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Gap Year Safety Course
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You may be concerned about safety whilst you are travelling on a gap year. With this in mind, Real Gap has forged a partnership with a highly regarded travellers' advice course.
Professional travel safety advice
If you saw the excellent ‘Long Way Round' TV series you may well have seen Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman being put through their paces on this course, prior to embarking on their epic round the world motorbike journey.
Fun and interactive
The course is delivered by means of interactive scenarios and role-play, lectures and hands-on learning. The instructors have an excellent understanding of young travellers and flavour the course will tales of scrapes and situations they themselves have encountered.
With some basic tuition, many misfortunes can be avoided.
Participants in the course receive the same level of training given out to journalists and professionals who work in war zones.
Anyone embarking on a gap trip should give serious consideration to attending one of these courses. While very few travellers do run in to any serious trouble or problems when they're away, this course offers extra peace of mind by preparing participants for any situation they may face.
Gap Year Safety Course Prices
Our one-day courses are held weekly in London (at The Troubadour)
Price per student: £150.00
Times: 9.30am - 4.30pm
This includes a simple buffet lunch, cold drinks, tea and coffee. Each student will be issued with a travellers notes at the end of the course.
Gap Year Safety Course Dates
| Gap Year Safety Course Dates for 2008 |
May
June
July
August |
6th, 13th, 27th
10th, 17th
3rd, 8th, 15th
5th, 12th, 19th |
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Gap Year Safety Course Modules
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1. Before you go
- Researching your destination
- Security advice and terrorism risk
- Health issues and disease prevention
- Culture, religion and laws
- Insurance, money & documents
- How to keep in touch
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2. What to take
- Kit, clothes
- Safety gadgets
- First aid kits
- Electrical items e.g. mobiles, cameras
- Security of your possessions
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3. Once you are there
- Hotels/hostels
- Changing money
- Safe food and water
- Dealing with authorities
- Where and how to get help
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4. Getting about
- Travelling safely
- Buses, trains, taxis etc.
- Checking out people you meet
- Survival navigation
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5. Medical issues
- Emergency first aid
- Staying healthy
- Climatic injuries
- Bugs, bites and bowels
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6. For girls… by a girl
- Answering female concerns
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7. Keeping safe - Avoiding the dangers, from:
- Muggings to kidnapping
- Surviving extremes: earthquakes, avalanches, fire, weather etc.
- Drugs and alcohol
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 See also Gap year safety advice
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