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Classic Bucket List Alps trek of the tour du Mont Blanc circuit through three countries:  Italy, France and Switzerland.  

The Mont Blanc Trek is considered one of the most beautiful hikes in the world!  This adventure is the perfect combination of challenge, great food, culture and company.  An absolutely wonderful vacation!

On today's show, I go in detail about what you can expect on your Mont Blanc Adventure.  I discuss the difficulty, terrain, what special to pack, weather and when to go, the food (!!!) and everything you need to know to see if you should head to Mont Blanc for your enxt adventure travel holiday (and the answer is YES!!!)

This adventure can be done as a guided trip, as I did with Active Adventures,an affiliate of my Active Travel Adventures (but we are two different companies), as a self-guided trip or you can plan the whole thing on your own and according to your budget.  See the webpage for more details.  Email me for an exclusive Active Adventures $200 off Promo Code good for this or any of Active's exciting adventure travel tours!

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about training for this adventure.

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Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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How To Save Money on Travel - Part II

We conclude our summer series on saving money yet still going on trips and adventures with Part II of 69 Ways to Save Money on Travel Costs.

Today we drill down on dozens of ways you can save money on Travel.  Be sure to get the monthly newsletter so you'll have a printer friendly cheat sheet listing all 69 travel saving tips.  No spam promise - unsubscribe anytime.  You can listen to Part I of this series here.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES   to see all 69 Ways to save money on travel costs.  Download Parts 1 and II of this money saving series.  Learn ways to save money FOR travel HERE.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

SUBSCRIBE to the Adventure Travel Show (the “How to’s of adventure travel)

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Guided Costa Rica Camino with Homestays and Daily Luggage Transfer

PART II: Join us as we continue our 175 mile/280 km Costa Rica Camino where, over 16 days, you walk from the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean, across the entire country (indeed the continent and over the continental divide!).  You'll experience an array of ecosystems and see wildlife and fauna in one of the most biodiverse regions of the world.

The hike is fully guided and includes all meals and daily luggage transfer.  When I went, I did a combination of small lodges and camping.  Our guest Laurie and her husband opted for a private tour for the two of them and they stayed in homestays, for a completely different experience than the one I covered last year.

Less than 1000 hikers have completed the Costa Rica Camino as of this recording!  Learn all about it on the show and on the website and Travel Planner.  I recommend going with my affiliate, UrriTrek.  Use Promo Code ATA100 to save $100 on your full Costa Rica Camino.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES  See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about today’s show.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!).  Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

SUBSCRIBE to the Adventure Travel Show (the “How to’s of adventure travel)

SUBSCRIBE to Active Travel Adventures (fantastic adventure destinations)

Join the Active Travel Adventures Facebook Group

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(C) Active Travel Adventures, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Kit continues her multi-state camper van road trip during the pandemic.  Learn what it's like to travel now, what she's learned and some cool places she visited that you may want to add to your future travel list.

SHOW NOTES:

https://activetraveladventures.com/roadtrip/

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

Kit Parks
Host of the Active Travel Adventures and the
Adventure Travel Show podcasts

The Podcasts:
https://activetraveladventures.com
https://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com

 
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What’s it like to go on a road trip during the pandemic?  In today’s show, Kit and her camper van ‘Sophie’ take to the road to find out.  You’ll learn what went right and wrong on her trip, and lessons learned.  You’ll hear about some amazing places to explore, especially State Park gems, as Kit works her way West from NC on her six week adventure.

SHOW NOTES:

https://activetraveladventures.com/roadtrip/

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

Kit Parks
Host of the Active Travel Adventures and the
Adventure Travel Show podcasts

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The Podcasts:
https://activetraveladventures.com
https://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com

 

The 'Summer of Kit' road trip in 'Sophie', Kit's new-to-her converted Sprinter camper van concludes, but she forgot about lack of internet access to produce new episodes while she traveled.  Today we discuss the new schedule.

Be sure to check in with Kit to let her know how YOUR summer went during this crazy time!

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

CONNECT WITH ME!

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The Podcasts:
https://activetraveladventures.com
https://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com

Is Contact Tracing the way to open up travel again?

Explore the pros and cons of contact tracing and exposure notification, and how it may help us travel again in a Covid world.

Today’s Bonus Episode brings Mary Charleson from CarryOnQueen.com and FiveMinuteMarketing.com and Barbara Cameron of BarbaraCameronPix.com.

We define contact tracing, the differences between manual and digital tracing, the pros and cons of contact tracing versus exposure notification, we discuss privacy issues, centralized vs decentralized methods, the problems of having a hodgepodge of strategies, and Google and Apples joint ventureto offer exposure notification to the world.

GET COMPLETE SHOW NOTES HERE

See the complete Show Notes, get Mary and Barb’s web and social links and read the Google/Apple Exposure Notification API for yourself HERE.

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

The Podcasts:

https://activetraveladventures.com
https://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTS:

Active Travel Adventures

Adventure Travel Show

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Roundup Interview with Adventure Travel Industry Leaders

Bonus Episode #6

In March 2020 at the beginning of the lockdown, Kit interviewed three industry leaders to find out what was happening on the ground, how they were dealing with the crisis, and what advice they would give us adventure travelers. 

