by Trav | Mar 3, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview
Joining me today is someone who met her husband at a music festival (although the bag of wine means she doesn’t remember it that well), who has lived in China, Indonesia, and Mexico, and who is always one of my favorite people to talk to, Rachel Story from GratefulGypsies.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
We are also being sponsored by the amazing guys over at Tortuga Backpacks!.
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In This Episode
- 05:08 Love Of The World
- 10:50 Music Festivals & Finding Love
- 19:10 Starting To Travel & Hitting Rock Bottom
- 28:50 Teaching English In China
- 37:30 Online English Teaching For Location Independence
- 46:25 Pro’s & Con’s Of Online English Teaching
- 53:25 Best Resources To Learn More
- 55:25 Tips For Teaching English
- 59:00 The 3 Prong’s Of Digital Nomad Life
- 01:03:00 Biggest Travel Mishap
- 01:05:40 Next Travel Stops & Teaching For Freedom Course
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by Trav | Feb 25, 2020 | Podcast, Podcast Interview

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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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 | Feb 11, 2020 | Podcast

We return with the last episode of our 8 part Year in Review Series
Check out Part 1: Superlatives
Check out Part 2: Travel Stats
Check out Part 3: Best Meals
Check out Part 4: Best Coffee
Check out Part 5: Best Wine
Check out Part 6: Best Beer
Check out Part 7: Best Desserts
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 go through our top 10 experiences of 2019 spanning the globe from the Good Ole USA to Canada to the warmth of sunny Florida and gorgeous Croatia.
Thank you to Chase for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! Check out the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card by going to CreditCards.com/EPOP.
What were your favorite experiences of 2019? If you get to hit up any of the places we list then please let us know @ExtraPackofPeanuts and snap a pic and hashtag it #EPOPSentUs!
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In This Episode
- 05:40 Honorable Mentions
- 06:35 A Flight Made The List??!!
- 08:55 The Good Ole USA
- 13:30 Ohhhh Canada
- 17:30 NYE + A Wedding
- 19:20 I Think I Am In Love
- 24:00 Beach Experiences
- 35:55 Pacific Northwest With Friends
- 39:15 Epic Croatia
- 46:40 Mountain Skiing
- 52:20 The Sun Came Out
- 56:15 Viva Mexico
- 58:45 Our Number One’s
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by Trav | Feb 4, 2020 | Podcast

We return with Part 7 of 8 in our Year in Review Series
Check out Part 1: Superlatives
Check out Part 2: Travel Stats
Check out Part 3: Best Meals
Check out Part 4: Best Coffee
Check out Part 5: Best Wine
Check out Part 6: Best Beer
We love desserts, anything from ice cream to pastries, key lime bars to doughnuts…it all tastes amazing.
Everyone loves desserts, so we know you’re not skipping this episode!
Today Heather and I go through our top 8 desserts (16 total + 1 honorable mention) from 2019, from hometown to widely available to cities around the world, if it’s delicious, it’s on the list!
What was your favorite dessert of 2019? If you get to hit up any of the places we list then please let us know @ExtraPackofPeanuts and snap a pic and hashtag it #EPOPSentUs!
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In This Episode
- 03:50 Honorable Mention
- 05:10 Starting Off With An Old Favorite
- 07:50 Creamy Peanut Butter
- 10:25 Keeping It Local
- 14:45 Doughnut Crazed
- 16:30 Portland Pride
- 20:45 Ice Cream In Florida
- 23:35 Number 3/2
- 28:25 More Doughnuts
- 32:25 Number Ones
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Homemade
- Key Lime Bar – Aunt Lynne
British Columbia
Colorado
Florida
Philadelphia
Oregon
Croatia
New Jersey
Maine
Vermont
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