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| 78 | Beyond Blogging: How Travel Creators Can Make More Money | 15 oct. 2026 | 00:09:39 | |
What if your travel blog is just the beginning of your business, rather than the business itself? Travel blogger and entrepreneur Yasmin Metz-Johnson, founder of Yasmin Tells, joins Palle Bo and Rick Calvert at TBEX to explore how travel creators can turn their skills, experience and connections into new income opportunities. After a decade of blogging, Yasmin has expanded her business into events, interior design and curated group trips through TellsTrips. Her small-group experiences take travelers to cultural events across West Africa, from art festivals in Ghana and Senegal to football in Côte d'Ivoire. But building multiple income streams comes with challenges. Yasmin shares why she's learning to delegate, how she identifies opportunities and why stepping outside your comfort zone is essential for growth. In this episode:
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| 77 | From Viral TikTok Videos to Growing Your Travel Blog | 09 oct. 2026 | 00:15:29 | |
What happens when a spontaneous travel tip turns into a viral TikTok video and thousands of new followers? And more importantly, how do you turn that attention into something that lasts? In this episode of Travel Matters, TBEX CEO Rick Calvert talks with Terry Abromitis, better known as Traveling Terry, about building a travel content business that connects social media with a blog. Terry shares how a chance encounter at TBEX Greece led to a video showing a fellow creator how to save €822 on a flight. The video went viral, helping her TikTok following grow from 58,000 to 125,000 in less than two months. But Terry isn't interested in collecting followers just for the numbers. Drawing on her background as a teacher and digital entrepreneur, she's developing practical ways to guide TikTok viewers toward useful content on her website. Key Takeaways
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| 76 | How to Turn Your Travel Audience Into Paying Customers | 02 oct. 2026 | 00:22:13 | |
What if your biggest opportunity as a travel creator isn't another sponsorship, but turning your audience into your customers? Chris Joondeph, the creator behind Authentic Traveling, has visited 170 countries and built an audience of millions by exploring places many travellers overlook or misunderstand. But his biggest business opportunity came when he started inviting followers to experience those destinations with him. Today, his company, Authentic Tours, takes travellers to destinations including Nigeria, Ethiopia and Somalia. And despite his enormous social media following, Chris says his tours now generate more revenue than his content. Palle Bo and Rick Calvert talk with Chris about building an audience through short-form video, turning trust into bookings, working with local partners and creating a business around something you genuinely love doing. In this episode:
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| 75 | How Travel Creators Can Survive Google and AI | 25 sept. 2026 | 00:19:51 | |
Google traffic is down. AI is changing how people search. Strategies that worked for travel creators just a few years ago are suddenly far less reliable. So what do you do when the rules of the game keep changing? In this episode, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert talk with Jarryd Salem, co-founder of NOMADasaurus, one of Australia's leading adventure travel and photography blogs. Jarryd has worked deeply with SEO for years and was experimenting with AI tools long before ChatGPT became mainstream. His view is refreshingly optimistic: the travel creator industry isn't disappearing, but creators need to stop expecting the old playbook to keep working. The conversation moves from the changing world of SEO and Google search to something even more important – building a creator business that doesn't depend on a single source of traffic or income. Jarryd calls it the "income octopus": multiple revenue streams that can keep the business moving even when one tentacle gets cut off. In this episode:
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| 74 | How Travel Creators Survive Google and Social Media | 17 sept. 2026 | 00:23:11 | |
What happens when the platforms you've spent years building on suddenly stop delivering? Travel creators have lived through countless social media changes, Google updates and shifting algorithms. In this episode, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with two creators who have built very different travel businesses – Chris Christensen of Amateur Traveler and Hendric Tay, co-founder of The Travel Intern. Chris has been podcasting since 2005 and says he now puts far less effort into social media because the return often isn't there. Hendric takes a different approach, running a 15-person content team across a website, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube – while deliberately avoiding short-term SEO tricks. They compare what has survived Google's changes, where social media still makes sense, and how a travel creator's job changes when a passion project becomes a real business. In this episode:
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| 73 | Is AI Stealing Your Content – And Can Creators Fight Back? | 11 sept. 2026 | 00:22:46 | |
What happens when Google and AI companies can answer a travel question using the experiences, photos and expertise of creators – without sending the reader to the creator who did the work? Travel Matters hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with travel creator and former attorney Nate Hake, founder of Travel Lemming, to talk about what he sees as an existential challenge for online creators. Nate argues that the problem isn't AI itself – it's how companies are using creators' work while taking away the traffic that has traditionally allowed publishers to make money. But he also believes creators have more power than they might think. They discuss blocking AI crawlers, emerging licensing models that could eventually compensate creators, why personal experience is becoming more valuable rather than less, and why relying on search traffic alone may no longer be a sustainable business model. The episode also includes an update recorded a year after the original conversation, looking at how AI licensing has developed since Nate made some of these predictions.
