Planning a round-the-world trip can seem as complicated as a space shuttle launch. There a million things to think about: plane tickets, visas, money, etc. The hard part is that everything seems important. Where to begin? Alex MacCaw wrote a helpful, in-depth post titled, " How to travel around the world for a year ."...

The New York Times had a commentary article that argued in favor of students taking a gap year before college . In response, their inbox got flooded with comments from readers . Naturally, many of the letters were from parents worried about the cost of travel. One example: Great advice in theory, but for some...

Most career break literature out there is focused on the employee who requests a leave of absence from his boss. Rarely is it about the boss who takes a sabbatical from his own business. Inc. magazine had this story: Inside the mind of a runaway CEO . While most office satire is about the workers...

"Travel is an education" is something many vagabonders would agree with. Who hasn't come back from a trip filled with new knowledge, new friends, and great stories to tell? The personal finance website Mint.com dedicated a blog post to the venerable gap year: The Gap Year: why taking time off to travel is good The...

You've come back from the trip of a lifetime, but now it's time to start job-hunting again. If the economy wasn't bad enough, there's also a big gap in your resume from while you were abroad. What to do? Rolf has recommended putting your trip on your resume. Travelers Notebook did an article on this...