subject: Stay in touch with your son or daughter on their gap year [print this page] Stay in touch with your son or daughter on their gap year
As many students discovered last year, securing a place at university is no longer an easy thing to do. Competition for places is tough and there are now less place available in the first place thanks to government cuts to the institutions' budgets. As a result, many young people are looking at heading abroad for a few months and getting some life experience before they reapply to universities in the UK.
A gap year can be an incredibly useful thing, if it is spent in the right way. Some people dismiss them as simply an opportunity for young people to head over to Australia and bum about on a beach for 12 months before coming back to the real world. However, the reality is that gap years can provide people with the time to really think about what they want to do with their lives, allow them time off from studying and perhaps for the first time give them the opportunity to earn a wage and pay for their keep.
If your son or daughter has decided to go abroad on a gap year, then you will no doubt want to stay in touch with them while they are away travelling. One of the easiest ways to do this is by sending them a parcel if they're remaining in one place for any length of time. By going onto the internet you will be able to find the services of an online parcel delivery company and you'll quickly realise just how simple the process is. Getting an email or a phone call is always going to be appreciated, but there really is nothing quite like receiving a parcel in the post. If your youngster has never been away from home for any length of time before then they may well be a little homesick to start with, and this is completely understandable. Get a parcel out to them with a world courier and let them know that you're thinking about them.
Organising to send a package through the internet really is simple. You will be asked to input details such as the weight and dimensions of your parcel and also its destination. Then it's time to choose a courier service that will suit your particular needs - choose an express delivery service if speed is of the essence or a slower world service if you want to save even more money.
Stay in touch with your children while they're abroad by using the services of a courier with cheap international postage rates that can be trusted to keep your shipping costs down.
