Take a gap year to travel the USA for gap year jobs and paid work abroad.
The USA stretches 2,500 miles from New York City to sunny California. The strong culture of each region makes the USA an exciting and diverse country to work abroad.
Our programmes range from casual summer jobs for university students to professional work placements to advance your CV and career.
Click on the links below to find out about USA gap year jobs, paid work programmes and USA volunteer work.
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The Freedom Trail offers you the highlights of the East Coast, from historic cities to the Appalachian Mountains, quaint small-town flavour to the awe-inspiring Niagara Falls. Learn of the rich history and experience the modern big cities and amazing beauty of this region.
If you have no plans for your summer, why not spend a few months working in the USA? This option is available to anyone presently at university and you are given the freedom to find your own job in the USA (except working with children and in healthcare).
An exciting adventure tour of the highlights of the American West with lodging included. Take in the stunning Yosemite National Park, the world famous Grand Canyon and the glamorous city of Las Vegas.
Cultivate your interest in botany and nature on the paradisiacal Island of Kauai. You’ll help the flora thrive by carrying out tasks such as planting native species and clearing trials in the Hawaiian forests.
Help protect some of America’s most beautiful lakes, mountains, deserts and national parks. You’ll build dry stonewalls and create trails that won’t spoil the scenery, and then camp under the stars at night!
Work with orphaned, injured and often very cute wildlife! Bottle-feed fawns and take care of baby squirrels, baby opossums and many other creatures. You can also put any carpentry or mechanics knowledge to good use.
Are you currently in university? Not sure how you are going to survive next year without working this summer? Take this easy option and we will find a job for you! Jobs are in the fields of kitchen help, maintenance, amusement parks, sales, service work and housekeeping.
Are looking to gain international experience in the Arts? This J1 Arts programme is perfect for young professionals with a dedication to their field of arts and culture who wish to gain more experience in the USA for up to 18 months.
Visit the great cities of New York, Washington and Chicago with big doses of nature in between. The Great Smoky Mountains, Mammonth Caves and Niagara Falls await!
Work with some of the rarest groups of gibbons - small, endangered apes. Through this project, you can get involved with all aspects of their care and efforts to keep them from extinction.
Help care for exotic animals such as leopards, tigers, bears, cougars and wolves, which have been abused, neglected or orphaned. You’ll stay in the sanctuary grounds, near stunning beaches and Everglades National Park.
Help change people’s opinions of wolves and wolf dogs, and care for those that have been neglected and abused. Take the chance to to discover the attractions of rural New Mexico too.
This unique tour takes you on an adventure through the American Rockies from top to bottom. Experience the mountains, national parks, deserts, cities and cowboy country.
This tour from New York to Los Angeles is a perfect blend of large cities, small towns, spectacular scenery and National Parks. A great tour to explore America at it’s best from east to west.
This tour from New York to Los Angeles is a perfect blend of large cities, small towns and spectacular scenery and National Parks. A great tour to explore America at it’s best from east to west.
This tour is ideal for travellers who want to experience the splendours of the American North. This tour offers the perfect blend of cities and national parks from coast to coast.
From the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean through the beauty of Canada! Visit the great cities of Toronto and Vancouver and the stunning Jasper, Banff and Yoho National Parks.
Take an 8-day trip of a lifetime through one of the most spectacular natural features on Earth. You’ll sail on a motorised raft, passing desert scenery and waterfalls and stopping off to explore the sights.
On this Pacific Coast and national park tour you’ll explore the 3 major Mountain Ranges of the American West- The Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Rocky Mountains. You will also visit the deserts, cities, forests and canyons that make this area famous.
Live ranch life to the full with activities such as horse riding, cattle gathering, branding, trail riding and ranch chores. Campfires and scenery straight from the big screen make it perfect for horse-loving travellers!
See the best of the northern USA from New York City to Los Angeles. This 28 day tour covers more of the great north than you ever thought possible in a single trip
Experience the down home charm of the deep South, visit the Nations Capital, Washington DC, the canyons of the desert southwest, the beaches and sunshine of Florida and the nightlife, National Parks and wildlife of the West.
On this grand 64-day tour you will visit 29 US states and 2 Canadian provinces. You will visit quaint towns and large bustling cities. You will explore this continent's breathtaking National Parks and unspoilt scenery - on this once in a lifetime adventure.
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