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Travel Money: How to Fundraise Successfully
Written by: gapyear.com
Ants Bolingbroke-Kent recently drove a tuk tuk from Bangkok to Brighton with best mate Jo in aid of mental health charity Mind. They raised £29,000 (and still counting) for their cause - Ants shares her top fundraising tips here...
Travel Money: Managing Your Money on the Road
Written by: gapyear.com
Advice on currencies, budgeting, haggling, shopping, beggars, cash, currency exchange, black markets, traveller's cheques, credit cards, prepaid cards, ATMs, wire transfers, e-banking, muggers, pickpockets, scammers and more...
Travel Money: How to Save Money for Your Travels
Written by: gapyear.com
It can be hard, but that trip of a lifetime is so worth it! Have fun saving, consider it a challenge or a game and the months will fly by. Before you know it you could be watching the sun set over Uluru, relaxing on a beach in Thailand or watching the Aurora Borealis from a balcony in Finnmark.
Travel Money: Cheap Travel Tips
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Here at GYHQ we've come up with a selection of cheap travel tips. Now you'll find out what a bunch of scroungers, blaggers, scavengers and cheapskates you're dealing with...
Travel Money: What is a prepaid card?
Written by: gapyear.com
This guide tells you all you need to know about what a prepaid card is, how it can be used, how it's different to a debit or credit card and why it is becoming a popular way of carrying your carrying your travel money.
Travel Money: Hall of Fame
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In October 2006, Lizzy Bell was planning to head out to Port Elizabeth, South Africa with her fiance Aaron to volunteer for 3 months. In this interview with gapyear.com, Lizzy reveals how she raised the funds.
Travel Money: A-Z of Fundraising Ideas
Written by: Tori Oram
Working your arse off and saving like crazy is all very well, but there are other ways to make money. Legal ones, too. Fundraising involves getting your friends, family, colleagues and total strangers to part with their cash. It can be great fun, and looks impressive on your CV too...
Travel Money: What Things Cost
Written by: gapyear.com
So, you're living in your mum's saucepan-cupboard to save on rent, working your fingers to the bone in a chicken gizzard factory. Your friends and family are sponsoring you by the lap to run round the lion enclosure at your local zoo with raw steaks in your pockets, and all so you can afford to go travelling on your gap year. We've all been there. But how far will your hard-earned cash get you?
Travel Money: A Guide to Raising Money
Written by: Tom Griffiths
One of Tom's biggest annoyances is when people say 'I can't afford to take a gap year!'... it's disappointing to hear when you consider the fact that year after year there are gappers who regularly raise thousands of pounds in a matter of weeks. There are charity funds out there desperate to give money away to anyone who asks...












