Making the decision to take a travel career break

Travel can help you to build a wide range of life and career skills, helping you to progress on your pathway and be happier.

The career benefits of travel are vast, from the skills and character attributes you can develop to the new perspectives it brings.

The mental barriers to taking time out of your career to travel, or to pursue other things you love, are often the usual suspects.

Don’t assume that taking time out of your career to travel will make you a worse employee. It’s made me a much better one.

There will always be reasons not to travel if you look hard enough. Here’s how some of the most common barriers can be overcome.

Travel inspiration from the woman who travelled solo to 196 countries to the man who takes a year out every seven years.

Travelling isn't just a young people's game any more. Here’s why the experience can be much better once you get past your 20s.

Taking a career break as a woman can bring a different set of challenges and long-term life questions.

From the day you make the decision until you finally return home, we guide you through every step of taking a travel career break.

A breakdown of what we spent on our travel career break, plus a broader look at world travel costs and budgeting tools.