Hanoi Travel for Good: The Story of a Restaurant with Heart - Part 1 - On a recent Hanoi travel for good trip, I spent 4 days exploring this bustling (some would say chaotic) city. Not only was I seeking culturally immersive experiences, I was looking for ways to give back to the locale. And, frankly (did I mention Hanoi is, um, busy?), I wanted a navigator in the maze of ancient streets and alleyways and through the ever-beeping rush of motorbikes.

One way I did this was in hiring local guides ...
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Responsible Tourism: Four Tips to Kick Your Travels Up a Notch for You and the Places You Visit - When I talk about responsible travel or even the broader term, Sustainable Travel, it can conjure up all sorts of uncomfortable looks from “are you judging me and my travels?” to “are you calling me irresponsible?”

The last thing anyone wants is to be beaten over the head with ethics or add another thing to their list of Things We Should Be Doing Every Day.

Me, too.
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Luxury Travel Advisor Theresa Jackson's Top Travel Destinations of 2018 - Are you looking for top travel destinations in 2018? I seek to offer my clients exciting destinations that are a combination of (some) popular- and ways of thinking of these tried and true in a new light, some up-and-coming, and some that may push your boundaries. So, in no particular order, here is what I am most recommending for this year!
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Hanoi Vietnam’s Food Culture and Sustainable Tourism - Zoom Zoom’s success story is not everybody’s story. There is little money to live day to day, let alone enough to send one’s children to secondary school. And without that, there is no chance to attend university and for careers to help the family back home. There is hope, however.

NGO, government programs and private businesses are helping to cultivate ways of earning extra income through social enterprises like cottage industries of handicrafts, small industries, and ecotourism ...
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Adventure is ... Anything that Gets You Excited and Takes You Out of Your Comfort Zone to Stretch Your Limits - I recently had a fascinating discussion with a group of fellow Adventure Travel experts: “What is Adventure Travel”? In the past, it was easy to define; when one thought of adventure, it meant camping, or extreme outdoorsmanship. It meant climbing, diving, skiing, bungee jumping.

But for today’s adventurous traveler, it means so much more ...
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