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	<title>Briefcase to Backpack - Travel Advice for Career Breaks or Sabbaticals</title>
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		<title>Photo Friday: East Africa with GO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday we highlighted the incredible efforts of Groundwork Opportunities (GO) – working to create a world beyond poverty by investing in groundbreaking ideas, empowering local leaders, and engaging communities. And this Photo Friday from East Africa is from photographer Peter Prato, whose experience we highlighted as well. As Peter said &#8220;To explain what it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/02/photo-friday-east-africa-with-go/</link>
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		<title>What to Expect When You Return</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Expect culture shock. Expect struggles. Expect feeling a bit lost. Expect to be patient with yourself. Expect that you will be changed. Expect to have people not understand. Expect that you will be happy to see friends and family. Expect that you will have no regrets. Coming back home is not always easy. There are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/02/what-to-expect-when-you-return/</link>
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		<title>Volunteering Vision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After an epic five-day journey including 4&#215;4, bus, truck, ox cart, wading through rivers, trudging through bogs, and a blissful speedboat, I finally arrived in Andavaodak, Madagascar. I would spend my next three months here, diving, researching, and working in a remote paradise. This was the farthest point on the planet I have ever been, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/volunteering-vision/</link>
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		<title>Heather Grabowski &#8211; GO Volunteer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn more about Groundwork Opportunities and volunteering in our post &#8220;Volunteering Vision&#8220;. I have been an avid supporter of Groundwork Opportunities (GO) since it was founded in 2008. I had just moved to San Francisco and I wanted to get involved in the community by volunteering for a local non-profit. I was first introduced to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/heather-grabowski-go-volunteer/</link>
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		<title>Peter Prato &#8211; GO Volunteer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn more about Groundwork Opportunities and volunteering in our post &#8220;Volunteering Vision&#8220;. I first started fundraising with Groundwork Opportunities (GO) in the summer of 2008. The first fundraiser, actually. Over a beer and a couple of bar napkins, Bart showed me his and Kyle’s idea for what they were trying to accomplish. It wasn’t going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/peter-prato-go-volunteer/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Sintra, Portugal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Photo Friday from Sintra, Portugal is from Facebook Fan Nan LaCaille, who left her job in August 2010 due to inevitable company wide layoffs. &#8220;I sold everything I owned to be free of rent, bills, you name it, and to have finances for travel. What I hoped would happen with my career is that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/photo-friday-sintra-portugal/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Motivation?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the citizens of North America seem to be motivated by a good education, career, financial stability, home ownership, and a stable, safe life for our children. We want to provide for our families, and providing for our families is now defined by not only having a house and being able to put food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/whats-your-motivation/</link>
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		<title>Career Break Terror</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your heart races, you start to sweat, and a state of intense fear overcomes you; this is terror. Chances are that on this journey to achieving your career break dreams you have experienced it. We all have. But the question is, will you let it stop you? We recently had one of our participants in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/career-break-terror/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Time lapse Machu Picchu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Peter West Carey recently shared tips on how to best capture Machu Picchu through a lens. &#8220;Before you get to Sun Gate there is a spot to stop. Not the first one with the tall rock to the right. Past that. The spot you are looking for is small and has two simple, small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/photo-friday-time-lapse-machu-picchu/</link>
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		<title>Beginning or Ending in Hawaii</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginnings and Endings are always the most challenging when it comes to a career break. In fact, I never really know which one is harder. When you begin your break, you are normally a bundle of nervous excitement with your head aching from all of the planning and checklists you’ve been working with for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/beginning-or-ending-in-hawaii/</link>
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		<title>The Best-Laid Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The best-laid plans of travelers often go awry…a truth you will most definitely learn on the road. Traveling long term is different than a vacation. In a vacation you normally have to maximize your short time very carefully; transportation, lodging, tours, and sometimes food is often planned. However when you are roaming from place to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/the-best-laid-plans/</link>
