Today’s guests I had the fortune of meeting in person back in November while exploring Newgrange, a medieval relic north of Dublin. Like most backpackers, they were approachable and looking to meet new people. When I heard about the trip they had planned, and their plans for their website - I knew I had to bring them on the show. Since then, their journey has become something far more challenging, and affirming of their love for travel.
Cassie Kramer and Oren Lieberman left their jobs in Philadelphia to take a year to see the world together, on a budget. They took the plunge that I think everyone should at some point in their lives take: To escape the corporate routine, escape the armchair, get way outside of their comfort zone, and allow themselves to have life-changing experiences.
Along the way, after months of exhibiting symptoms, Oren was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This diagnosis came after significant physical deterioration and a near fatal misdiagnosis in Nepal. They had to return home for a period of recovery and adjustment to a big life change. Eventually, they got back out on the road, undeterred from their goal by what happened.
They’ve had some extremely unexpected obstacles to overcome and I’m glad to have the opportunity to explore their journey with them.
They report on the beat of their travels at 42ndclass.com, an homage to Oren's favorite travel book (can you guess? hint: scroll down!), and don't let a scary situation and a major complication prevent them pursuing their life of travel.
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Explorer Quote:
“It's easy to say I have a dream to travel. It's much more difficult to actually put it in place.”
More Quotes:
"Diabetes added a complication but it hasn't slowed us down... I hope I can inspire others with some of kind of complication to just travel."
"Travel helps build and rebuild your faith in people. You travel the world and you see how good people really are."
Cassie & Oren's Best Travel Advice:
The First Step: Have that dream, then start socking away money. Book the ticket. 90% of it is just having that courage to take that step out the door.
Money Saving Tip: Couchsurfing, Bla Bla Car
Packing Tip: Buy the good stuff for long term travel. Going cheap on the few clothes you'll wear for a year is not a good idea.
Internet Travel Resource: Travel blogs!
Favorite Travel Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Travel Gear: Cassie: Travel Towel (it's a blanket, it's a towel, it's a skirt). Oren: His camera!
Weirdest Food: Unidentifiable Thai Street Food
Explore Further:
42nd Class, their travel blog
@42ndclass
42ndclass on Facebook.com
Credits
Music Credit: Move Slow by Felxprod ft. Jess Abran (Myriad Remix), Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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I often profess that traveling feeds a curiosity that only gets hungrier the more you feed it. But what constitutes a curious person? Do we need to be curious about everything or might it be enough to be curious about just the few things, or one thing, that interests us? Tyler speaks eloquently about not having to be a jack of all trades, knowledgeable about everything, to be considered 'interesting' or 'curious.' Exploring the world could just be about that one thing that compels you, as long as you're growing from the exploration itself.
Tyler Tervooren always wanted to travel, to see new cultures and different places, but the timing was never right.
Finally, just before he was about to start a new job, he asked his employers if he might push his start date back so that he could take the trip he'd been dreaming to go on. They said yes. But when he returned, he knew inside that he no longer wanted the position.
To satisfy this curiosity, he started Riskology, his website that explores why we take risks and how we can take advantage of risk to be more adventurous. But this wasn't enough. So, he set a goal to run a marathon on every continent. And over the next four years, he completed all seven. Today, he runs Riskology full time.
In this interview, Tyler makes the great point that you don't have to be a jack of all trades or a renaissance man, curious about everything and knowledgeable about everything, to be an interesting person.
You can focus on that one thing you're interested in and become specialized in that subject or field and vastly knowledgeable about it. Adventure is relative and your horizons can still be broadened.
I recalled a guest who came on and suggested that if you're not curious about the world, but you want to travel, identify something in which you are curious and let that guide you. For example, if you like Japanese Anime, then find the largest Anime-fest in the world. If it's in Berlin, go to Berlin. Worst case scenario is likely that you went to somewhere for something you already love. Best case scenario is you'll come home with stories, new interests, and broadened horizons.
A helpful way to determine where to go, or to step outside of your comfort zone, is to identify the things that you're curious about. And let them guide your travels.
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Explorer Quote:
“You cannot experience another culture and come back the exact same person.”
Explore Further:
Riskology
Tyler's TEDx Talk, How Adventure Makes You Smarter, Stronger, and More Attractive:
Music Credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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“Someone who is ‘unstuckable’ is someone who is not going to accept what they’ve been told or what everyone else has been doing but they’re really going to take the to discover what they want from life?”
Stephen Warley spent four months living in Spain, shedding his old identity to create a new one in isolation, away from his routine, intentionally breaking his habits so that he could be more creative.
Today, he's the host of Unstuckable -- a podcast and business helping people get unstuck in their lives. We discuss how people can prevent themselves from getting stuck, travel saving strategies, and whether entrepreneurship is right for everyone.
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Explorer Quote:
"The hardest question in life is ‘What are you going to do with it?’"
What We Cover:
What it means to be "unstuckable"
How to make a genuine connection with someone by offering to help them, rather than asking for their time.
How travel provides a framework for new experiences
Stephen's love of Seville, Spain
The difference between being "cheap" and "frugal" and how you're more likely to succeed by creating "frugal habits"
How Stephen arranged his schedule to work for himself on the road, while not sacrificing his travel experience
Why Stephen prefers to stay anywhere he goes for a minimum of 3 days, preferably much, much longer
Explore Further:
Unstuckable.co
Unstuckable on iTunes
Email Stephen at getunstuck@unstuckable.co
How to Create a Budget without Nickel and Diming Yourself
Music Credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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Katie is a New Jersey-native turned ex-pat Roman food writer and culturist, curator, and beverage educator.
