Searching for gap year advice

So you've decided to make 2012 your gap year year? The trip that will change your life, get you some new skills and experiences with which to take with you into the rest of your life?

It's likely you'll be looking for some gap year advice to help plan your trip. Sure, you could head off into the great beyond without any preparation – it'd certainly make it exciting – but there's no doubt that a bit can be a good idea.

But searching for really useful gap year advice can be a little like searching for a needle in a haystack at times. Search 'gap year' in Google and you're likely to be bamboozled as a whole host of different website purporting to offer lots of different things pop up.

To offer a little direction, then, we've come up with what we reckon are some great places to go in search of gap year advice.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office

A must for anyone planning a gap year. The FCO site contains a wealth of information – ranging from insurance and money advice to staying healthy and getting the right visa.

Online forums and communities

Why not seek out some other like-minded people and get some gap year advice? There are a host of online forums and community hubs dedicated to gap year travel out there on the web.

Conversing with other gappers is a great idea – it allows you to bounce ideas off each other and see what sort of things other travellers are up to. There's bound to be a few seasoned gappers knocking abut too – more than willing to dispense some wisdom.

Year Out Group

Well we couldn't put together a list of go-to places for gap year advice without giving ourselves a little mention could we? We're experts in the gap year field and have more than 35 provider organisations offering a diverse choice of gap year locations and activities.

Our website contains a wealth of information. Simply pop in a search term or have a browse and see for yourself.