A service that's all about you...
While we offer a range of options, our service is different for everyone, so make sure to give us a call to chat through what's best for you. What you should expect is a supportive, knowledgeable process geared towards getting you to book your grown up gap year with confidence, certainty and excitement. For details of prices, click here.
We offer a range of services, which are usually dependent on the person and how they would like the process to develop.
• Getting started
Questionnaire and informative report
A range of initial questions and a summary report designed to help you discover where you are, what you want to do and where you might like to get to. A place to start getting excited and dreaming big.
• Getting clarity
Questionnaire, report plus telephone consultation
Personal communication, following completion of the questionnaire. An opportunity to make a connection, share experiences, expand more fully on the issues raised by the questionnaire and explore practical ways to make your dream a reality.
• Getting confidence
Fun, informative and inspiring group workshops
Explore your options in an enjoyable, creative, group environment, designed to give you the confidence and inspiration to embrace a change in your life. Through discussion, practical exercises, games and discovery you will leave feeling ready to take the trip of a lifetime, and equipped to plan your gap year or career break and discover the world.
• Getting Going
A comprehensive solution, including a questionnaire, telephone consultation and personal one to one meeting
This fantastic solution offers the time to explore in depth your desires, anxieties and aspirations. Through informal discussion, creative thinking and detailed feedback you will be provided with the clarity and practical tools to help you realise your dreams and goals.
We also provide range of more bespoke solutions, which support you all the way from deciding to take a gap, through to the planning and booking stages, while you're away and finally on your return.
The Career Break Guru: Live The Dream Service
Advice, planning, consultation, support and research
An invaluable way to plan and organise your grown up gap year, including telephone calls, detailed analysis, research and one to one consultations, over a period of one to two months. During this time we also provide research services, guidance, advice and full email and phone support. We don’t charge by the hour, or keep offering add-ons – we discuss and agree a flat rate which is geared towards you booking your gap year. Whatever it takes to get you there we’ll do.
The Career Break Guru: On Trip Support
Support, guidance and assistance while away
As essential as mozzie spray and flip-flops. While away plans it’s helpful to have an expert back home that you can rely on to check out options, send reports, information on transport, suggested ideas if you’re at a loss, as well as help with practical and legal advice if something unexpected happens.
The Career Break Guru: Homeward Bound
A back home debrief
Coming home is often difficult, especially if you’ve left to get some space from a complicated situation. A session with the Career Break Guru can cover anything from plans for the coming months, some options for further travel, or simply just a lovely lengthy coffee sharing photos, memories and experiences.
The Career Break Guru: Chaperone Service
A bespoke tour guide and travelling friend
The ultimate Career Break Guru service, and a wonderful way to get the most of your travel. The Guru travels with you, planning and researching your trip, assisting with hotels, transport and day trips. Her extensive knowledge and enthusiasm can also provide a new dimension to sightseeing and exploration, as well as being a companion, someone to share experiences with. It's a unique, bespoke and enriching service.
Contact us for more information on everything we offer and to discuss how we can help you. And click here to see our prices.
What to expect
Scenarios
Richard wanted to get away but didn't know where or how
We would work with Richard to help him through his confusion and uncertainty, and help him realise that he wanted to volunteer with animals, and spend at least six weeks in Africa.
Cara was recovering from a painful divorce and needed some nurturing
Gently taking Cara through her confusion we would establish that she needed to do something practical and pyhsical to kick start this new part of her life, and support her in organising coms volunteering.
Anna knew where she wanted to go but was worried about travelling alone
We would work with Anna to create some strategies for managing alone and help her to face her fear. Signing up to our On Trip Support Package would also ensure Anna never felt alone, always had someone to bounce ideas off and an enthusiastic recipient of news, photos and experiences.
Andrew and his wife wanted to take the children
Working as a team we would establish safe places to go in areas that would enrich the children, while focusing on simple transport, short journeys and mild weather.
Rebecca wants to travel, but her husband says she can't go
Working through various steps we would establish ways Rebecca could make the journey alone, and explore how she could discuss this with her husband. On her return we would work with her to explore issues that had arisen since she was away.
Sally wanted to take the trip of a lifetime but needed help doing it
The Career Break Guru would accompany Sally on her two month tour of India and Asia, assisting with bookings and transport, seeking out little known sightseeing gems, enriching her knowledge, and sharing experiences, thoughts and photos.
John and Sarah wanted to travel together but wanted to do different things
Working with the couple we would establish that the one thing they both really wanted to do was reconnect with each other, so we would identified key things they could do together, and have a debrief with them on their return to give the trip a focus.