Compelled to visit her homeland and explore a place that's resonated with her, Katie moved to Rome after graduating from Yale. After the romantic connection faded, her interest with the city's complexities, cultural expressions, and people remained. And so did she. There she began to build a life as a writer, where archeology and food navigated the direction of her career.
She studied Italian Gastronomic Culture and, from that, her food blog was born. She gained attention from the media which led her to realize a career in food writing was something she could pursue in Rome, or anywhere.
Today, she's written and edited more than 20 books on food. She runs her food blog, ParlaFood.com, where she covers her home of Rome, along with the food scenes of Istanbul, London and New York.
We're talking on this episode about food in Rome,what's working and what is not. We also get heavy into Italian craft beer, my personal favorite - what's happening there, and why don't we hear more about it.
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Explorer Quote:
“Take risks, why not? Italy's a cool place to live. And if it gets depressing, you can eat some deep fried rice balls and everything gets better."
"When people come to Rome, I say skip carbonara for a night and go have Ethiopian. Really get into a culture that's here been present for nearly a century."
What We Cover:
Why Katie moved to Rome, and how she was able to start a life there as a food writer.
Katie's take on the food scene in Rome, what's working and what's not.
Italian Craft Beer, how it's some of the world's best beer, and why it doesn't get the recognition it deserve
Explore Further:
KatieParla.com
Katie Parla's food blog, ParlaFood.com
Katie's mobile apps for Rome and Istanbul
Katie's Tours of Rome (I highly recommend if you're heading to Rome!)
@katieparla and @parlafood on Twitter
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Craig Martin and his wife Linda graduated school in 2006 and both had the idea to leave and teach English in foreign countries. Along the way, they started the Indie Travel Podcast before anyone knew what podcasts were. 8 years later, they haven't stopped and today, while she continues to teach, he runs a travel media company, Indie Travel Media - which does hosting, management, and production for companies, mainly travel brands.
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Explorer Quote:
“The world is a big and crazy place and its easy to get addicted to the new. If you do that, then you'll never cease traveling.”
What We Cover:
How they created a life of travel for themselves
Who are the Galician people, and why they had such an unique effect on Craig
Craig's best travel advice
Craig's Best Travel Advice:
The First Step: You've just got to go.
Money Saving Tip: For flights, once you find your flight, call up a local travel agent and ask them if they can beat it. For accommodation, consider WWOOFing, Couchsurfing, Housesitting, and so on. Pay attention to where you're heading to be sure you're leveraging the amount you're saving.
Packing Tip: Take one bag, under 20 pounds, and make sure you can carry it on. Simple.
Favorite Internet Travel Resource: Asking locals on Twitter about where you're headed.
Favorite Travel Book: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Favorite Travel Gear: iPhone
Weirdest Food: A bag of boiled bugs
Explore Further:
Indie Travel Podcast
How to cook Galician Octopus (NY Times)
Music Credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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Today’s guest is on an open-ended trip around the world with his family and covering his adventures on National Geographic and The Huffington Post.
Back in 1994, he founded the internet’s first business travel website, and in 1996, he started blogging before it was even called blogging. He became ABCNews.com's first travel columnist in 1997, when he founded his consumer advocacy company to empower travelers to solve their service problems. His writing has been published by National Geographic Traveler, USA Today, Washington post, NPR, and many other massive publications.
Most recently, he’s the author of a book called How to Be the World's Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Money, and Hassle)and author of The Travel Troubleshooter, a weekly Q&A syndicated on National Geographic.
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Explorer Quote:
"You have to travel now while you still can because when you're 65 you might not be able to... don't wait, go now. Get lost!"
What We Cover:
Why you shouldn’t wait to travel, and go now.
How to balance the over-abundance of information available with the ability to freely explore and find new things.
Why consumer advocacy matters for travel.
Explore Further:
Elliott.org
Chris' book, How To Be The World's Smartest Traveler
In case you have a travel emergency and need help, here's Christopher's personal email: elliottc@gmail.com
Chris' Best Travel Advice:
The First Step: Get the skill set that you need, job skills or language skills, that can be used online or in another country -- like teaching -- then you can take your skills anywhere, and travel indefinitely.
Money Saving Tip: Look for the way the locals are getting there and not the tourists. The plane is not always the best option. Overland travel can often be a cheaper, and more rewarding, way to travel.
Favorite Internet Travel Resource: Kayak, Google Flights. "We can see things that only travel agents once could see. And that's a beautiful thing."
Favorite Travel Book: "I think it's important to have something in your life to remind you that your travels are only beginning." 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
Favorite Travel Gear: iPhone
Weirdest Food: Crawfish! "The type that is spiced so heavily you feel the inside of your mouth melt."
Music Credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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Kevin Le is a travel hacking expert. He’s traveled to over 20 countries as well as over 40 cities, priding himself on the fact that as a child of refugee parents fleeing Vietnam in the 80s, he’s come and gone a long way. Today, he’s a former corporate salesperson who now hosts his own show, The Travel Hacking Podcast which is helping his listeners travel smart, save money, and see the world in style.
On this episode, we explore how travel provides Kevin with the ability to search for who he is in this world, and how travel has only inspired him to continue to build a life of travel for himself and his family.
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Explorer Quote:
“That's why I like being around travelers... There's this beautiful chaos amongst all of us that somehow makes sense.”
"Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable has its intrinsic rewards."
"If you have a little street smarts and you follow your curiosity, the sky is truly the limit."
What We Cover:
Why Kevin left corporate to make travel a bigger priority in his life
How Kevin is out to find himself while simultaneously building his legend, and how travel can be a quest for self-identity
How travel helps you become the best version of yourself
Why Kevin started his travel podcast
Explore Further:
TravelHackingPodcast.com
Email kevin@travelhackingpodcast.com
Music Credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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Today we’re bringing you the man who owns the word polyglot.
