Richie Firth: Travel Hacker
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsRichie Firth is a broadcaster and professional idiot. He has spent years telling millions of people about his travel solutions, but just how good are they? He is joined by friend and producer of The Bugle Chris Skinner to embark on a series of missions involving cars, trains, planes, boats and more. Expect laughs, adventure, and tannoy announcements. Help the show to continue to rewrite history via Patreon: http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
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Episodes
S3 Ep8: Moosonee, Lisbon and Moy
March 15, 2021 01:01 - 43 minutesRichie and Chris visit Moosonee, try to go business class on the cheap and travel 500 miles (then 500 more) in the name of love. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8: Moosonee, Lisbon and Moy
March 15, 2021 01:01 - 44 minutesRichie and Chris visit Moosonee, try to go business class on the cheap and travel 500 miles (then 500 more) in the name of love. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep7: Portofino, Oshkosh and Port Talbot
March 08, 2021 01:20 - 39 minutesRichie and Chris do a micro-climate tour, visit the great lakes of the Mid West and put Wales and Scotland to the test. They also address some errors. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7: Portofino, Oshkosh and Port Talbot
March 08, 2021 01:20 - 40 minutesRichie and Chris do a micro-climate tour, visit the great lakes of the Mid West and put Wales and Scotland to the test. They also address some errors. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
6: Ipswich, Winnemucca Road and Mars
March 01, 2021 01:16 - 38 minutesRichie and Chris walk from east to west England, attempt Johnny Cash's most famous journey and aim to link up the Mars Rovers. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep6: Ipswich, Winnemucca Road and Mars
March 01, 2021 01:16 - 37 minutesRichie and Chris walk from east to west England, attempt Johnny Cash's most famous journey and aim to link up the Mars Rovers. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5: The Faroes, Clockwise England and Sao Paulo
February 22, 2021 01:47 - 35 minutesRichie and Chris go in search of culinary delights on the Faroe Islands, plot a Cannonball Run style trip of England and take a complicated trip across the Atlantic from Sao Paulo. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep5: The Faroes, Clockwise England and Sao Paulo
February 22, 2021 01:47 - 33 minutesRichie and Chris go in search of culinary delights on the Faroe Islands, plot a Cannonball Run style trip of England and take a complicated trip across the Atlantic from Sao Paulo. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4: Belarus, Botanical Gardens and Benidorm
February 15, 2021 01:30 - 41 minutesRichie and Chris travel across Europe in either 90 or 180 days, visit a bunch of botanical gardens and offered some support to Greta Thunberg We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep4: Belarus, Botanical Gardens and Benidorm
February 15, 2021 01:30 - 39 minutesRichie and Chris travel across Europe in either 90 or 180 days, visit a bunch of botanical gardens and offered some support to Greta Thunberg We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S3 Ep3: Wimbledon, Uig and Westeros
February 08, 2021 01:25 - 37 minutesRichie and Chris visit every professional soccer team in London, take the UK's longest bus journey and debate legit hacks in the world of video games and fantasy fiction. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3: Wimbledon, Uig and Westeros
February 08, 2021 01:25 - 39 minutesRichie and Chris visit every professional soccer team in London, take the UK's longest bus journey and debate legit hacks in the world of video games and fantasy fiction. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
2: Coward, Culleenaghamore and Ongar
February 01, 2021 01:15 - 38 minutesRichie and Chris plot the best way across the Irish Sea, travel from Coward to Brave and pop just outside London, but not too far. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep2: Coward, Culleenaghamore and Ongar
February 01, 2021 01:15 - 36 minutesRichie and Chris plot the best way across the Irish Sea, travel from Coward to Brave and pop just outside London, but not too far. We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1: Monopoly, Boston and Loch Ailort
January 25, 2021 01:45 - 39 minutesRich and Chris are back with three new fantasy journeys: how quickly can you do the monopoly run? What's the best way to do Boston's MBTA? Is it possible to get to Loch Ailort in under 12 hours? We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3 Ep1: Monopoly, Boston and Loch Ailort
January 25, 2021 01:45 - 37 minutesRich and Chris are back with three new fantasy journeys: how quickly can you do the monopoly run? What's the best way to do Boston's MBTA? Is it possible to get to Loch Ailort in under 12 hours? We now have a Patreon that we hope will save the show from disaster. Help us build a fund to hack travel in 2021 in style. Please support us at http://patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 3 is coming!
January 18, 2021 01:07 - 3 minutesOh hello! We're back to hack and make life less whack! Send us info for any journey that we can hack for you - [email protected] You can now support us in our endeavours. Help us hack travel by joining our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TravelHacker
S3: Season 3 is coming!
