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It’s often a big tripper’s dilema – what to pack for many places on a big trip in something we carry on our backs? What goes in that pack has to accomodate a large variety of places in terms of weather, activities, and culture. Tomorrow, I’m going on my fourth big trip and today I [...]

It started with a question in a dark bar. Over manhattans and margaritas, at a friend’s birthday happy hour, my friend A and I were talking about traveling. Her last international big trip was to Australia in 2011 with a group of friends, mine was to Peru in September. A few days before this conversation, [...]

I was skimming The New Yorker and saw a review of the book, A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus. The review mentioned that the author went on three pilgrimages: the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan, and the Rebbe Nachman of Breslov pilgrimage in the Ukraine. I paused at the description and [...]

Lavinia Spalding, overall inspiring writer and editor of Best Women’s Travel Writing Vol 8, sent an email out to her contributors. After I read it, I wanted to share. The seven tips by writer Laura Fraser summarized most of what I learned about travel writing in courses, conferences, and books. Personally, I know these tips [...]

Photo Credit: Photo on Flickr by Carole Mage At a travel panel  last summer, a couple came up to me afterwards and asked me questions about how I did my own big trip, specifically on my work. “What did you do with your job?” Well, I had to quit it to take the first big [...]

Recently, I received this email from a reader of my blog. I think a lot of points are relevant to big trippers as this young person considers his future. Letter reprinted with permission. —— “I’ve just recently started to think about colleges I want to attend, as going to college is just what is expected [...]

This post is a guest post by Rachel Stern, who was a speaker on working while abroad at the 2012 Meet Plan Go San Francisco event. For some, travel is a prime opportunity to flee the day-to-day demands of work. Yet for others, working while traveling or living abroad can not only be a way [...]

After my first big trip in 2008, I called a psychic. Referred to me by my sister, she had a good reputation of doing readings. I don’t usually rely on otherworldly advice, but it was a time of need. I called her because I had just returned from a trip that changed my life and [...]

Guest Post By Fran Wickner, Ph.D., MFT, speaker at 2012 Meet Plan Go San Francisco on October 16, 2012. Round The World Travel (RTW) works well for some people on a career career sabbatical,  but being able to “Go Local” by staying in one place is another excellent option for those taking career breaks.  Staying [...]

In the midst of Meet Plan Go planning activities for the San Francisco event on October 16, I took a break in the day and stopped by AFAR Media’s offices in downtown San Francisco to host a chat on career breaks with AFAR’s followers on Facebook. Davina Baum, the digital director, welcomed me, and walked [...]