He wasn’t raised multilingual - he spoke English, but after 10 years spent in a life of travel, he now speaks 12 languages fluently. After working as a freelance translator, he started his youtube channel and successful blog and created a business for himself that supports his travel lifestyle while helping others learn languages and actually have fun doing so. He has a course called Speak in a Week, and recently he published his book, Fluent in 3 Months, named after his website, fluentin3months.com. The book dispels the reasons why you ‘can’t’ learn a language, and provides practical tips and tactics for doing so. So let’s get right into it and welcome Benny Lewis to the Daily Travel Podcast.
Explorer Quotes:
"From the very first day that you start learning a language, get in touch with a native speaker and start speaking to them... Make as many mistakes as possible." - Benny Lewis
What We Cover:
Why the Gap Year is an important opportunity to get a better sense of ourselves, experience the world, and make a more informed decision about what direction we want to go in.
Why traveling makes you MORE hirable, not less.
Why learning language matters, helps you travel, and how language can make for the best stories.
Why anyone can learn a language fluently, and what's broken about the way we're currently learning.
Explore Further:
fluentin3months.com
Get Benny's book, Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World
Get Benny's course, Speak from Day 1
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“No matter where you go, make sure you go for at least a year.”
After receiving that advice from another traveler, Jackie Laulainen took off for Costa Rica to spend an academic year abroad at just 18. She was immediately enamored with the country and experience, and the effect travel had on her.
Today, she is the host of The Budget Minded Traveler’s Podcast, which is helping you to travel more for less. Jackie studied abroad when she was 18, and got hooked on travel as a teenager. She’s lived in Italy, as well as nomadically, moving on every 6 months to somewhere new. She’s been to at least 35 countries, and is an expert in budget travel strategies. Her podcast and website are helping her audience save money in a very practical way while making their travel dreams come true. She also wrote The Aspiring Travelers Handbook, striving to inspire and equip others to travel this beautiful world as well, on a budget.
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Explorer's Quote:
"There are so many people who go through this world without even trying to see it that if you're one of the few who wants to do it, you have got to do it. You've gotta just go."
Jackie's Best Travel Advice:
The First Step: “The first step is just deciding to go, and then you have to do it. The hardest thing is the logistics of leaving things behind and once you get there, but don’t worry about that. You are way more resourceful than you realize. You will figure it out. The biggest thing is if you have an interest, even in the slightest, you’ve gotta go… There are so many people who go through this world without even trying to see it, that if you’re one of the few who wants to see it, you’ve gotta do it. You’ve gotta just go.
Money Saving Tip: Concentrate on airfare. Aspiring travelers don’t have miles but there are many things you can do to save hundreds or thousands.
Packing Tip: Don’t get a huge backpack. Get a small one that fits in overhead luggage. Jackie uses a 50 gallon backpack. Here's her article about how to choose a backpack.
Internet Travel Resource: Booking.com and XE Currency
Favorite Travel Book: Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
Travel Gear: Her travel skirt!
Weirdest Food: Guinea Pig
Links and Resources mentioned on this show:
Jackie's book, The Aspiring Traveler's Handbook
The Budget Minded Traveler website
@budgetmtraveler
Jackie's episode on how to find the best airfare
Credits
Music Credit: Move Slow by Felxprod ft. Jess Abran (Myriad Remix), Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static
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What are the downsides to housesitting? "There are none!" says Dani from GlobetrotterGirls.com.
In today's episode, it's a deep dive into Housesitting. What is it, how does it work, why is it safe, and how can it open up a world of free, authentic travel opportunities? We cover everything you need to know to get started.
Dani Heinrich started her website to chronicle her travels at GlobetrotterGirls.com when she left her life in London back in 2010 to find a new one that embraced travel as a much bigger part. Her mission is to inspire curiosity about the world and provide the tips and tools to help you see as much of the world as you can for yourself.More recently, she’s released the Ultimate Guide to Housesitting, a topic that’s gaining steam in the travel world because of the way it offers a free accommodation in an authentic setting for an extended duration of travel. So, want a free week anywhere in the world? Listen to this episode and what Dani from globetrottergirls.com has to share with us today.
These are the secrets to how people without unlimited funds are able to travel the world nonstop.
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Words from an Explorer
“Housesitting is the greatest way to see the world on a little budget.”
Dani’s Best Travel Advice
The First Step: "Just do it. Just get out there. I was scared and had no idea what I was doing and everything went well."
Money Saving Tip: Make small changes to your spending habits and, very soon, that’s a trip! And you don’t need to suffer if you pick correctly.
Favorite Travel Book: The Beach
Favorite Travel Resource: TrustedHousesitters.com
Favorite Travel Gear: Travel Power Surge Adapter
Weirdest Food: Durian!
Links mentioned in this show:
Break Free: The Ultimate Guide to Housesitting
TrustedHousesitters.com
UltimateHousesittingGuide.com
Dani's website, GlobetrotterGirls.com
@GlbetrotterGrls
GlobeTrotter Girls Facebook Page
GloberTrotter Girls on Instagram
Credits
Music: The Moth, Intrepid Journey by Aaron Static
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This is part 2 of my conversation with Gary Bembridge. Listen to part 1 in which we discuss unusual cruise experiences.
Today, I change up the show a little to bring on Gary Bembridge and pick his brain on what travel bloggers can do to create a better resource for their readers. We also discuss the future of travel media and whether a podcast or web video series might be a better choice of format for tomorrow's audiences.
Gary has been traveling every month of every year for the past 20+ years.
