by Trav | Feb 18, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview

Joining me today is someone who has been traveling and working from the road for over 2900 days and who has visited 573 cities and 73 countries, Mike Swigunski from GlobalCareerBook.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
- 03:45 Counting Countries & Cities
- 07:10 The City Of Spires: Prague
- 16:05 Places Not Living up To The Hype
- 17:50 Finding Jobs Overseas
- 28:30 New Zealand Working Visa & Hitchhiking Adventure
- 32:30 Finding Remote Work & Using Your Current Skill Set
- 40:55 What Job Is Right For You & Pay Scales
- 45:30 What Is The Competition Like?
- 46:50 How To Stand Out From The Crowd
- 53:20 Work/Life/Travel Balance
- 56:10 Home Bases & Traveling From There
- 59:50 Travel Mishaps
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by Trav | Nov 5, 2019 | Podcast
Every year, for the past seven years, we’ve scoured the globe to find the most unique, most useful, and best gifts for travelers on the planet (tough life, I know).
And in those past seven years, our annual “best gifts for travelers” guide has become one of the most popular travel gift guides in the world!
So if you’re struggling with what to get the traveler in your life, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered again this year.
From less than $5 to over $1,000, and with gifts ranging from backpacks to books and from cashmere to coffee, there’s something here for everyone. Here are the best gifts for travelers – so start shopping, and happy holidays!
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by Trav | Oct 22, 2019 | Podcast, Podcast Interview

Joining me today is someone whose freelance work has been featured in AFAR, Travel and Leisures and Rolling Stone, who has been to 51 countries on 6 continents and whose book “Good With Money: A guide to prioritizing spending, maximizing savings and traveling more” shows how she has been able to travel nonstop for 10 years on an average income of $30,000, Anna Mazurek from TravelLikeAnna.com
Today’s episode has been sponsored by our friends at Sauv’s & Tortuga Backpacks!
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In This Episode
- 05:33 Travel Is My Life
- 10:55 Making Freelancing & Travel Work
- 16:25 Freelancing, Money & Hustling
- 24:10 Budget Breakdown For Full Time Travel
- 28:25 Scale Of Travel
- 31:10 Batching Work vs. Work/Travel Balance
- 33:40 What Did You “Give Up” For This Life
- 36:30 Prioritizing & Changed Ways
- 40:50 Saving Money Tips & Tricks
- 50:50 Favorite Places
- 53:10 Travel Mishaps
- 57:50 What’s Next in Travel & Work
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by Trav | Oct 1, 2019 | Podcast, Podcast Interview

Are you a remote worker, digital nomad or location-independent and are wanting to combine travel and work with some community time thrown in? Do you prefer group travel instead of always going it alone? Well, we’ve got a perfect solution for you! Joining me today is someone who got a bachelor’s degree in those very complementary subjects of neuroscience and Korean language, who was once a hula hooping protege, and who loves a well-timed pun more than most, Spencer Jentzsch from HackerParadise.org.
Today’s episode has been sponsored by our friends at Tortuga Backpacks!
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In This Episode
- 04:50 Hacker Terminology
- 08:00 How The Remote Life Started
- 12:10 South Korea, Neuroscience & Why Parents Just Don’t Understand
- 20:40 Balance Travel With Work & Planning It Out
- 26:20 Places Spencer Loves & Places To Go Next
- 31:35 Hacker’s Paradise
- 38:25 Types Of Professions Using Hackers Paradise
- 41:15 Why Use Hackers Paradise vs Going Out Alone
- 50:15 Long Term Hackers & Best Things About The Community
- 01:00:55 Awesome Pricing & Length Of Stays
- 01:05:40 Biggest Travel Mishaps
- 01:08:50 What’s Next For Hackers Paradise
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by Trav | Sep 23, 2019 | Podcast
Do you fear failure or success, or maybe both? Maybe you feel stuck or unworthy…. tune in today as Jason and Trav touch on the fear of success. You’ll get 3 actionable items to help you create an awareness of these fears and learn how to conquer them.
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