Gap Year for Grown Ups
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Gap Year for Grown Ups is all about providing a service for anyone who doesn't fit the stereotype of someone who wants to take a gap year. Most travel companies specialising in providing ‘round the world' or ‘off the beaten track' gap year travel experiences are geared towards younger travellers. The aim of Gap Year for Grown Ups is to re-dress this balance by opening up this type of travel to anyone, whatever their age.
The basic ethos and underlying principle behind Gap Year for Grown Ups is essentially
‘Why should young people have all the fun?!'
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Gap Year for Grown Ups provides help and advice to anyone from the age of ‘30ish' upwards who is considering taking a gap year or career break. Gap Year for Grown Ups is extremely flexible in its approach - whatever your age, however long you are planning to travel for and wherever you are planning to go, Gap Year for Grown Ups can ‘tailor-make' an itinerary to match your individual requirements.
Gap Year for Grown Ups can help arrange literally anything from just a few weeks away backpacking to a complete round the world trip incorporating some volunteer projects. All of Gap Year for Grown Ups team of travel advisers have taken a gap year themselves and are happy to discuss any ideas you may have for a gap year and help you make them a reality. |
Who travels with Gap Year for Grown Ups?
People who travel with Gap Year for Grown Ups come from an extremely wide variety of backgrounds and age groups. The one unifying thing people who choose Gap Year for Grown Ups have in common is enthusiasm and energy for a more ‘real' travel experience that's a million miles away from a two week ‘spoon fed' package holiday. People travelling with Gap Year for Grown Ups range from professionals taking a career break to escape the ‘rat race' for a while to people who have recently retired and want to do something exciting and fun with their new-found ‘freedom.'
Many of Gap year for Grown Ups' clients have seen their children reap the benefits of taking a gap year and have decided to follow suit. Around half of the people Gap Year for Grown Ups arranges travel for are travelling solo (with the other half travelling with a spouse, friend or partner). In Gap Year for Grown Ups' experience travelling solo is often more of an advantage - people travelling on their own on a Gap Year for Grown Ups programme usually meet people far more quickly and, on a selfish level, can do whatever they want without having to consider another person!
What type of activities can Gap Year for Grown Ups arrange?
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When it comes to organising a gap year, the only limit with what you can do is pretty much your imagination, and Gap year for Grown Ups can help arrange a whole host of different activities.
For example Gap Year for Grown ups can help you put together that ‘round the world' trip you've always dreamed about going on, along with as many or as few activities as you wish.
If you fancy the idea of ‘giving something back' to some of the countries you visit Gap year for Grown Ups has a wide variety of extremely rewarding volunteer projects you could get involved with - from wildlife and environmental conservation work to organisations dedicated to alleviating hardship and suffering amongst disadvantaged communities. |
If you would like to learn a new skill whilst you are away, Gap Year for Grown Ups has all kinds of authentic travel programmes you could consider - from learning a new language in Latin America to getting to grips with scuba diving in Malaysia. For full details on all of the activities Gap Year for Grown Ups can arrange simply explore our website or speak to a Gap Year for Grown Ups travel adviser.
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