Gap Year Money

How much money do you need for your gap year? One of the eternal gap year questions!

The real answer is it really depends on where you go and what you do. Location plays a major part in deciding your gap year budget, as does time spend away, and activities you under take while on your gap year.

If you want to extend your gap year money further, consider going on an Africa gap year or Asia Gap Year, as these continents are in general pretty cheap and easy going on your travel allowance. 

Heading to somewhere like Australia is a common choice, but much more expensive, however this can be off set but working on your gap year whilst you are out there. We have a whole section dedicated to finding gap year work so feel free to check it out for lots of hints and tips.

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Great advice when it comes to gap year money is to set a budget and try to stick to it!

Remember if you have plenty of time to plan, you can save a lot and you can also pay in stages too.

Ok this it fairly optimistic, when you take into account extreme sports activities like whitewater rafting and sky diving (booking through us before you leave and it is generally cheaper: hint!) as these can be quite expensive, but your accommodation and food budget can be a lot easier to regulate. Check this video here about our Adrenaline Tours, these are expensive, but the point is it helps you by paying for all the activities before you go away leaving you time to save for all your basic travel expenses like drinking! :)

If you want any first hand advice on travel budgets or gap year money issues, talk to us and we will happily give you lots of hints and tips.