Unsure About A Gap Year Abroad? You Don't Even Need An Entire Year

With thousands of British school-leavers finishing their exams and settling into a summer of part-time work and teenage abandonment, now is the time many young people will start to consider what to do when September rolls around again. The allure of a gap year abroad is obvious to many, yet this year it seems that such adventures will likely be taken up even more due to the greater competition in universities and in the workplace.

However, there are many assumptions about gap year travelling that put people off year on year, and it is about time such rumours were dispelled. The most prevalent assumption when it comes to gap years is the price. Although some more exotic places are more pricy to get to, there are a great number of packages available for a range of budgets - with further price cuts offered by some organizations if you book in a group.

Additionally, gap years are no longer catered just for teenagers. In fact the gap year experience is open to people of any age and with more older people embarking on further education to make themselves more employable, it seems logical to consider the learning experience likely to be had working in a developing country or travelling within another culture.

It is also something of a myth that a gap year needs to last anywhere near that long. Trips are frequently advertised at a number of months, but many places offer a number of five week travelling opportunities to continents including Africa, Asia and the Americas. Such shorter trips offer all the diversity and experience, allowing around two weeks to be immersed in community projects and the rest of the time for activities such as safari and sports on the coast.

Still, if five weeks is not short enough, organizations are also offering three week expeditions. For instance, a three week venture in Kenya includes one week's project work near Mt. Kasigau, along with five days scuba diving, wind-surfing and kite-surfing and time left over for wildlife spotting in the bush and sight-seeing in Nairobi.

Shorter gap year trips are giving more the opportunity to experience life within other cultures and to learn about themselves in the process, without it costing too much. However, the only important drawback one can foresee from booking such a short trip is that it won't seem anywhere near long enough when the time to return home arrives.

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