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05Aug2025
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How to find the perfect travel buddy for your next trip

While travelling solo can be an enlightening experience, it can get lonely at times, and you might want to find a travel buddy you can rely on. Your travel companion can make or break your trip, so it’s vital you get it right! Before we dive into ...

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01Aug2025
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Travel photography - "Traditional Mongolian clothing & fellow workawayers" (Mongolia)

Volunteering tells us that travel is more than just a destination; it's about embracing the richness of different cultures through food, clothing, ...

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29Jul2025
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12 great yoga experiences for travellers around the world

Imagine just unwinding your body and resting your mind, while being surrounded by good energy in a spiritual environment… now that’s paradise for us. ...

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17Jul2025
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Is Workaway right for you?

Workaway connects potential volunteers with hosts across the world for a meaningful travel, work and cultural exchange. However, before embarking on ...

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Solo, single and in your 30s: Travellers, isn’t it time you settle down?

Single? Travelling alone? Hitting your 30s or getting well into it? Isn’t it time you settle down? Don’t you ever get lonely without a partner or ...

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Free volunteering: How to volunteer around the world without paying ridiculous agency fees

So you want to volunteer abroad? Good on you! We love that you are looking to give back. But you’ve gone online and you’ve seen some organisations ...

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Journey with less: Woman who never travels with more than 5kg

She is taking the term travelling light to a whole new level – how Susan manages to travel with a bag weighing just 5 kilos…

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Volunteering & Van life: How to Make the Most of This Travel Trend

Following the pandemic, the soaring popularity of van life shows no signs of slowing down and there are many reasons why we've hopped onboard this ...

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Volunteering & Working Opportunities: Crew / sail around the world for free

Mention sailing and the chances are most of us will conjure up romantic images of wind in the hair freedom on the waves. If you are eager to discover ...

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6 Ways Sustainable Travel Can Help With The Planet’s Health and Yours

Instead of counting countries, absorb each city fully. Instead of hostel hopping, dive deep into conversations with locals. Travel in your own ...

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The Beginner’s Guide to Workawaying with Animals

Looking after animals while travelling is definitely on many workawayers' bucket list. But there's a lot more to those fuzzy cuddly moments with cute ...

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8 reasons why house sitting is the way to see the world

Want to stay in an idyllic house for free at your dream destination? Grab all these wins with one of the many house sitting projects on Workaway. ...

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The Whole World in Two Tiny Hands: Homeschooling with Workaway

Kids are the best teachers of life and to teach kids is both a challenge and an adventure. We have homeschooled our children for six years. During ...

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