Get Rid of Your Kids in 9 Easy Steps
Want your offspring to take a gap year? Want your overgrown children to convince you with all these reasons: 10 Ways to Convince Your Parents to Let You Take a Gap Year? Stay away from the classic “when I was your age” lecture and try our serious methods instead with this guide on how to convince your kids to take a gap year in New Zealand. Our guide will tell you exactly what to say.
Help them get started by giving them a working holiday visa for their birthday.
1. “Travel before it’s too late!”
It’s easier to take a gap year before university/college than afterwards.
© Pexels2. “Get a break from us”
Every kid needs to fly the nest at some point. Plus, it’s nice to have a break from them too.
© Pexels3. “Go have fun already”
New Zealand is all about having fun! There are fun activities and fun like-minded travellers from all around the world.
© NZPocketGuide.com4. “You’ll make more money than at home and it will be more fun”
A working holiday visa will allow your kid to work and travel around New Zealand, allowing them to break-even during the gap year a unique opportunity!
© Pexels5. “New Zealand is epic”
The country of The Lord of the Rings offers some of the most adventurous activities in the world! Don’t worry, New Zealand has great safety regulations and is genuinely one of the safest countries in the world.
© NZPocketGuide.com6. “It will be a great adventure”
Make your kids have interesting stories to tell. An adventure in New Zealand is a great place to start!
© Pexels7. “Make new friends”
With backpackers from all over the world, your heir will make unlikely new friends.
© Tourism NZ8. “Here’s some cash”
You know how it is: we always run out of money. Youngsters’ budgets are always tight, so hand your kid a little bit of cash or offer to pay for the flight will be a great kickstart. After all, kids always need to feel supported one way or another, despite not admitting it.
© Pexels9. “You’re adopted”
Sometimes tough love is the only way forward… We are, of course, joking.
© thelolshop10. “Watch this”
Get them to watch New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year on YouTube where the team behind NZPocketGuide.com do 365 Days: 365 Activities. How can they not want to come to New Zealand after seeing that?!
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Sources:
The information in this guide has been compiled from our extensive research, travel and experiences across New Zealand and the South Pacific, accumulated over more than a decade of numerous visits to each destination. Additional sources for this guide include the following:
- Tourism New Zealand (General travel advice - Updated [2024])
- Immigration New Zealand (Visa and immigration advice - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Customs Service (Customs and Biosecurity - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD online platform - Updated [2024])
- Tiaki Promise (Care for people place and culture - Updated [2024])
- Safe Travel (NZ travel advisories - Updated [2024])
- Stats NZ (Statistics and travel data - Updated [2024])
- Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (Road and transport tips - Updated [2024])
- DriveSafe (Road safety - Updated [2024])
- Council websites and freedom camping maps (Local travel advice region by region - Updated [2024])
- AdventureSmart (Know before you go - Update [2024])
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