Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference
Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference by Andrew Mersmann, published by Wiley on October 5, 2009, is a comprehensive guide that encourages travelers to integrate service into their vacations. This 480-page book highlights the growing trend of volunteer vacations, inspired by significant global events that have prompted individuals to seek meaningful experiences beyond traditional leisure activities. Readers will discover a variety of unique vacation ideas organized by subject, allowing them to explore different ways to contribute positively while traveling.
The book presents a diverse range of volunteer opportunities, including teaching, animal welfare, and environmental conservation, among others. Each chapter offers insights into how travelers can engage with local communities and cultures, fostering connections that enrich both the traveler and those they assist. With practical advice on determining if a volunteer vacation is suitable, this edition serves as a valuable resource for anyone looking to make a difference while exploring new destinations.
Official synopsis Publisher
Inspired by the eye-opening events of 9/11, the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, more and more people are waking up to the value of service – and realizing that their vacation may be the best place to incorporate it into their hectic lives. Even more profoundly, many travelers are deciding that the best way to recharge may not be lying on a beach, but stepping outside of their normal routine to make a difference in the lives of others. The result is an experience that allows travelers to explore a culture in great depth, make new friends, and come home feeling that they have learned and benefited even more than those they have helped.
The book will provide a diverse range of volunteer vacations, with most trips easily accomplished within a one or two-week vacation. Following the highly successful format of Frommer’s 500 Places To Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up, chapters will be organized by subject, providing dozens of unique vacation ideas for any traveler:
- Introduction: How you know if a volunteer vacation is right for you, and what to ask
- Sharing your knowledge: teaching vacations
- Animal welfare: surveying wildlife, animal rescue
- Working with children: orphanages, at-risk youth, street kids
- Scientific research: archaeology, marine life
- Healing the environment: conservation work, trail building, tree planting
- Building better communities: construction projects and manual labor
- Share the health: AIDS education, working with the disabled, feeding the hungry
- Teaching through sport: coaching and training
- Bridging cultures: working with indigenous peoples, historical preservation, music
- Special events: becoming a festival volunteer
- Crossing generations: helping seniors
- Getting political: elections, human rights, refugee relief, community organizing
- Peace-building: conflict resolution and security
- Religious service: retreats and faith-based assistance
- Bringing expertise: opportunities for those with specialized skills
- Serving your kids: children-friendly trips that will open their eyes to the world
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