The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best Traveled

Created by the author of '700 places to Volunteer Before You Die' and the 'The Frugal Volunteer.' Part travel anthology, part guidebook, all inspiring! The Voluntary Traveler opens new worlds to readers through intriguing real-life stories told by travelers who have walked the walk, not just talked the talk, of volunteer travel. A perfect blend of humorous misadventures, life-altering vagabonding and reaffirming experiences combine in this long-needed travel title, penned by authors from around the world. Some of whom are well know travel writers, others are just the ‘ordinary’ extraordinary among us all. The Voluntary Traveler focuses on inspiring voluntourism and encouraging adventure-minded people to seek out volunteer work as a part of one’s greater journey. The book includes a detailed volunteer guidebook section, listing charities needing volunteer assistance and organizations coordinating service orientated travel. Large or small, they were given an equal chance to introduce themselves to readers. Ultimately, V-Traveler was designed with the hope of: • Opening up a new world of possibilities to readers by illustrating the fun/adventurous side of volunteer vacations and giving them a feel for the real experience • Giving publicity to smaller charities world-wide who may benefit most from helping hands and hearts, but who also have the least budget for networking and recruiting assistance • Presenting an intelligent/interesting option to mindless tours and mankind’s innate travel practices • Offering tips, advice and options to people considering making a difference along the way • Inspiring an army of volunteer-minded travelers to lend a hand, helping charities large and small meet their goal of making the world a better place • Allowing novice writers the opportunity to appear alongside seasoned professionals in a book project they can be proud of participating in Learn what it is really like to volunteer on your vacation? V-Traveler is not a collection of beautiful travelogues describing the sunset view from a perfectly formed hammock. This is a book by 22 genuine, down and dirty volunteers from photographers to dentists, hands-on travel writers to hand bitten zoologists, each sharing their own real-life experiences - the good and the bad , the humor and the drama - from their own volunteer adventures.