I've got an extraordinary travel resource to share with you today! Chris Christensen's site, The Amateur Traveler, is a travel site for curious people who love to learn about the world. Packed with insider's tips on travel, locations, adventures, and more, The Amateur Traveler is a gem.

Volunteering is one of the ways we can help others, whether it is at home or while traveling.

My first three pieces for Wandering Educators concerned varieties of what I call "participatory tourism" -- or "partourism."  To reprise what I have already ventured about this paradigm: I am not suggesting that we need to invent a new way of traveling, or impose new guidelines, or categorize travelers as partourists/non-partourists, or

In recent years, the friendly skies have become even friendlier for our animal companions. More and more airlines are offering in-cabin travel for cats and small dogs. There are, of course, a variety of rules and prices and each airline sets their own.