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| 72 | Gary Arndt on Podcasts, Newsletters and the Fight Against AI Content | 04 sept. 2026 | 00:25:18 | |
What happens when the platforms that built your business suddenly stop sending you traffic – or your entire industry shuts down almost overnight? Gary Arndt knows both scenarios very well. Gary was one of the early stars of travel blogging and an award-winning travel photographer. Then the pandemic wiped out 95% of his income within weeks. Instead of waiting for travel to return, he built something completely different: the daily Everything Everywhere podcast. That decision paid off. Everything Everywhere Daily has since passed 65 million downloads and now averages around 1.5 million downloads per month. In this conversation with Palle Bo and Rick Calvert, Gary explains why he became increasingly frustrated with a travel blogging industry dominated by SEO, algorithms and interchangeable listicles – and why he believes creators should focus more on building direct relationships with their audiences. The conversation also turns into a lively debate about AI. Gary isn't against using it, but argues that outsourcing the creative work can also remove the personality and expertise that give a creator a competitive advantage. In this episode
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| 71 | Family Travel Doesn't End When the Kids Grow Up | 28 août 2026 | 00:10:54 | |
What happens to "family travel" when the kids are old enough to order the cocktails? For Margarita Ibbott, it becomes a completely different kind of travel – and an interesting opportunity for destinations and content creators. Margarita started DownshiftingPRO in 2009, originally writing about professional organizing and simplifying life. Over time, the blog evolved with her. Today, her focus is travel for the 50+ audience, including luxury and cultural experiences, girls' getaways and traveling with adult children. Her philosophy can be summed up in four words: less stuff, more travel. In this conversation with Palle Bo and Rick Calvert, Margarita talks about following your interests as both your life and your audience change. She shares how attending her first TBEX helped convince her to make the leap into travel content – and why she keeps coming back. There's also the story of how a Colombian-born Canadian who desperately wanted to become an Irish dancer eventually got to live that dream through her daughter. In this episode:
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| 70 | Slash, Howard Stern and the Business Beyond YouTube – Marty Music (2:2) | 21 août 2026 | 00:20:06 | |
What happens when one of your guitar heroes tells you he has your lessons saved on his computer? In Part 2 of our conversation with Marty Schwartz of Marty Music, we pick up exactly where we left off – with Marty casually revealing that Slash from Guns N' Roses knows who he is. The story gets even better. On the very same day Marty met Slash, he received an unexpected phone call from Howard Stern, who had become fascinated with learning guitar. Marty also shares some of the other surreal side quests his career has brought him, including teaching Jordan Belfort and action star Jason Statham. But behind those stories is nearly two decades of relentless creator work. Marty explains how he turned early YouTube attention into private lessons, DVDs, digital products, courses and memberships – and why collecting email addresses became one of the smartest decisions he made. Today, after years of putting most of his energy into platforms like YouTube, he has deliberately reversed that strategy. His priority now is the business and audience he owns. In this episode
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| 69 | Five Million Subscribers – and Why YouTube Isn't Enough – Marty Music (1:2) | 14 août 2026 | 00:23:28 | |
What can a travel creator learn from one of the biggest guitar teachers on YouTube? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Marty Schwartz is the creator of Marty Music, a guitar education brand with close to five million YouTube subscribers and thousands of lessons produced over nearly two decades. Marty joined us at TBEX North America in Richmond, and although he works in a completely different corner of the creator economy, the similarities are striking. In Part 1 of our conversation, Marty talks with Palle Bo and Rick Calvert about growing an audience before anyone really knew what a "YouTuber" was, turning free content into a sustainable business, and why creators in different industries should pay more attention to what they can learn from each other. We also get into brand deals, the difference between free products and actually getting paid, how the pandemic transformed partnerships in the music industry, and why Marty deliberately chose an affordable Epiphone for his signature guitar rather than a more expensive Gibson. And sometimes branding starts with something as simple as a hat. In this episode
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| 69 | Slow Travel, Real Stories and a Blog Built to Last | 07 août 2026 | 00:14:28 | |
With AI producing more content and Google constantly changing the rules, how does a travel creator actually stand out? Josefine and Dom of Red White Adventures have a refreshingly simple answer: be more yourself. The Danish-Canadian couple has travelled together for more than eight years and turned what began as a casual travel blog into a full-time content business focused on outdoor adventures, slow travel, and the digital nomad lifestyle. Recorded at TBEX Europe in San Sebastián, this conversation gets into the reality behind that journey – from learning SEO and affiliate marketing to working with tourism boards, building multiple income streams, and deciding to commit fully to the blog. They also talk candidly about the uncertainty created by Google updates, why creators need to think long term, and why following every social-media trend can eventually make everyone look the same. Perhaps their most useful advice comes down to something no algorithm or AI tool can easily reproduce: your own experiences, personality, and point of view.