It used to be as a business traveler, doing global marketing. Nowadays, he’s a independent consultant. For the past 9 years, he’s been running tipsfortravelers.com, a website and podcast to share his best advice from his travels. The man is an expert on cruises, and he’s the author of The Cruise Traveler’s Handbook, which provides advice & tips on finding and having unforgettable cruise vacations. And a couple years ago, he launched the better bloggers podcast at travelbloggerspodcast.com, to share his best tips to help travel bloggers do what it is they do even better.
Gary knows his stuff because he speaks from experience. So, for anyone who’s a travel blogger and wants to find out how to be a better resource, and partner with brands as he has with much success, you might want to be sure to hear what Gary has to say.
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What We Discuss
The differences between blogging and podcasting is defined by the different consumption habits of the audience, which defines the style of traveler that your respective audience might be. How does your audience consume your content and what does that say about them? What is possible with an audience like that?
Rather than writing about the story of your own travels, instead focus on how your experiences can inspire, or help, or serve your audience.
The day of the "general" travel blogger is gone. Travel blogs need to be targeted and focused on a specific niche because competition is too high otherwise.
We discuss whether short form, audio and visual content, is the future over the written word and whether or not starting a podcast might better serve tomorrow's audience.
The future of travel blogging might be to help traveler's reduce their risk by giving them more visual content so they know what to expect and trust your input.
Competition is lower in podcasting than blogging, and so the ability to stand out is far easier. As a result, in travel, brands are reaching out more now to podcasting than ever before.
"I probably get approached more now than I pitch [to brands]," says Gary.
Words from an Explorer
“I always felt I was missing out on something and always the best thing is the thing you didn’t expect to experience.”
Gary's Best Travel Advice
The First Step: Get your passport and just do it. It's that simple.
Money Saving Tip or Travel Hack: Frequent Flyer Miles. Get the guide on our homepage!
Pack Better: Always assume you can pick up what you need where you go.
Favorite Internet Travel Tool: Google Maps
Favorite Travel Book: Gary did not have one, so we plugged his book, The Cruise Traveler's Handbook (Traveler's Handbooks)
Weirdest Food: Fried, dried crickets in Zimbabwe
Credits
Music: Aaron Static – Intrepid Journey
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Gary Bembridge has been traveling every month of every year for the past 20+ years.
It used to be as a business traveler, doing global marketing. Nowadays, he’s a independent consultant. For the past 9 years, he’s been running tipsfortravelers.com, a website and podcast to share his best advice from his travels. The man is an expert on cruises, and he’s the author of The Cruise Traveler's Handbook, which provides advice & tips on finding and having unforgettable cruise vacations. And a couple years ago, he launched the better bloggers podcast at travelbloggerspodcast.com, to share his best tips to help travel bloggers do what it is they do even better.
Gary knows his stuff because he speaks from experience. So, for anyone who’s a travel blogger and wants to find out how to be a better resource, and partner with brands as he has with much success, you might want to be sure to hear what Gary has to say on part 2.
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What We Discuss
Why avoiding a life with regrets motivated Gary into making travel a bigger priority in his career and life
How Gary turned a hobby into a full time career and life of travel
How you can take cruises and still explore the unknown, and still find adventure, in cruising by targeting the lesser known, unusual cruise styles - like explorer cruises, tall ships, or freighters.
Words from an Explorer
“I always felt I was missing out on something and always the best thing is the thing you didn’t expect to experience.”
Cruise links are coming shortly from Gary! Stay tuned and check back very soon. Thanks for your patience.
For more information on this and more, check out Gary's book, The Cruise Traveler's Handbook, available in paperback and
Kindle ebook.
Credits
Music: Aaron Static – Intrepid Journey
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"That is the basic motif of the hero journey: leaving one condition, finding the source of life to bring you forth in a richer condition." - Joseph Campbell
From his time spent as a Boy Scout growing up in Boston, Jason Karas got an early start to becoming an explorer.
While exploring the outdoors, he developed a sense of curiosity about the small things in life, the things hidden in our daily routine that most people don't notice. Acknowledging this curiosity led to a fascination with curiosity itself and Jason began to ask the question, Can we somehow heighten the perception of this curiosity?
Today, Jason is an explorer, entrepreneur and father. He's also the CEO and co-founder of Trover, whose mission is to capture the traveler's desire for curiosity and new experience -- to reawaken that childlike sense of wonder -- and technologically distill it into an app.
In a simpler sense, Trover is a website and app for sharing and cataloguing your travel photography by allowing you to upload and geo-tag your images to a map. What's particularly useful about this is that you can search for visual representations of not just places but also experiences throughout over 175 countries -- from zip-lining in Singapore to cocktails in Kyrgyzstan. On the surface, this can help you discover where to go or what to do when you get there. So, maybe you're heading to the lesser known west coast islands of Greece, and you're not sure whether or not to see Ithaca. Have a look at what other travelers have seen or done on Trover and make a more informed decision.
But to go further, it can help you connect with other travelers over shared experiences. So, let's say you found that hidden gem on the back alleys of Brugge. Who else made the same personal discovery as you and where else might they have been?
This is just the way I see it. In this interview, I get to share how the CEO of Trover, Jason Karas, sees it and the future of Trover.
Note: Please be patient with Jason's audio at the beginning of this interview -- the connection was weak, but it gets better. :)
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What We Discuss
How Jason's early experience as a Boy Scout helped shape his perspective on travel, curiosity, and new experience
What to do, eat, and drink in Seattle
Why and how to create the best travel stories, and why we're all innately programmed to want to find and share these stories
What is Trover, why did Jason co-found it, and what does he see in its future
Words from an Explorer
“There's a beautiful mountain range beyond the road we travel everyday.” Tweet this!
