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Author: Beth Santos

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Introducing: Our Newest Organizers

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • February 3, 2018
  • 4 minute read
  • 2 Comments

Our next cohort of Wanderful organizers has launched! Meet them and see where our newest Wanderful chapters are located around the world.

  • Posted in
    • Global Lifestyle
    • Reviews

Digital Nomads & Freelancers: Breather Might Be the Temporary Meeting Space of Your Dreams

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • April 6, 2017
  • 3 minute read
  • 0 Comments

On a cold day in midtown Manhattan, I lounged on a couch in an airy, sunlit room. My team – the amazing women who organize the annual Women in Travel…

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    • Around the World
    • Community

This Women’s Day, We Need You to Support Women in Developing Economies

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • March 8, 2017
  • 2 minute read
  • 0 Comments

Happy International Women’s Day! We’re just over one week into Wanderful’s new site launch and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve seen dozens of new members sign up in the past…

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    • Community

Wanderful: The World’s First Homesharing Network for Women

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • February 27, 2017
  • 4 minute read
  • 0 Comments

Notice anything different? After months of teasing, the new Wanderful is finally here. When Wanderful incorporated in 2013, I never imagined how much our community would flourish and grow. I am constantly surprised…

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    • Travel Content Creators

Travel Blogger? Don’t Ignore These 7 New Trends in Travel

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • October 7, 2016
  • 5 minute read
  • 2 Comments

As travel bloggers, we often see ourselves as the foreign correspondents: The on-the-ground experts with our ears toward the latest trends and happenings in travel. We are the experimenters, testing…

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    • Around the World
    • Reviews

Hate Tours? This One Will Change Your Mind

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • September 21, 2016
  • 3 minute read
  • 6 Comments

On a hot September afternoon, I walked up to the visitors’ center of the historic Washington Monument — one of the most impressive structures in DC (which is a city…

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    • Global Issues

Healing from Orlando: When We Must Prepare Ourselves for the Absolute Worst

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • June 15, 2016
  • 4 minute read
  • 1 Comment

To our wonderful, Wanderful community: This is a post that is very difficult to write. It comes during a scary time in the United States and around the world. A…

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These 13 Influencers Are Showing Us What It Is to Be #InspiredByTough – and We’re Listening

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • May 3, 2016
  • 3 minute read
  • 8 Comments

What is tough? On a recent sponsored trip to Arizona with Corning Incorporated (see our disclosure statement here), I sat in the back of a jeep with three amazing social…

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2016 Is the Year Wanderful Will Explode. Here’s Why.

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • February 18, 2016
  • 6 minute read
  • 2 Comments

When I started Wanderful, I had no plan. All I knew was that there wasn’t enough out there to support women who wanted to travel the world. I had seen,…

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We Are Not Alone: Introducing the Global Ambassador Program

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • February 1, 2016
  • 2 minute read
  • 1 Comment

Sharing experiences. Becoming global citizens. Meeting new people. Helping one another travel the world. These are all reasons why we have joined the Wanderful community — to be a part…

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    • Travel Tips

Tough Trails: How to Prepare for Your First UTV Ride

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • November 18, 2015
  • 5 minute read
  • 1 Comment

On day 2 of our adventure with the Gorilla Glass 4, we drive a sparsely populated desert road and stop at an empty parking lot. Around us are miles upon…

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    • North America

Betatakin Ruins: How to Visit America’s Real History

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • November 17, 2015
  • 5 minute read
  • 1 Comment

Jim sits cross-legged as he traces a circle in the dirt. “Everything is clockwise,” he says. He motions to the east of the circle. “In the east, there’s an open…

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    • Reviews

The Amazing Women Joining us on our Next Adventure with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • October 20, 2015
  • 3 minute read
  • 1 Comment

This month, we’re excited to partner with our friends at Corning Incorporated again for a sponsored trip to Arizona while we share the amazing Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ equipped with…

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    • Global Issues

Travel Isn’t Perfect: Why You Always Need a Plan C

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • September 1, 2015
  • 2 minute read
  • 2 Comments

Rescue efforts by Global Rescue in Nepal. Photo courtesy of Global Rescue. In 2010 I visited Port-au-Prince just six weeks after its terrible earthquake. I was traveling on a volunteer trip,…

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You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Had These 6 Experiences at the Turkish Airlines Lounge in Istanbul

  • Posted byby Beth Santos
  • August 21, 2015
  • 3 minute read
  • 2 Comments

There is one unique problem with the newly remodeled Turkish Airlines CIP lounge in Istanbul: any traveler that goes there will probably never want to leave. You wouldn’t blame me…

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