You are here: Home/ Tags/ Articles

Articles: Articles, Programs, Blogs, Travel Resources

Kelly Iverson (centre) post-surgery with her sister and a friend.

Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad

Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?
Published in Travel Health
Tagged under
Read more...
How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

How to Decrease Your Travel Footprint

Planning your trip for zero-waste travel.
Published in Beyond the Guidebook
Tagged under
Read more...
A tanghulu vendor at Beijing's Confucius Temple.

A Bite of Beijing

Four Chinese students share their favourite local snacks—and some history of their city in the process.
Published in Beyond the Guidebook
Tagged under
Read more...
Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada

A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.
Published in Work Abroad
Tagged under
Read more...
Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction

In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Tagged under
Read more...
Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagascar's Lemurs?

In an impoverished nation, conservation is not always top-of-mind.
Published in Why we travel
Tagged under
Read more...
International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home

Spoiler: Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Tagged under
Read more...
Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK

A recent grad's tips for getting work with the world's fifth largest employer.
Published in Work Abroad
Tagged under
Read more...
An idyllic scene? Or a horror movie in the making?

How to Prevent a Putzi Fly Infection While Travelling in Africa

Crocodiles and hippos are dangerous, but these guys can really get under your skin.
Published in Travel Health
Tagged under
Read more...
International Conference Travel

International Conference Travel

For academics, scholars and researchers, travelling to international conferences means sharing ideas, accessing new resources and expertise and, of course, eating free pastries.
Published in Study Abroad
Tagged under
Read more...
The writer, Jenna Kunze, with one of her couchsurfing host families.

Safe Couchsurfing

For travellers on a tight budget or anyone looking for a truly immersive experience, the utility of couchsurfing is obvious. But is it safe for solo female travellers? The answer might surprise you.
Published in Budget Traveller
Tagged under
Read more...
Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

Whether it's a quest for self-awareness, a cure for mental maladies or just the next big high, travellers are turning a traditional Amazonian healing ceremony into a multi-million dollar industry.
Published in Beyond the Guidebook
Tagged under
Read more...
Page 7 of 17

Join the Verge Community

Verge Magazine Membership


Join our community of savvy travellers and put nearly two decades of inspiring articles, authoritative information and expert advice to work for you.

Show me more > Login >

 

Featured Opportunity

Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Study Abroad Program
Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Study Abroad Program

Hebrew University: Where Past and Future Meet

Travel Intelligence Bulletin

Namibia

The latest openings overseas—direct to your inbox.
More information and sample newsletter>

Subscriber Login

About

Travel with purpose; travel for good. Articles, resources and events for ethical and meaningful travel, volunteering, working and studying abroad.

Verge believes in travel for change. International experience creates global citizens, who can change our planet for the better. This belief is at the core of everything we do.

Like what you see?

Follow us on social media