Gap Year Travel - Going It Alone vs Choosing an Agency
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Ed-P
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Just wanted to get some thoughts on how best one can save money on a full on all out gap year adventure.
Once I've finished uni I want to have a good six months to a year out doing something completely different overseas. I've found a lot of opportunities for organised programmes through specialist gap year companies, like BUNAC's summer internships abroad:
http://bunac.org/uk/summer-options
But what I want to know is just how much organisations like this are making out of people like me. Is the work they put in organising everything and having the right relationships to gather the best deals going to make it better value than were I to just get some flights and make it up as I go along jetting off to foreign shores with a backpack and a dream?
Where's the value?
Once I've finished uni I want to have a good six months to a year out doing something completely different overseas. I've found a lot of opportunities for organised programmes through specialist gap year companies, like BUNAC's summer internships abroad:
http://bunac.org/uk/summer-options
But what I want to know is just how much organisations like this are making out of people like me. Is the work they put in organising everything and having the right relationships to gather the best deals going to make it better value than were I to just get some flights and make it up as I go along jetting off to foreign shores with a backpack and a dream?
Where's the value?
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I've done three 11-12 month trips abroad. I didn't use an agency for any of them and I don't feel like I ever needed one.
What sort of thing are you looking to do? If you're just traveling around, seeing the sights then I don't see any need for them. There's also no need to use one for getting working holiday visas in New Zealand and Australia as you can do fill in the online form in half an hour. However, your personal circumstances may be different...0
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