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 Gap Year Case StudiesWelcome to the Gap Year Case Studies Section! Here you will find stories from fellow gappers on how they got it right, and sometimes, horribly wrong on their own gap year! Click on the case study you're interested in and away you go! BSES Expeditions
Read testimonials from BSES Expeditions gap year expeditions to Svalbard in the Arctic wilderness and a Peruvian Rainforest. Find out more > Footloose - Adventures in Costa Rica
Valerie Andersson joined a Footloose tour after her work placement in Costa Rica. Find out more > GVI Marine Conservation
Richard Hallam joined a marine conservation expedition to Pez Maya in Mexico on his gap year after University. Find out more > GVI Volunteering
Vicky Grant took a career break in 2005 and joined the Phoenix Project in Guatemala. Find out more > TrekAmerica - seeing the real America
Andrew Johns spent his gap year as a camp counsellor in the USA. As it was his first time to America he then wanted to take full advantage of seeing the “real America”. Find out more > Greenforce - Marine Conservation in Fiji
Join a Greenforce Marine Conservation Project in Fiji on your gap year. Find out more > Trekforce
Emily Johnston, 18, joined Trekforce on a gap year expedition to Borneo. There are also expeditions to Central America and NE India available with Trekforce Worldwide. Find out more > Greenforce - Life in the Amazon Jungle
Spend a gap year as a volunteer on a Greenforce Project in the Amazon. Find out more > Worldwide Experience - An Internship at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve
How does one condense the 3 most incredible months of their life into 300 words? Kellie Donald's conservation internship at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve was everything she expected it to be - and so much more. Find out more > Gap Sports
In 2006 Hayley Edwards travelled on her gap year to South Africa with Gap Sports to be a volunteer Netball Coach. Find out more > Travellers Worldwide - Teaching in South Africa
Rachel Ley went to South Africa as a gap year volunteer to teach underprivileged children between the ages of 6 and 12 in a township school with Travellers Worldwide. Find out more > Gap Sports Snow
A gap year day in the life of Sam Platt, a brand new Gap Sports ski instructor, in Canada 2006. Find out more > Travellers Auto Barn
A Gap Year in Australia? To buy or not to buy, that is the question. Discover the benefits of buying a car to travel around Australia! Find out more > The Leap - Polo Team Placement, Argentina
A sample of letters received from gap year Leapers on a Polo Team Placement in Argentina. Find out more > Crystal International Academy
A selection of gap year experiences from gappers on a Crystal International Academy course. Find out more > The Leap - Kenya Team Placement
A sample of letter received from gap year volunteer Leapers on the Kenya Team Placement. Find out more > Camp America - Camp Blue Star, North Carolina
Camp America participant Jason Cook reflects on his summer job with Camp America. Find out more > Starfish Ventures in Thailand
Shari Anderson, from the USA, volunteered for a Starfish Ventures project in Thailand. Find out more > BSES Expeditions Svalbard
Yann Rashid spent three months of his gap year in the Arctic with BSES Expeditions. Find out more > Sport Lived - Playing Cricket in New Zealand
James Hawley played cricket on his gap year in Christchurch, New Zealand with Sport Lived. Find out more > SnowSkool - Taking a Sabbatical in Winter Sports
At 33 years old and after 12 years in the construction industry, Richard Bartley negotiated a three-month career break with his employers and joined the SnowSkool programme at Big White. Find out more > Ski le Gap - a special experience
Mark Townsend spent his gap year as an instructor with Ski-le-Gap in Tremblant Canada. Find out more > Raleigh International - Malaysia 2007 Expedition
Chris Burnie was working as a trainee accountant; looking to spread his wings and see more of the world, he used his career break to combine a Malaysia expedition with independent travel. Find out more > Real Gap Experience - Volunteering in Ecuador and Peru
Ian Richardson volunteered to work with street children in Ecuador and Peru. Find out more > Raleigh International - Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007
Ayesha Khan had always wanted to take time to travel and volunteer. Having finished school, she wanted a break before starting university and it was the perfect time for her to join the Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 expedition. Find out more > Raleigh International - Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 Expedition
Ayesha Khan had always wanted to take time to travel and volunteer. Having finished school, she wanted a gap year before starting university and it was the perfect time for her to join the Costa Rica and Nicaragua 2007 expedition. Find out more > Projects Abroad in Peru
Claire Elphick, an Undergraduate studying Geography, went to the Peruvian rainforest with Projects Abroad to carry out research for her dissertation. Find out more > Projects Abroad - Asia
Projects Abroad offer a variety of projects in Asia. Here's a selection of Case Studies from 2 volunteers. Find out more > Projects Abroad - Africa
Projects Abroad offer a variety of gap year volunteer projects in Africa. Here's a selection of Case Studies from 3 volunteers. Find out more > Let's Trek - Touring Australia
Ricardo Parreira traveled around Australia on his gap year with Let’s Trek Australia and New Zealand. Find out more > GVI
Jessica Eddison in Kenya - A gap year community day in the life of GVI volunteer Jess. Find out more > |
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