Author: Heather Cassell

Furdiki Sherpa and Nima Doma Sherpa

Climbing Their Pain Away To Empower Women

The Reason Why These Sherpa Women Are Scaling Mount Everest Will Uplift You by Heather Cassell Two Sherpa widows plan to tackle Mount Everest together to end their journey of grief of losing their husbands to the mountain and to empower women. “We are going to climb the mountain to close our pain and to […]

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Hostelling International USA

Scholarship Gives First-Time Globetrotters Opportunity To See The World

            IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 21, 2019 Girls That Roam Join’s Hostelling International USA’s San Francisco 2019 Volunteer Selection Committee For The Organization’s Explore The World Scholarship To Help Make Travel Accessible To Young Adults (San Francisco, Calif. – Thursday, January 21, 2019) Girls That Roam’s Publisher and Editor Heather […]

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8 of the most romantic hotels in the US SewerynCieslik / Shutterstock

8 Of The Most Romantic Hotels In The US

These Hotels Will Make You Swoon From Valentine’s Day To Your Honeymoon by Zack Davisson, All The Rooms Do you know where you are going to be romancing it up this Valentine’s Day? The sweetheart’s holiday where Cupid’s arrows start flying is only just a month away. Now is the ideal time to plan an […]

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Arenal Volcano

Costa Rica Pledges To Protect Tourists As Tourism Threatened

The assaults on women and murders only added to travelers’ concerns as the Star asked, “Is Costa Rica Becoming Too Dangerous for Female Tourists?”. The string of murders of mostly women follow accidents involving an American tour guide and a tourist around the beginning of the year.

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Protestors holding signs “Save Sabarimala” marching in the streets of Kerala, India

Violent Protests And Travel Advisories Threaten Kerala Tourism

“My message to the women of India, is please break the system, and please break the evil customs. That is the message,” Bindu told CNN.

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Unearth Women Magazine Premier Issue

Amazing Women’s Adventures Worth Digging Into This Winter

New Feminist Women’s Travel Magazine, Unearth Women, Takes Flight And Inspires Women To See The World Through Women’s Eyes by Heather Cassell A new feminist travel magazine hit newsstands this past fall, Unearth Women, and it’s not like anything you’ve seen before. The magazine is created and headed by New York-based travel editor and blogger […]

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AmaWaterways River Cruise

New Year, AmaWaterways Is Ready For Expansion In 2019

“I am very excited to join the growing AmaWaterways family,” Janet, a more than 15-year customer-centric marketing veteran, said in the release. “Rudi Schreiner, Kristin Karst and Gary Murphy have built an award-winning company with a reputation for innovation and impeccable customer service – two things that I am very passionate about.”

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Did You Visit Any Of These Top 25 Destinations In 2018?

Every traveler must see how the sunlight hits the Colosseum, the water flowing from the Trevi Fountain, and the Pantheon or walk along the Tiber River enjoying the artisans.

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Couple gondola Venice

Prepare to Pay more To Visit Venice For A Day In 2019

“Entering Venice will be like entering into a museum, I don’t think the measure will help the problem of transforming Venice into a Disneyland, with fake glass shops and piazza sellers replacing the old ‘bottega’ or artisan shops,” he told CNN.

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Carla Valpeoz

Family Desperate To Find Missing Blind Woman Traveler In Peru

“My sister has a very adventurous spirit,” said Carlos about his sister who is a social activist, emerging vlogger of Carla’s Visionless Adventures, and author of “Visionless Adventures.” “She’s traveled all over the world.”

“She wanted to travel as much as she could whether with friends or independently,” he continued telling ABC News.

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Young Business Woman Hotel

How To Protect Yourself In Your Hotel Room From Shameless Voyeurs

Hotels And Guests Falling Prey To Tech Savvy Anonymous Voyeurs by Heather Cassell New high definition smaller cameras are empowering tech savvy peeping Toms to take advantage of unsuspecting travelers inside the privacy of their hotel rooms. This week, Javier Antonio Martinez, 30, a Sheraton elite club member, was arrested on suspicion of secretly videotaping […]

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Lisbon Portugal

You’ll Love These Cheap New Direct Flights To Portugal

Portugal’s Airline Launches New Cheap Nonstop Routes From Three Major US Airports In 2019 by Heather Cassell Flying to Portugal will soon be cheaper and easier with new nonstop flights from Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC next year. TAP Air Portugal announced the launch of three destinations including new nonstop flights to Lisbon, Portugal’s […]

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