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Travel Matters

67 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

The official podcast from TBEX – The Future of Travel Media.
In this podcast we will be sharing all the latest news, trends and tips for you, and interviewing the movers and shakers in the travel creative ecosystem.

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062 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Elena Sergeeva and Ivan Bengeri

July 17, 2023 04:30 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

In this final episode from TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, you can meet two guests. First, Rick talks to Elena Sergeeva. With a decade-long career in Sales & Marketing, she co-founded Travel Bloggers Greece in 2015 with the purpose to unite like-minded individuals and to educate the Greek market on how to work with bloggers. She is the founder of several travel blogs. She also works with JayWay Travel, one of the sponsors of TBEX. She did a session at this TBEX called “Destination Blogging Co...

061 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Eric Stoen from Travel Babbo

July 15, 2023 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB

In this episode, you can meet travel blogger Eric Stoen from the family travel blog Travel Babbo. He used to work in healthcare but was addicted to travel. So, in 2014 he quit his job and started the travel blog to inspire more people. So far, he’s been to 101 countries and seven continents. Hear how he got started and how he grew his blog. You can also hear him talk about the time he took his kids to Antarctica. Rick has tried to get Eric to be a speaker, but he keeps saying no. Will th...

060 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams

July 13, 2023 04:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

In this episode, we have two guests. Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams are the travel blogging duo behind Dream Big, Travel Far. Using captivating content and an intelligent approach to sharing their stories on mainstream media, their website reaches as many as 350,000 page views a month. In their session, they shared the step-by-step details of how they have landed a large number of high-profile mainstream media features in the last 18 months – which has, in turn, helped them to 3-4x ...

059 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Brennen Bliss and Anna Kalogeropoulou

July 11, 2023 04:30 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MB

In this episode, we have two interviews. First, we meet Brennen Bliss, a US Search Award-winning SEO consultant and principal at the US-based travel and tourism-focused SEO agency, Propellic. The agency forms successful and creative SEO campaigns for its clients. Brennen is passionate about travel; sending more people to incredible places is part of his lifelong mission. Brennan did a double session called “Advanced SEO: Hidden Strategies to Compete in Search.” Then we have a conversation ...

058 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Caroline Makepeace from yTravelBlog

July 09, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

In this episode, we meet Caroline Makepeace (Caz) from yTravelBlog and This is Raleigh about Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with her husband, Craig, she’s been traveling the world since 1997 and since 2007 with their two daughters. The White House invited them to attend a travel summit as one of the top digital travel influencers in the world in 2014, and in 2020 they were granted a green card for their ”extraordinary ability in the art of travel blogging.” Caz and Craig are from th...

057 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Melvin from Travel Dudes

July 07, 2023 04:30 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB

In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with pioneer travel blogger Melvin Boecher from Germany. Melvin is the founder and CEO of Travel Dudes, co-founder of the Social Travel Summit, former COO of iAmbassador, and with more than 15 years of successfully running his business, he is a pioneer of professional travel blogging. His Social Media are very popular. On Twitter, he has accumulated around 250.000 followers, and Melvin appears on over 8.500 recommended Twitter lists – ...

056 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Catharina Fischer

July 06, 2023 14:23 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB

In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with Catharina Fischer about sustainable travel. Catharina is one of the leading experts in influencer marketing and a digital leader with over ten years of experience in tourism. At TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece, she gave an interesting talk about the impact of tourism trends on travel content creators. Before she was Head of Social Media at the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), she was in various marketing positions in the to...

055 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing

June 30, 2023 08:38 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

In this episode we say “mojn” to Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing. By developing, communicating and coordinating the Hamburg brand, they highlight the locational attractiveness of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in Germany and abroad.  Hear how they work with content creators.  

