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Travel And Career Development All In One Package

Saw this in the travel section and thought it was really a neat idea. Vocation Vacations was started by Brian Kurth, a former business executive from Oregon. He started his company in 2004 and his organization connects curious people with mentors who have the jobs they have only thought about pursuing. Vacationers pay a fee ranging from $545.00 to $2,000 (airfare and lodging not included), though most are less than $1.200.

Kurth says that about 40 percent of his clients are baby boomers looking for a career change, 10 percent are millenials (born between 1980 - 1995) and 10 percent are retirees who are signing up for fun. Kurth has 300 mentors, who are paid each time they work with a client.

Here are the 20 most popular “Vocation Vacations”

Actor

Baker

Bed and breakfast owner

Brew master

Chocolatier

Dog day-care owner

Fashion buyer/designer

Hotel manager

Interior designer

Music producer

Nonprofit director

Photographer

Private investigator

Sports announcer

TV producer

Voice-over artist

Wedding Planner

Wine store/bar owner

Winemaker

Writer/publisher

Kurth’s site is www.vocationvacation.com.

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