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Travel Chats Podcast

15 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Travel Chats Podcast is a conversation with expert travellers, led by hosts Arti Rajput and Danielle Subanney. They chat to guests about their travels, touching on highs, lows, and unforgettable adventures. Listen in to learn more about the places on your bucket list, cities you've hardly heard of and the insider traveller tips to plan trips of a lifetime. 


Spanning activities, culture and food, the Travel Chats Podcast gets into the finer details of every location for the every day traveller. Each conversation ends with a seat-gripping fire-round interview.


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Episodes

Exploring stunning beaches of Milos & the history of Athens

December 30, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 37 MB

Greek mythology can be dated back to 900 BC according to some sources, yet to this day the city of Athens still hosts some of the now dated structures from the time. Danielle tells us more about the marvellous Acropolis that can be seen from every viewpoint in Athens, also leading to her hot hack that'll save you some pennies! Milos was also on the cards for Danielle and she explored this island on a quad bike with a more relaxed approach, easily fitting into the zen atmosphere of Milos and...

Hacks: Flight Prices

December 24, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes - 22.4 MB

Introducing our mini series of hacks for the every day traveller. We can't wait to share our tricks of the trade with you. Ever wondered what the best day of the week is to buy flight tickets? We're talking prices, cutting costs, versus the value you get from a more traditional airline experience. Listen now to start saving pennies on your flight tickets. For other tips on travelling you can listen to our full-length episodes where we reveal quick travel hacks. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Arti Goes Big In Texas

December 20, 2022 13:02 - 34 minutes - 34.5 MB

Listen now to hear about kayaking in Austin, going to Ryan Holiday's book store, watching the Dallas Mavericks, cruising in a Tesla and eating copious amounts of Texan Mexican food. This is not your regular backpacker travel chat, so we hope you've got your first class tickets ready (not that Arti travelled 1st class). If you're looking for a slightly more luxurious travel trip then this is the episode for you. For all our rough roaders, you can listen back to Season 1, Episode 3 and Seas...

Bedtime Duolingo, Easter in Italy & Is This Travel?!

July 21, 2022 22:21 - 35 minutes - 35.3 MB

Does slower travelling count as travel? If you hardly see anything does it count? Do you love Rome? Arti says she doesn't dislike it. We cover Easter in Italy, accidentally seeing most landmarks in Rome without trying (you'll need to hear which road Arti talks about), plus she found a quiet spot in Rome! Quick things we cover: Lamb is the main dish for Easter Duolingo 10 mins a day gets you to intermediate level! Rome, Sorrento, Torre Annunziata, Isernia, Agnone, Termoli Massive East...

Exciting 2022 Plans as Travel Opens During the Pandemic

March 09, 2022 23:15 - 35 minutes - 34.7 MB

On this fun episode Arti and Danielle talk about the travel resuming across the globe and the world opening up to travellers from all over. This travel chat is packed with some golden moments: Tips on anxiety travelling during the ongoing pandemic Varied restrictions from country-to-country The deal with vaccines Listen now to hear what we have planned for the year! You can find us on Instagram @TravelChatsPodcast and have a backpacker chat to let us know where you're most looking for...

Working and Travelling in Kenya During COVID

February 25, 2022 15:10 - 39 minutes - 39.4 MB

October 2021, Arti had originally intended to work from and travel the US after negotiating with her employers. But America closed its border again due to COVID-19 and she was forced to decide between not travelling and wasting that negotiation, or still travelling!  Listen to find out how she re-planned everything in 5 days for a 5 week trip the second Kenya opened its borders. This includes all COVID-19 paperwork, tests, normal travel documentation and packing for another season.  We tou...

3 x National Kenyan Autocross Champion, The Big 5 Wildlife & Local Kenyan Travel

December 13, 2021 20:35 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MB

Our first young, talented and driven 11 year old guest, I'm so proud to introduce Yuvraj Rajput. My nephew, but better known as Kenya's 3 x Autocross National Champion, Yuvraj talks us through the Big 5 at the National Parks, tells us stories about wildlife in Kenya, and he makes me jealous with his long list of visited destinations. Danielle couldn't be there for this chat, but we discussed the format and questions beforehand to make sure our listeners got the very best of what Yuvi has to...

