Travel tips: Travel Stories
An Expat’s Christmas Journey to the Isle of Wight
By Bianka CramblitJude Law stopping by your snow-covered cottage in the English countryside…. Yes, please! The many other festive British holiday movies had left me feeling like I had already celebrated there. Read more
United Kingdom Events & Festivals
9 Powerful Transformative Travel Stories That Inspire
By Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq.The greatest gift that travel affords us is the power to transform our lives. Travel is like an elixir for the soul. A single trip can change your life by giving you the space to embark on an inner journey towards personal growth and self-reflection. Read more
The World Transformative
Around the World in 16 Photos
By Tonya Fitzpatrick, Esq.Photos and good storytelling inspire and engage our senses so we have curated this compelling photo essay from 16 fellow travelers who have memorable travel stories to share. Read more
The World Insights
What to do about Racism and Bigotry as Travelers of Conscience and Culture
By Ian FitzpatrickWith everything taking place in the world from the coronavirus pandemic, global recession, and America’s racial reckoning, even a brief escape from these problems can be an elixir for the body, mind, spirit, and soul. Read more
United States Backpacking & Camping Insights Social Responsibility
Enjoying the World as a Plus-size Traveler
Plus-size travelers face challenges that aren’t generally considered—lack of appropriate accommodations, one-sized fits all robes that don’t fit larger bodies, zipline cables that may not support extra weight and other concerns. Read more
United States Experiences
Family RV Travel
Hear about RV travel, the joys of multi-generational family travel. and traveling across the country as people of color. Read more
United States Family Travel Rail & Road Travel
13 expressions of travel love and nostalgia
By Kellie PaxianWe were deeply moved and inspired by the stories shared in our previous collection on What I Miss Most About Traveling, but every travel lover knows there is no end to the love letter that our world deserves. Read more
The World Insights
What I Miss Most About Traveling
By Kellie Paxian2020 has left much to be desired in our wanderlusting hearts, but the good news is that travel leaves an eternal impact on our souls… Read more
The World Insights
Imagine: Reflections on Peace and the travel community’s role
Editor and VIIF co-founder, GARY KNIGHT, shares the remarkable collection of first-person testimonials and searing photographs from some of the world’s most volatile war zones. Read more
The World Social Responsibility
PBS Television Host Rick Steves about his love for Europe and Celebration of Diversity
World Footprints stows away with travel writer and PBS TV host Rick Steves as he shares his new book, “For The Love Of Europe” and how travel is an antidote to the purposeful dumbing down of American society. This interview shows a different side of Rick Steves and our conversation … Read more Read more
Europe Experiences Social Responsibility
Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and Author of ‘RACE-BAITER” on Language, Travel and Media
Join World Footprints for an engaging conversation on race-baiting, travel, media and music with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans. Read more
United States Experiences Humanity
Author Janet Cheatham Bell on Civil Rights, Empowerment and Travel
Author Janet Cheatham Bell has lived through both the Civil Rights Movement and today’s Black Lives Matter movement. She joins World Footprints to share her thoughts on the progression of racial equality in the United States. Janet is also the mother of W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN’s United Shades … Read more Read more
United States Insights Social Responsibility
Flaws in American Democracy examined and Home Exchanges for Travel
Fundamentally, America’s democracy is dysfunctional at best and author Elizabeth Rusch identifies where the United States falls short. Elizabeth also offers international comparisons and shows the simple solutions that other countries use to advance democracy that would work in the U.S. Read more
United States Experiences
A letter to my favourite country: We need to talk
By Kellie PaxianSouth Africa is not the safest country in which I’ve travelled. It’s not the least corrupt. Or the most open-minded. But it is my favourite. Read more
Africa Social Responsibility