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Tips For Traveling With Dietary Restrictions & Food Allergies
Our first guest of 2022 joins us on this episode to chat about travelling with dietary restrictions and needs! Brianna Cook, friend of the show and vegan/gluten free traveller joins us to chat about what it is like to travel as a vegan while trying to avoid gluten! *Hint – it has its challenges but is easier than it used to be Jenn doesn’t eat red meat and her husband Ryan has severe food allergies. Meggan doesn’t eat meat and is a pescatarian while Peter is an omnivore. So much to talk about and consider as you travel – join us as we talk about what it’s like but also…
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Travel Myths – Fact or Fiction?
In a world of Fake News – what do we believe!? On this episode join us as we dive into Travel Myths and their truth (or not)! Should you power your way through jet lag? Is Duty Free at the airport a great deal? Should you book your travel 3+ months early to always get the best deals? These are just some of the myths we address and talk about our own experiences with them – jet lag and what to do was a hot topic!! Join the debate!
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How To Avoid Crowds When Traveling
Avoiding crowds seems like the game of life these days and when you are travelling and there are things you so badly want to see and do, you likely want to do them without a huge crowd! On this week’s Travel Tip Tuesday we talk about how you can do that from arriving early, to checking Google for busier times of day on any given day! Avoiding crowds and having a better time – who doesn’t want that!?
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Cautionary Tale: Double & Triple Check When Booking
In this Travel Tip Tuesday we discuss what NOT to do when booking your vacation! Meggan talks about meeting a great Canadian couple while in Cuba who were there for 7 days only to learn on day 5, when they were locked out of their room that they had in fact only booked a 5 day vacation! This is a valuable lesson that everyone should heed – double and triple check your reservations before hitting the BOOK button especially on trips such as all-inclusive vacations and flights! Meggan and Peter obsessively check the calendar 4-5 times before someone eventually just has to say – BOOK IT ALREADY! Better safe than…
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How To Decide Where To Travel
After two years of not a lot of travel – everyone is anxious to get back out there but like, where to go and how do we decide!? Well in this episode we talk about how we decide to travel and what inspires us! We dive into everything from YouTube vloggers, TV shows, books and Meggan’s favourite, using Google Maps! There really are so many ways to become inspired and some of it is also practical so if you have a set budget and don’t know where it can take you – talk to a professional! No matter how you decide and where you go – be a traveller not…
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Why You Need A Travel Advisor
We talk all the time on this podcast about the valid need, especially these days, for a Travel Advisor! We were lucky to have Christina join us from Showcase the World Travel to talk about how she got started in the industry, her business and travels and why having a travel advisor on your side throughout the booking process & trip is an excellent idea! Take her advice – make your travel as worry free as possible by hiring a professional!
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Ethical Travel Part 2: Over-tourism, Human Rights & Exploiting Cultures
In part 2 of our ethical travel series, we chat about places suffering from over tourism, and what you can do to help alleviate that. We also chat about countries with human rights issues, and the issue with exploiting cultures. We finish off the episode with some tips to be a good traveler (and a good human!)
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Ethical Travel Part 1: Animals, Reducing Waste & Supporting Local
We are committed to being better humans on this planet, which is why we are chatting about ethical travel. In this episode we chat about ethical animal travel tips, how to reduce waste at home and on the road, and why you should be thinking local when booking accommodations, tours, restaurants, etc.
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All About Accommodations & Some Of Our Favourites
Wondering how Meggan always finds AMAZING AirBnBs? (Jenn does!) Wondering what the heck the difference is between hotel/motel/inn/Bnb/AirBnB is? We’ll tell ya! Wondering how to find places with the amenities you want AND in your budget? Jenn will help you out! This episode is all about accommodations – and at the end we share some of our fav places we’ve stayed and what makes them so special!
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Planning Long Term Travel
Lia and her husband Jeremy from Practical Wanderlust did what most of us dream about – they quit their jobs and travelled for a year. But what goes into planning long term travel? And how the heck did they afford it? Lia brings us through her planning process, chats about how things went (and what went wrong!) and how a year long trip actually changed her life.
