This is your essential travel site for Gap Years and Intrepid Backpacking... Packed with traveller-orientated info and great blogs, pretty much everything you need for your grand adventure is here in one spot. We've been there on a budget, we know what it's like, so we'll help you see more, do more & travel further! Of course it helps, but you don't need stacks of cash, just a sense-of-adventure and a chunk of spare time - for some of the more action-packed countries like New Zealand, you'll also need some balls if you're going to leap out of a perfectly good plane, but that's all optional! We've made all of the classic backpacking mistakes; been ripped-off, pain-stakingly honed our haggling skills and negotiated all of the potential 'border crossing nitty-gritty' so you don't have to! We're here to help you make the most out of your epic backpacking adventure... There's just so much to miss!