Travel By Design: Insights
“Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.”
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The Bittersweet Experience of Repatriation
By Breana JohnsonBecoming an expat in Sint Maarten was hard, with culture shock taking the wind out of my sails for days at a time at the beginning. It Read more
United States Insights
Traveling Today: What You Should Know
In this episode, Ian and Tonya Fitzpatrick speak to award-winning travel journalist Tim Leffel about the things we should know about traveling today, especially, if we plan to travel for extended periods of time. As Tim says, “we can’t just wing it anymore.” Read more
The World Insights
Understanding U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts
By Tonya FitzpatrickThe U.S. State Department provides American citizens with regular notifications of events that may affect their safety and security. These notices come in the form of Travel Alerts or Travel Warnings. Read more
United States Insights
“Don’t Buy the Cheap Tickets” and more tips from an airline insider
Airline industry expert Kewwin McKenzie shares important airline tips that he’s gained from his experience of traveling around the world during the pandemic and the common mistakes people make when booking airline tickets. Read more
The World Insights
Exploring the Green Book trail and Rochester’s African-American Heritage
World Footprints will uncover the stories behind the story of the Green Book and we’ll explore Rochester, New York’s rich African-American heritage. In an era of segregation, the Green Book directed African-American travelers to safe havens as they traveled through inhospitable and outright dangerous places. Indeed, being a Black family … Read more Read more
United States Insights History
Animal Cruelty for Tourists’ Entertainment: An Industry in Need of Reform
By Bianca CaruanaAs selfies with tigers, primates and other wild species front Instagram and Facebook feeds, tourists are now forced to question the morals and ethics of their encounters with captive animals. Read more
The World Insights Social Responsibility
Becoming a Digital Nomad
By Ali JenningsDigital nomadism is here and on the rise. I’m proud to count myself among that tribe. Read more
The World Insights
What does the future of travel look like?
What does the future of travel look like? We asked a travel industry insider, Helen Hernandez, CEO of the North American Travel Journalist Association (NATJA) for her insights. Read more
United States Insights
Top 10 Things Westerners Should Do Before Travelling to an Islamic Country
By Mohammad Aamir ArafatIslam is the second-most followed religion after Christianity. Out of the 195 countries on Earth, 56 have a Muslim majority and are governed by Muslims. Read more
The World Insights Religious Travel History Humanity
Traveling deeper with Bruce Poon Tip of G Adventures
In this episode, World Footprints hosts Tonya and Ian travel deeper with Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures, as he discusses his journey into the world of travel, with particular focus on his “5th Gear” as an immigrant. Read more
The World Insights
Inspirational Life and Travel Journeys from a Woman Marine
In honor of our Veterans we are pleased to share a conversation with Dr. Betty Moseley Brown, one of the first women of color to join the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1970s. Read more
United States Experiences Insights
Heartbeat of Detroit
By Breana JohnsonI didn’t know a single thing about Detroit when I moved here a year ago. Most people plan where they want to move but when your spouse is in medical school, you don’t always have the luxury of choice or time. Read more
United States Insights History
The Heidelberg Project: A Detroit Artist’s Political Protest
By Kathleen WallsAward-winning artist and sculptor Tyree Guyton started The Heidelberg Project in 1986 as a political protest after he returned to his old Detroit neighborhood, the Heidelberg area in the McDougall-Hunt Neighborhood, and found dereliction and debris. Read more
United States Insights The Arts Preservation
Vaxcations: Needle-driven Getaways and the Questions Around Them
By Sugato MukherjeeThe COVID pandemic has given rise to a new global travel trend called vaccine vacations or vaxcations, for short. Read more
The World Health & Wellness Insights
Dark Tourism in Cambodia: Exploitation and Cultural Insensitivity
By Tara TadlockOver four years in the early 1970s, Cambodia, a Southeast Asian country now frequented by backpacking tourists, faced one of the worst human atrocities imaginable– a state-sponsored genocide wiping out one-third of the nation’s population. Read more
Asia Insights Social Responsibility