{"id":685872,"date":"2026-07-11T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685872\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T10:45:08","slug":"gut-wrenching-uk-gap-year-students-lose-thousands-after-tour-operator-closes-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/685872\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Gut-wrenching&#039;: UK gap year students lose thousands after tour operator closes &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBQVU9PWTJCdEo1M1dlUjFyU2pvNjJOZ2lSaVFzQUdsRUxVTzhjSlNtWGJLblEtNHkwMC1TWVh2ME9RM1U4b3ZZUjN2NlpKV3RaOW94eGVyRU5mWWgz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Gut-wrenching&#8217;: UK gap year students lose thousands after tour operator closes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOTVVMMDhVdW82NmtyWG1VQkk0VmdxeDNveW5JUzVobl8wT3dvRGZLQmpoMENJQmREbUYtTTE5VWJKQVBXb0liS3ZqYkc0VUdieUlxcTFESUpqLUQ3b2NrTFNsTUJ1Wl96b0QtZ0VqUTZsOHhMVzdBeHl1aGY2QkRvYzFDS3pVZzRpUUZ3aDQtb0xHczYwRGVIcWxQUDdJUWdQOWF2N1JnOHhaVFlxUl94S1hJbElVU1JNbkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I\u2019m left with a year of nothing\u2019: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTFBhbE5tT2lTbHEzaXJVM1RqLVNGdmJ0cWl0emtOU2tRdnNUbVVuc2FvR2lHMkxEV1c4bUgtTGJXMDY3NE45VU9xWmhEYmtlaDhkU3poTElOYUxTRlJuSExOS21CcUhmNEVvWVhwNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Students Left Devastated as GVI Closes Suddenly, Leaving Losses of Up to \u00a310,000<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;EasternEye<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQWWlYeHJwZktucjQ4NnYwbHdaNUotVV9xdExpRHkzQmZ6WXBUMHBYODFLcVJWVTJBR1lqZkdFY1hLZkJpOW53NEtkNGRMSmh4NWRVbGlkNUJlN3VOeVNSbEFKTHh1R0w2WVE4V3pTNV9INS0tVmJfaXl6OXJzUnZEMThJUWNCZ0t0RGZhaEM3dUd5bGlt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gap year students lose thousands as tour company goes into liquidation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPWWFGYVowRzV6aWN1Njc5akNKaWFzTlVMNUxpZEl3T3ZMbVA5cmdsOGxTMk9WdzFDWlVZT0RJb1FHeU5mazdoMFlZZWZyZ3ZkcG1QV3F1RzdGU1BxOFdJai0tRVF2ZzJVOWg3a000eUFQOXg2NHpZRDdETG1seGNrcXpOR3kxN0lyV2NueA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK travel company closes down for good as all trips cancelled &#8211; are you affected?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GB News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gut-wrenching&#8217;: UK gap year students lose thousands after tour operator closes&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC\u2018I\u2019m left with a year of nothing\u2019: UK&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-685872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}