Can taking a traveling career break bring you a higher level of productivity, happiness and more creativity? A career break might be exactly what you need to increase your promotability and overall job skills in the future.

When you’re trying to convince your significant other to take a career break with you, it’s important to create an irresistible pitch. Travel authors Mike and Tara Shubbuck share their successful strategy.

Starting in 2006, I started taking all of my vacation time in a big chunk from Thanksgiving to New Years. That’s not only what worked in my business, but it was also a wonderful way to travel. When I was on the road, it normally took about 10 days to shed the office and then, […]

This isn’t the first occasion I’ve left the corporate world temporarily behind. Back in 2007 my then-partner and I packed our backpacks – he having negotiated a sabbatical from his job, me having left mine – and trundled off on a seven-month around the world adventure. That break was all about travel and exploring the world. This time it was all about personal growth.

Earlier this month was my first-ever travel-related speaking gig at the first Meet, Plan, Go! New York City meetup of 2015, and the topic was how to set a travel budget and stick to it when you’re on the road. Here are the questions I was asked, along with my answers – most focus on the lessons I learned while planning my fall 2014 trip to Southeast Asia.

Do you know how much your dream actually costs? Tomer Lanis wants to take a six-month sabbatical and go sailing with his family around the Caribbean. Can he afford it? What he discovers about the financial hurdles is eye-opening…

When you go to Istanbul, Turkey you’ll be drawn to the ancient sites and Ottoman history in Sultanhamet – the old part of the city. However, many career breakers are looking for more local connections and experiences the longer they travel. If you are looking for local experiences and a chance to escape the tourist crowds in Istanbul – here’s how!

Do you love traveling so much that you dream of taking a career break to travel the world? Or maybe you want to break into the travel industry as a writer, photographer, or videographer so that you can live a life of travel. You can learn to do all of these things and more, at […]

Little did I know it then, but a letter to my mother my senior year of college has set me on a path that will inevitably change my life.  It was 1995.  Being a naive college grad, I was eager for what was next in life, yet I was scared to face reality at the […]

When I quit my job in 2013, my soul was pretty dried up. I had become a cog in the machine and needed something to remind me my heart was still beating. Travel filled that void in the past when I’d take my two-week vacations, but I was looking for something more. I wanted to… […]