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“You’ll be entitled to take a sabbatical abroad at company expense.” That would be music to the ears of any vagabonder looking for work. One of the big factors holding people back from travel is the worry about finding employment upon their return. However, it would be nice to have the security of returning to your job after a stint abroad.
The Economist reported about how IBM sends employees overseas to do volunteering: Big-Hearted … Read more »
Independent travelers often have a love/hate relationship with the travel industry.
The love: Transportation networks make things easy. Beds of all calibers are usually easy to find. Information about places we’ve never been to has been collected and bound into books.
The hate: The industry’s ability to funnel large numbers of people into a single place. Over-marketing. Price gouging.
The love and hate aren’t always on equal footing: … Read more »
Marcello Arrambide
https://www.wanderingtrader.com
Age: 26
Hometown: Merida, Venezuela
Quote: “ It’s always going to cost more than you are planning on spending so make sure you have some wiggle room in your budget.”
Dead Sea, Israel
There’s something to be said about sitting at 3:00 o’clock in the morning on a rocky beach 1385 feet below sea level, gazing up at the Milky Way as your mineral-slimed body smells of the Dead Sea, that famous body of water from which you’ve just pulled your own … Read more »
These days it seems like everyone is doing one of those 365 photo projects. There are loads of communities online where participants can post their daily photos and view those of others. Flickr has grown to be one of the largest and most popular photo hosting and sharing sights. A simply search for 365 photos will yield several communities and thousands of results.
These communities seem to attest to the fact … Read more »
“It is hard to say exactly what is the profit of comparing one race with another, and weighing in opposed groups the manners and customs of neighboring countries; but it is certain that as we move about the world we constantly indulge in this exercise. This is especially the case if we happen to be infected with the baleful spirit of the cosmopolite that uncomfortable consequence of seeing many lands and feeling at home in … Read more »
Obviously the most fun part of going on a RTW trip is the travel – but for many people, the planning stages hold their own appeal. Unfortunately, the vast majority of planning energy goes toward planning the trip itself, which leaves many people unprepared to handle the pressures of returning home again after the trip is done.
When your current life at home is something you don’t have to think about – something you can … Read more »
You have a good start. Anyone who’s even considered taking a long-term travel break, or even several shorter ones, has to have an adventurous spirit. But how do you stack up against other folks looking for adventure?
A post on Gadling this week discussed a recent survey commissioned by Intrepid Travel, which found that folks in the United States lagged behind Kiwis, Aussies, … Read more »
One of the thrills of travel is the chance to escape from your current life and create a new one. Sometimes, this is temporary and we return to our normal lives. Other times, you might want to make a permanent disappearance.
Lifehacker had an article called How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever. It’s an interesting exercise to think up ways to do this hypothetically. The world is so connected and computerized that … Read more »
The Makepeaces
Age: Caz: 35 and Craig: 37 Kalyra: 3
Hometown: Woy Woy, NSW, Australia
Quote: “Vagabonding is understanding that the only thing that matters is the present state and the memories you are creating in your life.”