websites to advise & inspire

Career Break/Sabbatical/Gap Year Advisory Sites:

• Meet Plan Go & Briefcase To Backpack: America’s Career Break Headquarters: Offering Travel Inspiration and Advice
• Your Sabbatical: Making sabbaticals more accessible for more workers in more companies
• BootsnAll Independent Travel: A place for travelers to research, connect, and book
• The Sabbatical Times: Directory of all things sabbatical
• MakeYourBreakaway: Serial career breaker Kirk shares his stories and advice
• Gap Year Directory: The UK’s largest directory of volunteer gap year projects and paid work placements.

Sites to Inspire You:

• LiveTravelMountains: Great photos of mountains around the world
• Best Beaches in Asia: Sometimes you just need to be at the beach
• Smiling Faces Travel Photos: Daily travel photo featuring smiles from around the world
• Nomadic Samuel: Great photos from around the world. Specialty in faces from around the world.
• Expert Vagabond. Matt’s a great traveler to follow. In particular, you need to read this post about how he got back his stolen laptop. Warning, it may not be work friendly.

Career and Life Coaches From Around the World:

• Hightail Coaching: A former career breaker, Bébhinn Ó Loingsigh practices her coaching in Dublin, Ireland
• Three Month Visa Coaching and Consulting: Tara Russell advises on Coaching for Career Breaks, Life Sabbaticals & Long-term Travel in San Francisco, California, USA
• The Bauke Group:  Julie is a career coach and author of the career search book, Stop Peeing On Your Shoes