For most people the list will look like this: Make lots of money (wouldn't $18 000 in your first year be amazing?), have fun, work in a great environment, travel to exotic destinations, make new friends, learn about the world.

This list does narrow it down a bit. While most gap years involve working (unless money's no object), there are big differences in how much one can earn.

Most pay just enough to live on, and struggling to make ends meet in a foreign country does not seem like a fun gap year. So, if ending your gap year with some good money in the bank appeals to you (and let's keep it fully legal here…), there are really only three choices.

There's fish packing, working on an oil rig, or rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous in exotic locations around the world like the Caribbean or the Med crewing on a luxury 200 foot megayacht laden with expensive toys...

Let's go over that again… fish packing, oil rig, or rubbing shoulders with the rich and … OK, OK, get the picture?

Let's look at it this way...
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