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| 67 | Will AI Replace Travel Bloggers – or Make Them Better? | 31 juil. 2026 | 00:17:03 | |
Can AI save travel creators hours of work without removing the personality, experience and human perspective that make people trust them? At TBEX Eau Claire, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sat down with content entrepreneur and author Julia McCoy, who had recently made a dramatic transition from outspoken AI sceptic to President of Content at Scale (now BrandWell). Julia explains what changed her mind. Early AI writing tools produced generic, unreliable content filled with fluff. Then she discovered technology capable of researching, writing and producing content at a speed that forced her to reconsider what the future might look like for professional writers and content creators. The conversation also explores the risks. AI can confidently invent facts, places and even legal cases, making human judgment and fact-checking essential. For travel bloggers, the bigger question is whether travellers will continue searching for blogs when an AI tool can build an itinerary in seconds. Julia's answer is that personal experience matters more than ever. AI may provide information, but it cannot replace your stories, your observations or the trust created by a recognisable human voice. In this episode:
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| 66 | How Travel Bloggers Can Make Real Money with Affiliate Marketing | 24 juil. 2026 | 00:18:39 | |
Shelley Marmor turned travel blogging into a multiple-six-figure business within two years. In this episode of Travel Matters, she shares why mindset matters, why SEO comes before monetisation, and how travel creators can use affiliate marketing more strategically instead of simply adding links and hoping for the best. What separates a travel blog that makes a little side income from one that becomes a serious business? In this episode of Travel Matters, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with Shelley Marmor, founder of TravelMexicoSolo.com, TravelBlogging101.com and several other niche travel sites. Shelley started her first blog in April 2020 and was making multiple six figures by her second year of blogging. Her secret? She says it starts with treating the blog as a business from day one. Shelley explains why tracking your money changes your mindset, why SEO is the foundation of affiliate income, and why travel bloggers should focus on "buying keywords" that attract readers who are already ready to book. Instead of simply placing affiliate links into random posts, Shelley breaks down how to create content for "hell yes" buyers – the people searching for things like the best hotels, tours, rental cars and travel services in a destination. She also shares what she has learned from running five blogs, working with human writers, testing affiliate partners like Booking, Expedia and Stay22, and balancing affiliate income with display ads and her own courses. The conversation also touches on AI, conference networking, the value of attending TBEX, and why independent creators often need to get out from behind the screen and meet like-minded people in person.
