English Summer Schools to Expand Your Mind
English Summer Schools offer students of all ages an opportunity to further their careers and find subjects to study. Oxford Royale Academy.
Alternative Travel
What is alternative travel, anyway? To us, it means zigging instead of zagging, traveling to the less visited, less known about, less familiar. GoNOMAD explores the places that are forgotten, and not as on the radar. Here is where some of the best stories happen. Enjoy reading about working abroad, living abroad as an expat, teaching, and volunteering. All alternatives to the typical trip, and all richly rewarding.
Stewards of the Wolf in South Salem, NY
Wolf sanctuary: In South Salem, NY, the mission is to protect and preserve North American wolves through science-based education, advocacy, and participation.
Vacation in Safety with Hotel Buyouts
Requests for full hotel buyouts are becoming increasingly popular for groups of families and friends as an alternative for safer vacations this summer.
Easy RV Parking with Boondockers Welcome
Boondockers Welcome is a service that acts as a middle man for hosts and guests that are traveling with RVs
Skyhour: Buying Airline Travel By the Hour
Skyhour lets you pay for flights with sky hours based on the duration of the flight. Their aim is to make traveling easier while spending money more efficiently
Utila Honduras: Kill Lionfish, Save Seas
Utila, Honduras is where divers are hunting lionfish to help save other fish species. The invasive species has thrived and eats many, many of the other fish.
VAWAA: Learn from an Artist On Vacation
VAWAA is an organization that provides travelers with a chance to learn art on their vacation by pairing working artists with guests to learn their skills.
Loneliness During Solo Travel
Experiencing loneliness while on the road is becoming more a problem for travelers. Solo travel can be a great experience, but also underwhelming or isolating.
Russia: Kaliningrad’s Curonian Split
Kaliningrad is part of Russia, but it doesn’t touch it. It’s a leftover from WW II, isolated from the rest of the country and on the Baltic Sea, with sub bases.
Visiting Timor-Leste: The Country No One Knows Exists
Author Jenny Lundt received a national fellowship to do research in Timor-Leste and was stunned by the beauty she found in the little known country.
Vermonters Get Creative to Keep the Family Farm
How Vermonters are turning farms into B&Bs to save them from development. A listing of Vermont farms where people can stay over and learn about farming.
Volunteering in Zambia
Zambia volunteering: two months at a community school in Chibuluma, finding bright smiles and singing, despite hardship and poverty.