Do you really think that a different travel won't do much for you? Well, the truth is that recent studies showed that some different travels can definitely change your life!
Some travel to change their lives, others the world. But, a truly transformative trip has the power to do both.
Just ask Claire Russo, who last year spent her holiday vacation with Habitat for Humanity in the La Ceiba, Honduras, where she cleared a site, poured cement and laid the foundation for a home for a local poverty-stricken family. “We were all there because we genuinely cared about helping others, and it was wonderful to connect with both Americans and Hondurans during such a physically demanding experience.”
There’s growing evidence that the Volunteer Vacations trend is blossoming into a bigger phenomena. A 2007 Travelocity survey found that 17.7 percent of respondents had taken a vacation that incorporated volunteering or philanthropy — a number that’s up 13 percent from the previous year and expected to rise even higher in 2008.
