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We’re a lively team of passionate travellers, always plotting our next adventure. When we’re not planning your dream trip, you can find us halfway across the world, crossing destinations off our insanely long bucket lists, just like you.
So far, we’ve explored over 100 countries between us. Get to know the people behind it all.
(they help you plan and book your trip)
Sales Manager
Casey is our Sales Manager and loves helping people plan their perfect trip. From island-hopping in the Philippines to exploring temples in Japan, she knows from experience how life-changing our group tours can be. Before joining the Gap 360 team, she went backpacking with her sister around Central America for 5 months!
Favourite Destinations
Guatemala: Variety and lovely people
Travel Advisor
After graduating from university, Amelia impulsively applied to be an Au Pair in Italy. She spent her weekdays teaching English in Milan, and her weekends exploring the country with her new friends. These days, Amelia loves helping travellers find their perfect adventure abroad. Having gone solo on our group tours herself, she’s confident she can plan your dream itinerary around the world.
Favourite Destinations
Philippines: Island-hopping
Travel Advisor
Luke has been around the globe, both independently and on our group tours. His love for travel actually began on our Thai Adventure a few years ago. Since then, he has visited amazing places like Australia, Sri Lanka and Japan. Luke is the life of the party wherever he goes, so you can always count on him for a fun time!
Favourite Destinations
Thailand: Best beach parties by far
Travel Advisor
Amy has been to 5 continents, and is always on the lookout for more destinations to explore! First joining the Gap 360 team under Operations, she’s got experience working behind the scenes as well as helping our travellers find their dream trips. From island-hopping in Bali & Indonesia to coming face-to-face with a lion on an African safari, it’s hard to pick a favourite moment!
Favourite Destinations
South Africa: Seeing the Big 5(they make sure your trip is properly sorted and support you after booking)
Operations Manager
Katie has been to 40+ countries across 6 out of 7 continents (she's not made it to Antarctica…yet…!). Her favourite travel experience? Hard to choose between the Lares Trek in Peru, seeing the Salt Flats in Bolivia, going on safari in the Serengeti, and sky diving in New Zealand. One thing's for sure she's excellent at ensuring all your trips run to absolute perfection!
Favourite Destinations
Jordan: Love Petra
Acting Operations Manager
Ria’s wanderlust has taken her all around the globe… Volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary, doing a working holiday in Australia, and the Bali beach life have to be some of her top highlights! These days, Ria is looking to tick more European countries off her bucket list. She loves helping our travellers organise their dream trip and ensuring that everything runs smoothly.
Favourite Destinations
Australia: Beaches and the Outback
Senior Travel Coordinator
Elisha spent six months on the Monterey Coast studying marine life at Cal State University. After a road trip on the west coast she headed off to volunteer with great white sharks. Surviving this she carried on travelling along the Garden Route and after a safari, ended up in Cape Town. Other trips include scuba diving in the Maldives and several trips to the Caribbean, including Tobago where she witnessed a turtle giving birth on the beach.
Favourite Destinations
South Africa: Its amazing wildlife
Travel Coordinator
Sidney has spent a lot of time travelling.. He's seen most of Asia enjoying the best food in town, embarked on a road trip across the Australian outback, volunteered in multiple hostels, and most recently over-landed from Norway all the way to Georgia. He's seen and done a lot, and now focuses this knowledge into making sure your trips run like clockwork!
Favourite Destinations
South Korea: Delicious cuisine and cool culture
Travel Coordinator
Dani lived on the Gold Coast in Australia for over seven years, so has some great insights into the best places to go, see, and do! With world renowned surfing spot (Snapper Rocks) at the end of her street she’d spend chillout time honing her surfing skills, or living the dream jumping on a jet ski to head out to Cook Island for some snorkelling with the turtles and wobbegong, all whilst watching whales jump and dolphins play = what a life eh, and now she helps you plan your equally amazing adventures!