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| 65 | Free Trips, Fair Pay – Know Your Value as a Creator | 17 juil. 2026 | 00:28:52 | |
Should travel creators ever work for free? And is a free trip fair compensation – or simply unpaid labour with a nicer view? Travel Matters is back, and our first conversation of the new season brings together two longtime members of the TBEX community: Jen Ruiz, the travel writer, author and entrepreneur behind Jen on a Jet Plane, and Melvin Boecher, founder of Travel Dudes. Jen believes that when a creator is brought in to produce work for a campaign, money should always be part of the agreement. Melvin agrees that professional creators need to be paid – but argues that collaborations, barter and other exchanges can still make business sense when both sides receive genuine value. The result is a lively and occasionally heated debate about what creators are worth, when exposure or experience may have value, and how travel bloggers can build businesses that are less vulnerable to changing algorithms and declining revenue streams. In this episode:
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| 64 | From Ground to Sky: Unleashing the Power of Drones with the Drone Queen | 11 juil. 2024 | 00:28:13 | |
In this electrifying episode of Travel Matters, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with Christine Lozada, famously known as the Drone Queen. Dive into the world of drone photography and videography as Christine shares her journey from a newbie to a renowned drone expert. Discover the secrets behind capturing breathtaking aerial shots, navigating legalities, and utilizing drones to land incredible travel partnerships. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just curious about drone technology, this episode is packed with insights and tips that will elevate your travel content creation to new heights. Three Key Points
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| 63 | AI Revolution in Travel: Insights from Mike Shubic at TBEX North America 2023 | 02 juil. 2024 | 00:21:54 | |
In this episode of Travel Matters, join hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert as they sit down with travel blogger Mike Shubic from Mike's Road Trip at TBEX North America 2023 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They dive into Mike's journey from early tech adoption to exploring the latest in AI tools, sharing invaluable insights for content creators. Tune in to hear about Mike's adventures, the transformative power of AI in the travel industry, and how technology is shaping the future of content creation. Key Points
Future of AI in Travel and Content Creation: The conversation explores the potential and challenges of AI, including its impact on white-collar jobs, the importance of maintaining human creativity and artistry in content, and how AI can be a valuable tool without replacing the authenticity of personal experiences. | |||
| 62 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Elena Sergeeva and Ivan Bengeri | 17 juil. 2023 | 00:25:50 | |
In this final episode from TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, you can meet two guests. First, Rick talks to Elena Sergeeva. With a decade-long career in Sales & Marketing, she co-founded Travel Bloggers Greece in 2015 with the purpose to unite like-minded individuals and to educate the Greek market on how to work with bloggers. She is the founder of several travel blogs. She also works with JayWay Travel, one of the sponsors of TBEX. She did a session at this TBEX called "Destination Blogging Community and DMO Partnerships: Value and Opportunities" where she talked about how working with blogging communities provides new marketing opportunities and continued growth for Andros Island. The session covered the needs of a DMO from the local travel industry – Projects to empower the island's footprint in the global tourism market. And our last interview from TBEX Europe 2023 is with Ivan Bengeri from Croatia. In 2013 he quit his 9-to-5 job to travel around the world. In November 2014, www.bengeri.com travel blog happened, and since then, Ivan has been blogging and traveling full-time. So far, he's been to 60+ countries, walked a Camino de Santiago (800 km) in September 2018, represented Southeastern Europe (SEE) as a travel influencer on Kerala Blog Express 2019, and in 2020 he launched Bengeri.travel agency to share his love for traveling. | |||
| 61 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Eric Stoen from Travel Babbo | 15 juil. 2023 | 00:16:05 | |
In this episode, you can meet travel blogger Eric Stoen from the family travel blog Travel Babbo. He used to work in healthcare but was addicted to travel. So, in 2014 he quit his job and started the travel blog to inspire more people. So far, he's been to 101 countries and seven continents. Hear how he got started and how he grew his blog. You can also hear him talk about the time he took his kids to Antarctica. Rick has tried to get Eric to be a speaker, but he keeps saying no. Will this interview make him change his mind? | |||
| 60 | TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams | 13 juil. 2023 | 00:17:32 | |
