What can you tell me about volunteer vacation programs? I’m a healthy, 60-year-old, single woman, and am interested in doing some solo traveling, but would like to tie it with something meaningful.

Global Volunteers sends 2,000 Americans a year on public-service missions to impoverished countries, but based on one volunteer’s experience renovating a community center in Hagley Gap, Jamaica, “it’s ...

Instead of traveling through Europe, tanning at the beach, or returning home, 62 students decided to take a different and potentially cheaper kind of vacation. As part of the Leonard Carmichael ...

Now that my kids are young adults living on their own, I’m an empty nester. Without the stress of daily caregiving, I have time to reflect on my parenting. There are, of course, many things I wish I’d ...

Instead of soaking in the sun poolside or lounging around a luxurious hotel, more travelers are spending their vacations creating trails in the Faeroe Islands, digging into the earth of Patagonia or ...

NEW YORK - You could pay a lot of money for the privilege of donating your labor to a worthy cause somewhere around the world on a volunteer vacation. Or you could just throw your sleeping bag in the ...

"Transformative Experiences” is a seven-part series focusing on how travel can change the lives of those open to the experiences that new places can bring. If you'd like to contribute to our future ...

After a few negative camp experiences, my kids and I started traveling abroad to Southeast Asia for several weeks each summer. I think of this as a temporary relocation rather than a big touristy trip ...