Links
to travel sites.
Gap Year
African Masks, African Art & African American Paintings
Link: http://www.mahoganyartandhome.com
Featuring African masks, African art, African carvings, African American paintings celebrating the culture, symbolism and influence of Africa at Mahoganyartandhome.com
Tours in Halong,Halong tour,Halong ba y tours
Link: http://www.halongluxurytravel.com
Tours in Halong,Halong tour,Halong ba y tours
TAXBACK.COM
Link: Http://www.taxback.com
TaxBack.com organises tax refunds for people who work outside of their home country. If you have worked in Australia, Belguim, Canada, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, UK or USA, you will most probably be due a tax refund and we can get it for you!
FindaGap.com - Gap Year directory
Link: http://www.findagap.com
FindaGap.com is an online Gap Year directory. It provides users with free advice and access to its online provider database of gap year/backpacking related products and services. This includes hundreds of gap placements, cheap travel options and thousands of hostels and adventure activities worldwide.
TAXBACK.COM
Link: Http://www.taxback.com
TaxBack.com organises tax refunds for people who work outside of their home country. If you have worked in Australia, Belguim, Canada, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, UK or USA, you will most probably be due a tax refund and we can get it for you!
Downunder Travel Insurance
Link: http://www.duinsure.com
Cheap Travel Insurance and backpacker insurance for UK, Australian and NZ backpackers, students, holidaymakers and anyone under 55 years. We also provide cheap Van Tour Insurance for European Van Tours for UK based travellers.
Holiday Insurance from Holiday Insurance Web
Link: http://www.holidayinsuranceweb.com
holiday insurance for worldwide destinations, single trip and annual insurance, including ski, backpacker and wintersports cover
Youth International
Link: http://www.youthinternational.org
Youth International is an experiential education program which focuses upon international travel and inter-cultural exchange, adventure, community service, and homestays. Teams of up to 14 people between the ages of 18 and 25, along with two group leaders, travel together to different regions of the world for one three and a half month semester. Through a balanced combination of experiences each Youth International team member is set up for an intense and dynamic first hand education on the region they are traveling. At the same time they are presented with a unique environment and opportunity for self discovery. Youth International offers three separate trips. One travels to Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, and India,). The second travels to Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, and Namibia). The third porgram travels to South America (Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands). All three trips are offered twice a year. Once in the fall semester which runs from early September to mid December and once in the spring semester which runs from early February to late May.
Vacation Work
Link: Http://www.vacationwork.co.uk
Publishers of an unrivalled range of books for all those LOOKING FOR SHORT OR LONG TERM WORK OVERSEAS, including the definitive series of annual guides to Summer Jobs in Britain, Abroad and the USA, and the unique Work Your Way Around the World. We also publish the original and pioneering Travellers Survival Kit series of country guides, and eleven titles for a range of countries in the popular Live & Work Abroad series.
Concordia International Volunteer Projects
Link: Http://www.concordia-iye.org.uk
Concordia is a small not-for-profit youth charity whose aims are to encourage international youth exchange as a means of promoting greater cultural awareness, international understanding and peace. Short-term international volunteer projects are one way by which we hope to achieve these aims.
SeasonWorkers - Jobs abroad and Reunited colleagues
Link: Http://www.seasonworkers.com
SeasonWorkers reunites old friends from independent and working travel, and helps people who are going travelling to find a job abroad in advance. We are also an affiliate of the Foreign OfficeÆs Know Before You Go scheme. Our team are all from a travel background and committed to providing the best information for independent and working travellers available.
Estudio Hispanico - Spanish language courses in Spain
Link: http://www.estudiohispanico.com
Learn spanish in Spain with Estudio Hispanico. Our spanish language schools throughout Spain offer high quality Spanish courses for all levels. We also offer accommodation and a cultural activties programme.
