Quest Overseas - Gap Year Travel

Exam results gifted you with a gap year???

Not quite got the results you were hoping for? Or have you surpassed all your expectations? Maybe now you are considering taking a year out to reapply to university next year and find yourself with a completely unexpected and unplanned gap year on your hands.

If that is the case, don't panic! A well planned and organised gap year can be the making of a person, and may well become the best thing that ever happened to you. But this won't happen on its own, so here are a few tips to help get you started.

If you're looking for ways to get into the volunteering, expedition or travel industry, Quest Overseas may be able to help. We will shortly be looking for a new intern to get involved either in the operational or marketing side of our organisation (or even both). Working here is a lot of fun and our interns do get a lot of valuable experience from their time with us - in fact, most of our current staff were offered jobs on the back of having internships with us.

We ask you to commit to at least three months, but ideally six (either full or part time) and would cover all reasonable travel expenses. There is an opening for an intern position to start from early September, ideally for someone with interest and background in marketing.

If you're interested or would like to find more, please call us or send an email to info@questoverseas.com

Are you interested in forging a career in the charity sector? Quest4Change is offering one internship giving you the opportunity to get hands on experience within our grassroots international development charity.

Interested in becoming a Quest Overseas Leader? The above is just one of a hundreds of different scenarios you could find yourself in when in charge of a Quest team in Africa or South America, so we're looking for only the best.

Rugby School is holding its annual Gap Year Fair on Saturday 29th May and Quest Overseas will be there with other Gap Year providers to answer any of your questions about your Gap Year options.

Whether you would like some more information on our projects and expeditions, Africa and South America in general or even if you are simply looking for some advice on where to start with your Gap Year planning, just come and say hello to us on the day.

If you are already planning on attending the fair, why not take a look at the Ethical Volunteering Guide before you go - this sets out questions you should ask any organisation you are thinking of volunteering through to ensure the work you will be doing will be beneficial and worthwhile and that you will be well supported whilst doing it.

The Rugby School Gap Year fair starts at 9:30am and finishes at 11:45am. Directions to the school can be found on their website here.