Today’s show is a follow up three months later to see what they’ve learned, what they expect we will see for the next twelve months onward, and advice for travel in the future.

 See the key takeaways regarding Covid travel advice

and get the complete SHOW NOTES HERE.

Expert Guest Panel

• Wendy van Lieshout, CEO of Active Adventures from New Zealand
  • Active Adventures offers Bucket List adventures across the globe and will be starting US tours in 2020
• Dan Austin, Founder of Austin Adventures in Billings, Montana
  • Austin Adventures offers domestic and international adventure tours geared to both ‘families’ and ‘adult only’.
• Jim Johnson, Founder of BikeTours.com in Chattanooga, TN
  • BikeTours.com caters to US and Canadian bike lovers who want to explore Europe on cycle tours, both guided and self-guided. ‘Bike the South’ USA-based themed cycle tours will be on offer soon.

Kit and her camper van, “Sophie” will be touring parts of the US.  You can follow their adventures in the private Active Travel Adventures Facebook Group, which is also a great place to ask questions and to let us know what adventures you are up to this summer.  Ask to join HERE.

Contact Kit HERE

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

Get the Monthly Newsletter with all the free travel planners, discount offers and other travel goodies.  Unsubscribe anytime.  No spam guarantee – I promise!  Sign up HERE

Other Links mentioned in the show:

• Austin Adventures “Travel in a Covid World” webinar – Register HERE
• Austin Adventures “Essential Employee” Yellowstone Contest Nomination link
• Contact Tracing Bonus Episode (available July 16, 2020)
• The companion Adventure Travel Show podcast
• SUBSCRIBE to the ACTIVE TRAVEL ADVENTURES podcast HERE
• SUBSCRIBE to the ADVENTURE TRAVEL SHOW podcast HERE

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072 Adventures in Morocco : Marrakesh, Chefchaouen, the Sahara & Atlas Mountains and more!

Our visit to Morocco today focuses on the exotic culture as well as hiking in the Atlas Mountains. We take a camel trek in the Sahara Desert.  We visit Marrakesh, Chefchaouen, Casablanca, and Berber villages.  We take a cooking class, take a night street food tour, explore a Kasbah, watch craftsmen make their wares, such as wool rugs, tanned leather goods, mosaic tile work and pottery.  We tour a massive mosque in Casablanca.

I interview our guide, Chama, about what it’s like to be a modern Berber Muslim woman in Morocco, and as a hiking and cycling guide for her native country.

I tell you about how I chose the wrong tour company for me and what I would recommend for you.  We talk about safety and other hints on enjoying your visit.  You can also check out my companion podcast episode, the Adventure Travel Show podcast, where I did a show on How To Choose a Tour Company, which covers all the research I did to make sure I don’t make the same expensive mistake in the future.  Get details and listen to this show here.

MOROCCO PICS AND DETAILS : See loads of colorful photos and get more details HERE.

Get my Monthly NewsletterHERE.  You will also get my once a monthemail with all new travel planners (also free) along with any tips, etc.  Once you are a member, you are entitled to all previous Travel Planners – just email me and I’ll send it to you!  No spam promise and you can unsubscribe anytime.

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

Kit Parks
Host of the Active Travel Adventures and the
Adventure Travel Show podcasts

Kit … [at] …ActiveTravelAdventures.com (you know how to adjust this – Got to keep out the spammersJ

The Podcasts:

Subscribe to Active Travel Adventures podcast HERE

Subscribe to the Adventure Travel Show podcast HERE

Visit the websites to see all of our adventures, great photos and more below:

https://activetraveladventures.com
https://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com


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The best way to see Scotland’s bucolic countryside is on foot! 

Savor Scotland’s most popular long distance trail, the West Highland Way!  This 96 mile trail starts in Glasgow and finishes in Scotland’s adventure capital, Fort William. Kit even walked the Kelvin Way from Glasgow to the start of the trail in Milngavie.

Stay in medieval villages each night and walk the rambling countryside trail, often along Loch Lommond, during the day.  It’s magical AND doable for any fit person!  Walking holidays allow for a more immersive experience plus they are often less expensive than traditional vacations.

Learn how to hike it, what to expect and how to plan your adventure.

You can listen to the podcast episode, see photos and get more information about walking the West Highland Way at the website and even download a FREE Travel Planner!

We cover:

• What is the West Highland Way
• Where is the West Highland Way
• When to walk the West Highland Way
• How to plan your adventure
• The different kinds of accommodations and why it’s so important to book in advance
• How to have your luggage transported each day if you want so you can just day hike the trail
• What to pack and what to do if the weather turns on you
• Who can do this type of adventure
• And much more!

Get complete details and download the FREE West Highland Way Travel Planner on the  Show Notespage.  Check out all destinations on the Directory Page.

CONTACT KIT

Resources 

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance:  Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy!  The best way to find the right policy for your adventures. 

Train For Your Adventure  Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have!  You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success.  Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit.  AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program?  You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks   Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account.  Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

https://activetraveladventures.com
http://adventuretravelshowpodcast.com

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