Globetrotters Consulting
Link: http://www.globetrotterseducation.ca
We offer international travel education counseling for young adults who wish to go overseas to study, work, volunteer or intern. At this time, we offer primarily consulting services and assistance with student cards, visas, travel preparations, etc. so that parents of students can feel good about sending their child overseas. We are working on opening a travel agency within Globetrotters so that the complete the package.
voovs.com
Link: http://www.voovs.com
voovs.com is a leading one-stop seasonal jobsite, offering a professional service to jobseekers allowing them access to summer and winter work worldwide. The site also offers useful tips and advise on a variety of issues. The website at voovs.com currently covers job opportunities in ski, snowboarding, bar, pub, club, hotel, leisure, restaurant, cafe, travel & tourism and cheffing around the globe. The service is totally free for jobseekers to use and allows them to upload their CV and apply for work directly online.
Northern Territory Holidays Kakadu-Ayers Rock-Arnhem Land Tours
Link: Http://www.northernterritoryholidays.com.au
Safari Tours to Kakadu, Kimberley's, Uluru & Cape York - Cheap Hotels and Hostels in Darwin, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock Resort, Broome & Cairns - Great Deals on Campervan or Car Rental - One Way Tours for Backpackers and Independent Travellers.
visas-australia.com
Link: http://www.visas-australia.com
We specialise in gap years and backpackers to Australia and New Zealand. We can save a traveller hundreds of pounds of on visas and insurance.our unbeatable offer of 12 months worldwide travel insurance and working holiday visa for Australia at only ú235.00 is our lead offer . We have special offer on our interactive web site check the details on www.visas-australia.com.
Skydive Abel Tasman tandem skydiving Nelson New Zealand
Link: http://www.skydive.co.nz
Tandem skydiving in New Zealand with breathtaking views of Abel Tasman National Park near Nelson; tandem parachuting, skydive training & accelerated freefall programme with expert skydive instructors.
Immigration USA
Link: http://www.immigration-aux-usa.com
Immigration to the United States, US visas, family and business visas, Green Cards, DV-2005 Lottery and U.S. immigration matters. Free initial consultation provided by American immigration attorney. Chat and forum. Site in English and in French.
LiveWork&Play
Link: Http://www.liveworkplay.com.au
LiveWork&Play working holiday information
Drum-carving Program in Ghana, West Africa
Link: http://www.accraartisansexchange.com
In this unique drum carving program in Accra, Ghana, students work one-on-one with skilled African drum carvers, learning the technical aspects of drum carving as well as the history of West African drumming. Each student leaves the program with the top-quality drum they have personally carved. This is a once in a lifetime experience for anyone interested in West African art or music. The program includes accommodation, food, and the completed drum.
MIGRATION OVERLAND
Link: Http://www.migrationoverland.com
A once in a lifetime experience! Discover new cultures, experience incredible adventures. Don't just travel, absorb a different world! Come with us and live West Africa, 16 weeks with a small diverse group of experience seekers. We carry mountain bikes, all terrain boards and kayaks on a fully prepared expedition vehicle, allowing us to explore, discover and interact with everything around us. Camp under the stars, drink tea with desert nomads and come away with more than just stamps in your passport.
Backpacking Advice and Tips for planning your first trip
Link: http://www.firsttimebackpacker.com
Backpacking advice for those planning their first backpacking trip. This site features destination guides, information on choosing flight tickets and more
First Gap Year
Link: http://www.firstgapyear.com
The essential guide to planning your first gap year travel with advice and information on safe travel, health and on making the decision to take a gap year. Other topics covered include packing and travel money options.
gapadvice.org
Link: http://www.gapadvice.org
Independent advice on gap years for people of all ages. All the research has been done for you.
Gap Year New Zealand
Link: http://www.gapyear-newzealand.co.uk
Gap Year Travel Guide to New Zealand
On-line Secure Travel Safe
Link: http://www.myonlinesafe.com
Secure on-line storage safe for scanned mages of your travel documents and valuables accesible 24/7 va the internet. Ideal for vaccination certificates, insurance policy, travellers cheques receipts, details of passport, serial numbers of valuables, watches, cameras i-pod etc etc. Create a Police report available in 4 languages of lost or stolen items at the click of a mouse. Send a free SMS Text to confirm arrival or give contact details to any mobile phone world wide. Find ATM machines, Embassies and important travel information via our links to the Foreign Office, Embassy finder, Travel Health Advice,Passport Office, Currency Converter, World Weather reports, Accomodation search engines and links to all major credit card customer services. You will either be very happy you joined, or very sad that you didn't!
