Latest issue is now live!

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

Transnistria: How to Get There—and Why You Should Go — The author and his wife about to board the mashrutka to Tiraspol - The author

Details: By Robert Eckhart; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Have you ever visited a place that may or may not even technically exist?

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Our First Impressions of Big Island, Hawaii — - Irina Abraham

Details: By Irina Abraham; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Discovering our home for the next two months.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Living Next to a Conflict Zone — A monument in Tiraspol, the de facto capital of Transnistria. - CC0 Pixabay.com

Details: By Robert Eckhart; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Volunteering Abroad Isnt All Sun and Sand — - Keoni Abraham

Details: By Irina Abraham; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Not even in Hawaii.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Details: By Lucy Bailey; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Why—and how—I'm learning to belly dance in Egypt.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Dont Touch the Animals. . . — - Angela Kok

Details: By Joanna McBride; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

. . .but what if the animal touches me?

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Volunteering at a Mountain Refuge in Argentina — A hikers refuge in Argentina. - CC0 Pixabay.com

Details: By Max Olson; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Max shares his advice for would-be Workaway.info volunteers.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Following in the Footsteps of Lee Miller — - Lucy Bailey

Details: By Lucy Bailey; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Exploring the connections between my life and that of Lee Miller, the American Surrealist photographer.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

Everyone Has the Gift of Creativity — Ramses Wissa Wassef Center - Lucy Bailey

Details: By Lucy Bailey; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Seeing art and creativity through an Egyptian lens.

Issue Text: Latest Issue

About

Travel with purpose; travel for good. Articles, resources and events for ethical and meaningful travel, volunteering, working and studying abroad.

Verge believes in travel for change. International experience creates global citizens, who can change our planet for the better. This belief is at the core of everything we do.

Verge Resources

About Us

LIMITED TIME OFFER

Subscribe to our Monthly Travel Intelligence Bulletin FREE!