The Importance of Traveling in Your 30s: Why Your Wanderlust Shouldn’t End at 29 “American, eh?” The desk clerk said after I’d handed her my passport to check-in. The small town hotel in the Scottish Highlands wasn’t particularly extravagant. It was a modest, two-story affair with...
Why World Travel Fosters Empathy I spent the first eight years of my life in Tokyo, Japan. Every day, my sisters and I rode the train almost an hour each way to our American school. There are a thousand tiny memories of those rides - but...
What a Spa Vacation Did for My Mind There’s a lot of talk about what a spa vacation can do for your body. A vampire facial will make your skin glow. A seaweed body wrap sloughs off toxins and zaps cellulite. And a hot stone massage will make...
Are You Brave Enough to Add This Festival in Mongolia to Your Bucket List? Traveling to the remote country of Mongolia is no easy feat. While most adventure seekers trek through the rugged Tavan Bogd mountains of the west or venture onboard the Trans-Mongolian railroad, cultural...
The NMAAHC: Spurring the Conversation on What It Is to Be Black in America "There’s a whole world out there whether your dream is to go to France, SE Asia, England or if it’s to explore another side of your block.... do THAT” - Gabrielle Hickmon (writer) My name is...
Why I Think Holbox is the Mexican Hideaway You Should Visit Next! Welcome to Isla Holbox, Mexico! It’s only a two-hour drive from Cancun International Airport (CUN), but when you’re there it feels like you aren’t even in the same universe as the popular spring break...
Goodwill Globetrotting: 5 Voluntourism Vacations to Give Back While Getting Away! If you're a traveler looking for a new and different way to see the world while also giving back, you're not alone. Today, voluntourism (volunteer and humanitarian-based vacations) has become a popular trend...
Myths & Facts About Voluntourism: The Real Deal About Your Next Volunteer Trip You may have heard the terms "volunteer vacationing," "volunteer travel," or "voluntourism" and wondered what they are all about. While there is a wide spectrum of journeys from mission trips to homestays and...
The Magic Plastic Ride: How You Can Use Credit Cards to See the World A couple of years ago, scrolling through my Facebook feed made me white-hot with envy. Not because of people’s seemingly perfect marriages or new homes or fancy steak dinners. It was their vacations. How...
How This American Woman Is Changing People’s Lives Through Travel Kelly Campbell is a native of Indiana and founder of The Village Experience, a responsible tourism company. Kelly travels year-round taking groups of people to fund projects in Kenya, India, and Guatemala,...
Does “Fun for the Whole Family” Exist? It Did for My Family at These Destinations Yesterday, from the backseat of the car, my three-year-old began to rattle off all of the places she’d been in the just over 1,200 days she’s been alive. “Jamaica, Switzerland, Spain, England, Australia,...
When Your Travel Plans Change Ever heard about Murphy's Law? Richard Knight had 10 days to see as much of Australia as he could. A busy attorney, he’d worked around the clock to get his billable hours in beforehand. On weekends he...
What I Learned About Black History at the Northwest African American Museum When you think of Black History in America, there are a few things that come to mind. I’m willing to bet that nine times out of ten the Northwest region of the United States is NOT one of those...
Not a Visitor, But Not a Local: How My Temporary Life Abroad Became My Own Microcosm of Reality The gas was out of commission when I first arrived at my Airbnb in Cόrdoba, Argentina, but a week (and many cold showers) later it was running at full capacity again, which meant I finally had to face my...
