Travellers Who Defy the Limit

A new breed of travellers has cropped up. These travellers choose to defy limits and challenge convention. They say you need neither millions nor luxury to travel the world. For, after all, you can do paid work or volunteer work as you travel. They are the “new nomads.” Many of them do gap years, trekking through continents in a span of six months to a year. A gap year is a prolonged time off that is spent travelling. It is usually done before or after a significant life phase – graduation, career change, marriage or retirement. A gap year looks good on one's curriculum vitae (CV), but it is difficult to sustain financially. That is why many programs allow travellers to do volunteer work. One may also get a part-time job while on a gap year.

Those who hire travellers to do volunteer work or part-time jobs need to able to trust their character and competence. This is because it is difficult to monitor tourists, as they come and go and are strangers in each town. Thus, when you apply for volunteer work or part-time jobs as you travel, you must have a strong CV to present. Your cover letter must emphasise that you are a traveller. Specify the amount of time that you intend to stay in each place. Explain your reason for going on a gap year. The same goes for the jobs that you apply for when you return home. The one reviewing your CV will be impressed at your initiative to take a gap year, but he will also probe why.

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