Summary: A story by NPR earlier this year says voluntourism—volunteering while on vacation—is one of the fastest growing trends in travel today. More than 1.6 million volunteer tourists are spending about $2 billion each year in the communities they serve. Most volunteer tourists are Millennials between the ages of 20 and 25, and predominantly female. College students often do voluntourism to boost their resumes or gain experience in fields that require international travel. <br> <br> Today's podcast guests offer voluntourism by motorcycle to benefit the abandoned children of Peru and South Africa. But their voluntour clients are Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. <br> <br> Neale Bayly and Drew Alexander of Wellspring International Outreach joined me to talk about their special brand of voluntourism and to open our hearts to the transformation they've seen in themselves and in others who accompany them on these service projects.<br> <br> For more information on their work visit www.wellspring-outreach.org<br>
