If you are a traveler, you may have heard of or even visited a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now, raise your hand if you know what UNESCO stands for? UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through...
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The Future of Travel. How Will Travel Change Post-COVID-19
What strange times these have been. Meaningful Trips hope readers have been staying safe all throughout this Coronavirus pandemic. It is now Mid-May, many cities are still fully observing shut-downs and social distancing. However, there is talk of slow, phased...
Virtual Travel During COVID-19
OK folks, this ‘shelter-in-place’ is the real deal. As we all Stay-in and Stay-Safe during this COVID 19 crisis, we at Meaningful Trips hope everyone is Staying-in and Staying-safe. We have continued to share some wonderful resources to help you ‘Dream Now and...
Best Travel Reads During COVID-19
OK folks, this ‘shelter-in-place’ is the real deal. As we all Stay-in and Stay-Safe during this COVID 19 crisis, we at Meaningful Trips hope everyone is Staying-in and Staying-safe. We have continued to share some wonderful resources to help you ‘Dream Now and...
Best Travel Movies of All Time – COVID 19 Edition
Covid-19 has us sheltering in place so we have compiled a list of the best travel movies of all time. Do you agree? What travel movies would you add to the list?
Best Nature Documentaries to Watch During Covid-19
OK folks, this ‘shelter-in-place’ is the real deal. As we all Stay-in and Stay-Safe during this COVID 19 crisis, we at Meaningful Trips hope everyone is Staying-in and Staying-safe. Over the next couple of weeks, we will share some wonderful resources to help you...
Portugal’s Astounding Azulejos
Azulejos are hand-painted and glazed ceramic tiles famed all throughout Portugal as an artform that adorns buildings, subway stations and railway stations.
Something’s Fishy! – My Favorite Seafood Dishes Around the World
Boney, stinky, slimy, scaly... Grilled, breaded, filleted, steamed... Joe Staiano here, Founder of Meaningful Trips. When I sit and reflect on my favorite travel foods in my round-the-world travels, there is an obvious grouping… Seafood! Wanted to share some of my...
World’s Best Aquariums
If we were lucky as a child, we got to visit a zoo or aquarium. Those experiences could have profound impact that stayed with us through adulthood. Were we enthralled? Were we horrified?I grew up in the Bronx, NY. I visited the Bronx Zoo many times. I can...
Our Favorite Travel Foods
Some of our fondest travel memories center around food. Food is an essential part of life, it sustains us. Food defines peoples, cultures, regions. Food is a unifier that brings people together and creates community.