Entries filed under 'REI Adventures'

Secrets Revealed: a Chat with REI’s Top Travel Guides for 2013

When you’re on vacation, a guide can make or break the trip. Each year, REI recognizes 6 of our trip leaders as Top Guides. I had the opportunity to sit down with this year’s honorees and gather some insight on them and their beautiful homelands. ...

Posted by Traveling Eric on March 8, 2013 1:15 PM & Tagged REI Adventures, Travel and top guides | permalink | Comments



Be a Volunteer While on Vacation? This Group Makes It Easy to Give Back

Can a vacation be both fun and meaningful at the same time? Chris Braunlich knows first-hand that it can. The San Francisco Bay Area resident is the CEO of Conservation Volunteers International Program, an all-volunteer nonprofit that organizes “volunteer vacations” to a few of the most spectacular places on the planet. ...

Posted by Steve T on January 10, 2013 12:45 PM & Tagged REI Adventures, Torres del Paine, Travel and Volunteer Vacation | permalink | Comments



Meet the Guide: An Insider’s Look at Cycling in Portugal and Spain

Picturesque and quiet back roads, groves of olive trees, UNESCO World Heritage sites, Moorish architecture, Roman ruins—Portugal and Spain have always spoken to me. Pedro Martins, leader of the REI Spain/Portugal cycling trip, recently visited REI headquarters, and I sat down with him to hear why biking is the best way to explore the area. ...

Posted by Traveling Eric on January 8, 2013 1:00 PM & Tagged REI Adventures, Spain, Travel and portugal | permalink | Comments



End of the World? No, But Today Is a Good Reminder to Go Travel the World

Happy Mayan Apocalypse Day! If you’re reading this, we can assume the world is still intact. Even though we lucked out this time, such momentous events do get the staff at REI Adventures thinking about the world’s greatest destinations. What are the great must-see places before the world really does end someday? ...

Posted by Traveling Eric on December 21, 2012 7:00 AM & Tagged Mayan Apocalypse, REI Adventures and Travel | permalink | Comments



Home for the Holidays? Not Even Close

Holiday traditions typically mean sweaters and fruitcakes. But for those of us with the itch to travel, the holidays mean something else entirely. The staff of REI Adventures is full of such travel-minded people, so we recently got our heads together and came up with a few of our personal favorite destinations for holiday travel. ...

Posted by Traveling Eric on December 7, 2012 10:00 AM & Tagged Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, New England, REI Adventures, Thailand and Travel | permalink | Comments