054 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Martin Solhaugen

June 26, 2023 04:30 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

Martin Solhaugen is a filmmaker, youTuber and photographer from Oslo, Norway. Martin has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels, and high-profile clients. Martin has been traveling the world for the past 6 years in pursuit for cultural and visual expressions. With a big heart for visual storytelling and a unique eye for detail, he has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels and high-profile clients. He did two sessions at TBEX Europe 2023, and in th...

053 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Christopher Lau

June 23, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MB

Chris Lau talks about his YouTube channel, SeeLauTravel and then we get into a long conversation about selling – an important skill to have as a travel content creator. With 10+ years of experience in a professional-level sales role, being recommended by other world-class creators, and having helped almost 80 creators from around the world, Chris also has a Mentor Program where he teaches how to travel for free, get paid for your work, and really make this into a lifestyle. See more about ...

052 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Yeison from MyTanFeet

June 19, 2023 06:25 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this one, we meet another experienced travel blogger and entrepreneur, Yeison, from the Costa Rica travel blog, Mytanfeet.  The keynote speaker at this TBEX, Yeison (pronounced like Jason), is Costa Rican, born and raised. He started Mytanfeet with his wife Samantha, who moved to Costa Rica in 2012 from the United States and ever since then.  Mytanfeet is a blog with local tips, detailed guides, photos, videos, and maps to help you plan the perfect trip to Costa Rica.

051 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Anne and Mike Howard

June 12, 2023 05:30 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, recorded at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with the amazing couple, Mike and Anne Howard from HoneyTrek.com. They’re two Americans that realized life is short; the world is big, and the value of travel too great to wait another day. So, when it came time for their honeymoon, they decided to sell their stuff and embark on a trip around the world. They left on January 22, 2012, and are on “The World’s Longest Honeymoon” … 1...

050 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Edu Giansante

June 06, 2023 10:04 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one, we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Edu Giansante – a Brazilian who lives in Dublin. He’s the Founder and Content Creator at E-Dublin – a brand that has reached more than 50 million YouTube views and reaches 1 million accounts every month. For more than ten years, Edu has demonstrated his skills as a highly experienced strategic thinker for online communities for companies acr...

049 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Social Media Strategist, Itai Marshall

May 29, 2023 08:20 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Itai Marshall. He’s a Social Media strategist from Israel who made the leap from YouTube to TikTok, where he has now amassed more than 200,000 followers and 12 million likes with his high-energy and snappy video style. Itai is also a video marketing coach, and his work includes showing tourism professionals how to effectively create short-f...

048 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Shane Dallas

May 08, 2023 12:28 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and the first of many episodes from TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one – recorded today, two days before the conference, we talk to conference director Shane Dallas about what to expect from this conference.

047 – Traveling Cheesehead Dannelle Gay

March 01, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by serial entrepreneur and travel-junkie Dannelle Gay, AKA the Traveling Cheesehead. She loves to talk about Travel, Partnerships with Destinations, and teach bloggers how to make money. Her latest book '100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die' just came out and she is more than delighted that TBEX is coming to her home state! LINKS: Blog: TravelingCheesehead.com Book: ‘100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die’ – or use your own Am...

046 – TBEX Asia with Ajay Sood of Travelure

February 15, 2023 07:05 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by Pro Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood from Travelure. ‘Travelure‘ started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood’s articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight publications like Condé Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, JetWings, Travel3Sixty°, Smart Photography, Taj Magazine, GoGetter, etc. Travelure simply means building a lure of travel among its readers. ...

045 – TBEX Asia with Zeekman,Travel Dave, Sarah Hughes and Nathan Sado

February 08, 2023 21:48 - 25 minutes - 24 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by four awesome content creators: Nathan Sado, Sarah Hughes, Dave Brett, and Dan Zeek. Sarah and Nathan have several sites, but their main site is Live Dream Discover. Adventure traveler Dave Brett is better known as Travel Dave UK. You can follow Dan Zeek on YouTube as Zeekman Eats and Zeekman Travels, on Instagram as Zeekman73 and Zeekman Travels, and on TikTok as ZeekmanDan. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuk...

