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The Thrifty Traveller Issue: Meaningful travel that costs less.

Not Just for Kids: Volunteering Abroad for Retirees

People with decades of experience bring valuable skills to a volunteer placement.

2025's Best Destinations for Sustainable Travel

From tourism laws protecting the natural environment, to support for ethical cultural tourism, these countries are leading the sustainable travel movement.

How to be an Amazing Volunteer: Q & A with Susan E. Gibson

With decades of field experience in the international development sector, author Susan E. Gibson knows what it takes to be a great overseas volunteer.

How to Become a Safari Guide

Looking for a life change? Try an accredited field-guiding program in one of Africa's biodiversity hotspots.

Top Study Abroad Destinations for 2025

Sometimes the biggest challenge is deciding where to go.

Tips For Making Study Abroad More Affordable

The perceived cost of studying abroad stops many students in their tracks. Here are 9 ways to avoid breaking the bank.

International Job Hunting Strategies That Work

Advice from recruiters and expats to help you land that job abroad.

Travel with purpose. Travel for good.

images/2021-favimage/volunteer.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/volunteer.jpg?width=800&height=531 — From deciding whether volunteering overseas is right for you, to choosing a program, to getting on a plane. Hear from overseas volunteers about what it is really like in the field.

Volunteer Abroad

images/2021-favimage/work2.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/work2.jpg?width=800&height=534 — Seasonal work, teach abroad, international careers and more. Where to start, what to expect, and how to get it done.

Work Abroad

images/2021-favimage/ethical.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/ethical.jpg?width=800&height=534 — Overtourism and the problems it creates may make you feel like giving up your passport. But there is a better way.

Ethical & Sustainable Travel

images/2021-favimage/budget5.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/budget5.jpg?width=800&height=534 — Make the most of your time overseas while spending the least amount of money. Budget travel for the conscientious traveller.

Budget Travel

images/2021-favimage/study.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/study.jpg?width=800&height=534 — Going abroad as a student, whether it is for a semester, a year or an entire degree, is one of the most accessible opportunities to live abroad meaningfully.

Study Abroad

images/2021-favimage/gapyear.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/gapyear.jpg?width=800&height=534 — More and more people of all ages taking time out to travel meaningfully—a trend that is being encouraged by educators and employers alike.

Gap Year Travel

images/2021-favimage/career.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/career.jpg?width=800&height=533 — To get an international job, you need international work experience. How do you land that first gig?

International Careers

images/2021-favimage/event.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/2021-favimage/event.jpg?width=800&height=534 — Ready to take the next step? Meet with organizations from around the world that can help you plan your travels.

Travel Events

Why I Almost Didnt Move to Thailand — Jennalyn with her students in Thailand. - Jennalyn Christopherson

Details: By Jennalyn Christopherson; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

. . .and why I'm glad I did.

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Slowing Down in Guinea-Bissau — - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Tom Collins; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

What does it mean to discount something as operating on "African time"?

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Spanish Language Learning 101 — - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Alicia Williams; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Three tools for learning a foreign language.

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Is Tourism a Political Act? Should It Be? — Two women stand on the beach in the Gambia. - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Tom Collins; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Tourism in Gambia exposes how prescriptions for Africa are only skin deep.

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Shanghai on the Horizon — - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Allan Gould; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Allan prepares for his latest teaching placement by reflecting on his past.

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Overcoming Culture Shock — - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Carley Clement; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

How to handle the ups and downs when living abroad isn't exactly what you'd imagined.

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Behind the Wheel of The WaterVan Project — A local boy holds two glasses of water, demonstrating the difference between locally sourced water and a glass of water passed through the purifying filter brought to his community by The WaterVan project. - Chechu Pajares Photography

Details: By Maggie Kirkpatrick; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Bringing clean water to communities in need.

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How to Make Friends and Not Terrify People — Making new friends may involve hiking. You have been warned. - Adriana Montes Sánchez

Details: By Izabela Wlodarczyk; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

"Dos" and "don'ts" for building a community abroad.

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Cruise Ship Work: The Secret to Not Going Overboard — - pixabay.com CC0

Details: By Ashley Ann Mentley; Category: Work Abroad

Working on a cruise ship means long hours, late nights and its own kind of party culture. Here's how to stay on the deck and out of the infirmary.

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