With the holidays quickly approaching, most of us are thinking gifts.
We came across a great gift catalog — not from Crate & Barrel or LL Beans — from Samaritan’s Purse that offers a great way to share your generosity.
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…
Are reports of Mexico’s lawlessness and drug-related crimes an accurate portrait of the country? Is Mexico as dangerous as portrayed?
Certainly, what you hear about …
It’s hard to imagine that traveling four days for six days of volunteer service in Africa would be enough time to bring about anything but a severe case of jet lag. But the trip was eye-opening!
International travel for me isn’t about sightseeing; my adventures are to help orphans have a better life…
An emerging travel trend that combines spiritual, green, experiential travel and voluntourism, “meaningful travel” is an evolving niche in which the traveler is in a position to help the people of the destination through donating money, adopting a cause, volunteering or getting involved.
Think you can’t spare the time for volunteering abroad? Think again.
It would be lovely to be able to take off around the world for years, traveling from needy cause to needy cause and helping people all year round, but for most of us this just isn’t affordable, in terms of time or money…
Feel like seeing some new destinations? TripAdvisor’s Travels’ Choice features emerging destinations for 2010. Here are our favorite 7 picks that you’ll want to check out…