More Quotes from Jason:
"Going out, finding something and bringing it back. It satisfies the storyteller and enriches the audience that's listening. I think we have an innate programming to do this as a species."
"The further out you go, the more payback you get. The more your forced into something unfamiliar, the more you’re going to learn."
"We need to work harder as we get a little bit older to push the boundaries."
“The older we get and more risk averse we get, the more benefit we get from our travels.”
“Don’t mistake a vacation for a travel experience… where the purpose is to get outside your comfort zone.”
"Part of our nature says, 'You’ve had your time to explore, now it’s time to be practical.' I’m trying to find ways to fight that."
Mentioned on this Show
Trover.com
Trover.com/jasonkaras
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Credits
Music: Passion Pit - Moth’s Wings (Artec Remix), Aaron Static – Intrepid Journey
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When Matt Long was a little kid, he memorized the geography sections of the world from the old Peanuts encyclopedia. He had the flag of Scotland hanging on his wall.
Flash forward to 2010, and Matt was miserable as a lobbiest for a non-profit in Washington DC. He started his blog, Landlopers.com and two years later, he reached a point where he could take the blog full time. Within a short time, he found out what he wanted to do in life and how to make it happen: A life that makes travel a bigger priority.
Today, he runs Landlopers.com where he writes about his travels and works with luxury travel brands, understanding that most people can't take more time than the two weeks they have to travel. On this episode we discuss his life of travel, why he's made it a reality, and his best travel advice.
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What We Discuss
How Matt left his career to start a career in travel writing, blogging aExploring the world is one of the best educations you can get.
Why Travel can be a sort of therapy. Happiness is a result of the effects of travel.
Why it's important to have a supportive partner who understands your desire to travel
Words from an Explorer
“We have in our mind the concept of a 'Dream Trip.' ...And many times, that ultimate trip is too expensive. Figure out how to spend less to get to the same place and every trip can be a dream trip."
Mike’s Best Travel Advice
The First Step: E
Money Saving Tip: Make small changes to your spending habits and, very soon, that's a trip! And you don't need to suffer if you pick correctly.
Packing Tip: “I usually suffer on the end of not having enough. But what’s enough?”
Favorite Travel Book: Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before, by Tony Horowitz
Favorite Travel Resource: TripIt
Favorite Travel Gear: Travel Power Surge Adapter
Weirdest Food: "Almost crickets."
Mentioned on this Show
landlopers.com
Paul Gaughin Cruises
Credits
Music: Move Slow by Felxprod ft. Jess Abran (Myriad Remix), Intrepid Journey by Aaron Static
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Food can provide you a sort of cultural topography of a place through the people living there and the stories behind the things they produce. Food, whether specialty products or a homecooked meal, is an expression not only of a culture, but of the individual preparing it for you. Food is not only a component of travel, but a journey in itself - and one that can be as adventurous as you want. And travel can provide you a context with which to connect your food with certain memories, or touchstones, throughout your life.
Nicole Taylor was a picky eater growing up who credits her mother for taking her downtown to places a little kid wasn't expected. This early exposure to interesting food challenged her and quickly gave her an obsession for food.
Nicole not only loves food but has actually worked in the specialty food industry, making chocolate, and now brings this passion into a life of travel and exploration, as well as her website, foodculturist.com, and her show, Hot Grease, which she describes as a ‘progressive food culture radio program.’
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What We Discuss
Why you don't need someone else to travel with you to create a memory.
Nicole's relationship to food as an owner of a candy business, and a food blogger in Brooklyn
How food can provide you a sort of cultural topography of a place through the people there and the things they produce
How a trip to Egypt, and it's food experience, opened a new door for her palette and her mind
Nicole's process for finding good food (hint: Dig deep, and ask locals)
How social media is a great way to get a local perspective on where to eat
Words from an Explorer
“Solo travel early opens you up to solo travel as an adult and a life of being fearless.”
"Wherever you go, go to the places where you're not supposed to be or they're not expecting you to eat."
Mentioned on this Show
FoodCulturist.com
Hot Grease
@foodculturist
The Modern Traveler's Green Zine
The Modern Traveler's Green Zine on Etsy
Credits
Music: Intrepid Journey by Aaron Static
Photo of Nicole by Jordan A. Colbert
Photo of Luxor Spice Markets by EmsiProduction
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This is part 2 of my conversation with Mike Corey. Listen to part 1.
Mike Corey is a host, travel blogger, videographer, photographer, breakdancer, and enthusiastic world explorer.
He’s currently serving as the first travel brand ambassador for Skype, which Skype calls Moment Makers, and Mike definitely is that. His videos include him eating all kinds of weird foods and participating in rich, life-changing experiences — like shark diving, the worlds biggest tomato food fight festival, or sleeping on the great wall of China.
In yesterday's episode, we discussed how to overcome travel fears, and how Mike became Skype's first travel ambassador, and the unbelievable scavenger hunt-style trip they sent him on across Europe. Today we discuss solo travel and Mike's best travel advice.
On this episode, we discuss…
Why solo travel might seem scarier than it is, and why it might seem unaccepted.
How you can find best friends for life almost immediately on the road
How to choose an unconventional life should you not be fulfilled by your routine, and how travel can be the solution to that problem
Why it’s important to filter the messages from those who have never taken the journey
Mike's Best Travel Advice
The First Step: Set a date and a budget, line them up, and let those excite you. The date should be your countdown to hit your budget. "You'll get addicted to the fact that you have to make it happen."
Money Saving Tip: Couchsurfing. "I've only had the most golden pure amazing experiences with that site." Even if you don't want to stay with someone, the forums are terrifically friendly and useful.
Packing Tip: "I usually suffer on the end of not having enough. But what's enough?"
