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RTW Travel Themes: 9 Epic Quests to Inspire Your Trip
RTW Travel Themes: 9 Epic Quests to Inspire Your Trip One of the first and biggest challenges that RTW planners face is trying to decide where to go on your RTW trip. From cycling the Pan American highway to visiting all the countries of the former Soviet Union, here are a few ideas to get you started.
How to Travel Very Lightly
How to Travel Very Lightly Packing light can be a real challenge for some travelers, but Simone Cannon de Bastardo shows you how to master this skill quickly and easily.
Create a Traveling Circus: The Art of Keeping in Touch with Fellow Travelers
Create a Traveling Circus: The Art of Keeping in Touch with Fellow Travelers It's easy to make new friends when you're traveling, but Allison Kade explains the specific etiquette for keeping in touch in order to build a "traveling circus"--a network of friends all over the world.
How I Travel: Amanda Pressner
How I Travel: Amanda Pressner Amanda Pressner is best known by the quasi-pseudonym she shares with two of her closest friends: The Lost Girls. Pressner, along with co-authors Holly Corbett and Jennifer Baggett blogged their journey at LostGirlsWorld.com which has become an online hub for savvy female travelers thirsting for adventure. Upon returning home, they signed a book deal and over the summer, their joint-travelogue The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World. was published by Harper Collins.
It’s Time to Meet, Plan, Go
It’s Time to Meet, Plan, Go Meet, Plan, Go is a nationwide event with the goal of making the "gap year" concept a common one in North America. BootsnAll is proud to be a media sponsor of the event, to be held in 13 cities on September 14, 2010.
Traveling With Kids – A Secret Worth Sharing
Traveling With Kids – A Secret Worth Sharing A couple travels around the world with their young daughter to discover some surprising and unexpected benefits of traveling with little ones.
Why It’s Not Selfish for Parents to Travel With Young Children
Why It’s Not Selfish for Parents to Travel With Young Children You may (or may not) think traveling with young children is selfish, but Rachel Denning expounds on why taking young children on travel excursions is entirely for the children's benefit, not the parents.
6 Reasons Living on the Road is a Good Option in a Down Economy
6 Reasons Living on the Road is a Good Option in a Down Economy If you play the game the right way it's actually very possible to live "on the road" for quite a bit less than keeping a stationary lifestyle. Jennifer Miller and her family have done it, and here she offers her best tips.
Solo Travel: The Pros and Cons
Solo Travel: The Pros and Cons This is one of the most common questions among newer travelers, so expert JoAnna Haugen gives both sides of the story and a lot for us to think about.