Posts Tagged ‘career break travel’
Why Consider a Small Group Tour Operator During Your Career Break
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 7th, 2011
Backpacking on your career break is not incongruent with hooking up with a tour during your career break. In fact, during my career break, I joined tours through the Galapagos and the Amazon. I found mixing it up to be nice actually and had great experiences. But, I don’t like just any type of tour […]
Tips For Getting Around Like a Local During Your Career Break
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 4th, 2011
Getting around when your traveling is a daily decision. It starts in your planning when you’re trying to figure out if your hostel is close enough to all the things you want to see. You arrive and you have to get to the hostel or hotel. While you’re there will you walk, take a bus, […]
Discovering A Country Through Its Food During Your Career Break
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 3rd, 2011
Food. Food. FOOD!!!! It’s an integral part of the travel experience. Whether you go for the street food stalls or a fine dining experience, you will leave a country remembering what you ate. Or in some cases, the food may not have impressed you, which is also a lasting memory. When I talk about my […]
Safety and Security Tips During Your Career Break
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 2nd, 2011
Writing about security while traveling is a tough topic. You want to help people be prepared. But you don’t want to scare them either. Most long-term travelers will tell you that most safety concerns people have about traveling in the world are overblown. I echo that sentiment. That’s not to say that you don’t have […]
Money Tips for Your Career Break Trip
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 1st, 2011
This topic always raises travelers’ blood pressure and stress by a few points. Even I still check and double check that I have everything in order before I go. The good news is that most of what you have to do to minimize your risk of being without money can be taken care of before […]
I Love Cape Town Photo Series Part 4: Apartheid Legacies
Written By: jeff
Posted On: September 1st, 2011
In part 4 of our guest post series, ¨I Love Cape Town¨, from Craig of YTravelBlog, he shows that while apartheid is gone, the remnants and symbols of the old regime are still around Cape Town showing people what it was like not too long ago. Take it away Craig! Robben Island Robben Island, the former […]
Introducing the B-Side of the Gap Adventures Career Break Series, Ditch the Cubicle
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 30th, 2011
[pro-player width=’600′ height=’400′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts_iCGh3OuY[/pro-player] Excited. Not sure how else to describe the launch of the Gap Adventures’ Career Break Video series. Through the course of 10 videos (OK, 9 if you don’t include the introduction video), I’ll take you through the process of preparing for a career break and give you some ideas on […]
Canada Catching Career Break Fever
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 29th, 2011
Gap Adventures just released a survey of Canadian attitudes towards work-life balance and their interest in taking a career break. And it looks like Canadians would love to take a break to travel. Background of the Gap Adventures 2011 Labour Day Poll I provided input to Gap Adventures during the creation of the survey. There […]
Jeff Jung Teams Up with Gap Adventures to Raise Awareness of Career Break Travel in Canada
Written By: Cheryl Habbe
Posted On: August 29th, 2011
Jeff Jung, the Career Break Guy and the host of the Career Break Secrets travel show, has been named the career break travel media spokesman for Gap Adventures Canada as they launch campaign promoting career break travel called Ditch The Cubicle. Campaign includes a media tour across Canada and a 10-part video series on career break travel advice hosted by Jeff.
I’ve Got a Secret
Written By: jeff
Posted On: August 29th, 2011
I’ve been working on a big project and today, I finally get to share it. I’ve teamed up with Gap Adventures to raise awareness of career break travel in Canada. This week, I’ll be in Canada speaking to the media about career breaks and more importantly, sharing the results of the 2011 Gap Adventures […]
