http://www.overlandwannabe.co.uk/2008/12/insurance-problems-and-age-ism/ Now a Travel Blog Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.overlandwannabe.co.uk/2008/12/insurance-problems-and-age-ism/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Izzie Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:34:46 +0000 http://www.overlandwannabe.co.uk/?p=18#comment-1495 Hey, just stumbled across this post and thought I'd add some words of encouragement, if you still want to try to become an overland tour leader in future. 25 will come round quicker than you think; I was in the same boat a few years ago, when I seriously considered overlanding as a career and found out about the age limit. Now I'm currently in my 3rd week of training with Dragoman. It's not a glamorous job but you seem to have realistic expectations about that, so you'll do fine. My one piece of advice would be to get some travel experience outside of Europe - that will increase your chances of being called for an interview hugely. I know the economy doesn't lend itself to travel at the moment, but I wish you the best of luck with whatever you do! Take care! Hey, just stumbled across this post and thought I’d add some words of encouragement, if you still want to try to become an overland tour leader in future. 25 will come round quicker than you think; I was in the same boat a few years ago, when I seriously considered overlanding as a career and found out about the age limit. Now I’m currently in my 3rd week of training with Dragoman. It’s not a glamorous job but you seem to have realistic expectations about that, so you’ll do fine. My one piece of advice would be to get some travel experience outside of Europe – that will increase your chances of being called for an interview hugely. I know the economy doesn’t lend itself to travel at the moment, but I wish you the best of luck with whatever you do! Take care!

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