Are you ready for innovative travel? New experiences take us into worlds we’ve never known—new sights, sounds, and tastes that awaken our senses and release dopamine, the brain’s happy chemical.
Travel’s magic can be most profound when we return to places we’ve visited before and see them through changed eyes. Take my lifelong fascination with dark skies. I’ve been stargazing since 1981, but with the rise of dark sky tourism, modern technology has opened fresh ways to experience the heavens.
Travel keeps us alive and alert—it breaks our routines, sparks our imagination, and reminds us that adventure can be found just by looking up.
Here’s what’s inside this issue:
Ask Adriane: How to use your skills to become a travel coach.
News You Can Use: New European visa rules, sleep-friendly hotels, and how to score World Cup tickets.
Culture Vulture: The intriguing rise of Astrotourism!
Luxury Travel for Less: Regenerative and community-driven experiences that let you travel like a local and give something back.
This week’s Ageless Traveler Podcast discover the new movement reshaping how mature women travel and live abroad. I speak with Anna Marie Lavasari, founder of Le Joie Home Base, about a part-time, community-driven way for women to explore France, Italy, and beyond while building lasting friendships and cultural connections.
So, pack your bags and join me through this week’s Travel Tuesday.
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This Week’s Highlights
On Our Podcast
Discover “home basing.” A New Way to Live Abroad, Part Time
“We are creating a new industry standard — totally a new industry — which is called home basing.”
Meet Anna Marie Lavasari, a pioneer in reshaping the travel lifestyle with a community model that blends independence with companionship in beautiful locations like France and Italy.
I speak with Anna Marie Lavasari, founder of Le Joie Home Base, about a part-time, community-driven way for women to explore Europe and beyond while building lasting friendships and cultural connections.
Enjoy a safe, supportive, culturally rich home base where you can stay for two weeks to a month — long enough to savor local life, short enough to remain flexible. Residents enjoy shared activities, communal kitchens, chef-prepared meals, excursions to markets, and the comfort of knowing that trained “sorellas” (sisters) are nearby for health and safety support.
This episode speaks to the heart of what seasoned travelers want today: belonging, cultural immersion, safety, and meaningful connections.
The Lure of the Dark Sky — Astrotourism & Sensory Travel
Welcome to the world of Astrotourism, where you journey to the planet’s darkest corners to reconnect with the cosmos — and yourself.
I recently joined a “sky party” in Palm Springs, hosted by the Palm Springs Astronomy Club — which was pure magic. Astronomers brought their personal telescopes, guiding us through comets, shooting stars, and nebulae so close they felt within reach. Using stargazing apps like Sky Guide and Star Walk 2, I traced the constellations in real time and read fascinating descriptions of what I saw.
Local observatories like the Rancho Mirage Library Observatory in California are popping up everywhere. To find an experience near you check out:
Communities worldwide are now seeking certification as official Dark Sky Places through the International Dark-Sky Association. To earn this status, towns and parks must meet strict standards for light pollution control, community education, and night-sky preservation.
Regenerative travel (RT) is an experience that sustains the environment and helps restore it while uplifting local communities. RT leaves a destination better than you found.
One inspiring example is the Modern Elder Academy in Baja, Mexico. More than a retreat, it’s a regenerative campus built around a working farm, where guests can participate in soil restoration, farm-to-table dining, and programs on purposeful aging. The Academy also offers long-term “regenerative living” options for those who dream of retiring where renewal and community thrive.
Farther afield, Brazil’s Amazon regenerative tours invite travelers to participate in rainforest conservation and community projects — from planting trees to learning about medicinal plants with Indigenous guides.
These trips often cost less than commercial tours because your investment goes directly to the people and places you visit — creating richer experiences and genuine connections that no luxury resort can replicate.
Friends Meeting Friends
Wendy Green, Host of Boomer Banter Podcast
Do you ever feel like there has to be more, but you just feel stuck in uncertainty?
You’re aware there’s more you want to give and grow into—more creativity, more connection, more meaning. But when you lean into that thought…
You freeze. You hesitate. You stop.
My friend, Wendy Green, host of the Boomer Banter podcast, created The “What’s Keeping Me Stuck” Quiz to help you name your stuck-ness. Then, over 5 brief emails, you get customized tools to help you get unstuck.
Try it out.
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