CheapTickets.com has teamed up with United Way to offer travelers a route to setting up volunteer vacations, or adding a day or more of volunteering during a planned trip. So if you're eager to help, after seeing TV scenes of a natural disaster such as a hurricane or tornado, but your travel budget is slim check out the Volunteer Vacation section on this Web site.
Every month, the Web site features special deals to hotspots where you can vacation and volunteer. If you want to volunteer in a specific locale search by state and by social issue, and dozens of suggestions pop up, from helping at disaster sites to trailbuilding or working with youngsters.
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Visit Cheap Tickets and look for the Volunteer Vacations section.Where to Find More Volunteer Vacations
VolunTourism – combining traditional travel with volunteer work – is a rapidly growing trend because combining a vacation or trip abroad with volunteering on local projects is one way you can immerse yourself in local cultures and make a difference. Are you among the one-quarter of the travelers queried in the Voice of the Traveler survey by the Travel Industry Association who said they were currently interested in taking a volunteer or service-based vacation? No matter whether you’re in your 20s, a baby boomer (the group expressing the strongest interest), or parents who want to introduce their children to other cultures, there’s a company offering volunteer vacations for you.
These trips and experiences are as close as building homes in New Orleans or a far away as helping in orphanages in Romania or elephant camps in Africa. To see a list of organizations that offer volunteer travel trips and vacations (where you spend a few days of a trip volunteering and explore a new country the rest) click on Top Sources for Volunteer Vacations.
