This Week in Travel
294 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 105 ratingsA weekly roundtable discussion on travel news and the travel industry with leading travel writers, bloggers, and podcasters.
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Mary Jo Manzanares - Travel to Seattle
October 15, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourMary Jo Manzanares is a lifelong resident of Washington State and has spent decades exploring its highways and byways. She spent 32 years as a flight attendant, eagerly sharing tips and recommendations about Seattle to inquiring passengers. Mary Jo is a frequent speaker at travel industry events, a member of the Society of American Travel Writers, and writes about her beloved Washington State at www.discoveringwashingtonstate.com and about her general travels at www.travelingwithmj.com. Learn...
Hjörtur Smárason - Greenland and the Future
October 01, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourHjörtur Smárason is the CEO of Visit Greenland. He is a contributor to the new book, Aftershocks and Opportunities 2: Navigating the Next Horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chantal Patton - Growing Up Without Borders
August 06, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourSPECIAL GUESTS: Chantal and Chloe Patton We are a Canadian family of 5 who travels the world, visiting 100 countries since 2013. We're documenting our travels to share with everyone on our Youtube channel called Growing Up Without Borders and would love to share our story about our journey, how we're managing to find places to stay, and all the fun experiences we've had. At the moment, we've been in New Zealand since Covid, which has allowed us to fully discover each area of their country. L...
Mary Forgione - Outdoors in Southern California
July 30, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutesMary Forgione covers outdoors and travel for the Los Angeles Times. She's also editor of The Wild, a newsletter that covers essential outdoor content for Southern Californians. She loves running, hiking, camping and backpacking, and doing anything outdoors -- and always looks for new ways to experience destinations in California and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Argento - RVing in Europe
July 23, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutesJohn Argento is an avid traveler who has been exploring the world for the last 35 years. Originally from Canada, John has traveled to nearly 90 countries to date, visited hundreds of cities, towns, and villages around the globe, and currently resides in Amsterdam. . He is now developing a travel concierge business, offering customized tours to European destinations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steven Shalowitz - Traveling to China and Israel
July 02, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourSteven is the Host of "The One Way Ticket Show" podcast, where he explores with his acclaimed guests where they would go if given a one-way ticket, no coming back. He also chats with his guests about their lives and work. Steven is also the Host of the "IsraelCast" podcast. He speaks with experts about their work in Israel in high tech, medicine, agriculture, water management, the culinary & visual arts, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dave Seminara - The World's Most Extreme Travelers
June 18, 2021 18:06 - 45 minutesDave Seminara is a writer and former diplomat based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author of four books. Mad Travelers: A Tale of Wanderlust, Greed and the Quest to Reach the Ends of the Earth (June 1, 2021) is a deep exploration of wanderlust, focused around the true story of William Baekeland, a young Brit who conned many of the world’s most traveled people as they sought to reach the planet’s most remote and off-limits places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Fran Golden - 100 Things to Do in Alaska
June 11, 2021 17:58 - 53 minutesFran Golden is an award-winning travel writer whose work regularly appears in Bloomberg, Travel + Leisure magazine, and other leading media outlets. She is the author of numerous cruise and travel books, including “100 Things To Do In Alaska Before You Die” (Reedy Press, 2021). The Alaska book is available at leading booksellers, or order an autographed copy at 100ThingsAlaska.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maureen O'Hare - CNN Travel Writer
June 04, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutesThis week's guest is Maureen O'Hare. She is is a Northern Irish senior digital producer for CNN Travel, based at the London bureau. She's written about news, travel, lifestyle, and entertainment for some of the world's leading media organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maureen O'Hara - CNN Travel Writer
June 04, 2021 10:00 - 33.2 MBThis week's guest is Maureen O'Hare. She is is a Northern Irish senior digital producer for CNN Travel, based at the London bureau. She's written about news, travel, lifestyle, and entertainment for some of the world's leading media organizations. DESTINATION TIPS Gary: National Parks see record levels of travel. One of my favorite and often overlooked is Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Western North Dakota. You can see Bison, wild horses, mule deer. Jen: The Sky Po...
