Get an insight into gap years with icould and gapyear.com. The two websites have team up to launch Gap Year Insiders, a new section on icould aimed to inspire you on your year out.

Gap Year Insiders includes articles and icould videos stories about real people who found that taking a Gap Year truly was a life changing experience, as well as the chance to win a round-the-world flight worth £750.

Peter Whitbread-Abrutat now works as a Senior Scientist at the Eden Project. His Gap Year helped him establish which area of Environmental Science to pursue. He said: "I spent three months in New Zealand, just living outside in the bushes with people from all over the world. I was doing environmental conservation projects… it was probably one of the most formative years of my entire life."

So if 2012 is your gap year and you are currently saving hard to fly away and do something you love, visit  Gap Year Insiders on icould.com here.