~Thu~ Jun 29th 2006
Spend Less and Live More with a Volunteer Vacation
Posted by J.D. Roth under Choices , Odds and Ends , Self-Improvement , Travel[6] comments
At Yahoo!Finance, David Bach (author of Start Late, Finish Rich) offers four tips for vacations that give more.
According to nonprofit consumer education organization the Myvesta Foundation, the average American planned to spend $2,249 on his or her summer vacation last year. Taking the average family of four to the archetypical American vacation spot — Disney World — can cost $3,000 to $4,000 or more by the time you figure in the cost for flights, food, lodging, and all the goodies. Now, I love theme parks or pure relaxation as much as the next person. But this year, I’d like you to consider doing something a little different: Take a volunteer vacation.
Bach recommends that individuals and families explore a vacation spent doing service work: help rescue and rehabilitate endangered animals; work on an archeology dig; build homes for the needy; build hiking trails on public lands; or participate in missionary work. He gives four tips [...]


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