Madeline Jhawar - Post Pandemic Travel to South Africa
May 28, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutesSPECIAL GUEST: Madeline Jhawar Madeline Jhawar is an Italy destination expert with a vision. 11 years ago, she set up an online business creating custom Italy vacations for independent travelers that broke all the rules and charged fees instead of commissions. This allowed her to create truly customized trips without worrying about whether the bucket-list destinations she chose also had a commission schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leslie Harvey - Reopening Disneyland
May 21, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutesLeslie Harvey is a family travel blogger and freelance travel writer. Her blog, Trips With Tykes, chronicles the joys and challenges of travel with young kids. Her travel passions include all things planes and air travel, Disney destinations, skiing, and national parks. Leslie co-hosts two Disney travel podcasts - Disney Deciphered and the Disneyland with Kids podcast. She also co-owns the 23,000 member Disneyland with Kids Facebook group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Chris Christensen - Galapagos Islands During the Pandemic
May 14, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourChris Christensen is the creator of the Amateur Traveler which is an award winning online travel podcast / blog that focuses primarily on travel destinations. He is also a co-host emeritus for This Week in Travel. https://amateurtraveler.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everything Everywhere Daily: Nijmegen - The City That Remembers
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Melanie Radzicki McManus - Hiking America's Scenic Trails
May 07, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutesMelanie Radzicki McManus is a freelance travel writer, speaker, and author of Thousand-Miler: Adventures Hiking the Ice Age Trail. “I’m also The Thousand-Miler. Someone who hikes a lot – 7,200+ miles (11,587 km) and counting – and wants to inspire and encourage everyone to give it a try.” https://thethousandmiler.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Xiomara Rodriguez - Discover Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutesSPECIAL GUEST: Xiomara Rodriguez Director of Marketing & Communications at DiscoverPuertoRico.com Xiomara Rodriguez talks about Puerto Rico’s recent history and current availability as a tourist destination Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Xiomara Rodrigues - Discover Puerto Rico
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 27.4 MBSPECIAL GUEST: Xiomara Rodriguez Director of Marketing & Communications at DiscoverPuertoRico.com Xiomara Rodriguez talks about Puerto Rico’s recent history and current availability as a tourist destination Puerto Rica after 2017 Hurricane Maria Infrastructure is back to normal. Tourism and hospitality took advantage of the time after Maria and remodeled and refreshed their properties and attractions. Puerto Rico during the Pandemic The tourism industry was hit real...
Brad Niva - Southern Oregon Travel
April 16, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutesBrad Niva is the executive director of Travel Southern Oregon, the contracted tourism management organization representing Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, and Lake counties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bruce Poon Tip - Unlearn: The Year the Earth Stood Still
April 02, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutesSPECIAL GUEST: Bruce Poon Tip Entrepreneur, leader, and philanthropist Bruce Poon Tip, is the founder of G Adventures, an award-winning small group adventure travel company and pioneer of community tourism. ... We host 200,000 travelers per year, offer more than 750 tours, and travel to 100 countries — across all seven continents. Bruce Poon Tip talks about his book https://unlearn.travel/ Destination pics of the week: Gary – Alberta, Canada — Wood Buffalo Jen – The Royal Tyrrell M...
Simon Wright - The Future of Travel
March 26, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutesSimon Wright is the industry editor at The Economist and recently wrote the publication's "Future of Travel" special report. Simon Wright talks about his report in the Economist, “Return of the Wanderer” https://www.economist.com/special-report/2021-02-13 Picks of the week: Gary – Check on your travel credit cards and do an audit. Check your passport status before you fly again. Jen – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/covid-vaccine-passports-2021-the-golden-ticket-f...
Leif Pettersen - The First (Failed) Travel Food Show
March 19, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutesSPECIAL GUEST Leif Pettersen: Leif Pettersen is a freelance writer, author, humorist, world traveler, and award-winning travel & tourism marketing professional from Minneapolis, Minn. He has traveled through 57 countries and lived in Spain, Romania and Italy. His latest book, THROWING UP: NOTES FROM 35 YEARS OF JUGGLING, is available on Amazon along with his travel memoir BACKPACKING WITH DRACULA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Corey Taratuta - St. Patrick's Day Special
March 17, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Co-hosts Gary Arndt and Jen Leo SPECIAL GUEST COREY TARATUTA: Corey Taratuta hosts the Irish Fireside Podcast and IrelandTravel Kit destination guide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don George - Wanderlust in the Time of Coronavirus
March 12, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutesThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Co-hosts Gary Arndt and Jen Leo SPECIAL GUEST DON GEORGE: Don George is the author of The Way of Wanderlust: The Best Travel Writing of Don George and of How to Be a Travel Writer. Currently Editor at Large for National Geographic Travel, he has been Travel Editor at the San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Salon, and Lonely Planet. In addition to writing and editing, he also teaches workshops and leads tours around the world. Learn more about your a...
C-C-C-Changes
March 05, 2021 18:00 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt and Jen Leo. CO-HOST EMERITUS: Chris is the host of the Amateur Traveler which is an award-winning online travel show that focuses primarily on travel destinations. It includes a weekly audio podcast, a video podcast, and a blog. In 2014, Chris won a Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism from the Society of American Travel Writers and was called the "Best Independent Travel Journalist" by Travel & Leisure Magazine in ...
UPDATE! The Show Must Go On!