Favourite Destinations
Australia: Beautiful surfing beaches & amazing lifestyle
Travel Coordinator
Emma has explored 20+ countries around the world and is passionate about helping our travellers go on their own adventures. Some of her favourite memories have to include spotting a herd of elephants on a South African safari and discovering the Lost City of Petra in Jordan. Next on her list? Taking on the Everest Base Camp!
Favourite Destinations
Thailand: Beautiful beaches, parties and excellent food
Travel Coordinator
Florence first fell in love with travelling when she went interrailing all over Europe. Some of her favourite memories include hiking in Switzerland and island-hopping in Croatia. This wanderlust brought her to the Gap 360 team, supporting our travellers as they go off on their adventures. Where to visit next? Florence is torn between New Zealand, South Africa and Patagonia!
Favourite Destinations
Austria: Food and beautiful cities
Travel Coordinator
As a former diving instructor, Katie lived in Thailand for a few years. Her love for travel has taken her from one side of the world to the next, from Africa to Oceania. She spent her twenties travelling and working in different countries. Her favourite moments were meeting all the new people and experiencing the cultures.
Favourite Destinations
Botswana: Camping in the Okavango Delta
Travel Coordinator
As a former cabin crew, Maddison has flown a lot! The Caribbean, USA, South Africa and New Zealand are just a few of the places she’s ticked off her travel list. Now that she is ground-based, she loves speaking with our travellers before they take off on their dream trips.
Favourite Destinations
New Zealand: Like stepping into a fairytale(they help you get the best flight deals)
Senior Flight Coordinator
Sophie has worked in travel for the past 4 years and is a specialist in flight sales and ticketing. She loves talking to customers about their upcoming trips and helping with their flights. Next on her personal travel list is Croatia, Thailand and Australia!
Favourite Destinations
Greece: Beautiful beaches, lovely food
Flight Coordinator
Callum worked for Virgin Atlantic and has vast experience operating flight routes all over the world. He's travelled to much of North America, The Caribbean, South Africa, The Middle East & Asia. He loves to engage with customers about their travel dreams whilst using his experience and knowledge of the airlines to help book the best flights.
Favourite Destinations
The Caribbean: Chilled vibes, lovely locals, beautiful scenery(they source our brilliant trips)
Product Manager
Mariela looks after our 200+ trips! Using her extensive travel experience of Southeast Asia, the USA, Europe and South America, she loves shaping exciting tour itineraries for our travellers, plus finding new ways to refresh our best-selling adventures.
Favourite Destinations
New York: Buzzing city life
Product Assistant
Maisie is our brilliant Product Assistant. Before joining the Gap 360 team, she went backpacking around Southeast Asia and New Zealand, and she moved to Australia on a working holiday visa. Perth is her happy place, but she’s always on the lookout for the next adventure!
Favourite Destinations
Japan: Amazing food and temples(they spread the good word about Gap 360 so more of you can find us!)
Marketing Manager
Chris has travelled to 6 continents and has a huge passion for travel. Looking after the marketing, he works with our partners and suppliers to promote Gap 360 trips in the best way possible. Named after the patron saint of travellers, you know you are in good hands with him!
Favourite Destinations
Argentina: Iguazu Falls and incredible food!
Digital Marketing Supervisor
Emily oversees the day-to-day activity of the marketing team, whether it's fun campaigns promoting our trips, working with content creators, or designing eye-catching videos, Emily is passionate about travel and making content to inspire our travellers! Emily has travelled on a number of Gap 360 trips so knows what it's like to be a Gap 360 traveller!
Favourite Destinations
Bali: Gili T Island and Mount Batur
Business Process Specialist
Aimee is passionate about supporting anyone who chooses to travel with Gap 360, from the moment they book to when they arrive back home. Quality of service is her biggest priority, and she’s always coming up with new ways to inspire our travellers and enhance their experience. Aimee loves exploring new places and has been to 5 continents.
Favourite Destinations
Ghana: Vibrant culture and friendly communities
Copy and Content Writer
Hannah is our Copy and Content Writer, always daydreaming about where to go next. Before joining the team, Hannah travelled with us to Italy. Since then, she's been to Costa Rica, South Korea... And her bucket list keeps on growing!