044 – TBEX Asia with Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson

February 01, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Founded in 1951, PATA is a not-for-profit membership-based association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. By bringing together our ...

BREAKING NEWS: We're going to Africa

January 31, 2023 12:33 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MB

Breaking news.... See more on the new TBEX website.

042 – TBEX Asia with Jason Rupp, Ric Gazarian and Yosh Dimen

January 26, 2023 04:33 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. First you can meet two American Thailand experts. Jason does a lot of content from Thailand on his YouTube channel, and Ric has his base in Bangkok. We’re also joined by Filipino, travel blogger, Yosh Dimen. Jason’s YouTube channel is called Travel & Pamper, and everywhere he goes, he visit the local barbershop for a haircut, ha...

041 – TBEX Asia with Scott Gurian and Maria Haase

January 18, 2023 12:41 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with two unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Scott Gurian from Far From Home Podcast and Maria Haase from San Diego Explorer. Scott mentioned his podcast where he met a Medicine Man in Peru and went to an ayahuasca ceremony. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

040 – TBEX Asia with Sharon Gourlay and Megan Singleton

January 11, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters, and another episode recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Australian Sharon Gourlay from DigitalNomadWannaBe. Sharon is an SEO expert and runs 15-20 sites, does training, and hosts the weekly podcast “Make Money Blogging with Digital Nomad Wannabe”. Here she teaches you how to turn your blog into a business with sustainable passive income. Our second guest is a Kiwi. Megan Singleton from  Blogger at Large, has been travel writing full time since 2000 ...

039 – TBEX Asia with Kyle Jennermann aka “Kulas”

January 04, 2023 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MB

Welcome to Travel Matters and the first episode of 2023. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Kyle Jennermann, a Canadian national who found himself falling in love with the Philippines and its people. He calls himself “Kulas”, a nickname he was given several years ago by one of the people he met on one of his trips there. He decided to introduce the Philippines to the rest of the world in his YouTube channel, "Becoming Filipino”. And that is happening. Click...

038 – TBEX Asia with Trinity, The Naked Traveler

December 21, 2022 07:26 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

Welcome to the Christmas episode of Travel Matters, also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this one Tomiko is sitting in for Rick in the interview with Indonesian travel blogger and author Trinity Traveler aka “The Naked Traveler”. Trinity is Indonesia's leading travel writer, author of 15 best-selling books incl. The Naked Traveler series and a blogger since 2005. She’s had such an interesting life that her life story was turned into two movies. Not many of us can say that. ...

037 – TBEX Asia with Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz

December 18, 2022 03:42 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

Time to kick off the episodes recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. And we start with the men of the hour, Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz. Hear about the biggest TBEX of the year and what was so unique about it. You can also hear a bit about some of the upcoming guests. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

036 – TBEX Lafayette with The Cajun Traveler, Toby Doré and Nicole from Explore Houma

December 07, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with travel blogger and Airbnb expert Toby Doré about connecting travel influencers to short-term rental hosts. His blog is The Cajun Traveler, and he’s on Instagram as @TheCajunTraveler. We also meet Nicole from Explore Houma, Louisiana. Just 55 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana's BayouCountry contains over 2500 sq. miles of mysterious swamps and vast wetlands.  This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert.

035 – TBEX Lafayette with Frederic Aouad, Stay22 and Allie Eggert, Visit Billings

December 01, 2022 03:14 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with Frederic Aouad from Stay22 and Allie Eggert Visit Billings. If you’re interested in working with Visit Billings at [email protected]. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert.

034 – TBEX Lafayette with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing

November 23, 2022 08:46 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing. If you’re a content creator and would like to work with Go RVing, you can reach out to [email protected] This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

033 – TBEX Lafayette with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville Wisconsin

November 15, 2022 23:30 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville, Wisconsin. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

032 – TBEX Lafayette with Tripello and Gerald Gruenig

November 09, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with Sven and Rene from Tripello. Tripello does Travel in a new and different way, it’s a platform that can get you up to 60% discount hotel rooms. Also, they have an affiliate program that might interest you. He also has an interesting conversation with the closing keynote speaker, Gerald Gruenig. He’s a local TV host in Lafayette but now also very active on social media. On TikTok he’s @GeraldGruenig, on Facebook “KLFY Gerald Gruenig”, on Instagram @GeraldGru...

