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How to Make a Difference on Your Trip Even with Limited Time
From short-term volunteer projects and community-focused tours, to offsetting your carbon emissions, these six tips will guide you on the road to a sustainable and eco-friendly vacation.
Vegas Babies: Doing Sin City With Toddlers In Tow
Rex Crum and his wife always wanted to experience Las Vegas together. And they still need to after the experience of Sin City with their two little daughters.
Embracing Change – Day 2 of 30 Days of Indie Travel Project
Change can be exciting and bring new joys into our lives. But it can present challenges that frustrate or annoy us. How has travel changed you in the last year? Did you welcome these changes or resist them at the time, and how do you feel about them now?
Goals – Day 1 of 30 Days of Indie Travel Project
What were your travel goals last year? Did you accomplish them? What travel goals do you hope to accomplish this year?
7 Ways to Work with Wildlife Abroad
Have you always dreamt about working with wildlife abroad, but don’t know how to get started? Isabel Eva Bohrer shares 7 ways to make a difference with flora and fauna all over the globe.
8 of the Best US Universities for Studying Abroad
Whether spending a semester on safari in Namibia or cruising between nations on a classroom-equipped ship, adding an international flavor to your undergraduate degree is an experience guaranteed to not only boost your resume but change your outlook on life. These 8 schools provide some of the best and most unique programs for overseas study.
Nessie and Friends: 7 Lake Monsters Around the World
Fascinated by the legend of the monster in Lake Van Turkey, Inka Piegsa-Quischotte discovers more lake monsters all over the world.
10 Ghostly Tours to Take Around the World
A vengeful priest who haunts his castle to this day…a bizarre suitcase murder…an abandoned hospital haunted by unforgiving souls. Vanita Pathman unveils some of the best ghost tours around the world.
Join the 30 Days of Indie Travel Project
As the end of 2011 gets closer, we wanted to look back over the past year (and beyond) in a way that was just as fun as looking forward to 2012. Toward that end, we’re going to spend the month of November reminiscing about our travels, thinking about who we are and how indie travel has shaped us and how we experience the world. And we’re inviting you to play, too.
13 Spooky, Scary, or Sexy Places to Celebrate Halloween
Whether you prefer haunted history, spooky debauchery, or family-friendly frights, there’s a perfect party for you. Jessica Peter presents thirteen of the best places around the world to celebrate Halloween.
How to Plan an Eco-Friendly RTW Trip: 9 Destinations to Go Green
From bobbing along the Amazon in a hammock and exploring riverside villages by longboat, to volunteering with wildlife preservation groups or sleeping in an igloo village, these nine locations are top of the list for those planning an eco-friendly RTW trip.
Four Road-Tested His and Hers Travel Tips
Don’t let traveling together ruin your relationship! Aimee Cebulski shares four real-world tips to ease co-habitation on the road.