Charlie Whitworth brings news for students considering a gap year after University, including an interview with Rob Murray-Jones

Charlie Whitworth hooked up with renowned traveller and Trek Force Worldwide ambassador Rob Murray-Jones to find out how to get the best out of your travelling experience.

Ski & Snowboard Courses:
Location: Whistler, Canada:

Yacht skippers and sail, dive, surf, windsurf, ski and snowboard instructors wanted
Location: UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Egypt, Greece:

Conservation, community and sport expeditions
Location(s): Fiji, Bahamas, Tanzania, Ecuador, Nepal/Tibet, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Spain, Red Sea, Gozo, USA, India, South Africa, China

Posted: 31/10/07

Can you fit a gap year into a week?

If you want a holiday where you can make a difference, or you want a unique and challenging experience, you have to explore the opportunities detailed in this unique new title: Hands-On Holidays.

This is a book full of experiences that are typically associated with taking a gap year including volunteering breaks, charitable trips and paid short term work.

Posted: 07/08/07

African Conservation Experience has been sending volunteers to Africa for almost a decade and is the original, most experienced organisation for conservation placements in Southern Africa. We are able to offer each and every applicant the benefits of our personal experience, and all volunteers receive individual consideration. All we ask in return is that you share our passion for wildlife and conservation!

Posted: 29/06/07

Greenforce

Greenforce is a registered non-profit organisation born from the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This summit was the first global recognition of the urgent need to preserve the diversity of life on earth, culminating in a resolve of 168 countries to undertake bio diversity surveys of their "at risk" regions.

Posted: 29/06/07

Put something back this Summer- Volunteer!

Summer break can be long and boring, waiting to come back to uni to party, party and of course some all important work!
Why not try something different this summer and volunteer with WorldWide Volunteering.

WorldWide Volunteering (WWV) is a non profit making organisation designed to help people of all ages get involved with volunteering and find a placement which suits them. WWV’s online database has recently been made free for all to use from the website (www.wwv.org.uk) with joint funding from V and the Vodafone UK Foundation.

Posted: 23.04.07

Gap Year First Time Travelers Guide

Traveling is unbelievably exciting but can be very scary if it's your first time, so we've come up with some helpful hints to make your first time traveling as hassle free and as easy to organise as possible

There are always questions you will need answered, so read on and we may just be able to put your mind at rest.

Posted 12.02.07

Camp America

So you're one of these strange types who doesn't loathe American kids and want to visit the US but don't have piles of ready cash?

Posted 13.02.07

Global Adventures Project

Global Adventures Project is for individuals looking to combine some structured voluntary work, paid work or a language course with independent round the world travel.

Posted 13.02.07

Which book for the backpack?

The perhaps oversubscribed publishing genre that is travel guides gets a thorough seeing to with Student Times’… err… guide

Aargh! You’ve decided to go to Swaziland on that much-needed break, but aren’t sure what language they speak or what the currency is. So what are you going to do?
You could go on the internet to try and find small particles of information on different websites. Or you could buy a travel guide which includes everything you’d ever need to know on that country. But when you get to the bookshop, you’re confronted with a multitude of different ranges! So which are best? Read on to find out the best of the bunch and start planning that trip

posted 10.02.07

Passports and visas

You will need a full ten year passport if you want to travel abroad. Depending on which country you visit, and your reason for travelling, you may also need to get a visa

Posted 12.02.07

Winter Jobs in Europe

So you want to be a ski bunny, eh? Well, you're in luck, so long as you're prepared to slave away all winter for not much money, free board and lodging and, the saving grace, free lift tickets.

Posted Posted 10.02.07

Coral Cay Conservation

Coral Cay Conservation Sends Teams Of Volunteers To Survey Coral Reefs And Tropical Forests In Fiji And The Philippines

Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) is a not-for-profit organisation at the cutting edge of ecotourism. We send teams of volunteers to survey some of the world's most endangered coral reefs and tropical forests.

Posted 12.02.17

Vaccination certificates

If you're traveling through some dodgy areas, you may need to be vaccinated against all sorts of nasties like malaria, yellow fever or typhoid.

Posted 10.02.07

Gap Year & Volunteer in China, Thailand and Vietnam

GapYearInAsia is a directory of Gap Year programs in Asia

GapYearInAsia.com is a on online Gap Year Abroad travel directory for various Gap Year programs in Asia such as Volunteer Travel Program, Conservation Work, Teaching English, Tours and Travel Program, Meaningful Travel in Asia and good hotels in China, Thailand and Vietnam to help you research and decide on your Gap Year abroad travel experience, volunteer program projects, meaningful tour, backpacking tour, hotel or conservation volunteering program in wonderful destinations in Asia. You might be thinking of a Gap Year travel program or a teaching project in Asia well you have come to the right place ! Here you can find information on different Gap Year travel programs in Asia in China, Thailand or Vietnam. There are so many things to do in Asia : teaching English, meaningful tours, eco-tours, volunteer travel, volunteer programs, conservation work or go backpacking. Whatever you will embark upon we wish you happy travels !