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Bridging the gap - Life in Haslemere magazine
01/06/2008
Make sure you are fully prepared for your gap year away
Haslemere based insurance group Mind The Gap Year has created and developed a unique package of insurance and travel related services to make planning a year out as quick and painless as possible.
Many find planning and organising a gap year or trip away daunting and complicated, but it is important to have everything in place.
This concept in gap-year travel is being endorsed by travel service providers, including red24 overseas security information and objective travel safety, who specialise in training courses for travellers and train celebrities, including Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman for their smash hit Long Way Down tour screened on BB” in October.
The combination of services includes:
- Full gap year travel insurance covering just about everything you will want to do
- Security training
- Interpretation services in more than 170 languages
- Overseas security information service
- Mind The Gap Year online planner and organiser
- Electronic document safe
- Discounts on visas and travel products
- Access to online travel journal
- Mind The Gap Year Gift Voucher scheme to help your finances
Launching in July this year, Mind The Gap Year reflects a shift in the gap year market, and was set up by Michael Pettifer, who has many year’s experience in the travel industry and has been providing travel insurance for six years through his company MPI Brokers.
“We are al very excited at what Mind The Gap Year is able to offer students and young people.” Says Michael, “as there is nothing else out there of this nature. It is a complete package, the closest thing on the market to a one stop shop.”
