Builders, teachers, health-care professionals, child care workers and business people are among the individuals being sought to share their skills with others. But usually no special skills are needed to be of service. Nor do you have to speak the local language. Global Volunteers can be individuals, couples or families. They cover food, lodging, local transportation, team leaders and administrative costs.
Participants arrange their own air travel.
It also offers boat excursions to admire some of the world's largest seabird colonies, the largest concentration of humpback whales in North America and massive icebergs that drift along the coast in spring. The card is good through next February. Older travelers also can find savings in the Mature Travelers Guide, which offers discounts at 50 establishments. The discounts are for travelers who are 55 and older. They expire Dec. 31.