Traffic Light Rush to Majorca, Spain with Emma and Amir

September 21, 2021 20:56 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MB

Emma and Amir joined Arti for a deep dive into their last minute holiday to Spain, when the UK was running their traffic light system during the pandemic. Both are from the USA and living in the UK as students. They originally met in the US and have a bulk of travel experience individually. We can't wait for you to get to know them a little more and hear how they planned this mid-pandemic trip to Spain from the UK. Arti spoke to them about booking flights, fit to fly PCR tests, how they na...

Winging it in the States with Marcus

June 10, 2021 18:41 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Marcus spoke to us about Texas, driving cars, making friends with strangers and gate crashing family meals. He’s a childhood friend whose idea of travelling is fun, adventurous and daring...  Listen for hilarious travel hacks & a more serious discussion on abandoning travels at the announcement of COVID-19. Let us know over on @travelchatspodcast socials what you all think of this chat with Marcus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Americas and Australia with Niall

January 28, 2021 19:39 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MB

Our next guest is Niall who has been travelling for the last 4 years, with a short stint back home in the UK.  Niall did a year in an American university, which peaked his interest about the history of different countries and led to an epic adventure in South America and Central America... on his way to Australia.  We talked to him about life on the road, his standout experiences, solo travel versus with his mate, and he even touches on near-misses when alone. Turn this episode up to hear...

End of Year Travel Round-Up & Reflection

December 20, 2020 14:34 - 37 minutes - 71.7 MB

Our most reflective (and shortest?) episode yet! It has been a strange year in general and especially for the travel industry. Here's our round-up of life in 2020 without travelling. Surprisingly, it's still a massive part of our lives, despite not getting on a plane. We hope listening to this can help you reflect on the year you've just had, but also how you're going to travel in the future; the things you want to do differently after knowing what you do now. As usual, subscribe, share an...

Living in Canada with Kesvi Mistry

December 04, 2020 12:56 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Hosts Arti and Danielle catch up with Kesvi Mistry, a friend they met when travelling Australia! Kesvi, also known as Love From Kesvi on her YouTube channel, is our first guest and she has lots of interesting insight to share. We covered: - Living, working and being an extra for TV & film in Canada - Milking cows in Australia - Solo travel... even in countries where you don't speak the language - Travelling during the pandemic There's much to explore and Kesvi also reveals her best tr...

Danielle's Culture Shock In The US

September 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MB

Camp life, national parks, meeting strangers... this travel chat about America with Danielle spans 5 years and tonnes of experiences. We get the lowdown on how to get into summer camp or if you're looking to be spontaneous, how to book your Campervan and get going. Listen to find out more about Danielle's fave city, waterfall and other fire-round revelations. Plus, have you met someone who has had as many near-death experiences...?! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Moving To Australia With Arti

August 13, 2020 14:46 - 1 hour - 137 MB

Host Arti talks about her time living in Australia, how she planned to move there and which animals are going to kill you. We're talking speeding up when you see a kangaroo on the road... Have a listen to find out her sneaky hostel hack, how she coped with farm work and what she thinks about the easy two years Australians have to move to the UK in comparison to backpackers in Oz required to do farm work. An honest listen for those thinking about doing regional work in the future and getting...

Travel Chats Host Introduction

July 29, 2020 20:17 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB

Hosts Arti and Danielle introduce themselves, shared travel experiences and their life-changing travel hacks. Countries covered in this episode: Sri Lanka Australia Italy India America To connect with your hosts follow them on Instagram at Travel Chats Podcast and get involved with all the travel chat. Arti Rajput - Talking about travel writing, backpacking and living overseas on Instagram @CLCLTravel, plus browse her popular travel blog City Living Coastal Loving Travel for backpack...