We talk a lot here at Extra Pack of Peanuts on traveling more while spending less.
Today’s guess spent less to travel. A lot less.
Tom Edwards, author of Two Bucks to Timbuktu & Planes, Trains, and Broken Strings joins me to talk tips and tricks for ultra-budget travel and finding work while you’re on the road.
Tom’s done it all, hopped trains (been fined on said trains), slept under bridges (with and emu), hitchhiked, couchsurfed, and busked the streets for cash. He’s had more than a few adventures and today he shares those adventures with us!
You don’t need money to travel the world, you just need to be creative!
They also happen to be digital nomads who have spent the last year traveling and working from the road. I bet they have a list of recording places just as bizarre as our own!
Today they join me here on the show to discuss health and fitness on the road. How to keep a routine while you’re traveling, why diets are crap, and how there’s no such thing as failing.
We also go into which countries they found it harder to eat healthily and a complete bodyweight workout that doesn’t require any equipment. Perfectly suited for those small hotel rooms you’re sure to find yourself in!
It’s a debate as old as time, and here to argue it with me is Jason from the Zero to Travel podcast!
We start out with the trip that sparked the debate, one that could be considered either fast or slow depending on how you define each of those, but that for me is actually pretty slow.
There are points for both sides, which actually saves you money? Which gets you the best food? What gets you the most out of your trip?
But remember, if you’re traveling, you’re already winning!
Let us know if you have any other topics you’d like for a debate, we’re happy to throw down anytime!
As you may have heard from our recent Solo Travel Challenge posts, I spend 3 days in Chicago.
And I loved it!
Listener and superfan Kevin took the time to show me around the city and I ate as much as humanly possible. In the name of research of course!
Today Kevin joins me on the podcast to share his love and knowledge of the Chicago food scene, drink scene, and to express some thoughts on why Chicago is actually BETTER than New York City! And, of course, to present us with some fun facts!
Click here to download part 2 of our Destination Diary on Chicago and learn about the public transit in Chicago, how it’s the most bikeable city in the US, the sports scene, and the multitude of free things to do in the city!
Our episodes have been sponsored by our friends at Tortuga Backpacks!
Heather and I usually travel together. But what we’ve never done is take two solo travel trips at the same time.
I went to Chicago, she went to Miami.
And we had very different experiences.
But they were both awesome.
Today Napkins (#LoveNapkins) joins us to talk about what it’s like to travel solo, what we learned about ourselves, and what tips we have for others hoping to do something similar.
