Travel News – Good Job, Railway Rollback, Cruise with Purpose, Runaway Flyer, Volunteer Vacations

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The “Best Job in the World” was awarded to an englishman this week, but a winery in Napa is offering a “A Really Good Job”:

A Really Good Job

Murphy-Goode Winery… is

offering you a “Really Goode Job” — a six-month job paying $10,000 a month plus accommodations!

We want to hire a social media whiz (your title will be “Murphy-Goode Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent”) who will report on the cool lifestyle of Sonoma County Wine Country and, of course, tell people what you’re learning about winemaking.

Rail Europe would like you to forget that it is 2009 and a year of economic upheaval and party like it was 1959.

Rail Europe turns back time for tickets

Rail Europe is celebrating half a century of its popular Eurail Pass and is inviting travelers on board with a special promotion. Beginning May 12, the company will offer its Eurail ticket at the 1959 rate: $125 for a five-day, three-country rail pass.

First “Cruise with Purpose” Shore Excursion

Juneau’s local tour operator Gastineau Guiding has created the first Cruise with Purpose shore excursion, in partnership with the Alaska Sea Grant’s Marine Advisory Program and the Alaska Marine Conservation Alliance.

This program was designed especially for Holland America Line. Guests board an exploration vessel out of Auke Bay to look for and help document individual humpback and orca whales.

How can you tell when an unaccompanied minor is really a runaway?

Florida runaway, 13, hops Southwest plane to San Jose to see mom

Someone thought it was odd that a 13-year-old boy was walking alone through San Jose’s airport at a time when he probably should have been safe at home doing schoolwork.

That someone was right.

The travel blog “Traveling the Green Way” had an interesting article about volunteer vacations:

Top 8 Volunteer Travel Trends

“Sixty-four percent (64%) of females are currently volunteering or have volunteered before, compared to only 51% of males.”

“The top overall volunteer travel destinations were Peru (23%) and Brazil (14%). For Americans, the top destinations were Peru (16%) and Costa Rica (15%).”

Other articles that I liked this week:

• The World’s 15 Most Bike Friendly Cities
• Is Unesco damaging the world’s treasures?
• Travel Photography: National Photo Month
• Aggro-Tourism: Stress-Busting Vacations