The world isn’t short of available volunteer tourism projects; however most recently, there seems to be a pitfall of criticism on the harms these projects are doing to the volunteer tourism industry. In this post I will reflect on the things to consider before booking your volunteer tourism trip in order to make your experience […]
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Pros and Cons: Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) Visa
This post was last updated on July 25th, 2018 at 02:33 amApplying for the right visa can be a complete mindfield (did you read about my experiences when going to Russia?!), so I think this post written by the Wanderlust Vegans is particularly helpful for those of you who might be planning a Canadian adventure […]
Making Life A Little Easier: Bidvine Review
This post was last updated on December 14th, 2018 at 09:34 amI’ve always been a busy person, if you follow my blog regularly you’ll see just how much I have achieved in my first thirty years of life! Every day I balance writing academic papers, preparing lectures, attending meetings, managing my blog and social media […]
How to Win the Three Minute Thesis Competition
This post was last updated on July 20th, 2018 at 04:57 pm There’s no denying it, fitting three years’ worth of work into three minutes is ridiculously difficult, and that’s without making sure your presentation skills are top notch, you’ve put your research into layman’s terms and what you’re saying is actually interesting. But it […]
Emirates Corruption: How One Girl’s Dream Job has Turned into her Worst Nightmare
This post was last updated on July 15th, 2018 at 02:20 amThis is a post sent to me by a young Cabin Crew member working for a leading airline in Dubai. Her cries for help really pulled at my heart-strings and I hope that there is some way that we as the travel community might […]
Top Tips for the Emirates Cabin Crew Assessment Day and Training
This post was last updated on July 8th, 2018 at 11:06 amDue to the large demand for information on becoming Cabin Crew I have created a new website for this purpose. You can now find this post on becomingcabincrew.com.