Working Holidays
Developing the business leaders of tomorrow through travel
New for 2012, Peak Horizon is introducing International Summer Camps for young people; great for parents who can’t spend the whole summer with their kids and want them to enjoy their holidays whilst gaining some great new skills.
Help with conservation project in the Azores
Do something different this year and head to islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to take part in a conservation project studying whales, dolphins and loggerhead turtles!
Esoteric adventures
Been there? Done that? Well yes, and so have a lot of people. There’s nothing more rewarding than returning from a holiday and regaling the tale of a quirky experience, to a captive audience enthralled by the details of a unique adventure.
Volunteer and make a difference
Giving back to society is a long standing tradition and volunteering your time and skills is perhaps the most direct and honest way you can achieve this. At its best volunteer work should be thought of as a two way exchange.
Young people bailing out of Britain with Australian working holiday visas
In 2005-06 the number of Australian working holiday visas granted to young people from the UK was 28,281. In 2009–10 this figure stood at 37,056. Young British people apply for and are granted more working holiday visas for Australia than citizens of any other country.
12 months, 5 continents, 2 friends = 1 ultimate year out
With tough times ahead, Real Gap Experience and i-to-i Volunteering are offering two lucky students the chance to travel the world with guaranteed work placements globally.
Student's Plan B: Travel to Queensland and earn some money
Over 200,000 university applicants will need a Plan B next week as they lose out on an increasingly small number of academic places.
Not all Gap Years have to be a Gap Yah
As A-level results are set to come out, employers and Matt Lacey, of Gap Yah comedy fame, outline why time spent abroad is no bad thing, and how a Gap Year experience can develop qualities required in the work place.
Out to Africa
What is it about Africa that entices travellers to head to this fantastic, enlightening, surprising and intriguing continent?
Bosses taking holiday liberties
A quarter of bosses think it is acceptable to ring employees while they are on holiday, according to new research.
Almighty Australia
Australia, one of the top destinations on the Gap Year circuit, provides volunteers with the opportunity to make a real difference in the flood-affected areas of Queensland and North Eastern New South Wales.
‘Snap year’ gaps go a long way in CV building
If you are leaving school this summer and thinking about taking some time out before university, but not ready to commit to a full Gap year – a mini Snap Year may be more up your street.
Sandals Resorts announces first voluntourism program
Sandals Resorts, in conjunction with The Sandals Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), has launched Reading Road Trip, the resort company’s first official voluntourism program.
Gap teaching breaks to Sri Lanka
The Unique Travel Company is offering gap breaks teaching English in schools and orphanages on the tropical Indian Ocean island of Sri Lanka from around £550 per person for four weeks or £1,020 for twelve weeks.
Brits ‘too busy’ to volunteer abroad
A straw poll* conducted by leading international volunteering company Projects Abroad, has found that the main barrier holding Brits back from volunteering abroad is the required investment in time.