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Why travel with a gap year company? The pros and cons of backpacking alone.

By Josef- The Leap Intern Way back in February 2005 all those years ago I set off from what can only be described as a bone quivering winter, my destination… Mumbai, India. After six grueling months sat between the ever complaining Dave and Claire, negotiating with thousands of curiously fuming customers, and slowly coming to [...]

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Gap Year Safety

Safety should be of paramount concern when going travelling. When in the planning stages of your trip it is easy to be very aware of safety issues and believe yourself to be too sensible not to pay attention to these things when out there. In reality, however, it is very easy to forget about these [...]

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Q: Why pay to volunteer?

We are always asked why volunteers should pay to take part in The Leap’s programs. And we can see people’s point, why should you pay to give up your time volunteering? On the face of it, surely it’s like paying to help with meals on wheels or help in your local Red Cross… However volunteering [...]

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Useful Links

Our website has details on our UK Staff and overseas Project Hosts. We are also friends with the following organisations: Training – Gap Year Safety We have worked closely with John Cummings, who runs Safetrek, for many years. He designs gap year safety courses and helps us run our gap year safety courses in the [...]

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