January 18, 2021 01:07 - 2 minutesOh hello! We're back to hack and make life less whack! Send us info for any journey that we can hack for you - [email protected] You can now support us in our endeavours. Help us hack travel by joining our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/TravelHacker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bush's Board Game Thing
October 26, 2020 01:16 - 8 minutesHi Travel Hackers, Richie's other audio husband, Andy Bush, has a new show out, please give it a listen and subscribe here: https://pod.link/1535169393 We'll be back in a few months! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
8: Finale: Victorious walks, Victoria state and the Victoria line
September 01, 2020 00:53 - 33 minutesRich and Chris are here for the final episode of the season. They attempt to walk through as many countries as is possible in 182 miles, take a tour of Australia's Victoria state and hack London's Victoria line. The celebrity hacker is former Travel Hacker intern Jemima, now, apparently, a Tik Tok star. Please rate, review and tell your friends. Choose Love!
S2 Ep8: Finale: Victorious walks, Victoria state and the Victoria line
September 01, 2020 00:53 - 31 minutesRich and Chris are here for the final episode of the season. They attempt to walk through as many countries as is possible in 182 miles, take a tour of Australia's Victoria state and hack London's Victoria line. The celebrity hacker is former Travel Hacker intern Jemima, now, apparently, a Tik Tok star. Please rate, review and tell your friends. Choose Love! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7: Salt Flats, Roundabouts and Hot Air Balloons
August 25, 2020 00:04 - 37 minutesRichie and Chris explore the Redway in Milton Keynes, find a nice way to the Bonneville Salt Flats and fly to Europe in a hot air balloon. Comedian and writer Josh Gondelman is our celeb hack. Thanks Josh! Hear his podcast here. Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Come fly with us!
S2 Ep7: Salt Flats, Roundabouts and Hot Air Balloons
August 25, 2020 00:04 - 36 minutesRichie and Chris explore the Redway in Milton Keynes, find a nice way to the Bonneville Salt Flats and fly to Europe in a hot air balloon. Comedian and writer Josh Gondelman is our celeb hack. Thanks Josh! Hear his podcast here. Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Come fly with us! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6: Lewis and Clark, Sweden and bike racks
August 18, 2020 00:28 - 37 minutesRichie and Chris attempt to help listeners from Louisiana to Oregon, from the bottom to the top of Sweden (on foot) and evaluate if a bike rack is better than cycle hire. Broadcaster Andy Bush is our celeb hack, thanks Andy! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Punish yourself.
S2 Ep6: Lewis and Clark, Sweden and bike racks
August 18, 2020 00:28 - 36 minutesRichie and Chris attempt to help listeners from Louisiana to Oregon, from the bottom to the top of Sweden (on foot) and evaluate if a bike rack is better than cycle hire. Broadcaster Andy Bush is our celeb hack, thanks Andy! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Punish yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
5: Granada, Lerwick and Brammall Lane
August 11, 2020 00:48 - 32 minutesRichie and Chris get a train from Spain, go island hopping and plan a massively pointless walk. Our celebrity hack comes from star of The Bugle and Test Match Special - Andy Zaltzman. Thanks Zaltor! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure.
S2 Ep5: Granada, Lerwick and Brammall Lane
August 11, 2020 00:48 - 30 minutesRichie and Chris get a train from Spain, go island hopping and plan a massively pointless walk. Our celebrity hack comes from star of The Bugle and Test Match Special - Andy Zaltzman. Thanks Zaltor! Please rate and review this podcast, Richie is very insecure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2 Ep4: Old planes, long drives and Stonehenge
August 04, 2020 00:55 - 24 minutesRichie and Chris hack their way through a cross-Pacific flight in an 80 year old plane, allow someone to see all their friends and family in just 24 hours and attempt to find a nice way from London to Cornwall. Our celebrity hack comes from Absolute Radio presenter Leona Graham. Thanks Leona! Please rate and review this podcast, we are very insecure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4: Old planes, long drives and Stonehenge
August 04, 2020 00:55 - 26 minutesRichie and Chris hack their way through a cross-Pacific flight in an 80 year old plane, allow someone to see all their friends and family in just 24 hours and attempt to find a nice way from London to Cornwall. Our celebrity hack comes from Absolute Radio presenter Leona Graham. Thanks Leona! Please rate and review this podcast, we are very insecure.
3: Guam, St Neots and Congleton
July 28, 2020 00:28 - 32 minutesRichie and Chris attempt fantasy travel hacks across the South Pacific, an eating tour of eastern England and an electric powered drive from Oxford to Manchester Our celebrity hack this week comes from Susie Dent, star of Countdown and Something Rhymes With Purple (https://twitter.com/susie_dent) , thanks Susie! Submit your own dream journeys at [email protected]
S2 Ep3: Guam, St Neots and Congleton
July 28, 2020 00:28 - 31 minutesRichie and Chris attempt fantasy travel hacks across the South Pacific, an eating tour of eastern England and an electric powered drive from Oxford to Manchester Our celebrity hack this week comes from Susie Dent, star of Countdown and Something Rhymes With Purple (https://twitter.com/susie_dent) , thanks Susie! Submit your own dream journeys at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2: Argentina, Platform 0 and Stockholm
July 21, 2020 00:44 - 32 minutesRichie and Chris are back with journeys across exotic waterfalls, through secret train platforms and jaunts to Scandinavia. Our Celeb Hack guest this week is legendary broadcaster and DJ Trevor Nelson who asks us to improve his trips up the M6. Thanks Trevor! Send your review of our hacks and any requests to [email protected]. Please tell your friends and rate and review this show.