In this episode, we have two guests. Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams are the travel blogging duo behind Dream Big, Travel Far. Using captivating content and an intelligent approach to sharing their stories on mainstream media, their website reaches as many as 350,000 page views a month. In their session, they shared the step-by-step details of how they have landed a large number of high-profile mainstream media features in the last 18 months – which has, in turn, helped them to 3-4x their blog's monthly traffic. This is their first TBEX, their first time as a speaker, and their first time as guests on a podcast. Have a listen and hear how they did. | |||
| 059 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Brennen Bliss and Anna Kalogeropoulou | 11 juil. 2023 | 00:23:11 | |
In this episode, we have two interviews. First, we meet Brennen Bliss, a US Search Award-winning SEO consultant and principal at the US-based travel and tourism-focused SEO agency, Propellic. The agency forms successful and creative SEO campaigns for its clients. Brennen is passionate about travel; sending more people to incredible places is part of his lifelong mission. Brennan did a double session called "Advanced SEO: Hidden Strategies to Compete in Search." Then we have a conversation with Anna Kalogeropoulou, Deputy Governor of Tourism for the Region of Peloponnese, a destination for all seasons. Kalamata is one of the fastest-developing cities in Greece. This modern city has been re-introduced to the world as a tourism destination. | |||
| 058 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Caroline Makepeace from yTravelBlog | 09 juil. 2023 | 00:26:06 | |
In this episode, we meet Caroline Makepeace (Caz) from yTravelBlog and This is Raleigh about Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with her husband, Craig, she's been traveling the world since 1997 and since 2007 with their two daughters. The White House invited them to attend a travel summit as one of the top digital travel influencers in the world in 2014, and in 2020 they were granted a green card for their "extraordinary ability in the art of travel blogging." Caz and Craig are from the Central Coast of Australia and now live in North Carolina – but they like to call the world our home. She was the Opening Keynote Speaker for TBEX North America in Billings, Montana, 2019. We planned to have her on Travel Matters back then, but it wasn't possible to make it happen. So, better late than never… Enjoy this conversation with an extraordinary travel blogger. | |||
| 057 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Melvin from Travel Dudes | 07 juil. 2023 | 00:37:37 | |
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with pioneer travel blogger Melvin Boecher from Germany. Melvin is the founder and CEO of Travel Dudes, co-founder of the Social Travel Summit, former COO of iAmbassador, and with more than 15 years of successfully running his business, he is a pioneer of professional travel blogging. His Social Media are very popular. On Twitter, he has accumulated around 250.000 followers, and Melvin appears on over 8.500 recommended Twitter lists – this ranks him in the top 3 in travel. His Facebook page has over 115,000 fans, and his Instagram has around 50,000 followers. He's also on YouTube, where he and his team post some great videos. Hear how he started as a travel blogger, how he built his travel blogging empire, and what he shared in his session at this TBEX. | |||
| 056 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Catharina Fischer | 06 juil. 2023 | 00:17:17 | |
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with Catharina Fischer about sustainable travel. Catharina is one of the leading experts in influencer marketing and a digital leader with over ten years of experience in tourism. At TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece, she gave an interesting talk about the impact of tourism trends on travel content creators. Before she was Head of Social Media at the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), she was in various marketing positions in the tourism industry. At the GNTB, she implemented the international Social Media Strategy in over 12 markets & created in 2013 the first international influencer campaign for Germany. Since 2015 she has been working for the consulting network Tourismuszukunft. Here she supports destinations, hotels, and tour operators, mainly in DACH countries, with their digital marketing. In 2016 she initiated the industry think tank 'Change4Destination' which is dealing with the question of the 'future of public destination marketing'. The think tank white paper became a must-read in the German-speaking markets. Furthermore, she created the VideoSummit – the leading conference for video in tourism with top videographers and video bloggers worldwide. Connect to Catharina Fischer on LinkedIn. | |||
| 055 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing | 30 juin 2023 | 00:18:32 | |
In this episode we say "mojn" to Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing. By developing, communicating and coordinating the Hamburg brand, they highlight the locational attractiveness of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in Germany and abroad. Hear how they work with content creators. | |||
| 054 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Martin Solhaugen | 26 juin 2023 | 00:19:31 | |
Martin Solhaugen is a filmmaker, youTuber and photographer from Oslo, Norway. Martin has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels, and high-profile clients. Martin has been traveling the world for the past 6 years in pursuit for cultural and visual expressions. With a big heart for visual storytelling and a unique eye for detail, he has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels and high-profile clients. He did two sessions at TBEX Europe 2023, and in this conversation, he shares some tips, and talks about how the same video made him more money on Facebook than on YouTube. | |||
