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Blog

Welcome to the Voluntouring blog, a space dedicated to volunteer travel, alternative lifestyles and stories from our community of travellers, volunteers and hosts.

In this blog you will find articles about

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

The Voluntouring blog grows thanks to the voluntary contributions of our readers and followers. If you would like to share your experience, guide or reflections, you can write to us with your article idea.

In this section, you can also present your volunteer or travel project. You can get featured in an interview or guest post, or publish a job or volunteer project announcement.


Blog section 🌐


On this page you will see the most recent 12–15 articles from the Voluntouring blog.
Use the “Older posts” link at the bottom to browse the rest of the archive.

Need volunteers for your project? Add your listing here. 📝✍ïļ

Remote volunteer fundraiser Cambodia poster for Animals of Our World, flexible 10–20 hours weekly, three months.

Remote volunteer fundraiser for Animals of Our World (Cambodia)

Man in a Santa hat and woman sitting back-to-back with earphones, eyes closed, relaxing to a calm Christmas playlist.

A slow Christmas playlist on YouTube for quiet holidays 🧑ðŸŧ‍🎄ðŸĪķðŸŧ🎷ðŸŽķ

Stonehenge at sunrise on Salisbury Plain, with the low sun aligned through the stone circle, showing the link between Stonehenge and the solstice sky in England.

Ecovillages winter solstice December 2025: where people gather to welcome the light 🌀🌅

Slow travel news image of a backpacker on a mountain trail holding a small snail in her hand.

Slow travel news December 2025 | night trains, sleeper buses and volunteering signals 🚞

Group of international young volunteers smiling together in front of a world map, representing questions about volunteering and permanent residency abroad

Can volunteer programs really lead to permanent residency abroad?

free couch, couchsurfing not comfortable, what is couchsurfing, free hospitality,

Free hospitality platforms: TrustRoots and Couchers.org ask the community for support

Wall mounted Christmas tree made from recycled driftwood and reclaimed wood, decorated with handmade paper ornaments and warm yellow fairy lights on a white plaster wall.

Recycled wood Christmas tree on the wall: a DIY idea for eco volunteers 🎄🎁

Sandy Hazelip and Ellie Hamby, the TikTok traveling grannies, smiling together during their slow travel journey around the world

TikTok traveling grannies: around the world at 80

Christmas gifts for slow travellers: three international volunteers with backpacks standing in front of Christmas presents.

Christmas gifts for slow travellers and international volunteers

Two work exchange volunteers harvesting vegetables on a small organic farm at sunset, ideal image for a Workaway vs HelpX comparison article

Workaway vs WWOOF vs HelpX | comparing work exchange platforms and free options

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 ðŸ§‘ðŸ―â€ðŸŽ„

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?

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