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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, Worldpackers, WWOOF and HelpX compared – plus free alternatives

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 🧑🏽‍🎄

Smiling ESC volunteer holding a small Turkish flag and local food at an English immersion youth camp in Siirt, part of ESC volunteering in Turkey with CEDID Association.

40-Day ESC Volunteering in Türkiye | English Immersion Camp with CEDID Association 🇹🇷 🇪🇺

Volunteers from different backgrounds planting seedlings in a community garden, representing community based, slow and ethical voluntourism projects that offer food and accommodation in exchange for help.

Voluntourism trends 2025

Children in Bugiri smiling and drinking during a community meal at Tenderhearts Children Initiative.

Volunteer with Tenderhearts Children Initiative in Uganda

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Recruiting Social Media experts & authors for small tasks

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

Smiling woman backpacking in a forest, representing an active outdoor lifestyle and movement as one of the best predictors of healthy aging.

Best predictors of healthy ageing: how well will you age?

Volunteer opportunity in rural India with smiling schoolgirls in green uniforms at a girls’ school in Anupshahr, Uttar Pradesh

Volunteer in rural India teaching English to girls and young women

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

Volunteers sharing a meeting in an organic garden at a European ecovillage, planning community tasks around a long wooden table with eco houses and permaculture beds in the background, illustrating ecovillage volunteering and intentional community work exchange.

Drop everything and move to an ecovillage with these volunteer programs

Teacher leading a small English class with Vietnamese children in Dong Nai, Vietnam, showing a friendly homestay volunteer project that offers free meals and accommodation and focuses on cultural exchange.

Cultural & Language Exchange in Bien Hoa, Vietnam – Live like a local and share your culture!

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Travel, help the locals, share the lifestyle, receive food & accommodation in exchange

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