| 053 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Travel YouTuber Christopher Lau | 23 juin 2023 | 00:17:17 | |
Chris Lau talks about his YouTube channel, SeeLauTravel and then we get into a long conversation about selling – an important skill to have as a travel content creator. With 10+ years of experience in a professional-level sales role, being recommended by other world-class creators, and having helped almost 80 creators from around the world, Chris also has a Mentor Program where he teaches how to travel for free, get paid for your work, and really make this into a lifestyle. See more about that on SeeLauTravelMentorProgram.com. | |||
| 052 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Yeison from MyTanFeet | 19 juin 2023 | 00:17:23 | |
In this one, we meet another experienced travel blogger and entrepreneur, Yeison, from the Costa Rica travel blog, Mytanfeet. The keynote speaker at this TBEX, Yeison (pronounced like Jason), is Costa Rican, born and raised. He started Mytanfeet with his wife Samantha, who moved to Costa Rica in 2012 from the United States and ever since then. Mytanfeet is a blog with local tips, detailed guides, photos, videos, and maps to help you plan the perfect trip to Costa Rica. | |||
| 051 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Anne and Mike Howard | 12 juin 2023 | 00:21:55 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, recorded at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with the amazing couple, Mike and Anne Howard from HoneyTrek.com. They're two Americans that realized life is short; the world is big, and the value of travel too great to wait another day. So, when it came time for their honeymoon, they decided to sell their stuff and embark on a trip around the world. They left on January 22, 2012, and are on "The World's Longest Honeymoon" … 11 years and counting! Books: Other links: Facebook: https://Facebook.com/HoneyTrek
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| 050 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Edu Giansante | 06 juin 2023 | 00:33:00 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one, we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Edu Giansante – a Brazilian who lives in Dublin. He's the Founder and Content Creator at E-Dublin – a brand that has reached more than 50 million YouTube views and reaches 1 million accounts every month. For more than ten years, Edu has demonstrated his skills as a highly experienced strategic thinker for online communities for companies across the world. He was awarded the Community Professional of the Year 2020 at the CMX Awards – one of the most prestigious companies in the communities industry. Edu did a session where he explained how community-led content is the new way to do business. No matter the industry, we're seeing a shift in how companies and content creators with a strong community are leading businesses. We are moving from broadcasting to connecting, telling to hearing, and transactional comms to symbiotic. You can download Edu's Community cheat sheet from his session on ed.community/tbex. His website for Brazilian expats in Dublin is called eDublin, and you can find also connect with Edu on LinkedIn, Instagram, twitter, and follow his popular YouTube channel. We are also talking a lot about AI and the future. Edu mentions a cool app called Captions (download it in the iOS store) and we also talk about the app called Lemon8, and the documentary Transcendent Man. Enjoy an interesting conversation with Edu, and please share if you like it. | |||
| 049 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Social Media Strategist, Itai Marshall | 29 mai 2023 | 00:26:21 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Itai Marshall. He's a Social Media strategist from Israel who made the leap from YouTube to TikTok, where he has now amassed more than 200,000 followers and 12 million likes with his high-energy and snappy video style. Itai is also a video marketing coach, and his work includes showing tourism professionals how to effectively create short-form video. At TBEX in Greece he did two sessions: "Elevate your Online Presence and Personal Brand with TikTok" and "Creating the Ultimate Short Form Video" You can follow Itai on TikTok, Instagram, and on any other SoMe channel as itaimarshall. | |||
| 048 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Shane Dallas | 08 mai 2023 | 00:30:26 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the first of many episodes from TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one – recorded today, two days before the conference, we talk to conference director Shane Dallas about what to expect from this conference. | |||
| 047 – Traveling Cheesehead Dannelle Gay | 01 mars 2023 | 00:38:38 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by serial entrepreneur and travel-junkie Dannelle Gay, AKA the Traveling Cheesehead. She loves to talk about Travel, Partnerships with Destinations, and teach bloggers how to make money. Her latest book '100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die' just came out and she is more than delighted that TBEX is coming to her home state! LINKS: Blog: TravelingCheesehead.com Book: '100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die' – or use your own Amazon affiliate link. TheTravelingCheesehead on InstaGram.
