Gap years have always commonly been associated with the young. All those teenagers that flock the third world in order to gain life experiences that will help them in their careers will now find their travel pals are more mature than usual.
Things are a-changing as the credit crunch takes its grip on our nation. Jobs are harder to find than ever and the country’s work force continues to struggle battling for those few and far between posts. According to the article “These times they are a changing – say hello to the Beccy!” people are responding to the economic downturn in a positive way, by taking a gap year out of the UK.
Beccys (also known as Brits Escaping Credit Crunch Year) tend to be older (in their forties) and with a reasonable redundancy package safely stored away. These people are choosing to escape the country motivated by their hope to get something positive out of a very negative situation, Britain’s economic downturn. While we wish them good luck we also applaud insurance companies like MRL Insurance for recognising these people and for not penalising them on the basis of their more advancing years (as the others do).
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