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Exploring Amsterdam: Tips, Tastes, and Travel Tales from Meggan
Meggan gives us a recap on her week in Amsterdam! Tune in to hear about where you should eat and stay and why you should go to Amsterdam! There is so much to see and do, so much history, amazing food and so many bikes! She also shares some things to keep in mind when traveling to the city and things to watch out for (hint: it is mainly bikes 🙂
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Tips for Traveling with Your Glasses or Contacts
Tune in to this week’s Travel Tip Tuesday and hear why Jenn now carries a backup set of contacts and glasses! If you wear glasses or contacts, you should consider before leaving on a trip how it could impact your overall travel experience including reading and driving if you lose or damage your eyewear! If you are blessed with great eyesight – we are very happy for you but we think you should still listen to this episode as someone you love might be able to use this info! Sharing is caring and seeing is important!
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The Benefits of Small Group Travel
Founded in 2018, Origin Travels is a group tour company that can help ease the anxiety and stress of having to do all the planning yourself! Geared toward younger 9-5 professionals who are looking to use their vacation days in a meaningful way, this tour company has several itineraries including the Caribbean, Europe and India to name a few. Origin also helps plan private group events as well! Not a 9-5 young professional but open to new adventures and meeting new people with an open mind? You are more than welcome too! Enjoy our conversation with Sandra and get to know her a bit because if you book a trip,…
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Don’t Always Follow the Influencers
So many places go viral these days for a variety of reasons—whether it is a restaurant, a store, or a cafe. It seems like some influencer somewhere is always telling you, “You have to try this place,” but should you? We dig in on this Travel Tip Tuesday about why it could be better to find an alternative. There are always exceptions and really at the end of the day, it is your vacation to spend how you wish but to avoid disappointment and long lines, it might just be worth your time to do a quick online search to find a better alternative. You may be surprised to learn…
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Navigating Credit Card Travel Insurance: Lessons Learned
Join us as Meggan gives a long awaited update on how things turned out from the windshield crack on their rental in Iceland in June. We break down what the reality of using your credit card as car rental insurance can entail and if it is the right choice for you. Jenn also lets us know about her hunt for a great travel credit card, how she decided and what she ended up choosing and why! All about travel credit cards in this episode!
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Balancing Personal Finance and Travel with Danielle Desir from The Thought Card
On this episode we are joined by Danielle Desir! Danielle is an author, speaker, podcaster and podcast coach. She hosts The Thought Card Podcast, in addition to Road Trip Ready She has travelled to 27 countries and 4 continents, works full time and has a bachelor’s degree, a Masters degree and also a certificate in project management. She is a busy mom who has authored such books as ‘Iceland: Nature, Nurture and Adventure’ as well as ‘Affording Travel: Saving Strategies for Financially Savvy Travelers’. She lives her truth in her own life using her strategies of paying off debt, building wealth while also being able to explore the planet –…
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FinalPress Travel Coffee Maker Review
We love coffee on this podcast, especially in our Travel Mug however coffee-on-the go can sometimes be disappointing. Join us on this Travel Tip Tuesday as Jenn breaks down her experience with the FinalPress coffee-on-the-go (and tea) maker and what you can expect to get out of it.
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All About Passports: History, ePassports and Passport Privilege
Tune in this week as we do a deep dive into Passports! We all know that keeping our passports up to date and also keeping track of our passports while travelling can be stressful and also very important but do you really know why we have passports and when they came to be a standard travel document? Let us take you back to the why and when while also exploring what passport privilege is and does your country have a good standing in the passport privilege list!? We also dive into how our partners at SafetyWing can help take the worry out of the expense of having to replace your…
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Using an eSIM While Traveling
Using data can be very expensive while travelling, depending on your carrier and your plan. eSIMs are relatively new and taking the travel world by storm. Imagine no longer needing to change out your cell phone’s SIM card for a travel SIM card at your arrival airport? Imagine just downloading it in advance, paying MUCH less than your carrier would charge per day and just simply turning it on when you arrive at your destination? It is possible! There are upsides and downsides and research to be done but don’t sleep on eSIMs, they can save you both time and money!
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Pack Medications When Traveling
Have you ever considered the fact that in some countries, you cannot buy standard drugstore shelf medications like you can in North America and other countries around the world? Tune in this episode to hear our advice on what you should do to be prepared for travel in regards to your typical drugstore items. Also, do you sometimes have general issues or ailments you once in a while need medication for? Something to consider is reaching out to your primary care doctor and getting a “just in case” prescription for that ailment if allowed! You can never regret being too prepared when you are going to be away from home!
