Has anyone ever done a volunteer vacation?

i would like to volunteer abroad maybe italy. has anyone of you done that? What is it like? Does anyone have a website or someone i can contact? i would like to do that for a few weeks or so during the summer or any other vacation time. Thank you

I have a offer for 5 days/4 nights in Orlando from Marriot Vacation Club for $199 (not incld trans, food, etc) and would love to go but was wondering if anyone else has done anything like this. It doesn't say I have to buy on the fine print and I read...

I was looking into joining an Americorps program since I'm in between graduating with my associates and transferring to a university. I was thinking of staying in my state for now. Do they have state programs or all overseas? Is it a good experience...

I feel like I need to travel more before I settle down and was looking at a volunteer program. I would love to work with the kids in Africa. Has anybody ever done this sort of program before?

My trip from Corfu was overweight and at the check-in the girl asked if we would remain behind another day. For this we would get free hotel accommodation/meals/refreshments/2 phone calls/cabs to and from the airport plus 250 euros each and speedy boarding...

There are some internship and volunteer programs on it. It says an internship is guaranteed if you pay an amount of money (around 1500 dollars for 6 weeks.) I just randomly found this website online and don't know if it is a spam... Thanks a lot!

I did volunteer work at a library for 2 months, shelving and sorting books and it was deadly boring.

I just saw this advert by one of Yahoo´s sponsors, and wonder whether any people have done this type of thing? http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/wh…

I'm looking for a reasonably priced program that is legit and is concerned with the safety of its volunteers. The ones that I have looked at are either too expensive for my tastes or too lax in its security issues. Does anyone have any suggestions or...