Favorite Travel Book: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts. Also, Walden by Thoreau, The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau, and The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
Favorite Travel Gear: Hooded sweatshirt. Great for a pillow, to keep warm, to 'go incognito.'
Weirdest Food: Balut (fertilized duck embryo)
Words from an Explorer
"A lot of people saying you shouldn't travel solo, you shouldn't do these things, are often people who haven't tried it themselves."
Mentioned on this Show
Kick the Grind TV
@kickthegrind on Twitter
Mike’s Travel photography
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"The cool thing about life is that the more you open yourself up to life, the more life opens itself up to you."
Mike Corey is a host, travel blogger, videographer, photographer, breakdancer, and enthusiastic world explorer.
He’s currently serving as the first travel brand ambassador for Skype, which Skype calls Moment Makers, and Mike definitely is that. His videos include him eating all kinds of weird foods and participating in rich, life-changing experiences — like shark diving, the worlds biggest tomato food fight festival, or sleeping on the great wall of China.
I asked him to come on the show when I stumbled on his adventure videos, particularly an 80 day round the world journey with Cathay Pacific airlines.
On this episode, we discuss…
How Mike became Skype's first travel ambassador, and the amazing stories that came from it
How to overcome fear that might be stopping you from getting out there
Why it's important to filter the messages from those who have never taken the journey
Words from an Explorer
“What if I could just be curious my entire life?”
"Being afraid that you're afraid is half of what makes scary things scary."
"The cool thing about life is that the more you open yourself up to life, the more life opens itself up to you."
Mentioned on this Show
Kick the Grind TV
@kickthegrind on Twitter
Mike's Travel photography
Bonus
Love this video that Mike put together. Great editing, great spirit. This is my home he's exploring, and I think he captures it! Good a reminder that adventure can always be found in your backyard:
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After building a lot of frequent flyer miles from his business-related travel, Chris McGinnis applied his skills as a consultant to teach his coworkers about maximizing their experience. When he realized this was something he could do full time, he jumped at the opportunity. He wrote for local news outlets before picking up a regular gig with CNN, which cemented his expertise as a business travel expert.
Today, he is one of the leading authorities on business travel as the director the Travel Skills group, and the host of the Travel Skillz chat on Twitter. He’s an expert in business travel, having been featured inn CNN, BBC, the Wall Street Journal and many more.
On this episode, we discuss how Chris stays relevant in today's changing landscape, the future of frequent flyer mile programs, how business travelers can get the most out of their work travel opportunities.
Note: Chris mentions that he expects United Airlines to follow Delta in their revenue based model -- in which you earn miles for how much you spend rather than how far you fly. Just this month, United did exactly that. So pay attention to what Chris has to say because clearly he knows his stuff.
On this episode, we discuss...
How Chris stays relevant in today's changing landscape,
The future of frequent flyer mile programs,
How business travelers can get the most out of their work travel opportunities
Revenue based earning: what is it, and why it's overdue and likely to be the future of frequent flyer miles - and how that effects travel hackers
Words from an Explorer
"Use the travel that's been given to you by your company as a stepping stone for your own travel."
Chris' Best Travel Advice:
The First Step: Allow yourself the room to explore. Don't overplan. Also, pickup a few phrases, or learn a few things (customs or facts), it goes a long way with the people in the places you go. Even if you're terrible, demonstrating the effort can endear you to the locals you meet. Let the people you meet guide your travels.
Money Saving Tip: Travel during the quietest times of the year. For example, in early April (this year), there's a window between Spring Break and Easter. Traveling in May rather than the summer months can save hundreds, if not thousands, on airfare alone. Right before Thanksgiving is a great time to find deals. The first 2-3 weeks of December and January are the cheapest times to travel with last minute deals popping up everywhere.
Packing: Don't stress over packing because you can always buy something wherever you go. Having to buy something gives you an excuse to explore the shops of your destination.
Favorite Internet Travel Resource: There's no single best website for finding deals. You have to do your homework.
Favorite Travel Gear: Chris loves his rolling carry on, which he's learned how to live from.
Favorite Travel Book: The Unofficial Business Traveler Pocket Guides by Chris McGinnis
Weirdest Food: Jellyfish and Sea Cucumber ("it's a slug!"), in Shanghai, China
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In this short update, I just want to say thank you! Thank you for listening. Thank you for subscribing, and leaving a review on iTunes. I’m thrilled to have you as a founding member of a community of explorers.
With all of you listening, I’m humbled - but I’d love to hear from you. Why are you listening? What do you love? What would you like to hear about? I want this show to get better. To help you more. So please let me know how I can help by emailing me directly at nathaniel@dailytravelpodcast.com, or hitting me up on twitter. Or just leaving a comment on any of the show notes.
Today's Quote
“Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes -- with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating.”
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Michael Turtle is an explorer and writer. Like me, Michael quit his job as a TV producer at age 30 to create a life of travel, to finally experience the complexity of the world at his own pace.
On his website, Time Travel Turtle, he invites you to explore the people, culture and stories that happen to him on the road. That is, until he gets bored — which I’m predicting will never happen. In his own words, his posts “are the stories behind the brochures. They tell the tales of the history and the culture of the countries I visit.” He’s even been over to North Korea and I might ask him about that.
Words from an Explorer
“Sometimes a chat can open up these little doors and you either be invited to go through them or ask.”
What we discuss
Michael shares his travel stories and exposure to the cultures he’s come across in his journeys
His weirdest stories, including Cat Cafes and an animal penis restaurant
How travel has changed his perspective on the world
How the effects of travel have changed Michael, making him a more patient, forgiving person
Michael’s Travel Advice
The First Step: Know why you want to travel.
Money Saving Tip: Look at the big picture. Would a more expensive flight take you to a cheaper country?
