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		<title>Consumer Confidence Boosts Overseas Travel</title>
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After a year of staycation or traveling close-to-home, travel providers are seeing a resurgence of international travel bookings for 2010. This means that U.S. travelers are feeling more comfortable with their job and economic situations. They are overcoming doubts about the economy as shown by their willingness to invest in travel, leave the office for longer periods, access discretionary funds, etc. At the very least these booking gains indicate their belief that things are stabilizing and that an economic turnaround is in progress.
&#8220;Travel is the ultimate barometer of consumer confidence,&#8221; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Poll Results: Volunteer Travel Preference &amp; Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We conducted an informal poll on our website to find out our readers' interest, preference, and experience with philanthropic/volunteer travel. Here are the results...]]></description>
		<link>http://travelanthropist.com/2010/03/poll-results-volunteer-travel-preference-experience.html</link>
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		<title>Your Travel Booking Can Support Global Causes</title>
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MASSIVEGOOD is a new fund-raising initiative aimed at raising funds for global health causes by allowing travelers to make &#8220;micro-contributions&#8221; when they book a plane, hotel, or car. MASSIVEGOOD uses the power of social media to help stop the millions of preventable diseases and deaths in the developing world. Travelers can make their trip really meaningful and connect with fellow contributors on the website, a social network for those committed to building a healthier world.
MASSIVEGOOD will go live this Thursday. This hassle-free, easy-to-give model will work like this: a traveler ...]]></description>
		<link>http://travelanthropist.com/2010/03/your-travel-booking-can-support-global-causes.html</link>
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		<title>Weekly Radar: News &amp; Stories Around the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve rounded up some interesting news and stories around the Web this week:

Spring Break Only for College Students? Think Again (CNN)

New and Improved in France for 2010 (Chicago Tribune)

China's Wild Wall  (Intelligent Travel)

How to Evaluate Volunteer Opportunities in Haiti (Good Intentions are Not Good Enough)

10 WWOOFing Opportunities in Ireland (Matador)

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		<link>http://travelanthropist.com/2010/02/weekly-radar-news-stories-around-the-web-16.html</link>
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		<title>Need an Extreme Spring Break Travel Makeover?</title>
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Want to satisfy your wanderlust cravings and do some good at the same time this spring break?
A surge of alternative spring break (ASB) trips have emerged in the last few years to satisfy a growing number of socially-conscious young people and those who are no longer happy with the typical spring break party vacations. Opportunities are plentiful. There are numerous destinations and ample ways to contribute and do something meaningful and gain insights into community and environmental development. You can volunteer in a low-income school, help out on an archaeological ...]]></description>
		<link>http://travelanthropist.com/2010/02/need-an-extreme-spring-break-travel-makeover.html</link>
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