Travel trends for 2017

Micro-distilleries
Houses of the spirits
Over rosé? Bored by craft beer? There’s no need for sippers to stress. The latest craze is to sample spirits produced with locally sourced ingredients at a regional micro-distillery.

The world is your office
Remote working on a roll
All work and no play? Not any more. Due to online freelancing, mobile tech and co-working spaces, more and more travelers are earning on the road. For these ‘digital nomads’, the world is a gig and anywhere is your office.

Bikepacking
Travel on two wheels
Mark the bicentenary of the birth of the bike – or ‘velocipede’ as Karl Drais called his invention in 1817 – with these multi-day off-road cycling adventures.

Mobile travel photography
Tips for smartphone snappers
You know what they say: the best camera is the one you have with you - and for many travelers, that means a smartphone. Learn how to make your shots shine on social media with this masterclass.

Sustainable travel
Making the right choices
The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development is the perfect time to start thinking about how you can make travel decisions that benefit the planet and its peoples, as well as yourself.

Local Travel

One of the newest and hottest travel trends that we are expecting to explode in 2017 is that of local travel. In the past, most trips and/or vacations planned and booked are extravagant in one sense or another, going some place far away and foreign or world-renown in some way. While there is truly nothing wrong with that, it seems that lately, the bigger trend is to travel within one's means, within one’s own country, province, or state, and within one’s own backyard, even. Local travel allows you to get to know your own land, see sights you may have been passing over, and be an even bigger culture connoisseur than before!

Xo Gia

Happy Green Life