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[New series: The Millennial Travel Podcast] Optimize your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual life with interviews from experts in fitness, meditation, psychology, travel, and entrepreneurship. If you like Tim Ferriss, Joe Rogan, Dave Asprey, or Ben Greenfield, you'll be inspired. Come be part of our community led by Matt Wilson co-founder of the travel company Under30Experiences. Support for this podcast comes from The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority in Your Life.
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Now displaying: November, 2020
Nov 18, 2020

Scott Keyes is the founder and CEO of Scott’s Cheap Flights. In 2013, he found a flight deal he just can’t pass out on—a $130 round trip ticket from New York City to Milan. When he returned home, his friends and colleagues asked him to let them know the next time he finds a great deal. In a nutshell, that’s how Scott’s Cheap Flights came about.

Scott’s Cheap Flights newsletter aims to enable people to travel and see and experience the world. Unlike automated flight deals and alerts sent out by way of affiliated links, they leverage their team of human flight experts and innovative software to provide meticulously-vetted and high quality deals that are worth their members’ time and money.  Some are even mistake fares! 

To date, Scott’s Cheap Flights has more than 2 million members (and growing each day!). The total amount of airfare their deals have helped members save is already at a whopping $100 million! Scott’s Cheap Flights is run by a remote team with members situated in many parts of the world. Undoubtedly, they are making people's travel dreams attainable, one deal at a time!

So far, Scott has visited a total of 46 countries. He lists Oaxaca, Mexico as his favorite destination. He runs Scott’s Cheap Flights with co-founder and COO, Brian Kidwell.

Personally, I recommend the Scott’s service in The Millennial Travel Guidebook and gave Scott’s Cheap Flights great review.  Many people have asked if Scott’s Cheap Flights Premium is worth it, and I always say yes. Scott’s Cheap flights is very legitimate--their mission is to enable people to travel and experience the world!

In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast I discuss with Scott Keyes of Scott’s Cheap Flights: 

  • How to use Scott’s Cheap Flights.
  • How to find cheap flights.
  • When and when to find cheap flights.
  • Is Scott’s Cheap Flights good for domestic travel or/or international flights?
  • Scott also shares what the 24-hour rule is, the holy grail of the cheap flights world, and the cheapest time to book a flight.
  • Travel hacking booking flights.
  • Where to find cheap flights last minute
  • What apps and travel hacks does Scott Keyes use?
  • What blogs or other resources does Scott read? 
    • TravelisFree.com
    • View from the Wing with Gary Leff

On finding the best flight deals, Scott has this to say, “The better the deal is, the shorter it’s going to last. So finding about them early and being able to book early is really really key.”

Resources from Scott Keyes: 

  • Sign up for Scott’s Cheap Flights
  • Scott’s Cheap Flights on Twitter @ScottsFlights
  • Instagram @ScottsCheapFlights
  • Facebook Scott’s Cheap Flights
  • Scott’s Cheap Flights Facebook Community
  • Scott Keyes’ new book: Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World

You can find all the links and past show notes on millennialtravelpodcast.com

Direct support for The Millennial Travel Podcast comes from The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority in Your Life... and from our new USA hiking and camping trips at Under30Experiences!

Nov 11, 2020

Rolf Potts is a legendary travel writer, who’s book Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel has been a classic piece of travel writing for many years.  Rolf’s writing has appeared in National Geographic, The Guardian, Outside, The New Yorker, and Sports Illustrated.  Potts has been part of creative writing workshops and/or taught classes at places like Paris American University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

In addition to travel writing and his Vagabonding success, Rolf Potts’ adventures have taken him across six continents, and include piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking across Eastern Europe, traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma, driving a Land Rover across South America, and traveling around the world for six weeks with no luggage or bags of any kind.

Potts is also the author of Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations From One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer and the new edition of Vagabonding includes a foreword from Tim Ferriss.  Most recently Rolf has launched his own podcast called “Deviate”.

Rolf leaves the listeners with some final advice encouraging them to travel and reminding them that its not as difficult or as dangerous as they might think.

