As Susan Stellin, the NYT’s Practical Traveler, put it Meet, Plan Go’s 2010 Event “Making the Dream Trip a Reality when the group “hosted events in 13 cities, …answered questions about their (career break) experiences from 1,500 aspiring travelers (in some locations, hundreds more were on a waiting list).â€
The 2011 is even bigger; this year there will be 17 cities participating on October 18, 2011.
At some point everyone with a passport dreams of an extended job leave and exchanging your briefcase for a backpack. If you are ready stop dreaming and maybe even start packing by enjoying a drink with and stories of some career break veterans, who have traveled long enough to forget about their office life. Or, perhaps you’re just interested in planning a trip of some length, Meet, Plan, Go’s first Los Angeles event still has information to offer you.
Please join the founders of We Said Go Travel and hosts of the LA Chapter of Meet, Plan Go, Lisa and George Rajna, on June 21, 2011 at the WEST Lounge of the Hotel Angeleno 170 North Church Lane, Los Angeles, 90049. Share stories, toast to future travel plans and inspire others to take to the road… especially the one less traveled. The Rajnas will speak briefly about Meet Plan Go, upcoming events, how to get involved and how to make travels of any length great.
Meet Plan Go: Do you long to escape your cubicle and strike out to discover the world on your own terms? If so, it’s time to take action. Looking for inspiration and ‘how-to’ advice regarding career break planning and travel? At Meet, Plan, Go! we are leading the career break movement in North America; encouraging and teaching others how to travel the world and have it be beneficial to your career. We envision a world where the term ‘career break’ is a part of your overall career strategy.
We have a dream to get more and more people talking about AND taking traveling career breaks. We aren’t picky – we don’t care how long they are, or where you go. But go you must. Go out and see the world, open up your mind, shake up your perceptions, and get the best education out there…the world’s cultures.
Lisa and George Rajna spent eleven months wandering Southeast Asia from Indonesia to Mongolia where they fell in love, got engaged, and are writing a book about their journey around the world and to matrimony.
For more information: www.wesaidgotravel.com
