I Am Not Your Tour Guide – Details, episodes & analysis

Our epic guest this week, Melissa Rodway, is the creator and host of FLY Travel Radio and author of the book, "The People You Meet: Luxury, Leeches, Love, and Lao-Lao".

Melissa lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; where the toilets are amazing. She joins us to talk about her new book and to reflect on a few memories of her venturesome journey through Southeast Asia. 

Book link on Amazon: https://a.co/d/db1jnK1

Instagram link: @fly_travel_media

Today's podcast is just a good ol' fashioned conversation about traveling. I believe that sharing stories with a dear friend can instantly boost your mood and activate your wanderlust (endorphins overload).

Our guest today, Henry McClain, has traveled all over the world and his enthusiasm for planet earth is contagious! He's the opposite of boring and he brings his travel stories to life. If this makes any sense, Henry is like a dress with pockets for the soul. 

This power couple, Mike and Natalie, join us this week to relive their adventures of traveling the world together as they continued to fall deeper in love with each other. Natalie and Mike traveled for almost a year throughout parts of Central and South America on their first go-around. They had so much fun the first time, they took off for another 9 months through Europe. They are definitely the type of couple that we hashtag with the phrase #relationshipgoals. So, check out a small portion of their beautiful story on one of your evenings strolls this week! 

"We have always kind of lived our life easily inspired". That is the mindset of this week's guest, my brother, Ryan Skelton. He is a traveler that allows the world to impress him.

 Ryan has traversed through seventy countries and lived abroad with his wife for almost 11 years. On this week's episode, we embark on an adventure through the soaring mountains of Nepal as we enjoy the powerful feeling that we receive when we listen to a good story, compliments of my brother. 

This week's guest, Tasha Cortesi, has a gift for retracing her vivid memories for a story, living in the moment, and making new best friends wherever she travels! She passionately shares her guided adventures through Patagonia as she expresses her new devotion to finding the spirit of Träkál, which is a spirit created to honor Patagonia.  Though Tasha discovered that no article of clothing is actually waterproof and tents work best when they are tied down....her positive outlook on respecting nature and being present in every moment will inspire you to book your next trip to a place that's your version of magic. 

This week's fabulous guest, Callie, divulges stories from her 14- month road trip across the United States in her trusty RV with her amazing husband.  As first mate of their RV, Callie navigated around the country and explored dozens of National Parks. They began by joining the snow birds in Florida and then made their way West, making friends and living their best lives. So, join Callie for a few tips and a lot of inspiration if you have a desire to sell everything, buy an RV and just go! 

Through my wave of excitement, I got to interview this week's guest from her computer room in McMurdo Station,  Antarctica. Katy's original goal was to reach the continent without breaking the bank. With determination, she applied multiple times for support staff positions within research bases on the frozen world of Antarctica. She's now living out one of her dreams in a destination where true, pure adventure still lives. Join Katie on our pod this week as she gives us a little glimpse of her remote world. 

After years of a friendship that requires little nurturing, I got to sit down and catch up with my dear friend, Tennah. Her positive energy and  her enthusiasm for being her authentic self is something you can feel when she speaks. Tennah took the time to entertain me with a few of her special travel memories from the past while reminding me of the importance of friendship!

In the spirit of solo travel, I attempted a solo podcast. Though  I'm more interested in hearing the travel stories of fellow travelers, there was a peace in reliving my memories through my story-telling. For all those people that are teetering with the idea of a solo travel trip...let me be the person that tells you to just do it! There is beauty to be found everywhere and we sometimes see life in a deeper form when we are focused on ourselves and not distracted by the routine of others. I encourage that you introduce one good solo trip into your life! 

This week I interviewed the owner/operator of Travel Light, Melanie Tucci. She's participated in a whirlwind of adventures through 32 countries and has a passion for planning adventure travel trips so people can experience the world in new and exciting ways! Melanie is an avid hiker and "Type 2 fun" kind of girl. Join us as she lights the fire of wanderlust within us and enlist on one of her upcoming trips! You can find all her information on IG @traveltooch. Her photos will make you want to jump on the next plane out of town!