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Not All Who Wander Are Lost
In 2008, my then-boyfriend George and I took a year-long sabbatical. In the first month of that trip, we went to the Nomads Hostel in Auckland, New Zealand. The tagline of the hostel was “Nomads: Not...
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Volunteering in Dangerous Places:Lira, Uganda
As I travel around the world, I often volunteer with global nonprofit organizations. To me, volunteering is a great way to get to know local communities and cultures and I like the idea of giving back...
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Cruising to Antarctica on Your Career Break
Career breakers plan their itineraries in all kinds of crazy ways – some itineraries are driven by a themes such as volunteering or service, food, geographic areas or photography; some are driven by...
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Photo Friday: Antarctica
Today’s Photo Friday comes from the ends of the earth – Antarctica! Meet, Plan, Go! co-founder Sherry Ott recently cruised to Antarctica with her father and had plenty of great stories and photos to...
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Kick Off Your Career Break with the Ultimate Train Challenge
Is a career break on your agenda for 2013? Are you still figuring out where exactly you want to go and what you want to do? Do you want to push yourself far beyond your comfort zone and embark on an...
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Review: The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook
When Meet, Plan, Go! co-founders Michaela Potter and Sherry Ott took career breaks to travel several years ago, the term “career break” wasn’t even common lingo yet. And there certainly weren’t many,...
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Traveling Around the World with Home Exchanges
In 2004, my-soon-to-be husband and I decided to skip the traditional two week honeymoon in the Caribbean and instead went backpacking for 8 months. I negotiated a career break from my Occupational...
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How I Found a Job After Taking a Career Break to Travel
Without a doubt, my biggest fear when I quit my job to take a career break to travel was whether I would be able to find a job again upon my return. The fear plagued me throughout my thirteen months...
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How to Safely Travel Solo on Your Career Break
The recent death of a New York mother, Sarai Sierra, while traveling in Istanbul has led to scrutiny over whether it is safe for women to travel solo. Many comments on articles about the incident have...
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Exploring Phnom Penh on a Budget
Phnom Penh has been a capital city of Cambodia since 1866. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it was the capital city of the Khmer empire – one of the major powers in Asia, covering area of...
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A Solo Traveler’s Guide to Polynesia
Relaxing on a beach. Sipping fresh coconut juice from an actual coconut. Watching palm trees sway gently in the breeze. How is that picture not appealing? You can experience it for yourself if you...
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How to Deal with Reverse Culture Shock
The day was bound to come: your career break is over and you are headed home for the first time in months, maybe even years. You are returning from a life-changing adventure, where every day brought...
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3 Women, 3 Trips Inspired by Meet, Plan, Go
Back in the fall of 2010, three future career breakers’ lives converged. Shortly after attending Meet, Plan, Go! events in September 2010, Katie Aune, Val Bromann and Jannell Howell signed up for our...
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Whistle While You Work: Ways to Earn Money While Traveling
You might be thinking of taking a career break, but going traveling doesn’t always mean you have to give up on the idea of work altogether. Often a great way to meet people, dip your toes into new...
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Volunteering in Dangerous Places: Beirut, Lebanon
Without a doubt, Lebanon is one of the most complex countries I’ve visited. On one hand, you have the cosmopolitan capital, complete with a seaside Corniche, trendy restaurants, high-end shopping, and...
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Are Societal Pressures Stopping You?
When pondering the idea of a career break, there are a multitude of hurdles one has to overcome. We have touched on the “career fears” that prevent one from embarking on a career break. Another fear we...
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Going Local on Your Trip
One of the best parts of taking a career break trip is getting the opportunity to go local in a destination. When we’re grinding away at the 9-5′s and take our one or two weeks of vacation each year,...
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A Travelers Guide to Watching TV Shows & Movies Abroad
With access to the internet in many parts of the globe, it’s easier to stay connected with friends, family, . . . and your favorite TV shows. Unfortunately, blocked content (due to licensing...
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The Essential Guide to Travel
We all know that the internet is a cluttered place of information — some good and some bad. Here at the Meet Plan Go! Career Break Headquarters we are always trying to weed through it all to bring you...
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Teaching English Abroad: The International Career Break that Pays You to...
Are you looking to escape the corporate grind for a rewarding career break abroad than enables you to live in foreign country and become part of the local community? Do you need a way to finance your...
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Travel: Finding a New Future
As former workaholics it had taken decades for us to find ourselves in a fairly unique position. We were financially quite well-off, we both enjoyed successful and rewarding careers with the free added...
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How the West Can Be Won
Cost is an obvious, integral factor for those of us planning an overseas sabbatical. You’ve already resolved to place your day job on pause, now it’s time to strike a balance between where you would...
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Reverse Culture Shock: Dealing With It Without Spreading It
You’ve just returned from a life-changing adventure around the world, where every day brought you something new and exciting to experience. You can’t believe how much you’ve accomplished in such a...
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Quality of Life Priority Number One
After his five month career break with his now wife, Matt Goudreau sees how that time helped them set both their life and work priorities. It all started on New Years Day 2009. After two months of...
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Where to Go: Timing
Timing plays a big part in deciding where to go. Some factors to consider include weather, holidays & festivals, and the value of the dollar. Weather: What time of year are you traveling and what...
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Meet Career Break Veterans, Plan, Go!
“If you knew you wouldn’t make it to your next birthday, how would you change your life right now?” Would a career break seem more of a priority? Would it be easier to plan and take a career break?...
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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 into the most widely read consumer magazine for...
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Mourning the Loss of the Journey
I walk through the arrivals gate at the airport late one evening, a practice I have completed time and again over the past year, but this time it’s entirely different. This time there isn’t another...
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Preparing for Long-Term Travel with Your Partner
Adam Seper and his wife Megan have embraced travel throughout their decade long relationship. And after getting married, they decided that instead of pursuing the “American Dream” of buying a house and...
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Frustrations on the Road
There are plenty of great posts and articles discussing all of the wonderful things travel has to offer. But like most good things, there is also a downside to traveling – it’s just that no one ever...
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What A Career Break is Really Like
Before leaving the United States for my 11-month journey around the world, I figured I would ultimately work in corporate sales when I returned. For nearly seven years leading up to my journey, I’d...
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The Naysayers
A group of career breakers future and past meet in Seattle at a local meetup No matter what it is that brought you to the decision to take a career break, it’s important to keep reminding yourself what...
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To Plan or Not to Plan
Plan your stops? 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...
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What Happens to Your Stuff When You’re Traveling?
What do you do with your all of your stuff when you take a career break and travel? It’s a fair question, and one a lot of career breakers leave until the last moment. But if you put a little bit of...
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Travel Is Not As Expensive As You Think
Think Good Thoughts – Travel isn’t as expensive as you think! “Travel is too expensive, I can’t do it.” Sound familiar? Tripping yourself up with the “travel is expensive” myth is a sure-fire way to...
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