Speaking Of Travel ®

Tracey Nesbitt, editor of Solo Traveler, an online publication and community where people who share a passion for traveling alone go for tips and advice, shares wisdom and encouragement for solo travel. She’s also the moderator of the Solo Travel Society on Facebook, a very active group of over 230,000 travelers around the world. And she has traveled solo for over 20 years! She provides useful tips on how to get started, safety and more! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Brian Biro has delivered over 1,300 presentations around the world and is one of the nation's foremost speakers and teachers of leadership, possibility thinking, thriving on change and team building and is the author of 11 books including bestseller, Beyond Success! Brian talks to us about how travel is so empowering and how staying in our comfort zones can become confinement zones. He loves people and believes in being fully present in all we do and how everyone has their own potential to have an amazing life. A great show! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Dayna Reggero of The Climate Listening Project, Rita Frost of Dogwood Alliance and Rev. Leo Woodberry of the Justice First Tour, discuss forest conservation and how to protect our connection to nature. Forests are life-sustaining. Forests provide us with the very air we breathe and clean our drinking water supply. They are our connection to nature and can help us cope with stress, fatigue and anxiety. For over 20 years, Dogwood Alliance has worked with diverse communities, partner organizations and decision-makers to protect Southern forests across 14 states.The Justice First Tour calls for a strong network of grassroots and frontline organizations working together to advance climate justice and forest protection, with a focus on 100% clean energy for 100% of the people.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park and Lake Lure is just a short forty-minute ride from Asheville and within the Blue Ridge Foothills of Western North Carolina. I love this place! Find out all there is to see and do with my guests from Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park, the Broad River Inn, the Esmeraldo Inn, Lake Lure Inn, and the Burntshirt Vineyards Tasting Room and Bistro. There’s all this and more as Speaking of Travel broadcasts from Chimney Rock and Lake Lure, NC.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Liquid Spark Foundation founder Julie Thorner leads small groups of women through Eastern Tibet with a mission to connect with women on the other side of the world and learn a different way of life. She began the non-profit foundation to help provide education sponsorships to Tibetan young women to go to college, as well as fund projects at the nunnery they visit based on the needs and interests of the nuns. With the help of a few tour guides in Tibet, Julie designed a tour that includes home stays with village women and nuns as well as plenty of hiking and exploring the culturally rich region of Tibet. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Drew Binsky has visited 140 countries since 2012 and brings the world to all of us. He inspires people to step out of their familiar zone and shows us we are all one with his unique videos and stories. Drew is a blogger, teacher, traveler, entrepreneur and innovator. And is well-loved by many! Drew tells us about his journey so far and how he's made a career from making travel videos online and why building an audience is so important for him. Drew is a delightful person who is making our world a better place. Someday we're going to say we knew Drew when. He's a rising star! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Asheville Van Life founder & director Micah Pulleyn explains how the van life culture is rising to stardom. Find out how people thrive in their careers while exploring the world and enjoy the freedom and flexibility of being digital nomads. Asheville Van Life operates with the principles of respect, imagination, curiosity, connection and humility. The beauty of the van life community is in its diversity and high standards of respect and personal dignity. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Grant and Megan Baird are self professed travel junkies and took a giant leap of faith when they left to travel around the world. Find out how they shook things up and changed their lives for the better. We talk about making the decision to leave comfortable careers, their home and pets, and how they prepared for this epic journey and created the freedom to find themselves. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Adriana Chavela Stamey and Ron Stamey are a husband and wife pair and lifelong entrepreneurs who founded Hola Carolina Magazine. While Adriana and Ron are business partners, they insist that couples going into business together remember to put the same investment into their own relationship. In fact, they share the same thirst for adventure and love traveling to new places just as much as they love each other.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

For Eytan Elterman and Marco Bollinger, making the film 2.5%-The Osa Peninsula, was the catalyst that led them to launch Lokal Travel and work to transform the travel industry for the better. Eytan and Marco fell in love with the Osa Peninsula while filming their documentary and partnered up to form Lokal Travel in an effort to address the lack of support for local communities like in the Osa Peninsula.www.lokaltravel.comThanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Did you know spending time in nature improves your brain, reduces stress and keeps you fit? I know when I walk through the forest and climb up to a mountain overlook, it clears my head and allows me to reboot. As John Muir said, "The clearest way into the Universe is though a forest wilderness.” At home in NC’s Great Smoky Mountains, naturalist and writer George Ellison and his artist wife, Elizabeth, share their creative insights into nature and speak about inspirations and love of discovery. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Eryn Murman and Jason Hite of 5jBarrow recently took a one-year tour of the US, moving their life out of NYC and into a van, getting married, and finding out how different our culture is from town to town. They explain how busking is different in cities and towns like NYC, Asheville, New Orleans, Burlington, San Francisco, and how they witnessed their music to be an amazing tool in breaking down walls between themselves and strangers. Travel has taught Eryn and Jason to go with the flow and trust that things will fall into place. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Mark and Patrick took a trip of a lifetime to Patagonia and added challenge and excitement to their lives. They ventured outside of their bubble of protection to live this adventure to the fullest and explain how the trip unfolded and why they chose to go there. Find out why this epic journey was so worth all the effort to make it happen and the gifts they received for this incredible experience. Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Mike Aiken is a musician whose love for singing, songwriting, and sailing has taken him all over the world. He talks to us about sailing the world in search of music, what it's like to view the world from the deck of a sailboat and his newest album, Wayward Troubadour. And he reminds us that no matter where you travel, there are good people everywhere!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Are you longing to get happy, kick back and have a real California beach experience? Kelly Miller, President of Visit Huntington Beach, the official destination marketing organization for Surf City, USA, (which by the way was recently ranked one of the happiest places to live), explains why Surf City's endless summer is the place for you. Kelly is a longtime travel professional who loves to road cycle throughout the OC every chance he gets!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Danielle Visco and Ryan Rabidou are entrepreneurs who took a turn leading Airstream’s Endless Caravan. Danielle and Ryan traveled to the best snowboarding spots in the US like Jackson Hole, Big Sky and Sun Valley. They left their schedule purposefully flexible to chase winter storms over the two-month journey. Find out what it’s like to take an adventure-packed winter trip living a nomadic lifestyle. With their dogs! Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

The Speaking of Travel Climate Listening Project Series continues with Dayna Reggero and guests Carl Chesick of the Center for Honeybee Research and Phyllis Stiles of Bee City USA. We discuss how places are working to be pollinator friendly, how climate change is impacting bees, why pollinators are important for food and biodiversity, why bee research is important and more!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Although Jane Kramer’s roots are in the traditional music of Appalachia, she tells us how traveling influences her songwriting and explains her method for tapping into the soul of each place she visits. And she sings for us too! Jane's newest album will be released this fall. www.janekramermusic.comThanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

Bistra Hristova is a photographer who grew up in Bulgaria and has lived in the US for 20 years. Her interest in traveling is fueled by a connection to nature and a desire to explore a simpler way of life. Bistra talks to us about travel, hiking and how art is a big part of her upbringing. She also explains what it was like coming to the states and finding her true self.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.

I’ve lived in Western North Carolina for 40 years and had never been to MerleFest until a few weeks ago. And I'm here to tell you MerleFest is one of the most organized music events I’ve ever attended with an amazing lineup of talent. This was the 31st year and it's like a big camp for musicians and music fans held on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Imagine over 100 incredible performers on 13 stages over four days. Some highlights of MerleFest 2018 are included in the conversations I had with some of this year’s performers in their element. Enjoy!Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.