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Blog

Welcome to the Voluntouring blog, a space dedicated to volunteer travel, alternative lifestyles and stories from travellers, volunteers, hosts and communities around the world.

In this blog you will find articles about:

  • alternative ways of living,
  • long-term travel,
  • hitchhiking,
  • nomad lifestyles and volunteering,
  • volunteer testimonials and project experiences,
  • interviews, and
  • news from the world of responsible travel.

The Voluntouring blog also grows through voluntary article contributions from readers and followers. If you would like to share an experience, practical guide or reflection, you can write to us with your article idea.

You can also propose an interview or guest post about a relevant experience, community or project. Editorial articles and interviews are considered separately from volunteer opportunity listings.

If you are looking for volunteers, you can submit your opportunity for editorial review. Current publication conditions for hosts are explained in the FAQ for hosts.


Blog section 🌐

Browse the most recent articles below and use the “Older posts” navigation to continue exploring the archive.

Do you have a travel story, volunteering experience, interview idea or article you would like to share? You can propose it to Voluntouring.org for editorial review.

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Last reviewed: August 2026.

Christmas volunteers decorating an outdoor community space and preparing hot drinks and blankets on a winter day, diverse group of young people in “VOLUNTEER” shirts getting ready for a festive charity event.

Christmas volunteer opportunities: where and how to help during the holidays 🧑🏽‍🎄

Be My Eyes volunteering app illustration with a blind man holding a white cane video calling a smiling sighted woman on a smartphone, surrounded by icons for braille, a white cane and a globe

How to volunteer from your phone: discovering the Be My Eyes app

Backpacker on a mountain trail showing the Strava app on her phone, using GPS maps to plan a slow travel hike

Strava, the social app for athletes that also loves slow travellers

Passport with “visa refused” stamp on a desk, showing risks of using volunteer abroad visa sponsorship to migrate

Volunteering abroad and visas: what you really need to know

Woman in glasses sits cross-legged with a laptop, backpack and notebook, thinking about accepting paid guest posts.

Guest post articles – a good deal or not?

young travelers planning a trip on a cozy couch, pointing at a world map, representing the couch surfing community on Couchers

Couchers news: the free rival of Couchsurfing 🛋️

Young volunteer fixing a bicycle wheel at a repair café event in a pub.

Why we need repair cafés now more than ever ☕🛠️

Horseback traveler in European mountains planning overnight stables and horse hotel stops along the route symbolizing slow travel on horseback in Europe with gear packed, en route to an overnight stable or horse motel

Horse motels and boarding: how to find a safe stop along the way

Jade Music Fest ‘Volunteer with us’ poster for Granville Island, Vancouver — roles for photographers, videographers, front of house and more, Nov 5–8

Volunteer at Jade Music Fest on Granville Island, Vancouver

Watercolor illustration of Jane Goodall sitting with a chimpanzee in Gombe, symbolizing her pioneering work in primatology and wildlife conservation.

Jane Goodall (1934–2025): a legacy of listening and action

Communal donativo dinner at a Camino de Santiago albergue, pilgrims around a long table, sharing a simple meal in a rustic stone room with bunk beds and laundry. Donation box labeled “donativo,” warm hospitality and home-cooked food

How much to give as a donativo on the Camino de Santiago or the Via Francigena ❓💰

Smiling volunteer with orange hair hugs a tree in a park beside a hiking backpack, illustrating tree hugging and nature mindfulness.

Trees and their benefits 🌳

Quora vs Facebook content creator earnings comparison – woman and man facing each other with laptops, question mark and euro symbol between them.

Quora or Facebook: who pays creators better for content?

Young participants at sunset with yurts and cabins at Manas Garden ecovillage, Hungary, during the Ecovillage Gathering (GEN Europe Gathering 2025).

The 30th Gathering of GEN Ecovillages took place in Hungary

A convoy of boats from the Sumud Flotilla sails across the Mediterranean at sunset, with activists waving Palestinian flags and banners reading “Freedom” and “Solidarity.”

How to Join the Sumud Flotilla, the Civil Mission to Gaza

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About Voluntouring

Voluntouring.org is a directory of volunteering, work exchange, and sometimes paid seasonal roles. Hosts and volunteers connect directly, and we encourage clear terms, reasonable hours, and safe hosting.

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