gmschneider

Dear Anne, ...

One of the most amazing travel experiences I have had in my entire 30-year traveling life was an evening spent attending the festival of...

I am an avid proponent of family travel and sabbaticals, having taken 14 during my 30 years of teaching--Australia to Zimbabwe, Mauritius to Mongolia, Turkey to Tibet. They really were a transformative cultural experience for myself as well as my wife and children. I started a blog, otherguysdime.wordpress.com describing these experiences as well as sharing helpful information about things like how to find the best opportunities, negotiate a contract, rent out your house, obtain overseas medical coverage, and travel safely and easily with young children. I also just finished a book on the same topic: On The Other Guy's Dime: A Professional's Guide to Traveling Without Paying. (The title refers to the fact that when you work overseas during a sabbatical you typically earn enough to pay most or all of your overseas expenses–sort of like a "grown-up Peace Corps" experience, just for a shorter time and at a higher level!) You might want to check it out on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

If you do anything in the field of information technology (computer science, computer engineering, MIS, networking, computer security, Web...

If you are going to be traveling in Nepal in the near future and want to take a truly amazing (and off the beaten path) side trip, consider...

Here is my definition: Living and working overseas without having to reach into your wallet and without having to quit your day job. I...

I wrote a book about exactly this topic--how to have a working holiday overseas. It is called "On The Other Guy's Dime: A Professional's...

Dear Travel Forum Readers, ...

The concept is not only feasible but a wonderful way to travel. In fact, my entire blog "On The Other Guy's Dime"...

alexander_vi ...

Alan1972, ...

My school signed a cultural and teaching exchange with another school in Japan. The agreement said that we would visit their campus for...

When we told friends we would be living and working in Kenya, they all thought the same thing--going on safari! While we did, of course,...

A topic I have not seen discussed in this forum is the issue of "poverty tourism," a serious problem today in many poor countries. Years...