031 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Jay Maniquis and Tim Leffel

November 02, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

In this episode, Rick speaks with his homeboy San Diego Travel Host Jay Jay Maniquis from the YouTube channel, Jaycation, and TBEX Conference Director for North America Tim Leffel. Tim is a veteran travel writer who has dispatched articles from five continents. He is an author of multiple books, editor of Perceptive Travel, and a long time travel blogger. His company, Al Centro Media, produces a variety of additional websites including Hotel Scoop. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted ...

030 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing

October 26, 2022 06:30 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MB

In this first episode from TBEX North America in Lafayette, 2022, Rick speaks with Radio host and culinary personality Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing. Not only does SafetyWing have Nomad Insurance, but they also plan to build a country on the internet, calling it Plumania. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

029 – Rolf Potts and The Vagabond’s Way

October 22, 2022 14:34 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

A vagabond is a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home. Our guest today is the bestselling author of the widely celebrated Vagabonding. Now, Rolf Potts has written a new book called ”The Vagabond’s Way” This book is a bit different, containing 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel. We’re super excited to have him on the show today. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

028 – Breaking News about TBEX Europe 2023

October 19, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

In this episode, we will tell you when and where the next TBEX Europe is taking place. Also, a few more details about TBEX North America in Lafayette and TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

027 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Anton Diaz and Max Hartshorne

July 20, 2022 09:45 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

In this episode, we speak with Anton Diaz from Our Awesome Planet and Max Hartshorne from GoNOMAD. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

026 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Fierita Catalano

July 13, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

In this episode we speak with Fierita Catalano about how he livestreams wherever he goes – to a huge following. Fierita is the winner of the 2021 MoJo Travel Journalism prize from Agencia EFE, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Vueling. Fierita Catalano went from a 20-year career in mainstream television in Argentina (that included hosting game shows and a sports broadcaster) and shifted to an interactive travel format through his Decidilo website and Social Media. Fierita has travelled t...

025 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Francis Tapon and Michael Collins

July 09, 2022 10:19 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MB

In this episode we speak with Francis Tapon who is an extreme traveler. He spent five years visiting every country in Africa – and climbing the highest mountain in each country. Now he’s writing a book about that journey. You can see more about him on ftapon.com and follow him as ftapon on social media. We also have Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie back for a conversation about social media. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TB...

024 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Rachel Heller and Shobha George

June 29, 2022 17:52 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

Rachel Heller of Rachel’s Ruminations and Shobha George of JustGoPlacesBlog did a session called Promoting Responsible Tourism in Content Creation at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. This is a big, important, and interesting topic that we had to have a conversation about. We’re four people in this week’s Travel Matters and more or less four different opinions. And you might not agree with any of us, so we’d love to hear what you think. So, join the conversation on TBEX on Facebook. This ep...

023 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with FuseTravels and Alastair McKenzie

June 22, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB

In this episode we first talk about Rick leaving California after having lived there his whole life. He and his family are moving to Utah. Before two interesting interviews from TBEX Spain, he tells us how that happened. Then we speak to Fuse who comes from a background of teaching SEO to photographers as she has been a photographer for a decade. Now she’s the first and (according to Rick) only TBEX volunteer helping out with photography and so much more. She also has her own travelblog,...

022 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Leo Long and Kerwin McKenzie

June 15, 2022 13:08 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

Leo Long is a travel writer from China and a first timer at TBEX. Hear what he thinks about being here just a few hours into TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. In this episode we also talk to Kerwin McKenzie. Kerwin is originally from Jamaica, and is an ex-airline employee who is now a travel content creator, author, and public speaker. He’s worked in various capacities at four U.S.-based airlines for 14.5 years, flown 181 airlines, and visited 137 countries/territories (105 UN). Today, he ...

