It might sound like a boring old adage that goes "if you can't afford travel insurance you can't afford to travel" but it is 100% true - and some tales in this episode show you why, in case you need convincing, and if not, are just entertaining stories! I've been lucky to only need to claim on …
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Please Travel With Your Children! – Episode 164 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
My son is nine and a half as a write this. I know, 100%, that he is a very different child to how he would have turned out if we hadn't travelled (rather regularly!) throughout his childhood to date. Not bad, just different, but I love the qualities travel has enhanced in him, like a massive amount …
Interview with Tony Wheeler, Lonely Planet Founder – Episode 163 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
My travel podcasting and travel blogging career has brought about lots of extra-fun things and one of them was getting to meet Tony Wheeler, the legendary founder of the Lonely Planet empire, when he spoke at the Australian Society of Travel Writers convention I went to in Cairns recently. (That's …


