by Trav | Mar 16, 2018 | Podcast , Podcast Interview
Travel writing. Sponsored trips to exotic destinations, a paycheck to see beautiful places and write about them… For many people, it’s the dream lifestyle!
In today’s episode, Gabi Logan joins us to talk about the realities of the travel writing lifestyle, as well as the practicalities of how to do it successfully.
Learn what it’s really like to be a travel writer; where, how, and how often to pitch your work as a travel writer; the real truth about sponsored trips…and enjoy plenty of travel stories and tips along the way!
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In This Episode
4:15 – How Gabi got started with the travel lifestyle
8:20 – Grocery store tourism
11:20 – Lessons Gabi has learned by diving deep into a culture
18:20 – Gabi’s winding journey to becoming the successful travel writer she is now
24:00 – Golden travel writing opportunities: where to pitch
30:30 – Strategies for demonstrating your value if clients are hesitant to pay your rate
34:00 – Gabi’s advice for someone who is just starting out and the three travel writing avenues you can take
36:45 – What you need to do if you want to build your own travel business and the #1 mistake people make when they start travel blogs
40:50 – Places where you can find travel writing gigs that most people would never think of, and tips for earning more reliable income
48:35 – Gabi’s tips for pitching
54:15 – Strategies for managing recurring work
57:20 – What a typical week or month looks like for an established freelance writer
1:01:00 – The real truth about sponsored trips
1:05:40 – The lucrative way to do sponsored trips today
1:10:10 – Gabi’s retreat center for writers
1:14:45 – Gabi’s favorite destinations
1:17:55 – Gabi’s biggest travel mishap
1:20:40 – What’s coming up for Gabi, and where you can learn more
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by Trav | Mar 8, 2018 | Podcast , Podcast Interview
Many people think their traveling days are over when they have kids, but not Ricky Shetty.
Ricky and his wife, Anne, started traveling the world full-time after they had their third kid, and they have some audacious travel goals for their young family!
In today’s episode, learn the joys and challenges of traveling to every country in the world as a family of five, with Ricky Shetty of DaddyBlogger.com .
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In This Episode
6:30 How Ricky got started with travel
10:45 How Ricky got his wife on board with the idea of full-time travel
13:45 How to deal with differences in travel styles and preferences
14:20 What Ricky and his family did with their stuff
16:20 How Ricky and his wife decided where to go
19:20 Ricky and his family’s big hairy audacious goal
22:50 What it’s like to travel with kids
26:40 Tips, tricks, and strategies for dealing with 5 different personalities while traveling
30:00 How to survive 20-hour bus rides with three kids
32:30 How travel has changed the lives of Ricky’s kids
36:40 Ricky’s family travel budget
38:40 Why you should start a travel blog
40:50 Advice for parents who want to get started with family travel
45:20 Ricky and his family’s favorite places and places they’re looking forward to seeing
49:15 Biggest Travel Mishaps
53:20 What’s in the pipeline for Ricky & fam?
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by Trav | Mar 1, 2018 | Podcast , Podcast Interview
After years of being a college professor, Michelle Jones had an epiphany. What if the current educational system WASN’T the best way for students to learn?
And what if she could start her own college?
A crazy thought – but one that eventually lead to her doing just that and becoming one of the very few people in this world who have started their own college from scratch!
In today’s episode, Michelle talks about the journey of creating her own college, who the Wayfinding Academy is a good fit for, why it’s not just inside the classroom where students learn at Wayfinding, and her biggest travel mishap, which happened on the very first night of the very first Wayfinding trip!
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In This Episode
4:33 – What is the Wayfinding Academy
10:15 – How Michelle fast-tracked opening her own college
16:13 – Who is a good fit for the Wayfinding Academy?
19:20 – The oldest student at Wayfinding is how old????
34:15 – What Wayfinding asks for instead of GPA and SAT scores
37:00 – What type of classes are offered.
49:30 – How the “normal” academic world has reacted to Wayfinding.
1:01:35 – Michelle’s huge mishap on the first day of the first Wayfinding trip
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by Trav | Feb 20, 2018 | Podcast
We return with Part 8 of 8 in our Year in Review Series. We finally made it!
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Every year Heather and I list out our top destinations for the upcoming year.
We tend to knock at least one of them off the list, so let’s see where we might be traveling in 2018!
The honorable mention also makes a comeback with some familiar names as wishes for the new year.
Also, don’t forget to download our newest app, Jetto to help you find those cheap fares to all your travel wishlist locations in 2018!
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In This Episode
07:17 Honorable mentions return!
011:00 Last year’s list
014:00 The list begins
023:00 It’s all about the feelings
031:18 #1’s
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by Trav | Feb 15, 2018 | Podcast
We return with Part 7 of 8 in our Year in Review Series
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Each year there are always a handful of days that stand out.
Some of those perfect travel days that you couldn’t have planned in a million years, but that really stick with you, months later.
Today, Heather and I each go through our top ten experiences of 2017 spanning the globe from Philly to Ireland, Slovenia and more!
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In This Episode
7:16 Being able to do the things we enjoy again!
12:05 Wedding time
15:16 Beautiful cities by bicycle
18:00 Our last “regular” trip
22:06 Watersports and lakes
30:00 Friends and Family
35:33 Ireland makes a second appearance
48:54 If you’re wondering if you should do it or not, just go.
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