In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast we discuss: 

  • What does it mean to be “time rich” versus most people travel in such a hurry? 
    • Rolf Potts explains how he taught English in Korea
  • What does Rolf Potts think about the digital nomad movement?
  • Why do people want to go back in time for nostalgic reasons when they travel? 
  • A quick story of when Rolf Potts got lost getting off the beaten path.
  • How people can cut the cord on their smartphone while traveling.
  • How can people truly disconnect, so they don’t get burned out? 
  • How to make your “vacation your vocation”.
  • What can we learn from the “slow food movement” or “slow travel movement”? 
  • How can people afford to travel more often and travel for longer?
    • Travel to cheaper places
    • He lives in Kansas because of the low cost of living, so he can afford to travel more often   
  • What is Rolf Potts’ life like in Kansas and what does he appreciate about it? 
    • Rolf is from Kansas and learned to appreciate what he has at home.
  • How does an old school traveler like Rolf Potts feel about Instagram culture in travel?

The Millennial Travel Podcast Rapid Fire Questions: 

  • If Rolf Potts could go to one bar tomorrow what would it be? 
    • McGlinchey’s in Philadelphia or a Korean soju tent
  • If Rolf Potts could take six months to travel anywhere where would he go? 
    • The United States because it’s such a large, diverse country
  • What is Rolf Potts favorite US National Park? 
    • Olympic National Park in Washington
  • Rolf Potts favorite piece of travel gear? 
    • You don’t need any luggage to have a good time, so he said good shoes or a smartphone. 

Resources: 

  • Rolf Potts’ best seller: Vagabonding
  • Rolf Potts’ book Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer (Travelers' Tales Guides)
  • Rolf Potts’ book Souvenir (Object Lessons)
  • Rolf Potts podcast Deviate
  • @RolfPotts on Instagram
  • @RolfPotts on Twitter
  • His website rolfpotts.com 

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or Spotify.

You can find all the links and past show notes on millennialtravelpodcast.com

Direct support for The Millennial Travel Podcast comes from The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority in Your Life... and from our new USA hiking and camping trips at Under30Experiences!

Nov 3, 2020

Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott are the husband-and-wife storytelling team behind Uncornered Market Adventurers, world travelers, adventurers, storytellers, and tourism advisors from the US and based in Berlin.  They have been to over 90 countries and are two of my very favorite people in tourism.

Their goal is to create a movement of respectful travelers and organizations who live at the intersection of adventure, deep travel experiences, and caring for our planet and its people. We hope not just to inspire, but to help others build a story-filled life, whether that life takes them around the block…or around the world.

Today, we speak about Sustainable tourism & adventure travel that cares for our planet & its people. This topic is one that I’m super passionate about as Daniel and Audrey are owners of a tourism development consultancy & travel blog.

They aim to humanize the places we visit, drawing our readers in through photographs and stories, so they connect with people and places they might otherwise never hear about or actively disregard. In turn, through their personal interactions, we seek to alter the view of America that people get from watching the news, taking in movies, or watching popular television shows. Call this our small contribution to public diplomacy and mutual understanding in today’s complicated world.

Dan took his first trip abroad at the ripe old age of 26. He went to India by himself, discovered another planet located on Earth, and fell terribly ill (dengue fever). He eventually recovered and has struggled with various bouts of the travel bug ever since.

Audrey has successfully managed projects in over twenty countries – often remotely – but prefers to be on the ground working directly with the people affected.

Coming from a family tradition in international work that goes back three generations, her international focus in life is not a surprise to those who know her well. She looks for everyday universal experiences when she travels and aims to make personal connections with people and cultures in varied environments. She has a weakness for dark chocolate and can bake a mean apple crisp.

If you want to know how this travel couple affords to travel the world, they break it down in three ways on their website: 

  • Tourism Development and Marketing Advisory
  • Speaking at Conferences and Universities
  • Affiliate sales and website advertising

In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast we discuss: 

  •  How Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott started traveling off the beaten path.
  • Where first-time solo travelers should travel.
  • Their opinion on Machu Picchu and how we can combat overtourism.
  • Alternative treks to the Inca Trail
  • How does travel really change people’s lives and how has traveled changed Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott’s life? 
  • How has travel pushed Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott to become better people? 
  • How can people make an impact while traveling or volunteering in a sustainable way.

In The Millennial Travel Podcast rapid fire round I ask:

  • Favorite travel resource
    • Daniel: Kayak.com
    • Audrey: Nomadic Matt’s and Jodi from Legal Nomads
  • Country that has made the most impact on them
    • Audrey: Kyrgyzstan
    • Daniel: India
  • Favorite international dish
    • Daniel: Masala dosa in India or sushi
    • Audrey: Homemade pasta in Tuscany

Resources: 

  • UncorneredMarket.com
  • @uncornered_market on Instagram
  • @umarket on Twitter

Direct support for The Millennial Travel Podcast comes from The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority in Your Life and our new USA camping and hiking trips from Under30Experiences!

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