gap year travelers
Pre-college world explorers
Gap year travelers are people taking extended time off—typically a year—between life stages, most often between high school and college or after graduating.
The term evokes young adults backpacking through Europe or Southeast Asia, volunteering abroad, or working temporary jobs while exploring.
The hostel was full of gap year travelers from Australia and the UK.
The phenomenon is more established in British and Commonwealth cultures than in the United States.
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
- youth hostelInexpensive shared-room lodging
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- couch surfingCrashing at others' places
adventure · off the beaten path · sabbatical · exploration · volunteering · budget · passport · solo · Southeast Asia · Australia · budget airline · freedom · finding yourself · working holiday · visa · deferral · experiences · life experience
- backpackersthru-hikers, trail hikers, couch surfers, long-distance hikers
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- travelerspassenger, tourist, vacationers, commuter, wanderers
- tour groupstour group, guided tour, bus tour, coach tour, package tour
- young adultsyoung adults, twenty-somethings, twentysomethings, young people, young professionals
- budget travelersbackpackers, couch surfers, hitchhikers, hostelers
gap year travelersyoung professionals
Recently employed educated adults
apprentices · nine-to-fivers · company men · ladder climbers · conventionalists
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