Sustainable Travel

Traveling provides many benefits including personal growth, time to reflect, greater self-awareness, and a sense of connectedness to a global world. However, travel is also is a significant cause of …

For people experiencing burnout at work or home, a vacation can be a helpful way to jumpstart the process of recovery and adopting a more sustainable mindset. In this article, …

Making friends in a hostel isn’t always easy. In this article, we’ll talk about a few simple, natural ways to form friendships in hostels with fellow travelers without forcing awkward …

Mindfulness is having a moment of popularity, but the research supporting it is anything but dubious. According to over 20 research studies, when we take the time to slow down, …

Sustainble travel that supports communities, local economies, and the environment is not as difficult as you may think. Although global corporations spend massive advertising dollars pitching claims about “net zero …

You may have noticed that in each WanderBig.com article containing images of other people, I place the statement “[Images of indigenous people shown in this post were taken with enthusiastic …

Packing a solo travel safety kit can be an empowering way to prepare for solo travel. Many solo travelers, aware of the risk of setting out on international trips alone, …

Self-care is a term that gets broadly used and widely misused as, in recent years, it has entered our everyday language. Frequently, people think of self-care as a sort of …

Solo travel is exciting. It’s an opportunity to grow as a human being and to see parts of the world that are totally new and different. I love solo travel, …

In a recent weekend discussion on the r/heronebag forum on Reddit, user pieapplekitten prompted a discussion on things we wish we knew before setting off on our first solo trip. …