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 ."...

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...

"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...

With the recession ongoing, it's as a good time as ever to go vagabonding. On my trip around Southeast Asia, I met loads of accountants, financial analysts, etc. who had gotten laid off. Many got sizable severance packages too, providing an immediate travel fund. (If only we could all be so lucky!) Many were actually...