Packing Tip: “You’re going on a trip, not a fashion show.” Pack as few as possible of the things you don’t need to replace regularly. Pack as many of things you need to wash regular.
Internet Travel Resource: Google Maps
Favorite Travel Gear: Hoodie jumper (a hooded sweatshirt)
Weirdest Food: Fried Tarantula
Mentioned on this Show
Michael Turtle's website, timetravelturle.com
@timetravelturtle
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The desire to travel independently is a feeling that stirs within a lot of us. It's a big step that not everyone will take. But at 19, Alexandra Baackes wanted it badly enough to make it a reality.
She cobbled together a "DIY Summer Abroad" to volunteer and backpack in South East Asia. Along the way, she met a collection of folks living a life of travel, working on the road to support themselves. She knew then that was how she wanted to live her life as well.
Like me, Alex spent time bartending abroad to support her travels only to learn she didn't want to continue with that work when she got home, and instead wanted to learn a skill that she could do from anywhere in the world. So she studied graphic design and travel writing and rather than look for a job out of college, she created a life of travel.
In 2011, Alex left her life in New York for one of exploration, more dedicated to adventure. Since then, she hasn’t stopped traveling and writing about her experiences over at AlexInWanderland.com. She’s a dive master, designer, videographer, and all around multimedia creative and she is really embodying a lifestyle that I find ideal and realistic — one in which you can use your talents to earn money while living a more adventurous life to put yourself in the position to let amazing stories happen to you.
Words from an Explorer
“I met people who were making travel not just two weeks out of the year but their entire existence and I knew I wanted to be just like them.”
What We Cover
Why Alex made independent travel a priority, and how taking that trip led to interactions with people that were life-changing experiences
How she's become a Digital Nomad to perpetuate her life of travel
Alex chose her skills deliberately. She learned graphic design in school knowing it would be a skill set she could use anywhere.
"Do not ever, ever, ever fly without signing up for that airline's frequent flyer program." Seriously you guys, it's free.
Ways you can earn on the road, with or without special training or specialized 'digital nomad' skills
Alex’s Travel Advice
The First Step: Make yourself accountable in a public way.
Money Saving Tip: Stop spending it. Alex did a 2 year money saving fast before she left.
Cheapest Airfare: Skyscanner and Kayak. Setup a travel alert, and don’t forget to fly Southwest.
Packing Tip: Eagle Creek Packing Cubes. “I’m obsessed with them. They’re a game changer ”
Internet Travel Resource: Travelfish.org, the most amazing resource of Southeast Asia travel
Favorite Travel Book: Wanderlust, short stories and by Don George
Favorite Travel Gear: Her SteriPEN Classic Bundle Pack with Pre-Filter
. It’s a UV light that allows you to sterilize
Weirdest Food: Live Ants
Mentioned on this Show
Alex's website, AlexinWanderland.com
Alex’s series, Earning Abroad
Facebook.com/alexinwanderland
Twitter.com/alexinwanderland
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"Some people have the idea that if you travel nonstop you must be a trust fund baby with endless funds or a travel blogger making money from that and in reality, there are so many ways that people can make money online now," says today's guest, Billy Taylor, the Senior Editor of Travel Longer magazine, "The benefit of starting the magazine was hearing all of these different, diverse ways that people are able to perpetuate their travel." Equal parts journalist and photographer, Billy has been traveling the world writing, taking pics and eating anything he can find since 2010. He's a diver, designer, a former stunt performer, and a perpetual world traveler. Before that he got his start in his teens and then after a round-the-world trip, he realized how badly he wanted to travel more while also longer, to slow down and experience his destinations longer. Part of Billy's drive to explore and document is his pure love of people and their cultures, along with a belief that there are far more similarities that unite us as a human race, than there are differences that set us apart. He started his magazine, Travel Longer, to share this belief, vision, and purpose-driven mission with the world.
Words from an Explorer
"If you actually slow down and take the time to open your eyes and your heart a little bit there are so many of those little life changing moments that happen daily.”
More Quotes from Billy
"When you’re traveling, everything’s new and vibrant… if you’re traveling too quickly, those life-changing moments just rush past you."
"When some people say they travel perpetually, it doesn’t mean 365 days a year. To just travel longer, to embrace the fact that you can extend things just a little…”
"So much of work that we do is done online. It’s getting easier and easier for people to take their work on the road."
What We Discuss
What it is about New Zealand that Billy loves, from WOOFing to Couchsurfing, to a welcoming culture for an amazing community of travelers
How a bowl of soup in Malaysia changed Billy's life
How traveling longer allows you to let the experiences find you
All about Billy's magazine, Travel Longer, and why he started it
How he's able to get all his contributors and interview guests for his magazine
The way travel can change your perspective of and restore your appreciation for home
Billy's Best Travel Advice
The First Step: He quotes Alex Jimenez, "I'm an equal opportunity traveler. I don't care how you travel, just that do."
Money Saving Tip: Haggling for accommodation! Go in to a hotel, tell the people at the desk or the owners how much the room is listed for. Tell them on the spot that you're going to give them a lower price. What's the worst that can happen? This has worked for Billy in every continent he's been to. Listen to the show to hear about "Spludgeting!"
Cheapest Airfare: Get as many quotes as you can, then ring the airline. Tell them what you've found, tell them you're a little flexible, and ask them if they can do a little better.
Packing Advice: People pack things they 'might' need. That adds up. If you need it then, buy it there. And wear your heavy clothes on the plane!
Internet Travel Tool or Resource: Couchsurfing, amazing for free stays and access to local knowledge (not just from your hosts, but from the Couchsurfing community!). Stuck on Earth, Trey Ratcliff's app.
