Here’s our Intentional Travelers collection of blog posts on transformational travel experiences, travel tips, interviews, and guides for meaningful trips.
This week’s traveler feature is Marsha of World Within Her. A Russian born in Lithuania, she now lives in London. She is passionate about responsible travel and eating healthy. Here’s what she shared in her interview: How did you get started with traveling? I started traveling with my mum when I was as young as 4 months….
Today I am really excited to introduce you to the Boyink family, formerly of DitchingSuburbia. I can’t tell you how many times Jedd and I have heard some variation of: “Now is a good time to travel, before you have kids.” Yes, bringing kids into your life adds a whole new dimension, but it doesn’t…
We’re excited to introduce you to another intentional traveler, Diana Edelman, who I connected with through the weekly twitter chat she started on responsible tourism. She is a passionate traveler and advocate who has a lot of wisdom to share on her blog. I’m really glad she did this interview for us because she’s a great example of…
My Mission Trip Story I credit my first mission trip for changing my life. It was a one-week visit to the Dominican Republic that I did in college with my church. I was already obsessed with travel and enamored by learning languages, but before that trip, I wasn’t sure if travel to developing countries would…
For this Wednesday’s “Words of Wisdom” we have a whole compilation of inspiring travel quotes to share. Some you’ve seen before while others are brand new. Feel free to share and encourage others toward transformational travel! Inspiring Intentional Travel Quotes “My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been” “We wander for distraction, but…
We’re excited to introduce you to Lianne Bronzo, our featured Intentional Traveler this week. She has a lot of great experiences to share from living abroad as a teacher in Korea to couchsurfing in off-the-beaten-path places. Here’s what we learned from Lianne in our latest interview. Lianne: Intentional Traveler Interview Please introduce yourself! Hi, I’m Lianne, a…
This installment of Intentional Traveler interviews features Troy Erstling, an avid traveler who believes that travel is the best form of education. To help others live and work abroad, he founded Brain Gain and runs the Philosophy of Travel facebook group. Here’s what we learned from Troy: Why is travel and working abroad important to you?…
For today’s Intentional Traveler interview, we’re excited to introduce Lindsay Penrose of Round the World Sabbatical. Lindsay is a 32-year-old high school science teacher from San Francisco. “I really love my students, and I have no intention of leaving youth work. However, I’m excited to say that I’m taking one year away from the classroom and going on…
In this post, we share our story about becoming digital nomads in 2014. We reflect on the pros and cons of working remotely as self-employed freelancers and traveling. Our Digital Nomad Story: Year 1 Flash Back to July 2014 One year ago, Jedd and I had just begun our journey of being digital nomads and…
Update: this post originally published in December 2014 but it has since been updated and expanded with even more fitness program options. How to Stay Active Despite the “Restrictions” of Travel Staying fit and healthy is a high priority for us, but with the amount of travel we do, we really have to be intentional to…