021 – TBEX Europe, Marbella, Spain with Shane Dallas Hours Away From Kick-Off

June 07, 2022 21:46 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

We’re just hours away from TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. We have The Travel Camel, Shane Dallas, Conference Director for TBEX Europe, as a special co-host as we talk about what to expect the next two days – and much more. This episode of Travel Matters recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

020 – TBEX NA Tri-Cities with Candy Krajangsri & Michael Collins

June 07, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

In this last episode recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities, WA, we speak with Candy Krajangsri from Amazing Thailand. Candy is working at their Los Angeles office, and we talk about what to expect when we go to TBEX Asia in Phuket in November. Then we’re also joined by our good friend Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie – a full-service public relations, marketing, events, communications, and travel trade representation company, founded in 2006, and managed by Michael Collins. Hear ...

019 – TBEX NA Tri-Cities with Jen Ruiz on TikTok

June 01, 2022 06:53 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

In this week’s episode, we have a conversation with Jen Ruiz from Jen on a Jet Plane about how we as travel content creators should use TikTok. And then Rick Calvert also shares some of the highlights for the upcoming TBEX Europe happening in Marbella, Spain next week. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

018 – TBEX NA Tri-Cities with Christopher Mitchell, Jeremy Jones, and Engin Kaban

May 25, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

In this week’s episode we first have a conversation with Christopher Mitchell and Jeremy Jones. Together they cofounded the blogging newsletter, This Week in Blogging. Chris is a travel content creator and runs sites and brands such as TravelingMitch and Ultimate Ontario, and communities such as the Toronto Blogger Collective. Jeremy also runs several blogs on the topics of travel, Pittsburgh, wine, and home & gardening. We also have a conversation with Engin Kaban from Turkey. He’s tec...

017 – TBEX TBEX NA Tri-Cities with Traveling Jules and TaKenya Hampton

May 18, 2022 17:13 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

Welcome to another episode of Travel Matters recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities. We have a conversation with Juliana Broste aka Traveling Jules, a filmmaker and YouTuber who gave a session with tips on how to improve your travel videos. Jules is an 11-time Heartland Emmy award winning Travel Video Journalist, a producer, shooter, writer, editor and host.  She also shares inspiration and education for creators and video production professionals in The Video Hustle. Also, we speak ...

016 – TBEX NA Tri-Cities with Ron Williams

May 11, 2022 09:56 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

This episode is recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities. We have a conversation with Ron Williams from the Tri-Cities area about what they have to offer and tourism in Washington State. Also, we talk a bit about what it means to be part of a FAM Trip after a TBEX.

015 – TBEX First Timers and Conference Director Tomiko Harvey

May 03, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

The first TBEX conference since the pandemic changed everything was taking place in Tri-Cities in April.  At the conference, Palle Bo talked to a few first-timers, and after that, he and Rick Calvert spoke to one of the Conference Directors, Tomiko Harvey.

014 – TBEX First Timers and Conference Director Tomiko Harvey

May 03, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

The first TBEX conference since the pandemic changed everything was taking place in Tri-Cities in April.  At the conference, Palle Bo talked to a few first-timers, and after that, he and Rick Calvert spoke to one of the Conference Directors, Tomiko Harvey.

014 – TBEX North America in Tri-Cities starts in a few days – What to expect?

April 17, 2022 23:25 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

TBEX CEO Rick Calvert picks up The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo, in Tri-Cities, and on a drive, through the beautiful city, they talk about the pleasure of driving all the way from Southern California to here and back. Later they sit down with a view of the Colombia River and talk about what to expect from the first TBEX conference in more than two years. TBEX North America is just a few days away; the event kicks off Wednesday morning.   

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