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| 046 – TBEX Asia with Ajay Sood of Travelure | 15 févr. 2023 | 00:18:12 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by Pro Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood from Travelure. 'Travelure' started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood's articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight publications like Condé Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, JetWings, Travel3Sixty°, Smart Photography, Taj Magazine, GoGetter, etc. Travelure simply means building a lure of travel among its readers. Follow Ajay on Instagram and on Travelure.in This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 045 – TBEX Asia with Zeekman,Travel Dave, Sarah Hughes and Nathan Sado | 08 févr. 2023 | 00:25:52 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we're joined by four awesome content creators: Nathan Sado, Sarah Hughes, Dave Brett, and Dan Zeek. Sarah and Nathan have several sites, but their main site is Live Dream Discover. Adventure traveler Dave Brett is better known as Travel Dave UK. You can follow Dan Zeek on YouTube as Zeekman Eats and Zeekman Travels, on Instagram as Zeekman73 and Zeekman Travels, and on TikTok as ZeekmanDan. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 044 – TBEX Asia with Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson | 01 févr. 2023 | 00:25:37 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this episode, we're joined by Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Founded in 1951, PATA is a not-for-profit membership-based association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. By bringing together our private and public sector members, PATA facilitates meaningful partnerships to enhance the value, quality and sustainable growth of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| BREAKING NEWS: We're going to Africa | 31 janv. 2023 | 00:06:07 | |
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| 042 – TBEX Asia with Jason Rupp, Ric Gazarian and Yosh Dimen | 26 janv. 2023 | 00:36:15 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. First you can meet two American Thailand experts. Jason does a lot of content from Thailand on his YouTube channel, and Ric has his base in Bangkok. We're also joined by Filipino, travel blogger, Yosh Dimen. Jason's YouTube channel is called Travel & Pamper, and everywhere he goes, he visit the local barbershop for a haircut, hair wash, pedicure, facial, foot scrub, massage, or a straight razor hot towel shave. Now that's a different angle to a travel YouTube channel. And he's doing well with 579.000 subscribers and almost a quarter of a billion views. Ric is an extreme traveler on a quest to travel to all 193 UN countries and he shares his unique experiences, must-see places, and off-the-beaten path locations on his blog, Global Gaz. He's the host of the popular podcast, Counting Countries, where he interviews travelers who also are aiming to visit every country in the world. Also, he founded a new conference called Extraordinary Travel Festival, held for the first time in Yerevan, Armenia in October 2022. Co-host of Travel Matters, Palle Bo, was there and did a lot of interviews with some extraordinary travelers on his own podcast, The Radio Vagabond. Yosh Dimen, started The Poor Traveler in 2010 with his friend Vins Carlos. The blog is about being smart when traveling, planning, and budgeting. And (as they say on the blog), in most cases, the cheapest is not always the wisest. The truth is, although they were struggling financially when they started, it wasn't the reason for the name. They called it poor to mean "unfortunate or unlucky". As in poor soul, poor choices, you poor thing. Yosh and Vins are very successful with 855,000 followers on Facebook, 77,000 followers on Instagram, and almost 90,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel. Yosh was on the closing panel at TBEX Asia, and will be a keynote speaker at TBEX Europe 2023 in Greece. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 041 – TBEX Asia with Scott Gurian and Maria Haase | 18 janv. 2023 | 00:37:03 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with two unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Scott Gurian from Far From Home Podcast and Maria Haase from San Diego Explorer. Scott mentioned his podcast where he met a Medicine Man in Peru and went to an ayahuasca ceremony. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 040 – TBEX Asia with Sharon Gourlay and Megan Singleton | 11 janv. 2023 | 00:35:46 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters, and another episode recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Australian Sharon Gourlay from DigitalNomadWannaBe. Sharon is an SEO expert and runs 15-20 sites, does training, and hosts the weekly podcast "Make Money Blogging with Digital Nomad Wannabe". Here she teaches you how to turn your blog into a business with sustainable passive income. Our second guest is a Kiwi. Megan Singleton from Blogger at Large, has been travel writing full time since 2000 and blogging since 2006. She's also also the travel correspondent on Newstalk ZB radio on Sundays and also love to host tours for her readers around New Zealand, her home country. Megan did a session with the simple title "Extraordinary Creative Collaboration Ideas for Content Creators and DMOs", where she shared how to create and host tours for our readers. The session covered how to plan a tour, how to determine pricing, how to market it and most of all, how to make sure it's fail safe in this post-Covid environment. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 039 – TBEX Asia with Kyle Jennermann aka "Kulas" | 04 janv. 2023 | 00:39:54 | |
