Table of Contents

(1) PART I - PREPARATIONS (2) Introduction (3) Planning & Preparation (4) Travel (5) PART II - GAP YEAR PLACEMENTS (6) Specialist Gap Year Programmes (7) Expeditions (8) Work Experience (9) Volunteering (10) A Year off for North Americans (11) Paid Seasonal Jobs (12) Au Pairing (13) Courses (14) PART III - COUNTRY BY COUNTRY (15) Benelux (16) France (17) Germany (18) Greece (19) Italy (20) Russia & Eastern Europe (21) Scandinavia (22) Spain & Portugal(23) Switzerland & Austria (24) Africa (25) Asia (26) Turkey (27) The Middle East (28) Australia & New Zealand (29) Canada (30) Israel (31) Latin America (32) The Caribbean (33) The USA (34) APPENDICES

About the Author

For over twenty years Canadian-born Susan Griffith has written some of Vacation Work's leading books, becoming the foremost authority on finding temporary work abroad.

Reviews

'Provides a comprehensive guide to opportunities, sound assessment of the risks and rewards, and accounts from more than 100 young people who have already filled the gap year'. - The Daily Telegraph. 'Whether you want to work as an au pair in the Netherlands, with disadvantaged children in Romania, teach English in Japan or pick avocados in Israel, Taking a Gap Year is the book you need. Recommended.' - Overseas Jobs Express. 'Recommended reading'. - The Guardian. 'If you're advising anyone to consider further reading on this increasingly popular subject then you won't go far wrong with this Vacation Work release.' - Euro Express Magazine