Planning | My Gap Year

As I've previously mentioned - I am at a loss with what I want to do with my future. I'm at the age where I have to make a choice! I failed to do this so I decided to take a gap yaer. Now that my gap year has started I would suggest to you if you're considering taking a gap year - PLAN IN ADVANCE.
Something I haven't done. Mainly because I had no idea what I wanted to do nor did I really have time whilst sitting my A Levels. Despite my lack of planning I am determinded to make this year worthwhile, memorable and exciting.
I am currently enjoying j'ust living' and not having any real responsability!

A Gap Year is a chance to cut loose, chill out, travel and experience new things! There's so many different things to do i.e travel, work, volunteer and the list goes on and on!

Firstly, it's important to be realistic. Travelling costs money, so you need to have been saving for a while. Just research how much everything costs, where's good to go, what you can afford - ask lots of questions! Be realistic with what you can afford.

One thing I want to do in life is TRAVEL. Experience the world and all it's amazing cultures and wonders.
I would have liked to go eerywhere on my gap year but money doesn't grow on trees. I've narrowed it down to Australia and I want to do some travelling on my gap year. By now I've narrowed it down to wanting to go to Oz and New Zealand. Before that I had no idea and just wanted to go everywhere!!
I would spend ages trolling through sites. Here are some of the sites I've looked at.

STA - http://www.statravel.co.uk/
Real Gap - http://www.realgap.co.uk/
Gap 360 - http://www.gap360.com/
Plan My Gap Year - http://www.planmygapyear.co.uk/

I decided to go with STA to help plan my trip. They were so helpful and thourough! They have so many options to suit everyone, wherever you go, with whatever budget and for however long.
I decided to go on an organised tour as I was meant to go travelling with a few friends, but for various reasons they can no longer go.

I don't want to waste the year and I've always wanted to do this I'm going at it alone! It's absolutely terrifying but in a good way I suppose. In a way that excites me and I can't wait to experience it.

My advice to you is to buy yourself a little diary, write all the lists, and notes you need! Write down every thing you get up to down - it's nice to look back on!
Buy yourself a little folder and keep all important documents in there so you know where everthing is and it's all in one place.

I hope this was helpful to some of you if you're at the beginning of organising!

 

Lynsey xxx