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Travelanthropist
http://travelanthropist.com
We are a philanthropic travel website featuring news, trends and opportunities for the traveler who wants to combine adventure and altruism. We believe in travel that transforms both the traveler and the community, people & place traveled.
- Added on: Jan 27th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: travelanthropist
- Listed in: Travel Volunteering
- Tags: volunteer voluntourism volunteer travel volunteer vacations
Recent Posts
Key Shifts Seen in Future of Volunteering Abroad
Volunteering abroad is nothing new. For decades, people have gone abroad with the Peace Corps, with relief organizations or even on their own. But the momentum for volunteering abroad has never been stronger than today as more opportunities are avail...
Weekly Radar: News & Stories Around the Web
We’ve rounded up some interesting news and stories around the Web this week: Silver Spoon Voluntourism [Time] Going to 2010 Games? Offset Your Carbon [Reuters] NZ Among Lonely Planet’s Best 2010 Destinations [NZ Herald] Have A Heart [ETravel ...
Travel Insiders Predict Future Tourism Trends & Hotspots
North Americans and Europeans accounted for the largest groups of travelers in the last 30 years. Travel experts expect that to change in the next 30 years with more people from Russia, India, China, and Brazil traveling. They expect destinations in ...
“Global Online Peace Corp” Set to Launch
One exciting news expected to come out of the upcoming UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen December 7-18 is the launch of Hope Plus, seen as a global online Peace Corps or a global “eBay for caring.” This is a global, multilingual ...
The Luxury Voluntourism Debate
Luxury voluntourism is a higher-end travel experience organized by a luxury travel operator or a hotelier that includes some time dedicated to voluntary service in a destination. For most luxury voluntourism, the trip itineraries have a greater touri...
Poll Results: How Much Would You Spend for Volunteer Travel?
We were interested to find out how much people were willing to spend for volunteer travel (excluding airfare). We decided to do an informal poll on our website and asked our readers. Here are the results: 29% would spend less than $250 14% would sp...
