What is True Traveller Society?
True Travellers Society is a community of travellers sharing stories and resources to help you genuinely experience travel.
True travelling is getting off the tourist track and integrating with the local community. It is about exploring and experiencing culture away from the gift shops and the tourist traps. It is about leaving the all-inclusive resorts and going beyond simply meeting the locals. To truly travel, you need to immerse yourself with the locals and their culture. We want to genuinely experience travel while having a positive impact on the local community. The trick is finding opportunities that will enable you to do this.
This site aims to help you find ways to truly travel. We share interesting travel stories and adventures of people truly travelling.
How Can Someone be a True Traveller?
We believe that one of the ways to have an amazing and genuine travel experience is through volunteering. Several fantastic volunteer opportunities do not cost anything other than the cost of you being there. These organizations are run locally and can be tricky to find, but they are worth it once you do.
We aim to help connect you with free or low fee international volunteer programs and provide you with resources to make the trip happen. These resources include fundraising sites like Volunteer Forever and educational sites like The Learning Service – a guide for turning good intentions into effective results. Their book Learning Service – the Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad is exactly that. If you are considering volunteering overseas, pick up this book and do your best to make a positive contribution and have a great experience.
Please note that if you are interested in any organizations on our site, please contact the organization directly. We do not coordinate your volunteer experience. We connect you to the organization. It is then up to you to do the due diligence and make sure the organization and opportunity are for you.
If you have international volunteer opportunities to share or are interested in finding an opportunity, please let us know. Maybe we can help you out.
I hope that you find the site useful.
Safe and happy travels,
Andrew Wahba
Founder True Travellers Society
andrew @ Truetravellers.org
PS. Don’t Miss our Top True Travelling Resource Pages!
