia
and Europe. Alongside the free online resources, Gapwork
sell gap packs designed specifically for working travellers. |
| The
GAP Year - A useful site offered up by two guide
book author/editors. Also information on talks. |
| Go
Gap - Read how a student backpacked the world
on his gap year. Simon, a British student, backpacked the
world and produced Go Gap on his return eight months later.
The main thrusts of Go Gap are his gap year, and information
for your gap year. Of particular interest is the budget
section, giving readers a clear idea of the costs of eight
months travelling the world and the Ask Simon pages of tips
and recommendations. Though hardly heavy on graphics, Simon
has very considerately provided a text only version for
those with slow connections; an idea I'm sure he came up
with while using internet cafes in Asia. This site is genuinely
helpful and easy to use: learn from his gap year experiences
and then take your own year out. |
| Independent
Travellers World - Large UK travel show held around
January to March each year. The show usually includes talks,
seminars and workshops, many of interest to gappers. |
| My
Year Away - A range of off the shelf but highly
personalised web sites primarily for use by students embarking
on a year out or gap year, those taking a career break to
work overseas or with a long term travel plan, possibly
involving voluntary work. This takes the form of a personalised
web site complete with a unique domain name, e-mail address
and web mail facility plus additional features such as a
blog with images, an Image Gallery and archive, and an upload
area for your friends and relatives. |
| Oundle
School - A Peterborough school's links to gap year
info. |
| Peridot
Press - Publish the GAP Year Guidebook. |
| The
Site - Started life as a book about gap years and
is now a useful website covering a variety of youth subjects
including travel. |
| Springboard - A well established organisation for UK students
aged 16 to 18 looking for careers, job vacancies,
education or gap year information and advice. |
| Travel
Tree - A website directory that enlightens visitors
with opportunities for adventure and educational travel,
gap year ideas and career breaks, internships and volunteering
opportunities, as well as travel related services such as
insurance and transportation assistance. |
| Utsikt.nu
- One of Swedens most popular sites for students who wish
to study or work abroad; helping to find the right courses
or work programs they wish to take. Their service is free
for visitors. The database is impressively large and unique
since the search function is very advanced and accurate.
In English and Swedish. |
| Volunteer
Africa - Provides details on British organisations
that give young people the opportunity to spend time on
a voluntary project in Africa. |
| Volunteer
Latin America - A new online service whose mission
is to help protect Latin America’s flora and fauna,
its biodiversity, and to offer the most cost effective way
to become an environmental volunteer in Mexico, Central
or South America. VLA connect prospective volunteers with
hundreds of environmental voluntary and intern projects
in Latin America. Their Volunteer Information Guides provide
ecologists, wildlife enthusiasts, explorers, and gap year
students with all the information they need to get involved.
The majority of projects included in the guides are managed
by small organisations. Projects run by large organisations,
or those run through agencies, are only included if considered
to be either value for money or relevant to a specific request.
Also excluded are projects where the volunteer is expected
to pay unreasonable registration fees. |
| The
Wander Years - A backpacker site that includes job
vacancies and gap year information including news and articles. |
| The
Year Out Group - An
association of leading year out organisations offers information
and guidance for young people and their parents and advisers. |
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