Category: travel planning
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Travelers often are concerned with their safety and well-being when abroad in a foreign country. While there are no guarantees (is there any in life?), many of your safety anxieties can be eliminated through advance research and preparation. The key to safe traveling in any area is situational awareness. Distractions because of luggage, children, lodging, […]
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If you search for volunteer vacations on the Internet, you often encounter third party organizations that set up travelers with different volunteer projects around the world. These are generally full service organizations that do all the work for you — finding a volunteer project, providing lodging and meals, providing you with language lessons if you […]
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The keys to a successful volunteer vacation or voluntourism involve a few basic considerations: What excites you? What kind of impact are you looking to have? Where do you want to go? How will the project you choose benefit the local community? (There are less reputable charities/companies that overstate responsible travel claims.) To address these […]