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Are you confident that your son or daughter is prepared for their GAP year?
Are you prepared?

Are you confident that your son or daughter is prepared for their GAP year?

Do they know how to conduct themselves in a foreign country?

Would your son or daughter recognise a dangerous situation and avoid a confrontation?

Are they able to conduct a risk assessment?

Do they know how to generate money and then more importantly, look after their money?

Are they medically prepared for their trip?

Do they know how to obtain Foreign Office advice and contact the Embassy?

How are you going to keep in touch with them?

What will it cost and how much are you prepared to loan them!

Are they insured and properly protected?


Are you confident that your son or daughter is prepared for their GAP year?

We teach young adults how to prepare themselves for travelling. We cover in detail the preparation and research that is required prior to embarking on their trip so that they will be confident to travel safely away from home.

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Do they know how to conduct themselves in a foreign country?

Depending on where they intend to travel they will be advised on how to conduct themselves to avoid causing embarrassment or offence.

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Would your son or daughter recognise a dangerous situation and avoid a confrontation?

We will teach them how to recognise a dangerous situation, evaluate the situation and avoid it. We will conduct a number of scenarios to practice conflict avoidance.

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Are they able to conduct a risk assessment?

We will demonstrate to them how to conduct a risk assessment that will enable them to make an informed decision whilst they are away travelling.

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Do they know how to generate money and then more importantly, look after their money?

We will advise them on how they can generate their own funds to finance their travel without relying to heavily on their parents! We will then teach them how to safeguard their money.

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Are they medically prepared for their trip?

We will make sure that they are aware of the medical requirements for the Countries that they are visiting and recommend how to obtain medical advice whilst they are away.

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Do they know how to obtain Foreign Office advice and contact the Embassy?

We will inform of the advice that is available and how to contact Embassies and what they can do in the case of an emergency.

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How are you going to keep in touch with them?

By mobile, telephone, chargecard, email, letter, poste restante? We will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of how your son or daughter should and can communicate with you in order that you know where they are!

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What will it cost and how much are you prepared to loan them!

As experienced travellers we know how much trips can cost. We will inform them of likely expenditure and how to budget and get the best deals in order to ease the financial pressure on you.

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Are they insured and properly protected?

We will guide them to the insurance companies that will be able to provide the protection for them.

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