Favorite Travel Book: The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien
Favorite Travel Gear: A scarf or sarong, which can be a towel, a cover up, a room divider, a camera prop, pillow... and it takes up no space or weight.
Weirdest Food: Pig Snout, at a Satay house in Malacca, Malaysia
Mentioned on this Show
Travel Longer, Billy's magazine
Travel Longer on iTunes
@travellonger
Alex Jimenez's travel fashion blog
The Planet D
Michael Hodson quit his career as a lawyer in Arkansas to seek fulfillment on the road. His goal? To circle the globe without using an airplane and write about it. He completed it in 16 months. Starting his blog to document his journey, he returned and took up the blog as a way to continue building a life of freewheeling travel.
His travels include an overland trek from Cape Town to Cairo, from Lisbon to Saigon by train in a month, the Middle East, South America, across Europe... "A little bit of everywhere," in his words. Today, he aspires to find experiences through overland travel - which is travel without flying.
Today's episode is a casual conversation between Michael and I about why we travel, how he manages his form of "slow travel" and what he gets out of it. We swap hitchhiking stories and compare notes about the Transsiberian and Michael explains to me how (and why!) he booked himself five times on a cargo ship to cross oceans. Check it out and let me know where you land in all of this in the comments.
Words from an Explorer
"I'm really addicted to the transportation. I feel really at ease when I'm doing a long train trip."
Key Takeaways
Michael quit his career as a lawyer to find a life that satisfied his need to be in motion
How Michael got onto cargo freighters five times to cross oceans
Overland travel can give you a better sense of how massive the world is
Why Michael travels, his addiction to Transportation
Michael's favorite destinations by continent, and his recommendations in Columbia
Mentioned in this Show
Freighter Travel
Michael's website, Go See Write
MedellinLiving.com
WanderingTrader.com
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In episode 32, we discussed how Elisa left her job and went from never living outside the state of Maine to running her own freelance writing agency out of Bali, Indonesia. And how she didn't let a debilitating motorbike wreck stop her from continuing her journey, so for anyone interested in traveling more and becoming an Explorer, Elisa is an example of how to do so. Have a listen to part one or sit back and enjoy part two of our conversation.
Elisa Doucette is a location independent entrepreneur, running her own freelance writing agency from Bali, Indonesia, who has untethered herself from any one particular location, in the interest of finding better stories to not just write about, but to live.
The decision to do this got her syndicated by multiple publications and she’s been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Forbes, Huffington Post, and more. She was the managing director for Tropical MBA in Bali, Indonesia before launching her own business to live a fulfilling life. Elisa wants to change the world with words and that is the loftiest of goals.
When I heard about her, I was intrigued to bring her passion for shattering preconceived notions and limitations to the show. So if you’re listening and you want to find a way to travel more often, listen to how Elisa Doucette gets it done.
Elisa's Best Travel Advice
The First step: "Prepare yourself by adjusting your mindset for the change that is about to happen for you." You will be so happy, but understand there will be a lot of realities to overcome. Accept the realities, and it will become easier for everything you have to do.
Money Saving Tip or Travel Hack:
Internet Tool: Relate.ly, to manage your contact with your network. Elisa organizes all of her personal, professional and client contacts, and it tracks everyone she connects with, and alerts her when she isn't in touch with them. This is how she's able to maintain her relationships.
Favorite Travel Book: Peter Pan. In the Balinese entrepreneurial community, Elisa relates to Wendy living on The Island of Lost Boys.
Favorite Travel Gear: Amazon Kindle. Elisa reads voraciously, 2-3 books per week.
Weirdest Food: Fried Flying Ants
Links
ElisaDoucette.com, her personal portfolio site
@elisadoucette
Elisa's writing business, writingbusinesswell.com
Location Asia
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How does a small-town, girl-next-door working in Maine as an insurance salesperson become a digital nomad, living in Thailand, visiting friends and clients in Saigon, and freelancing to support her freedom?
Her adventures weren’t always as seductive. Almost immediately upon arrival in Bali, she was involved in a harrowing motorbike wreck that left her hospitalized in Indonesia and nearly having her leg amputated.
After overcoming a trauma, four surgeries and the biggest challenge of not only her travels, but her life, all within the first week of her journey, Elisa dusted herself off and continued where many would have given up and gone home.
Elisa describes her satisfaction with her globetrotting lifestyle as a different kind of happiness, one in which she still needs to make sacrifices, but different sacrifices. In the end, she believes she’s doing what she feels is best for herself and the people close to her, and she’s proud of it.
On this two part episode, Elisa brings a grounded perspective to shatter any preconceived notions and limitations you might have about folding travel into a larger part of your life.
She is a freelance writer and editor who’s untethered herself from any one particular location, in the interest of finding better stories to not just write about, but to live.
The decision to do this got her syndicated by multiple publications and she’s been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Forbes, Huffington Post, and more. She was the managing director for Tropical MBA in Bali, Indonesia before launching her own business to live a fulfilling life. Elisa wants to change the world with words and that is the loftiest of goals, and one I admire. When I heard about her, I was intrigued to bring her passion for shattering preconceived notions and limitations to the show. So if you’re listening and you want to find a way to travel more often, listen to how Elisa Doucette gets it done.
What we cover
How Elisa was able to find a way to continue her travels after being involved in a major accident, and how she made the trauma work for her.
Why going for it can offset the risk of saying 'what if?' for the rest of your life
How she overcomes critics of her travel lifestyle, and the complete 180 she did on her life, to be happy
Why Elisa chose to make a commitment to herself rather than make a commitment to something else back home
Links
ElisaDoucette.com
@elisadoucette
Elisa's writing business, writingbusinesswell.com
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