Video Q&A: Volunteering Overseas

Sunday, July 21st, 2013

This month, our video Q&A features questions from three readers which I’ve never met in person, but who took the time to write in with questions – too cool!

Two of these questions are about finding volunteers opportunities overseas and …

Tags: Travel, volunteer, volunteering
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Global Itineraries: Q&A *Video*

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

This month I answer questions on where to go on your upcoming summer holidays. Tune in if you’re wondering:

• What countries are best if you’re traveling with a 2-year old
• Where to go for a 7-10 day break from North

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Tags: global itinerary, international travel, summer holiday, summer vacation
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The Most Important Documents to Scan, Store & Shred – Global Outings™

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Hello Paperless World!

I’m off on a campaign to rid myself of my final 3 boxes of files. I don’t have a lot of paper anyway, and now I won’t have any! (Well, very little anyway…)

My goal is only …

Tags: the most importnat documents to scan
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Storing Your Loot: Leather, Silk, Photos, Paper – Global Outings™

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

As I look at whittling my wardrobe down to my 25 items, there are a few things I can’t seem to part with and am going to place in storage: mainly silk and leather, as well as a my photo …

Tags: Best Storage techniques
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My Virtual Vault – Global Outings™

Monday, October 4th, 2010

This week a travel writer (not me) had her computer and back-up hard drive stolen. Unfortunately, she lost all her travel photos. Ouch. Hard to get these memories back.

When I travel, I use a convoluted system of  backing up …

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