What you can learn for under $1,000

108 options in 53 countries — the range where a serious skill is a fortnight's savings rather than a sabbatical. They cover still, taste, play, wild, make, move and speak, from 1 days to 365. Prices sit between free and $2,500, median $500. Cheapest of the set: ten-day vipassana in Kathmandu, Nepal, from free.

Options
108

98 cities

From
free

median $500

Typical length
7 days

1–365 day range

Certified
18 of 108

end with a named qualification

All 108, cheapest first

Other budgets and lengths

$1,000 to $2,50049Over $2,50011Under a week43One to two weeks79Two to six weeks34Six weeks or more12

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Tell the globe how many days you have, what you can spend and which month you can go — it answers with what fits, what nearly fits and why.

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