S2 Ep2: Argentina, Platform 0 and Stockholm
July 21, 2020 00:44 - 30 minutesRichie and Chris are back with journeys across exotic waterfalls, through secret train platforms and jaunts to Scandinavia. Our Celeb Hack guest this week is legendary broadcaster and DJ Trevor Nelson who asks us to improve his trips up the M6. Thanks Trevor! Send your review of our hacks and any requests to [email protected]. Please tell your friends and rate and review this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1: Nice, Brisbane and Nottingham
July 14, 2020 00:07 - 37 minutesRichie and Chris deliver fantasy travel hacks from Brisbane to Belfast, London to Nice and Nottingham Castle to Sherwood Forest. Our celebrity hack this week comes from Alice Fraser, thanks Alice! Listen to her on The Last Post or Tea with Alice. Submit your own dream journeys at [email protected]
S2 Ep1: Nice, Brisbane and Nottingham
July 14, 2020 00:07 - 35 minutesRichie and Chris deliver fantasy travel hacks from Brisbane to Belfast, London to Nice and Nottingham Castle to Sherwood Forest. Our celebrity hack this week comes from Alice Fraser, thanks Alice! Listen to her on The Last Post or Tea with Alice. Submit your own dream journeys at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S2: Introducing Fantasy Travel Hacker!
June 29, 2020 00:15 - 6 minutesRichie and Chris are back with a new season, but with Richie unable to deliver real *hacks* we'll be solving your travel queries from our homes. Contact [email protected] with any travel solution you need and we'll provide the best possible route; it could be a scenic route from New York to Dallas, or a cheaper way of getting from Gosport to Goole - you decide! (yes, this is really happening) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing Fantasy Travel Hacker!
June 29, 2020 00:15 - 7 minutesRichie and Chris are back with a new season, but with Richie unable to deliver real *hacks* we'll be solving your travel queries from our homes. Contact [email protected] with any travel solution you need and we'll provide the best possible route; it could be a scenic route from New York to Dallas, or a cheaper way of getting from Gosport to Goole - you decide! (yes, this is really happening)
S1 Ep17: Travel Hacker: The Complete Story
March 18, 2020 01:11 - 50 minutesIn our season ending finale, Richie and Chris tell the full story of two years of travel hacks. Recorded at The Bill Murray Comedy Club in London Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17: Travel Hacker: The Complete Story
March 18, 2020 01:11 - 52 minutesIn our season ending finale, Richie and Chris tell the full story of two years of travel hacks. Recorded at The Bill Murray Comedy Club in London
16: Travel Hacker LIVE SHOW preview!
January 27, 2020 01:37 - 12 minutesApparently you want this, so Richie and Chris are putting on a live version of the show at The Bill Murray in Islington on 24th February 2020. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/54963868/ But - as this episode implies, there is quite a bit of making up to do first...
S1 Ep16: Travel Hacker LIVE SHOW preview!
January 27, 2020 01:37 - 11 minutesApparently you want this, so Richie and Chris are putting on a live version of the show at The Bill Murray in Islington on 24th February 2020. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/54963868/ But - as this episode implies, there is quite a bit of making up to do first... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15: Travel Hacker is broken
January 20, 2020 09:56 - 5 minutesRichie and Chris have some differences
S1 Ep15: Travel Hacker is broken
January 20, 2020 09:56 - 4 minutesRichie and Chris have some differences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep14: Hitching, Part 2: Leaky Mango
January 13, 2020 01:49 - 24 minutesWell here we are. The end. Richie and Chris are at a bus stop, 20 miles from London trying to hack their way there. Will a kind stranger welcome them? Will they eat more? Will they ever speak again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14: Hitching, Part 2: Leaky Mango
January 13, 2020 01:49 - 26 minutesWell here we are. The end. Richie and Chris are at a bus stop, 20 miles from London trying to hack their way there. Will a kind stranger welcome them? Will they eat more? Will they ever speak again?
13: Hitching, Part 1: Rubicon
January 06, 2020 01:24 - 27 minutesIt's part one of the season finale! Rich decides it's time to get the British public involved in this hack as he drags Chris hitch hiking.
S1 Ep13: Hitching, Part 1: Rubicon
January 06, 2020 01:24 - 26 minutesIt's part one of the season finale! Rich decides it's time to get the British public involved in this hack as he drags Chris hitch hiking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S1 Ep12: Fallout Show 3: Robbed
December 23, 2019 01:48 - 32 minutesRich and Chris reassemble for a breakdown of recent hacks, and receive some major news. May contain emotion and despair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12: Fallout Show 3: Robbed
December 23, 2019 01:48 - 33 minutesRich and Chris reassemble for a breakdown of recent hacks, and receive some major news. May contain emotion and despair.
S1 Ep11: Crossrail, Part 2: WHARF
December 16, 2019 01:12 - 25 minutesWe join Richie and Chris as they approach Canary Wharf, but are they ahead of Jemima and will they hack Crossrail? A moratorium show will follow. Email [email protected] with feedback and questions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.