free4adventure
Link: http://www.free4adventure.com
single travel adventure site giving hints and tips, also adventure sports site offering advice and tips on adventure sports
Fulham and Chelsea College
Link: http://www.fccollege.co.uk
Widen your horizons - live and study in the UK Registered on the UK Government's Register of Approved UK Education Providers (Dfes) and accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further & Higher Education (BAC), Fulham and Chelsea College offers you an effective and easy way to live, study and work in the UK. Enrolling at our college provides you with complete flexibility to: - Study affordable and accredited Diploma or Advanced Diploma courses - Make yourself more employable - Start your course any week of the year, any time of the year! - Work in London while you study - Study the hours that suit you - Improve your English language skills - Build your confidence - Access free visa assistance from www.AmblerCollins.com
Cruzeiro Safaris - The Safari Package experts
Link: http://www.cruzeirosafaris.com
Safaris to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, Basic to Luxury Camping Safaris, Road and Safaris by Air. Send faxs to 254-20786382
Arrange a working holiday in Australia before you leave home
Link: http://www.goworkabout.com
Go Workabout is an Australian organisation that arranges jobs in Australia for working holiday makers before they leave their home countries. We also provide assistance with visas, tax file numbers, accommodation, transfers... and just about everything else related to taking a working holiday in Australia.
Camps International - Gap Year in Africa
Link: http://www.campsinternational.com
Looking for the ultimate gap year? Experience Africa; Camps International has a selection of voluntary community work projects and travel experiences, including wildlife safaris, scuba diving & mountaineering.
Backpack UK
Link: http://www.backpack-uk.com
A new site created to help backpackers travelling to the UK. Full of useful information and now also includes a growing forum for traveller chat
Bacpacker - The Ultimate Travel Game
Link: http://www.backpackercardgame.com
A fantastic pocket-sized game for 2 to 6 players, and just like travelling, itÆs fun, exciting, fast changing and very addictive. Experience all the fun and unpredictability of travelling the world, as you try to outwit your opponents to be the player who returns home with the most photos. Visit different countries, enjoy beaches, trekking, wildlife and culture, meet other travellers and get good and bad advice, whilst trying to avoid getting sick or missing your plane. Play at home, on your next holiday and beyond. This game is essential for anyone who loves foreign travel. "Portable, competitive and fun so stick it in your backpack for fun on the road" Wanderlust Magazine.
Backpacker Board New Zealand
Link: http://www.backpackerboard.co.nz
THE independent travel guide for New Zealand. Fully interactive online guide for backpacking and budget travel in NZ.
AICR-Spanish & Volunteer Programs in Costa Rica
Link: http://www.amistadinstitute.net
Amistad Institute at a Glance. Amistad Institute offers specially developed Spanish language and Cultural Training; and Volunteer Programs.Our Campus is a beautiful 5 acre Private Reserve, filled with trees and wildlife. We offer a full range of intellectual, social, and cultural activities. The personal character of Amistad Institute is supplemented by all the resources of a large institution. Most of our programs are all included. If you have interest in our programs or if you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us and we would be more than glad to help you. Our programs provide imagination, great experiences and the simple personal touch that everyone is looking for!
Amigo Card
Link: http://www.amigocard.co.uk
The Amigo membership card includes a catalogue of VIP travel services, including a dedicated travel assistant, concierge, free airport lounge access, discounts on attractions, car rentals, hotels and golf clubs as well as a global lost luggage tracking facility.
Alltracks Academy - ski instructor courses
Link: http://www.alltracksacademy.com
Alltracks Academy runs ski & snowboard instructor courses, improvement camps and backcounrty ski and snowboard tours. An ideal way to spend a gap year or career break, and even for a few weeks in the mountains.
Australia AIEC Study, Work, Travel & Live
Link: http://www.aiec.biz
We are a free Australian advice and counselling service assisting all ages and education backgrounds with affordable study pathways with work rights and residency potential. Also we are certified “Aussie Specialists” For more info see http://www.aiec.biz
Adventure Jobs 4 U
Link: http://www.adventurejobs4u.co.uk
Adventure Jobs 4 U brings you the most varied selection of adventure and outdoor instructor jobs from around the World.
