Volunteer work with a luxury vacation — is that possible?

More and more luxury tour operators are offering alternative travel including voluntourism to satisfy the growing demand for meaningful travel without sacrificing upmarket amenities.

Youth travel specialist STA Travel is expecting a boom in voluntourism as more young people want to give back to communities in their travels.

Once a popular tourist destinations for American citizens, Cuba has been shrouded in mystery to most Americans ever since the U.S. imposed political and economic sanctions. As a result of the U.S. embargo that restricts commerce, Cuba has retained much of its Old World charm…

The big consumer trends that are likely to shape travel in 2011?

The top trends reported by Travel Market Report have been evident the past couple of years but are expected to pick up more momentum this year.

With the new year, many of us are making plans to see places — new, undiscovered and authentic destinations. We’ve compiled recommendations…

Looking ahead to 2011 and wondering what some of the hot topics in green travel?

According to Europe’s first eco-tourism conference held in Estonia, some of the trends delegates expect to see in 2011…

A mixture of passion to help those less fortunate than myself and the desire to completely immerse myself in another culture led me down the dusty dirt paths of the slums of Mishomoroni, Kenya, to New Hope Orphanage, with the countless rows of wide brown eyes greeting me at every corner. I was 18 and on my own, scared and apprehensive as I had never been out of Europe before, yet I found myself feeling somewhat at home among all of these new, smiling faces…