I’ve long been aware of the fantastic community based travel organization Andaman Discoveries, and may admiration for their work has only grown over the years. If you are headed to Thailand and want a real cultural immersion and a chance to lend a hand helping communities …
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Maybe you caught the news report last week – in response to soaring oil prices, American Airlines announced last week that it will now be imposing charges on your FIRST checked bag. Ouch! This comes on the heels of new surcharges …
Is it really a surprise?
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A recent study highlighted by Responsible Travel showed that over two-thirds of the people who book their popular “ethical holidays” online are women. Their take on the findings? They claim it shows that “women care more …
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A recent trip to Seattle’s southerly sister—Portland, OR —has me very excited about the green lodging options that have popped up like mushrooms all over the stomping grounds of my youth.
“Stumptown” (or Portland, OR as it is better …
First there was the original master, National Geographic Magazine, which has made armchair anthropologists of us common folk since 1888. In more recent years, Natl. Geo has expanded it’s coverage through additional periodicals such as Traveler and Adventure. This month, National Geographic launches a timely new glossy – The …
My holiday gift list this year poses quite a challenge.
It includes:
-travelers constantly on the move and living out of their backpacks
-urban friends who live in studio apartments the size of a toll booth
green thinkers who are painfully aware that gift giving creates about a 25% ...
As recycling programs are developing in more and more countries around the world, we’re seeing different takes on recycling iconography. Here are a few of the symbols used around the world to signal the soon-to-be universal concept of recycling.
The Mobius Loop
This internationally-recognized symbol indicates that the product …
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Transportation ranks high among the excesses that seem to mark the winter holiday season, as highways and flyways clog like turkey-stuffed arteries with holiday travelers. Will you be traveling to celebrate with family and friends this year? AAA bets you are: they estimate …
Green travel. Responsible travel. Eco-travel. Call it what you will; it’s on everyone’s radar these days. Ever since Lonely Planet released their own tome devoted to this last year, Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime, I have been curious to see what the …
I seem to find a new reason to love the internet every day! I love all the resources and connections that are made possible by this form of mass communication. As travelers, we all know that the internet has completely changed the way we move about the …
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