{"id":127,"date":"2012-01-03T14:46:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:45:21","slug":"survey-results-are-in-how-many-countries-have-you-traveled-to-so-far-this-year-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/survey-results-are-in-how-many-countries-have-you-traveled-to-so-far-this-year-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey results are in \u2013 How many countries have you traveled to so far this year? (in 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/view_survey.php\" target=\"_blank\">survey results<\/a> are in, and it seems as if most visitors and members of International School Community have been to 1-3 countries in 2011.\u00a0 We were thinking that people would have traveled to more countries as a typical international school teacher travels many times throughout the year, especially during winter and summer holidays.\u00a0 Maybe we will do this survey again at the end of 2012 and see if we get similar results.<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons though why international school teachers decide not to travel so much, and one of those reasons is to save money.\u00a0 Even though the international school teacher lifestyle affords us many opportunities and enough salary to travel and to travel often, traveling is still not that cheap.\u00a0 The price of the flight and the hotel, plus the cost of going out to eat 2-3 times a day can add up pretty quick and soon you are spending 500-600 USD for a 4-6 day vacation to a city in Europe (for example).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/view_survey.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-12-31 at 10.47.30 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/screen-shot-2011-12-31-at-10-47-30-am.png?w=439&#038;h=136&#038;fit=439%2C136&#038;resize=439%2C136\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the near future <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalschoolcommunity.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">International School Community<\/a> will have new member profile pages, and you will be able to make a map of where you have traveled to in the world.\u00a0 You will also be able to state where you will be traveling to next.\u00a0 One way international school teachers get inspired to travel is by hearing about the travels of their colleagues.\u00a0 Sometimes you get good ideas on where you might want to travel to next.\u00a0 So, stay tuned for when we update our website in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Related to traveling\u2026a great traveling website that we have subscribed to is the <a href=\"http:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">matadornetwork.com<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matadornetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 3px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-02 at 7.46.57 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-02-at-7-46-57-pm.png?w=431&#038;h=86&#038;fit=431%2C86&#038;resize=431%2C86\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have highlighted entries from their website in these blog entries of ours:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/15\/highlighted-article-6-countries-that-aren%e2%80%99t-really-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Highlighted article: 6 countries that aren\u2019t really countries!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/13\/three-job-fairs-three-jobs-an-international-teacher-hiring-saga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Job Fairs, Three Jobs: An International Teacher Hiring Saga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/08\/great-link-10-steps-to-becoming-fluent-in-a-language-in-6-months-or-less\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great link \u2013 10 Steps to Becoming Fluent in a Language in 6 Months or Less<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, what countries are we going to travel to in 2012?\u00a0 For many of us, the options are endless really.\u00a0 Go on safari in Africa?\u00a0 Go see the pyramids in Egypt?\u00a0 Spend a week on a beach in Thailand?\u00a0 Ah, the life of international school educators!\u00a0 If you are an international school teacher and keep a blog about your travels, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com\" target=\"_blank\">admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a> and we will highlight it on our website.\u00a0 We will also give you a coupon code to receive one extra free month of premium membership to our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The survey results are in, and it seems as if most visitors and members of International School Community have been to 1-3 countries in 2011.\u00a0 We were thinking that people would have traveled to more countries as a typical international school teacher travels many times throughout the year, especially during winter and summer holidays.\u00a0 Maybe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24],"tags":[358,30,187,186,359,360,361,69,287],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surveys","tag-expat-lifestyle","tag-international-school-community","tag-international-school-educator","tag-international-school-teacher","tag-international-traveling","tag-matador-network","tag-survey","tag-travel","tag-traveling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-23","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":220,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/new-survey-how-many-countries-have-you-traveled-to-so-far-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":127,"position":0},"title":"New survey: How many countries have you traveled to so far this year?","author":"ISCommunity","date":"November 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A new survey has arrived!\u00a0 Topic:\u00a0 How many countries have you traveled to so far this year? \u00a0 Do you find yourself traveling to more than five new countries each year? 10 new countries? 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