some people look forward to a year of travelling, a 'gap year', before they begin work or university and see it as a chance to broaden their horizons. For others this is an expensive waste of time. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

For all of us travelling is a way of escaping real life and somehow meditate and calm ourselves, away from all the routines and life anxieties. Some people would prefer a particular

time

of the

year

which is known as the 'gap

year

' to start their journey, while others suppose the other way around due to high expenses and crowded places. In my

point

of view, the

second

party might have a better

point

.

To begin

with, it must be said that not all people have the opportunity to

travel

whenever they feel like it and they have no options but to wait for the right

time

.

Although

this

'gap

year

' is the busiest

time

of

year

, they still would adore going on vacation because they might not be able to regain their energy some other

time

.

Furthermore

, they just turn a blind eye to most of the expenses and noisy places to enjoy their freedom while they still have

time

. As an example, one could

point

out the Christmas holidays where most of the hotels are booked even though the prices are sometimes doubled or tripled.

On the other hand

, some would claim it is a waste of money and

also

time

. Not being able to use all the facilities they have planned for, and expenses higher than usual can be perfectly good reasons for

this

group to skip travelling at

this

time

of

year

. The ones who agree with

such

an idea might simply indicate that we are willing to use our day-offs if we want to

travel

,

instead

of experiencing inconvenience. To make it more tangible, it can be said that statistics show that most Europeans stay home during the Christmas holidays and

travel

some other

time

of the

year

just to avoid the

travel

peaks. To sum up, we could

point

out that whilst some parties forget about the disadvantages of travelling during 'gap

year

' and would go for it anyway; others think is not logical to risk it and would wait for some better

time

to have their trip. As it was mentioned before, I personally could not agree more with the

second

party due to more reasonable reasons.