For nearly as long as WanderTours has been offering tours, we’ve been donating to organizations located in the countries where our tours run. The donations have all been made on behalf of our tour groups but they come directly from WanderTours. I am so excited to announce that we (myself and a small board of Read More…
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Nepal ~ How You Can Help #Give3Nepal
It’s been a sad few days as we all watch the death toll rise (as of this writing it’s nearly 4,000) and the number of injuries reported (more than 7,000) in the aftermath of the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal. Though it’s been years since I’ve been there, I know many people with very close ties Read More…
Passports with Purpose Wins the SMITTY Award!
It’s been a whirlwind couple of months for me that has included travel (since early March: Berlin, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, Haiti, Miami, Kauai, NYC, New Jersey, Toronto, Albuquerque, Santa Fe), activities (hiking, eating, biking, flying, throwing dinner parties), and announcements (my involvement with Expedia’s Viewfinder blog). It’s been crazy, too. But it’s all good! And Read More…
Haiti Visit ~ Passports with Purpose
Last week, Mara Gorman and I went to Haiti to visit a couple of communities where water wells were (and still are being) constructed. These are wells funded by the Passports with Purpose fundraiser late last year. In total, we raised just over $116,000 which will ultimately fund six wells (whoo hoo!). It was a Read More…
Haiti ~ Photo of the Day
I’ll write more about my brief visit to Haiti next week, but I wanted to add this photo today to show the beauty in these people. The above photo was taken at the inaugural ceremony of one of the water wells that was funded by Passports with Purpose during our 2012 fundraiser. The man (and Read More…
Volunteering Abroad – Good or Bad?
One of my tour participants emailed me last week asking what I thought about volunteering in India. She was interested in returning after having gone on our North India tour this fall. She had read in a blog post (written by an expat living in India for nearly 20 years) that people should not go Read More…
Passports with Purpose – A Few of My Favorite Things
It pains me every year that I cannot participate as a donor and potential prize winner in our annual Passports with Purpose fundraiser. Each year the bar is raised in terms of the caliber of prizes that are donated. And each year I pine over which ones I would donate toward to be in the Read More…
$10 Can Win You a Vacation on the Riviera Maya in Mexico
Ten bucks gets you the chance to win an amazing vacation package from the Hotel Banyan Tree Mayakoba on Mexico’s Riviera Maya coast! Did I get your attention? Yup. When you head over to the Passports with Purpose site, you can donate as little as $10 or as much as your piggy bank will allow. Read More…
Passports with Purpose 2012
It’s that time of year again. The Passports with Purpose founders and, literally, hundreds of travel bloggers have been busy working in the background to launch our 5th annual fundraiser. Though I’ve talked about this before, it’s worth repeating for those who may have missed it in past years or are new to this site. Read More…
Passports with Purpose – What We’re Doing in 2012
It literally started as an idea around a coffee table. Four travel bloggers, regularly getting together over coffee and treats to chat about travel, blogging and whatever was new in our lives. What it grew into is Passports with Purpose – the annual travel bloggers fundraiser. The idea was to do some good in the Read More…
