Would you let someone take off driving on the Interstate if she hadn’t yet driven around the block? Of course not, because driving takes practice, right? So does developing the confidence to travel well and safely. It’s likely you started with riding a bike to the park, or school. You eventually they graduated to day[…]
We’re very excited to present our first blog post from a 2018 TAP Grant recipient. Quynh lives in Vietnam and is spending her gap year traveling in Southeast Asia and working with an independent learning center to further her education through travel. English is her second language, and rather than edit her words for standard[…]
Did you know that the average price of a Gap Year program is $30,000 USD? What would you say if we told you that we’ve found a way to reduce that price by 60%? Now you can take a TAP GAP Year for $4995 a semester! Yes. Really. How is that possible? By combining forces[…]
Planning your Gap Year, it’s likely you’re thinking about all of the fun things you’ll be going to do, all of the exciting places you’re going to see and all of the adventures you’re going to have. We tend to think of a trip in the best possible light, focusing on all of the positives.[…]
My name is Katarina Ashour, I’m 22 years old and I grew up in a small town in New England. There, I spent the vast majority of my younger years dreaming of the day I would finally be able to move to Africa to work with lions. This past May I graduated from University with[…]
Eva Earlyta is an Indonesian woman, writing in English as her second language. We’ve decided to leave this in her voice, even though the English isn’t perfectly standard. Part of the joy of travel is interacting across language and culture barriers, and we’re so happy to be sponsoring Eva’s growth through her gap year! I[…]
SASHA: It was noon on a Tuesday in February. I wasn’t in my second hour of an organic chemistry lab. Nor was I napping after a particularly gruesome history midterm. I was whooping while throwing a 100lb tree down a hillside near Mount Everest. To my right was a ten-year-old monk sliding down the mountain[…]
Abimbola Abiodun Adebayo is a highly dedicated, resourceful and ambitious lady who is goal-oriented and purposeful. She hails from Efon-Alaaye in Ekiti State, Nigeria. She is of Yoruba ethnicity, predominant in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. Abimbola began her educational pursuit with the acquisition of her elementary education in Federal Housing Primary School, Ado-Ekiti where[…]
Hi! For those of you reading I’m Jubilee, and I plan on using the TAP grant to visit my mother’s native home of Puerto Rico and volunteering as a Nurse. During this gap period, I will also be going on a government sponsored trip to South Korea to learn about the region’s history and talks[…]
Travis and Jason are GREAT! So, who’s heard of The Paradise Pack? Raise your hands… The short version? It’s a powerhouse deal chock-full of educational materials for people who want to learn to live and work anywhere. Once a year, Travis and Jason put together this mega bundle, and it’s available for seven days, and[…]