The evolving gap year

I ’m projectile vomiting into a pool of light from my headtorch, the rest of the night reduced to strange noises and shadows in the jungle around me. I’m down to my last clean T-shirt, I can’t find my

Plan before you travel, so you don’t get stung by sneaky expenses abroad

I never had a gap year; I had to work during my summer holidays to help pay for university. But then not many people from my little hometown took off to see the world after A-Levels. A combination of

Who hasn’t sometimes dreamed of doing just that? Here’s one reader who took the plunge

Many people who enjoy caravanning wish they could escape more frequently or perhaps plan a longer trip without overspending. Organising extended vacations comes with financial hurdles, but as a family

Liz Radley, 50, lives in Suffolk with husband Kris, 50, and their daughter Tilly, 10. In my 20s I worked at a leprosy charity and visited colonies in India as part of a fundraising challenge. I was de