February 24, 2021 04:06 - 2.71 MBAn update on what is happening with This Week in Travel
#269 - San Diego and Covid Travel
November 14, 2020 23:57 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest travel writer David Swanson from https://www.100sandiego.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#268 - Home in Oklahoma City
October 19, 2020 03:03 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Robert Reid from reidontravel.com who has left travel writing for a variety of reasons and returned to Oklahoma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#267 - Take a Schoolcation
September 29, 2020 00:23 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Spud Hilton are joined by this week’s guest: Jen Campbell Boles is the owner and Chief Exploration Officer of Explore More Family Travel, a boutique travel agency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#266 - Sparn Farkle of Podcasts
September 06, 2020 22:12 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest Nora Dunn from The Professional Hobo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#265 - Welcome to the USA
August 20, 2020 02:47 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Caz and Craig Makepeace from the yTravel blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#264 - The Future of Travel
August 11, 2020 03:16 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest Robert Cole. Robert is a hotel and hospitality consultant at RockCheetah. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#263 - Where to Go and When
June 23, 2020 04:16 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest: SPECIAL GUEST BIO: Sherry Ott is a long term traveler, blogger, and photographer with one goal in mind - to make you wish you were somewhere else. She writes about her travel lifestyle and around the world adventures on Ottsworld.com and her social media channels. She continues to seek out epic adventures to intriguing places in order to challenge herself and i...
#262 - Stranded in India (#3)
April 17, 2020 21:33 - 1 hourSPECIAL GUEST BIO: Anietra Hamper is an award-winning travel writer and photographer with a penchant for outdoor adventure and fishing for some of the largest fish in the world. Prior to writing for travel publications, Anietra spent 18 years as a top-rated, EMMY nominated television news Anchor and investigative reporter. Anietra takes a “boots-on-the-ground” journalistic approach to all of her stories to provide authentic information from actual experiences. Anietra is passionate about adv...
#261 - Coronavirus
March 13, 2020 18:39 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen talk about the Coronavirus Covid-19 and its impact on life, travel, and the travel industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#260 - The Good Road TV Show on PBS
January 29, 2020 01:51 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Chris Christensen, and Jen Leo are joined by this week’s guests: Earl Bridges and Craig Martin, long time philanthropy veterans, globetrotters, and best friends, are co-hosts of the new PBS Travel Series THE GOOD ROAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#259 - 2020
January 20, 2020 22:50 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen talk about 2019 and 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#258 - Language Learning
December 08, 2019 18:11 - 48 minutesThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Steve Kaufmann who is a retired ex-diplomat, founder of two companies, YouTuber, and polyglot. He spends most of his time on YouTube these days, speaking about language learning (he speaks around 20 languages). He now has an app LingQ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#257 Travel to North Korea
November 13, 2019 18:18 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Stephen Harris author of Traveling Through North Korea: Adventures in the Hermit Kingdom and bigbeaverdiaries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#256 - World's Cheapest Destinations
October 26, 2019 15:42 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Travel Writer Tim Leffel from PracticalTravelGear.com, PerceptiveTravel.com, and CheapLivingAbroad.com, author of The World's Cheapest Destination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#255 - 10 Year Anniversary, Live at TBEX in Billings Montana
October 05, 2019 21:31 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen This special episode was recorded live at the TBEX travel blogging conference in Billings Montana and marks the 10th anniversary since the show started. We are joined by this week's guests: Palle Bo from The Radio Vagabond Rick Calvert from TBEX Jesse Guidry from Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission Alyson Murnion from Visit Billings Caz and Craig Makepeace from ytravelblog.com Tony Price and...
#254 - From Alaska to Argentina by Bike
August 16, 2019 14:00 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Spud Hilton, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Chris Haag from theplacesipee.com We talk about Chris and his wife's epic two-year bike journey from Alaska to Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#253 - Cheap Flights
August 10, 2019 16:03 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Spud Hilton, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Scott Keyes from Scott's Cheap Flights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#252 - Indian Ocean Journeys
July 27, 2019 18:09 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, Spud Hilton, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: David H. Mould travel writer and author of the recent book Monsoon Postcards: Indian Ocean Journeys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#251 - Life as an Expat
July 20, 2019 17:29 - 52 minutesThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Sarah Mikutel, travel podcaster at Postcard Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#250 - Semiquincentennial - This Week in Travel turns 250
June 22, 2019 18:19 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo, and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Spud Hilton, former Travel editor and host of new travel podcast from the Inappropriate Traveler - spudhilton.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#249 - Strange Tales of World Travel
May 13, 2019 20:03 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest Scott Gaille author of "Strange Tales of World Travel" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#248 Planning a Trip to Ireland
March 23, 2019 21:01 - 57 minutesThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Stephanie Chastain Ireland Travel Coach and blogger from Infinite Ireland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#247 - Skiing in Turkey
February 20, 2019 21:20 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest Max Hartshorne of gonomad.com. We talks about: Budget skiing in Turkey ($19 a day) Visiting Turkey UNESCO sites and National Parks buying travel sites Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#246 - Family RV Volunteer Travel
January 31, 2019 23:05 - 57 minutesThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Warren and Karen Binedell from ourtravellingfamily.com who are starting a trip volunteering around Europe with pets and 3 teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#245 - Travel in 2018 in Review
January 02, 2019 21:00 - 1 hourThis Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Spud Hilton, former Travel editor of the San Francisco Chronicle - spudhilton.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices