Psychologically sustainable travel

We’ve all heard it before: The dreaded story of your friend’s friend who got her phone and wallet stolen by pickpockets on her first day of a European vacation. Pickpocketing …

Many shy or introverted travelers set out on solo travel with a concern that their introversion and quiet nature may leave them lonely on the road. Whether it’s social anxiety, …

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 …

For many people, travel can be an important part of personal development. When we stay in our own comfort zone, in contexts we’ve always known, it’s easy to not change …

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 …

If you were home, you wouldn’t regularly work from early morning to late at night, right? Despite this, many travelers pack their travel days from dawn to way-past-dusk with itineraries, …

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. …