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		<title>How to Photograph Machu Picchu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Machu Picchu. You finally made it. It&#8217;s the once in a lifetime event you always thought it would be because all the literature tells you it is once in a lifetime. Having been to Machu Picchu twice now, I have a few photography tips that might be of value when you make this journey in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/how-to-photograph-machu-picchu/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Sharing the Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vogel family, aka Family on Bikes, are adventure seekers who learned early to live life to the fullest. So much so that they spent three years biking the Pan-American highway from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Argentina. “When we decided to quit our jobs and take off on bikes with our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/photo-friday-sharing-the-road/</link>
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		<title>How to Prepare Mentally for Long-Term Travel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing where to go and what to pack are important steps in preparing for your career break. And adding destinations to your list and picking out travel gear is certainly the fun part of the process. But have you ever thought about preparing mentally for your extended travel? Traveling around world and living out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/preparing-mentally-for-long-term-travel/</link>
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		<title>Travel Gear Tips from a &#8216;Gearologist&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jannell Howell is about to embark on an around-the-world journey that will take her through many countries including Thailand, India, Jordan, and Europe before coming back to the U.S. 15 months ago, she began blogging about her preparations on her site Traveljunkie’s World Tour. Jannell has discovered a love of researching travel-related gear and services [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/travel-gear-tips/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Humpback Whales in Tonga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year Caroline Mann Koller traded her office daydreams for the real thing. “I spent six months traveling solo in the South Pacific and this is my favorite memory &#8211; swimming with the humpback whales in Tonga. This calf and I played and danced in the deep blue ocean while his mom watched over us.” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/photo-friday-humpback-whales-in-tonga/</link>
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		<title>Addressing Mental Travel Hurdles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the New Year you may be finding that you want to jump start (or re-start) your career break travel plans. And one of the reasons that your plans may have stalled is because of fear. Getting Over Fear You came here because you want to make a change in your life; you want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/addressing-mental-hurdles/</link>
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		<title>Taking the Time to Step Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lacey Laken has been &#8220;on the road&#8221; since September 2011 and so far her career break has taken her to Spain, Morocco, Italy (where she lived with a family for six weeks), Paris, London, Kenya, Tanzania and is now in India. She plans to be traveling through the summer of 2012 and blogs about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2012/01/taking-the-time-to-step-back/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Canyonlands, Utah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Photo Friday from Canyonlands, Utah was shared by Aimee &#038; Patrick of Propane Kitchen. This photo was taken three months into their journey across the US in a Winnebago Minnie. Aimee &#038; Patrick are using this break to see how people eat outside the Bay Area bubble; to connect with farmers, chefs and friends; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/photo-friday-canyonlands-utah/</link>
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		<title>2012 Career Breakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As 2012 is inching closer, so are the departure dates for many career breakers. Here are a few that will be starting (and in some cases, continuing) their adventures in the new year. Lisa Kelly www.whirledtraveling.com I will be in SE Asia from January through May and then I am going to head to Australia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/2012-career-breakers/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you travel off the beaten path, you have to be prepared to stand out. People will stare, follow you, touch your hair; being a &#8216;minority&#8217; is one of my favorite things about travel. I wandered into this village in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka and found these villagers celebrating a local festival. However [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/photo-friday-nuwara-eliya-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<title>Top Career Break Experiences for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t know what to do on your career break? We asked our event hosts for their top experiences for 2012 and hopefully they will inspire you. Go Local From Lisa Lubin of LLWorld Tour The one must do or experience I would recommend is getting local! This was truly the one thing that made my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/top-career-break-experiences-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>Away for the Holidays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traveling long term is a gift; the ability to see and experience new cultures, to step away from your own rat race, and slow down. However, when you’ve been on the road for a while and the holidays roll around, it’s easy to get the blues. You’re away from your own culture and traditions, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/away-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Expedia President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet, Plan, Go! Co-Founder, Sherry Ott had the opportunity to meet with some travel giants this week in Seattle. She is pictured here with Scott Durchslag, the President of Expedia.com. I spoke with Scott about sabbatical travel and the recent Vacation Deprivation study that Expedia conducted and was thrilled to hear Scott say, &#8220;Travel increases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/photo-friday-expedia-president/</link>
