Took 6 months out travel - what do I put on my CV?

[TS7]

So mid last year due to many factors I made the decision to leave work and do some travelling / focus my attention on my interests and what I wanted to do.

So now I've had a lovely 6 months or so of travelling / enjoying myself and I've done everything I set out to do during this time and I'm ready to return to work.

Now here's where I need help.

1. I leave my CV as it is with the end date of my last job being July 2016 and then if I did get an interview they would quiz me about the gap and I would explain then.

However my worry is it would put potential employers off seeing an unexplained gap and thus not reach interview stage at all.

2. I put some blurb explaining the gap BUT how do I phrase this and where do I put it? It would be bit odd (in my opinion) putting this before the details of my last job as I'd be starting off with waffle about my travelling even before the employer reads about my skills and experience. However if I put it at the bottom of the CV it makes no logical sense?

My friend suggested I attach a separate document/page on my CV explaining the gap so it technically doesn't form of the CV.

Thoughts?

 

[TS7]

How much travelling etc? And what interests did you focus on/achieve whilst pursuing them? I mean, if you just went on a two week holiday to a beach resort and then played console games for five and a half months, that's hard to sell... but if you refer to it as a sabbatical and did x, y, and z objectively interesting things, it could easily be a positive, imo. As above, it can be mentioned in the covering letter - how you're now back from a sabbatical etc etc.

10 countries about about 15 cities (I think). Also a lot of travelling within England doing (what I would regard) as interesting things.

However when I try and phrase that I seem to come out as some 'gap yah' ******

 

[TS7]

Yep, I'm very boring in that respect relative to other 25 years olds. No partying. It was about experiencing the world / other cultures / food and most importantly architecture and photography.

 

[TS7]

Thanks for all your advice - very helpful. I'm going to put in the dates and a small sentence or so.