Women enrich their lives, follow their dreams and encourage other women as they travel the globe.
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While driving her blue Yamaha motorcycle along the streets of São Tomé and Principe off Africa’s west coast in the Gulf of Guinea in 2009 and 2010, Beth Santos experienced an aha moment.
“[I] became very aware of myself as a young woman traveling to an unfamiliar place alone,” she said. “It was there that I realized the true connective power of travel and how it changes us. If we embrace it, travel teaches us to challenge our perspectives, to embrace uncertainly and to adapt quickly.”
Fast-forward six years, and Santos is founder and CEO of Wanderful, an international membership community of independent, adventurous, globally minded women who travel. Today, 21 chapters operate in cities around the world (throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil and Spain) and in an online community, with 12,000 active women travelers.
“We are creating a global sisterhood of women who can use their most powerful resource — each other — as they travel the world, whether for information about a new destination, to meet up with a new friend abroad or even to host a traveler in their homes,” said Santos.
To do just that, Wanderful’s goals include encouraging women to travel safely and confidently; increasing the visibility of women who travel solo; and challenging the traditional definitions of travel and encouraging curiosity, openness and global citizenship.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2016 من Global Traveler.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 2016 من Global Traveler.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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Nurturing Nature
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Sojourn by the Sea
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Colorado Dreaming
For family ski fun, Snowmass and Beaver Creek steal the show.
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The Great Outdoors
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Above and Beyond
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Wellness Wonderland
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Good Vibes
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Solo Voyages
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Grand Slam
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