Welcome to Travel Matters and the first episode of 2023. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Kyle Jennermann, a Canadian national who found himself falling in love with the Philippines and its people. He calls himself "Kulas", a nickname he was given several years ago by one of the people he met on one of his trips there. He decided to introduce the Philippines to the rest of the world in his YouTube channel, "Becoming Filipino". And that is happening. Click this link and see an act from a senator, to grant him citizenship. Even though his channel has more than a million subscribers, and he's able to live of it, he's very modest and very sharing. Follow Kulas on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and soon also on TikTok. Finally, here is a link to the "Lucky Me! Lomi" TV commercial we're talking about. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. Happy New Year! | |||
| 038 – TBEX Asia with Trinity, The Naked Traveler | 21 déc. 2022 | 00:36:31 | |
Welcome to the Christmas episode of Travel Matters, also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this one Tomiko is sitting in for Rick in the interview with Indonesian travel blogger and author Trinity Traveler aka "The Naked Traveler". Trinity is Indonesia's leading travel writer, author of 15 best-selling books incl. The Naked Traveler series and a blogger since 2005. She's had such an interesting life that her life story was turned into two movies. Not many of us can say that. You can also hear about Rick chasing his new Alaska dog in the rain and about him being afraid of being replaced on the podcast. Follow Trinity on Instagram and Facebook. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. Happy Christmas! | |||
| 037 – TBEX Asia with Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz | 18 déc. 2022 | 00:44:18 | |
Time to kick off the episodes recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. And we start with the men of the hour, Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz. Hear about the biggest TBEX of the year and what was so unique about it. You can also hear a bit about some of the upcoming guests. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 036 – TBEX Lafayette with The Cajun Traveler, Toby Doré and Nicole from Explore Houma | 07 déc. 2022 | 00:29:13 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with travel blogger and Airbnb expert Toby Doré about connecting travel influencers to short-term rental hosts. His blog is The Cajun Traveler, and he's on Instagram as @TheCajunTraveler. We also meet Nicole from Explore Houma, Louisiana. Just 55 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana's BayouCountry contains over 2500 sq. miles of mysterious swamps and vast wetlands. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert. | |||
| 035 – TBEX Lafayette with Frederic Aouad, Stay22 and Allie Eggert, Visit Billings | 01 déc. 2022 | 00:27:23 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with Frederic Aouad from Stay22 and Allie Eggert Visit Billings. If you're interested in working with Visit Billings at alyson@visitbillings.com. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert. | |||
| 034 – TBEX Lafayette with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing | 23 nov. 2022 | 00:28:52 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing. If you're a content creator and would like to work with Go RVing, you can reach out to christy@fireituppr.com This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 033 – TBEX Lafayette with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville Wisconsin | 15 nov. 2022 | 00:34:40 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville, Wisconsin. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 032 – TBEX Lafayette with Tripello and Gerald Gruenig | 09 nov. 2022 | 00:46:06 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with Sven and Rene from Tripello. Tripello does Travel in a new and different way, it's a platform that can get you up to 60% discount hotel rooms. Also, they have an affiliate program that might interest you. He also has an interesting conversation with the closing keynote speaker, Gerald Gruenig. He's a local TV host in Lafayette but now also very active on social media. On TikTok he's @GeraldGruenig, on Facebook "KLFY Gerald Gruenig", on Instagram @GeraldGruenigTV and on Twitter @GeraldGruenig. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 031 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Jay Maniquis and Tim Leffel | 02 nov. 2022 | 00:27:14 | |
In this episode, Rick speaks with his homeboy San Diego Travel Host Jay Jay Maniquis from the YouTube channel, Jaycation, and TBEX Conference Director for North America Tim Leffel. Tim is a veteran travel writer who has dispatched articles from five continents. He is an author of multiple books, editor of Perceptive Travel, and a long time travel blogger. His company, Al Centro Media, produces a variety of additional websites including Hotel Scoop. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and produced by The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 030 –TBEX Lafayette Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing | 26 oct. 2022 | 00:40:09 | |
In this first episode from TBEX North America in Lafayette, 2022, Rick speaks with Radio host and culinary personality Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing. Not only does SafetyWing have Nomad Insurance, but they also plan to build a country on the internet, calling it Plumania. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||
| 029 – Rolf Potts and The Vagabond's Way | 22 oct. 2022 | 00:51:05 | |
A vagabond is a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home. Our guest today is the bestselling author of the widely celebrated Vagabonding. Now, Rolf Potts has written a new book called "The Vagabond's Way" This book is a bit different, containing 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel. We're super excited to have him on the show today. This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo. | |||