Delayed flights. Missed connections. Alarms that don’t wake you up. There are so many transport glitches that can befall us when we travel, it’s amazing we ever make it to our destinations! Episode 244 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast includes an array of such cases with guests who prove that when stuff goes wrong with your transport, there’s often a silver lining – even if it’s just that you have a great story to tell!
Show notes: Episode 244 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Transport Glitches
Most of travel involves a flight, train or ferry ride, and things can go wrong – that’s why Episode 244 is all about transport glitches when we travel. Some of these stories are just plain crazy – the amount of stuff that can go wrong one trip is unbelievable! – and others remind us that even when things go wrong, there’s often a silver lining (or at the very least, a good story to tell!).
First up, I chat with Kaitlyn Jain about a trip she and her husband took to Finland with their four (very) young children. She had a great plan to take the ferry from Helsinki to Estonia for the day, but things went wrong when jet lag made them sleep through their alarm …
Next, I talk to Vince Dickson who tells the story of perhaps his unluckiest friend, who had quite a saga flying to visit Vince in South Africa a few years back. It certainly tok a lot longer than planned.
Finally, Deborah Haile and her son Jonah talk about what happened when they unexpectedly got stuck for a night in Dubai – and it was all good!
Links:
- Kaitlyn Jain – and her book Passports and Pacifiers – Traveling the World, One Tantrum at a Time
- Vince Dickson, from Hunu, making sustainable travel products
- Deborah Haile and her son Jonah publish books at Tiny Global Footprints
- Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers
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