Favourite Destinations
South Korea: K-culture
Content Marketing Coordinator
Caitlin graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in English Literature. She recently spent a year travelling Australia, doing Gap 360’s Australia East Coast Adventure before buying a campervan and completing a full lap of the country! She enjoyed sharing her adventures on TikTok, setting her on a firm marketing path.
Favourite Destinations
Australia: Wildlife
Creative Marketing Coordinator
Sarah is our Creative Marketing Coordinator, specialising in a little bit of everything, from video editing to writing guidebooks and designing our newsletter. Her love for travel began on our Ultimate Croatia trip and interrailing around Europe. Since joining the team, she’s ticked some of her dream destinations like Costa Rica, Morocco and Thailand off her bucket list!
Favourite Destinations
Thailand: Temples, 7-Eleven and beaches(they make sure the website runs like a dream)
Lead Software Architect
Felix is a tech genius, he’s always coming up with new ideas and developments to keep the sites in tip top condition. He's a full stack developer with many years experience. A keen skier who enjoys adventurous holidays, recently coming back from a tour of New Zealand.
Favourite Destinations
New Zealand: Every road is the "Scenic Route"
Senior Web Developer
Originally from South Africa, Glen is a full stack developer with over a decade of experience building and maintaining web applications. When he's not buried in code, you'll likely find him on the golf course, chasing birdies and sunshine!
Favourite Destinations
South Africa: Incredible landscapes and proper braais
Full Stack Developer
This is the second time Nick has worked for Gap 360. In 2016 Nick was employed as an IT assistant, quickly moving up the ranks to a well respected web developer. His endless hours staring at pictures of amazing places got his own travel goals racing and in 2019 he packed a suitcase and moved to Australia! Possibly one of the only good things to come from covid = Nick came back, and we love having him back.
Favourite Destinations
Whitsunday Islands: Sun, Sea and Snorkelling!
SEO & Web Design
Fabian helps us to reach future travellers by optimising our content to get listed in all the right places, from our group tours to travel inspiration guidebooks. Alongside SEO, he also specialises in website design and tech support. Fabian is originally from Melbourne, Australia.
Favourite Destinations
Rome: Culture and food(they collect your dosh and make payments for your trip)
Senior Finance
Catherine has worked in the travel industry for over 20 years. Her employment has taken her to Jordan, Moscow and South Africa, but Southeast Asia remains her favourite part of the world. She loves the hustle and bustle, the people, the noise, the food and the smells. She is looking forward to introducing her kids to the excellent world of travel in the coming years!
Favourite Destinations
New York: An iconic city that you can visit again and again
Data & Analytics
Mike is a numbers man, responsible for ensuring our data is spick and span. He creates complex reports that we struggle to understand and is a general facts and figures juggler (he got 90% average in his Masters Degree!) = brain box! 🤯 He's new to the travel malarky, we wonder what his stats and figures would suggest best introduction trip for him? Silicon Valley?
Favourite Destinations
USA: Top of list(they focus on looking important and overseeing Gap 360)
Technical Director
James runs the office systems and websites. He oversees the Marketing & Dev team, and does everything technical. He is a whiz at getting things to work and even cabled the entire Gap 360 office. He has travelled to many places including Asia, Africa, America, Australia, etc, and has 20+ years experience in gap travel!
Favourite Destinations
Cambodia: Dirt bike riding amidst temples
Operations and Sales Director
Jane is one of our original founders, having worked in the youth travel industry since 2003. She’s travelled to over 50 countries and visited many of our programmes. From working holidays to gap years, she has real first-hand experience of exploring the world.
Favourite Destinations
Bolivia: 4WD adventure around the Salt Flats
Finance Director
Lucy has worked with the directors since year 2000. She is a brainbox with numbers and runs all the company accounts and does the complicated maths bits that no one else can really understand! An avid paddle boarder she's even been spotted out on the icy rivers dressed as Santa for Christmas charity runs - go Luce!
Favourite Destinations
Sardinia: Wine, beaches, paddleboarding