The Art Of Pivoting In Travel & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast The Art Of Pivoting In Travel  & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Joining me today are two people with Californian accents (even though one of them is from Kentucky), a couple who has driven a BMW into a medieval castle in France and are fellow stroopwafel addicts, Jeremy and Lia from PracticalWanderlust.com. After a disastrous year-long honeymoon they now share down-to-earth travel tips from their many (mis)adventures on their podcast and blog and we dive into those stories & tips in today’s episode.

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.

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In This Episode

  • 6:00 Coming Home From The One Year Honeymoon
  • 14:20 Better Work/Life Balance with Travel
  • 17:45 Why The Jump Into Travel & The Spreadsheet
  • 29:00 The Disasterous Honeymoon
  • 37:00 Reality Checks & How-To Pivot
  • 44:35 Amazing European Highlights & Castle Crashing
  • 50:20 The End Of The Trip & Processing It
  • 57:00 The Machu Picchu Misadventure
  • 01:07:00 What Is Coming up Next

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Have Adventures On The Global Scavenger Hunt w/ Bill Chalmers

Extra Pack of Peanuts Podcast Have Adventures On The Global Scavenger Hunt w/ Bill Chalmers

Joining me today is the winner of the 1989 Human Race, where he traveled 40,000 miles in 17 days, someone who was named “The World’s Greatest Traveler” by National Geographic Traveler in 2002, and who is the founder and Ringmaster of The Global Scavenger Hunt, Bill Chalmers from GlobalScavengerHunt.com

Today’s episode has been sponsored by our friends at Chase. Check out one of our favorite travel credit cards, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card, by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP.

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In This Episode

  • 03:40 How Did This All Start
  • 11:40 What Keeps It Going
  • 16:20 This Biggest Changes
  • 22:40 What is The Global Scavenger Hunt
  • 34:45 Type Of People Who Participate
  • 37:55 Figuring Out The Hunt & Dynamics
  • 48:50 Would You Win?
  • 51:00 Keeping People Going & Competition
  • 59:25 How Long Does Planning Take?
  • 01:08:30 Costs To Participate & Spending During The Hunt
  • 01:17:00 Is There Going To Be a 2021 Event?

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Taking The Tuk-Tuk Across Australia, Then The World w/ Julian O’Shea

Extra Pack Of Peanuts Podcast Taking The Tuk-Tuk Across Australia, Then The World w/ Julian O'Shea

Joining me today is someone who has lived, worked, and traveled in over 150 countries, who set a Guinness World Record on 3,700 km rail journey across China, and who, by the time you’re listening to this, will have embarked on a journey driving a solar-powered tuk-tuk across all of Australia, Julian O’Shea, founder of Unbound and SolarTuk.

Today’s episode has been sponsored by our friends at Tortuga Backpacks!

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In This Episode

  • 04:50 Why Is Travel So Important
  • 06:05 Adult Gap Year
  • 12:43 Guinness World Record
  • 18:50 What Is Unbound & How Does it Work
  • 28:30 Where Did The Solar-Powered Tuk-Tuk Idea Start
  • 30:00 What Is The Mission & The “Part 2” Idea
  • 35:15 What Are The Obstacles Of The Trip
  • 41:35 Tips & Hacks For Saving Money On The Road
  • 43:30 Favorite Places & Tips
  • 44:58 Biggest Mishaps
  • 46:50 What’s Happening Next?

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Mountain Biking Around the World (including Greenland!) with Mike Brcic

Mike Brcic, the founder of Sacred Rides, never imagined he’d have the world’s #1 mountain bike tour company in the world.

All he really wanted to do was get paid to take people on awesome trails around British Columbia.

That was 21 years ago, and since, he’s not only grown his business to great heights, but he’s also been able to take people mountain biking all over the world (yes, including Greenland)!

Mike talks about how they pick destinations, where they find the guides, and what a trip entails and also discusses why anyone, even someone who has never ridden a mountain bike before, can go on a trip…and why they should.

Plus, Mike discusses the charity he has set up and of course, tells us his biggest travel mishap (which happened very far from Greenland!)

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Adventure, a Newborn, and Location Independence with Derek Loudermilk


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If you travel when you’re younger you’re sure to have heard it before.

Oh, good to get it out of your system before you have kids!

Like the travel bug is one that goes away once you have a baby. Silly people.

Derek Loudermilk has spent the last several years traveling the globe while building his location independent business. Recently, he’s just been blessed with a newborn son.

And they’re back on the road.

Derek joins me today to talk about how he became location independent and how having his son has changed his travel habits.

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In This Episode

  • 06:00 So which country song was this?
  • 09:20 How this all came to be
  • 16:00 Starting an LI business
  • 23:00 What’s changed with the newborn?
  • 34:00 What’s a typical travel schedule?
  • 36:00 Favorite places
  • 41:33 Saving money while on the road
  • 46:30 A rainy mishap

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