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		<title>Top Career Break Destinations for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t know where to go on your career break? We asked our event hosts for their top destination picks for 2012 and hopefully they will be added to your list. Jordan From Sherry Ott of Ottsworld Jordan should be on your career break travel itinerary not only because of the mind blowing ancient city of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/top-career-break-destinations-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>2011 Recap: Re-Entry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These experienced career breakers are doing everything from planning another &#38; becoming an expat to settling down in a new city and writing a book. We know you don&#8217;t want to think about your re-entry, but these stories will make you feel better about it. So You Want to Write a Travel Memoir You’ve just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/2011-recap-re-entry/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Pumamarca Redux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are revisiting the first photo that kicked off our Photo Friday series. For our first Photo Friday I choose a photo from my volunteer experience with Peru&#8217;s Challenge during my 2006 career break. With the extreme flooding that has been devastating vast regions of Peru, I am reminded of how much that experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/photo-friday-pumamarca-redux/</link>
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		<title>Help Build Libraries in Zambia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year where you are making lists, checking them twice, fighting the shopping crowds, and accumulating big credit card bills. This is also the time of year where websites, like ours, try to convince you to shop more; we tell you about all of the travel items you need to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/help-build-libraries-in-zambia/</link>
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		<title>2011 Recap: On-the-Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traveling with kids, living in Paris, taking a writer&#8217;s retreat, and staying in hostels – just a few of the topics we highlighted this year On-the-Road. Traveling with Kids: Building a Foundation of Learning Rainer Jenss was a Vice President and thirteen-year veteran of National Geographic. As the Publisher, he helped transform National Geographic Kids [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/2011-recap-on-the-road/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Goodbye to the Cubicle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Devon Mills who said goodbye to this cubicle on Wednesday. &#8220;Today I said goodbye to this cubicle, and I now look forward to planning the round-the-world trip I&#8217;ll embark on in Feb. 2012! First stop: Chiang Mai, Thailand.&#8221; Devon shares more about why &#8220;Someday is Today&#8220;. Fittingly, her blog is entitled &#8220;Answering Oliver&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/12/photo-friday-goodbye-to-the-cubicle/</link>
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		<title>How to Save Money for Travel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We hear from most career break dreamers that finances are the biggest hurdle in fulfilling their dream. Well, Dream Save Do is here to help. Dream Save Do Accepting change is hard. Most people don’t have a choice – when the world changes, they eventually have to change with it. But actually making change, creating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/11/how-to-save-money-for-travel/</link>
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		<title>2011 Recap: Preparation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traveling with a partner? Moving abroad? Want to travel with a purpose? We’ve had some great guest posts covering these topics as well as other preparation tips. Here is a recap of those featured in 2011. Preparing for Long-Term Travel with Your Partner Adam Seper and his wife Megan have embraced travel throughout their decade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/11/2011-recap-preparation/</link>
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		<title>Photo Friday: Movin&#8217; Right Along</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Movin&#8217; right along in search of good times and good news, with good friends you can&#8217;t lose, this could become a habit&#8230;&#8221; This Photo Friday is in honor of the recent release of The Muppets movie. For years, one of Michaela Potter&#8217;s favorite travel partners was Janice, the ultimate guitar player from Dr. Teeth and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/11/photo-friday-movin-right-along/</link>
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		<title>Giving Thanks 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have countless reasons to be thankful this year here at Meet, Plan, Go! We continue to see more and more people both using the term career break, and more importantly, taking a career break. And we love seeing how our community continues to grow. Of course, we couldn’t do it alone. From those who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/11/giving-thanks-2011/</link>
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		<title>2011 Recap: Contemplation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past year we are thankful to all of those career breakers who shared their contemplations &#38; dreams with us. And in case you missed any, here are the highlights of those who are in the process of fulfilling their dreams or already have. What is the American Dream? Mehdy Ghannad of The Hostel Life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://b2b.meetplango.com/2011/11/2011-recap-contemplation/</link>
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