Work and travel

Preparing to travel in 2021 just got a whole lot more complicated, but don’t let that put you off. I haven’t! In preparing to travel …

It’s a term banded about quite a bit, but what is ‘Responsible Tourism’? The planet has had its own holiday from tourists and travel lately, …

What ‘Real Travel’ means to me: The Reality of Travelling for Work Advertisement feature Getting to travel for work was an absolute dream when I …

Cobbled streets, cute villages, cosmopolitan cities – idyllic imagery, conjured up when you think of Europe. Teaching English in Europe has, for a while now, …

Taking a gap year after high school wasn’t encouraged by my teachers. Finishing education at 18 though, and thinking you know what you want to …

Once you’ve been out in the big wide world travelling long term it can be hard to fit back in to normal society right away. Things that …

The best thing I’ve ever done is to set myself up as location independent. I can work from anywhere in the world that has an …

People I meet are very concerned about whether or not I get lonely travelling solo. It’s nice. It’s funny though. I mean, I don’t think …

Leaving a life of guaranteed monthly pay, free tea and coffee and employee rights can seem a little scary, if not terrifying. But the freedom …

My job is awesome. I work as the Content and Social Media Manager at gapyear.com. In the past year I’ve been to Vancouver, New York, …