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5 Scientifically Proven Ways Travel Makes You a Better Person
…sometimes you just need to send science to reinforce your demand for adventure.
Why It’s Not Crazy to Quit Your Job and Travel the World
Adam Seper expertly addresses the three biggest concerns you’re likely to hear about when you tell friends and family you’re going to travel the world for a year or more, helping calm your (and their) fears and turning those potential negatives into likely positives.
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How to Choose a Voluntourism Experience
The voluntourism industry has been getting a lot of negative press, but Pamela disagrees with the notion that it’s damaging and explains how you can make a positive impact.
22 Films That Inspire Us to Travel
Anyone with a little bit of nomad in their blood will feel the DNA in their hair stand up at that exact moment… that line, and this film make me feel understood.
Digital Nomads and the Remote Work Revolution: Happier People, Better Business
Companies like WY_CO are helping ordinary people take their jobs abroad to have extraordinary experiences.
10 Important Life Lessons You Learn From Living Abroad
Pulling up stakes and moving across borders can be exciting, embarrassing and unexpectedly educational. Whitney Cox writes about ten lessons learned from life in a new country.
From L.A. to Louisiana: Crossing America Just Because
I took tourist communion by breaking beignets at Cafe du Monde and taking the cup of Frozen Irish Coffee at Molly’s. I hoped with this act I might be absolved of my lowly tourist state and blessed by the true spirit of the city’s saints, bacchanal and non.
Finding Pleasure in Simple Moments
It’s entirely possible to take a year and travel the globe and completely miss the point. I know people who have. You probably do, too. The Indie Travel Manifesto encourages us to find pleasure in simple moments. This seems a good goal, to me, regardless of whether you travel back and forth to your village to buy milk and a baguette or whether you get your “big trip” off the ground this year. Let’s take the time to cultivate pleasure in simple moments, at home and abroad.
6 Ways to Experience the Magic of Cape Town
Cape Town is the ultimate travel destination, topping traveler’s bucket lists year after year. The reason for this is simple: there is something for quite literally everyone in what is known as South Africa’s ‘Mother City’.
An India Survival Guide for Female Travelers
India can show you its best and worst sides in the same breath. From stunning scenery to smelly streets, it’s not difficult to form a love/hate relationship with this amazing country. And things can be even more challenging and rewarding for solo female travelers. If you’re planning to visit, Jo Fitzsimons provides a Girl’s Guide to India.
Travel Accommodation for $1 Per Night? There’s An App For That
James Asquith is the Official Guinness World Record holder for being the youngest person to travel to every country in the World (before the age of 25). Now he’s the founder of a new app that was inspired by his journey: Holiday Swap.