Everyone assumes that experienced travellers just breeze through a trip confidently and happily. Let me tell you a secret: we don't! Well, speaking for myself (and this episode's guests) at least, we often freak out before and during a trip - although in my case, it's mostly before. Personally I …
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New Year’s Eve Travels – Episode 38 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
The end of 2016 is fast approaching and on this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast I thought it was a good time to talk about travelling at New Year's - as well as thinking about our travel resolutions for the year ahead. It's the first episode to feature Kim-Ling of Travel-Ling - I met …
Christmas Travels – Episode 37 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
Christmas is coming: are you ready? That phrase has run around in my head for decades after I saw it on a bumper sticker as a child! In any case, it's not long until Christmas and I thought this was a great excuse to gather some Christmassy travel tales for The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. I think …