Activa Languages - Study Abroad
Link: http://www.activa-languages.com
Activa Languages is a new gateway for language schools and study abroad programs. The site presents the best selections of language schools from all over the world. It is for all those who wish to learn English, Spanish, or even Japanese, and travel without spending a fortune!
Pacific Village Institute
Link: http://pacificvillage.org
Pacific Village Institute connects global citizens through cultural immersion, community service, and collaborative projects in the developing countries of Asia.
Volunteer Opportunities in Nepal
Link: http://www.ccsvnepal.org.np
Center for Cultural Studies & Volunteering Nepal,wants you to be more than a tourist; we Offers affordable volunteering program & Placement opportunities to the people worldwide who wants to travel and experience volunteer work in nepal. Whether you're interested in helping on a project for children and young adults, Teach English, or working in an Orphanage or perhaps on a Cultural exchange Program, whether it's for a week or a Month we can assist in finding a program that is right for you.
Ultimate Gap Year
Link: http://www.ultimategapyear.co.uk
Ultimate Gap Year aims to provide students and independent travellers with essential safety advice and knowledge before they embark on a gap year or remote travel to developing countries.
Free volunteer work in South & Central america
Link: http://www.volunteersouthamerica.net
This site lists the free and low-cost volunteer opportunities in South & Central America. The site is designed for backpackers / independent travellers looking for a real volunteer experience abroad, without paying any middle-man or agency fees.
Volunteer South America - Spanish Course
Link: http://www.volunteersam.com/Spanish%20Classes.html
Our Spanish classes are designed to get you to intermediate level of Spanish in 4-6 weeks. At this level, you will be comfortable traveling and enjoying conversations with locals. Learning the language in a Spanish speaking country makes it easier. Many students like to take advantage of our Home stay program to increase the learning potential.
Volunteer Travel Brazil
Link: http://www.volunteerbrazil.com
At Volunteer Brazil we provide unique and fulfilling volunteer and travel opportunities. We have many volunteer work placements, internships and truely unique travel opportunities available.
Volunteer for the Visayans
Link: http://www.visayans.org
Volunteer for the Visayans is an NGO that places volunteers in short term volunteer projects. We are focused on educating our foreign volunteers about the unique culture of the Philippines while they take the opportunity to immerse themselves and interact with our local communities through volunteering. All we ask is that our volunteers come with an open mind and are motivated to help others. Volunteer for the Visayans accommodates volunteers for as short at two weeks and up to six months. We can accommodate volunteers who have a two week break and are looking for an alternative vacation. All our volunteers are placed with host families, and interact with the local communities to see first hand what it is like to live with the locals in the Philippines. If you really want to help with a project or make an impact on the communities here, we recommend volunteering for at least a month. Volunteers can teach English in the schools, assist in an orphanage, volunteer with the street children, in the social welfare department or with the city nutrition office. We are open to other placements for our volunteers. If you have specific skills you would like to share with the people in the Philippines please contact us with your ideas!
Visa First
Link: http://www.visafirst.com
Visa First organise working holiday and sponsorship visas for Australia and New Zealand. We ensure that your aplication is processed quickly leaving you to concentrate on booking your flights and packing your bags.
Study Abroad Programs, Volunteer Work and Overseas Job
Link: http://www.traveltree.co.uk
Search 1000's of alternative travel options from volunteer projects to gap year adventures, internships, overseas jobs and adventure holidays.
Travelling Alone
Link: http://www.travellingalone.co.uk
TravellingAlone was formed to offer a unique reference point on keeping safe when travelling alone. Before deciding on Travelling Alone, whether it be for a business trip or a gap year holiday, read this information which advises on finances, planning & safety along with many other important points.
Backpacker's Ticket to the World
Link: http://www.tickettotheworld.co.uk
A free backpackerÆs guide on getting set up abroad, offering lots of advice on packing lists, finding accommodation and work, transportation and sorting out visas, and more.
Study in Australia and New Zealand
Link: http://www.studyoptions.com
Study Options is a free advice and guidance service for students wishing to study at all levels in Australia or New Zealand.