Gap Year Safety Course
Gap year safety should be a high on your list of dos when planning your time out. Real Gap offers a one-day safety course to make sure you have the gap year of a lifetime not the gap year from hell.
2009 DATES
April: 28th
May: 21st, 26th
June: 9th, 30th
July: 7th, 14th
August: 4th
September: 1st, 8th, 22nd
October: 8th, 20th
November: 3rd, 17th, 24th
December: 1st, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd
How Safety Savvy Are You?
You may think staying safe on your travels is just down to common sense? And to a certain degree you're right - but being aware of potential dangers is important too. Would you really know what to do?
'The course has given me ideas on how to prevent theft happening, how I can deal with my money in a safe way during those 6 weeks I am travelling and what situations I might come across on weekend expeditions. This was done in practical activities such as role-plays, which made it real and enjoyable.' By Irmina Reithmair
Why Go On A Gap Year Safety Course?
Professional travel safety advice
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (they rode motorbikes across Africa) did this course! They're pretty savvy so if they needed it...
Fun and interactive
The course is delivered using interactive scenarios and role-play, lectures and hands-on learning. The instructors are experienced travellers and have encountered many of the situations themselves.
Prevention rather than cure
Participants in the safety course receive the same level of training as those who work in war zones. Anyone embarking on a gap trip should give serious consideration to attending a safety course. While very few travellers do run in to any serious trouble, this safety course offers peace of mind by preparing participants for any situation.
Gap Year Safety Course - What do you learn?
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1. WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU GO
- Research your destination
- Security advice
- Terrorism risk
- Health care/disease prevention
- Culture, religion and laws
- Insurance, money & documents
- How to keep in touch
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 2. WHAT TO TAKE TRAVELLING
- Kit, clothes
- Safety gadgets
- First aid kits
- Electrical items e.g. mobiles, cameras
- Security of your possessions
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3. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU GET THERE
- Hotels/hostels
- Changing money
- Safe food and water
- Dealing with authorities
- Where and how to get help
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 4. GETTING AROUND
- Travelling safely
- Buses, trains, taxis etc.
- Checking out people you meet
- Survival navigation
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5. MEDICAL ISSUES ABROAD
- Emergency first aid
- Staying healthy
- Climatic injuries
- Bugs, bites and bowels
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 6. ADVICE FOR GIRLS... BY A GIRL
- Answering female concerns
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 7. HOW TO KEEP SAFE: AVOID DANGEROUS SITUATIONS
- Muggings to kidnapping
- Surviving extremes: earthquakes, avalanches, fire, weather etc.
- Drugs and alcohol
To get you thinking along our lines try this Travel Safe Abroad Quiz and see how travel savvy you are!
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Potential problems shouldn't faze you; it's the fun part of going travelling... the unknown. However, you'll have more fun if you're not worrying about them, so why not take the time to learn what to do, should they arise? The gap year safety course we offer could help you: find out what that Indian head wiggle means, how to navigate public transport that is in a foreign language and help you keep out of trouble with the local law enforcement.
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 See also Travel Safe Abroad Travel Safety Quiz
See also Gap year safety advice
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