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This Week in Travel
by Gary Arndt and Jen Leo
A weekly roundtable discussion on travel news and the travel industry with leading travel writers, bloggers, and podcasters.
Episodes
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The Reunion Show
Gary, Chris, and Jen all reunite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mary Jo Manzanares - Travel to Seattle
Mary 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…
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Hjörtur Smárason - Greenland and the Future
Hjörtur 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
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Chantal Patton - Growing Up Without Borders
SPECIAL 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...
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Mary Forgione - Outdoors in Southern California
Mary 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...
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John Argento - RVing in Europe
John 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...
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Steven Shalowitz - Traveling to China and Israel
Steven 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...
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Dave Seminara - The World's Most Extreme Travelers
Dave 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...
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Fran Golden - 100 Things to Do in Alaska
Fran 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...
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Maureen O'Hare - CNN Travel Writer
This 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...
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Madeline Jhawar - Post Pandemic Travel to South Africa
SPECIAL 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...
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Leslie Harvey - Reopening Disneyland
Leslie 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...
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Chris Christensen - Galapagos Islands During the Pandemic
Chris 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...
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Melanie Radzicki McManus - Hiking America's Scenic Trails
Melanie 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.”...
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Xiomara Rodriguez - Discover Puerto Rico
SPECIAL 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
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Brad Niva - Southern Oregon Travel
Brad 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
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Bruce Poon Tip - Unlearn: The Year the Earth Stood Still
SPECIAL 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...
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Simon Wright - The Future of Travel
Simon 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...
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Leif Pettersen - The First (Failed) Travel Food Show
SPECIAL 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...
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Corey Taratuta - St. Patrick's Day Special
This 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
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Don George - Wanderlust in the Time of Coronavirus
This 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...
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C-C-C-Changes
This 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....
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#269 - San Diego and Covid Travel
This 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
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#268 - Home in Oklahoma City
This 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.…
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#267 - Take a Schoolcation
This 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...
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#266 - Sparn Farkle of Podcasts
This 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
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#265 - Welcome to the USA
This 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
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#264 - The Future of Travel
This 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
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#263 - Where to Go and When
This 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...
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#262 - Stranded in India (#3)
SPECIAL 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...
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#261 - Coronavirus
This 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
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#260 - The Good Road TV Show on PBS
This 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…
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#259 - 2020
This 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
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#258 - Language Learning
This 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...
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#257 Travel to North Korea
This 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.…
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#256 - World's Cheapest Destinations
This 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...
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#255 - 10 Year Anniversary, Live at TBEX in Billings Montana
This 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…
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#254 - From Alaska to Argentina by Bike
This 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...
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#253 - Cheap Flights
This 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
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#252 - Indian Ocean Journeys
This 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...
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#251 - Life as an Expat
This 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
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#250 - Semiquincentennial - This Week in Travel turns 250
This 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...
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#249 - Strange Tales of World Travel
This 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
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#248 Planning a Trip to Ireland
This 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
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#247 - Skiing in Turkey
This 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…
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#246 - Family RV Volunteer Travel
This 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....
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#245 - Travel in 2018 in Review
This 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
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#244 - 5 Years In Africa
This Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, and Jen Leo are joined by this week's guest travel author Francis Tapon from francistapon.com, and host of the WanderLearn Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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#243 - Discovering Travel with Seth Kugel
This Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Seth Kugel, former New York Times Frugal Travel and author of the new book "Rediscovering Travel - A Guide for the Globally Curious" Learn more about your ad…
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#242- Living the RV Life
This Week in Travel - Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guest: Marc Bennett and Julie Bennett from rvlove.com authors of the book Living the RV Life: Your Ultimate Guide to Life on the Road as we talk about full time RV living...
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A weekly roundtable discussion on travel news and the travel industry with leading travel writers, bloggers, and podcasters.
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