Gap Year Travel Articles

 


The Hardest Part of Long-Term Travel?
The Hardest Part of Long-Term Travel? Too many would-be long-term, round the world travelers and career breakers get bogged down in logistical details before they actually make the decision to go, and it puts them on the sidelines - sometimes for years. Without an emotional connection to the idea this experience and an actual decision, all those details don't really matter.
Why and How to Embrace Long-term Slow Travel
Why and How to Embrace Long-term Slow Travel A vacation is good, a summer's travel is better, a RTW journey is a classic, a gap year can be epic, but why stop there? People all around the world are embracing a life of Longterm Slow Travel; Jenn Miller, in her fifth year of full-time travel, introduces you to a few of her friends, introduces you to the how and the why, and gives you ten good reasons you should just keep going.
RTW Trip Planning for Recent College Grads
RTW Trip Planning for Recent College Grads Just graduated college or graduating soon? Frustrated about job prospects? Isabel Eva Bohrer shares tips on a travel option that you may not have thought of. A RTW trip could enhance your resume and make you stand out to prospective employers.
“I’m Taking Off to See the World!” How to Tell Your Parents
“I’m Taking Off to See the World!” How to Tell Your Parents Breaking the news that you’re going traveling can cause a parental freak out of epic proportions. By preparing answers to the most common questions you can downgrade your parents’ concern from panic to everyday worry. Jo Fitzsimons shows you how.
Swapping Your Blackberry For a Backpack: What To Expect
Swapping Your Blackberry For a Backpack: What To Expect Taking a career-gap for long-term travel can involve more lifestyle adjustment than you might think. Jo Fitzsimons shares her tips on how best to adapt in the early weeks.
8 Crappy Reasons Not to Take a RTW Trip (and 8 Great Reasons Why You Should)
8 Crappy Reasons Not to Take a RTW Trip (and 8 Great Reasons Why You Should) The idea of a round the world trip can be scary, and it's easy to find reasons to discourage yourself from facing those fears. But for every reason why you don't think you can take your dream trip, Adam Seper shows you why, and how, you can.
Travel Sooner: 5 Secrets to Funding Your Journey Faster
Travel Sooner: 5 Secrets to Funding Your Journey Faster Would you like to travel now, instead of later? Would you like to travel for six months instead of two? How about a lifetime? Jennifer Miller shares some secrets to funding your travels sooner rather than later.
9 Hard-to-Resist Reasons to Take a Gap Year
9 Hard-to-Resist Reasons to Take a Gap Year The reasons for taking a gap year - a travel break from school or work - can be many. Adam Seper offers nine of countless more reasons to take a break from normal life to pursue your travel dreams.
The Eight Most Annoying Travelers You’ll Meet on the Road
The Eight Most Annoying Travelers You’ll Meet on the Road Travel can improve you, but it doesn't always: David Joshua Jennings presents a field guide to the eight most annoying types of travelers you may meet on the road.
Backpacking Then vs. Now: Does Travel Wisdom Come with Age?
Backpacking Then vs. Now: Does Travel Wisdom Come with Age? Back-packing is seen by many as a young person's game but Tristan Cano discovers that you can never be too old to set off in search of adventure - you just may do in a different style than the younger generation.