Winging It Travel Podcast

Hello, and welcome to number 139! Today, I am joined by Harry Mitsidis, who has travelled to every UN country in the world...twice. Harry also runs the NomadMania community, a hub where every traveller can track their travels down to very little detail. In this bumper episode, we discuss Harry's introduction to the world of travel, how he is still finding his place in the world, how he completed e...

Hello and welcome to this new format for my solo episodes in 2024, a much more structured concept covering travel news, travel stories, and guest reactions, did you know?/travel facts, brand updates, audience questions, and a travel joke. In this episode, I cover the LGTBQ+ tour group called Inclusive Morocco, Italy's overtourism measures, Japan's new digital nomad visa coming in March, a travel s...

Hello, and welcome to number 138! Today, I am joined by Matthew Baxter, who has written the book series 'Super Cheap,' we talk about his latest release, Tokyo Outdoors, and living in Japan. Matthew has completed work visas in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan but has decided Japan is the home for him. We cover various topics such as the non-tourist local areas to take a walk, what not to s...

Hello and welcome to this new format for my solo episodes in 2024, a much more structured concept covering travel news, travel stories, guest reactions, did you know?/travel facts, brand updates, audience questions, and a travel joke. In this episode, I cover the lowest airfare prices since 2009, Venice's new day-visitor tickets, Setouchi in Japan, my wild camping Oman poo story, facts about Samar...

Hello, and welcome to number 137! Today, I am joined by Tyler Wittkofsky, who now lives full-time on his RV based in the USA. After quitting his corporate job last year, Tyler is now a full-time digital nomad in marketing, writing, podcasting, blogging and content creation. Tyler is a creative force delving into many aspects of the creative spectrum. He has a fascinating story, and he is now embar...

Hello and welcome to this new format for my solo episodes 2024, a much more structured concept covering travel news, travel stories, guest reactions, did you know?/travel facts, brand updates, audience questions, and a travel joke. A disclaimer in this episode: as I was travelling whilst recording this one, I couldn't use my best microphone, unfortunately, but the sound is good enough for release!...

Hello, and welcome to number 136! Happy 2024, and we are back with our first guest interview of the year! Today, I am speaking to Kayla Ihrig, who has just released her book How To Be A Digital Nomad, and we talk about this book and her digital nomad journey. Kayla has a wealth of knowledge about the digital nomad space, and her book is fantastic. Please click the links below to check out her webs...

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fantastic festive period and feel energized to tackle 2024. A massive thank you to everyone who has followed and listened in 2023. One stat (which I didn't mention in the podcast) which surprised me was on my Spotify Podcaster's Wrapped, which said I had 91% new listeners in 2023. This shows we are going in the right direction. I share some facts and figures from 2...

Hello, and welcome to number 135! This week, I am joined by Shafik Meghji, an award-winning journalist, travel writer, author, editor, broadcaster + photographer. We both dedicate an entire episode to the fantastic country of Bolivia, which Shafik has written about in his book, Crossed Off The Map: Travels in Bolivia. This is a real deep dive into places to see in Bolivia, some background to the c...

Hello, and welcome to number 134! This week, I am joined by Emily Wilson from Pets Around The World, who specializes in providing information on travelling with dogs. Emily has been collating information from around the world on her site (which you can check out below), where people write about their experiences travelling with dogs in different countries. Emily has also added in her experiences t...

Hello, and welcome to number 133! This week, I am joined by Jill Bockenstette from Money For Mangos, who lives full-time on a sailboat. Jill talks us through her 6-year plan, which came to fruition this year as Jill and her partner plotted an escape route from the traditional life of 9-5, paying a mortgage and being on land. It was a super interesting chat as we talked about the highs and lows, th...

Hello, and welcome to the 42nd episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 19th of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the seventh and last episode of the USA road trip as we enter the final state of Washington. We left Ocean City and went to Oly...

Hello, and welcome to number 132! This week, I am joined by Billy Lahr from The Mindful Midlife Crisis Podcast, and we talk about Billy's favourite travel destinations such as Portugal, Japan, South Korea and more! Billy talks us through his life, particularly when he left his career after 20 years to pursue a new life and a life of travel. Billy's podcast concerns mindset and putting actions in p...

Hello, and welcome to the 41st episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 18th of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the sixth episode of the USA road trip as we leave Harris Beach and go through Oregon. Highway 101 continues to impress with it...

Hello, and welcome to number 131! This week, I am joined by Kathy Elkind, a writer, walker and eater! Kathy walked the whole length of the GR5 in Europe, which is 1400 miles long, and she has written a book about it, which is what we discuss today. Kathy gives us insight in how to prepare for a trip of this magnitude, why she was doing it, tips on what to pack, her feelings on how she tackled the...

Hello, and welcome to the 40th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 17th of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the fifth episode of the USA road trip as we leave Christmas Valley and head west towards the coast. We get derailed by a fores...

Hello and welcome to number 130! This week I am joined by Rebecca Shoval who has joined me this week to talk about coffee and travel. Rebecca is a volunteer at Not Just Tourists which delivers medical supplies to people who can not afford them. The idea is that anyone travelling to pretty much anywhere in the world can offer to carry an extra suitcase with medical supplies and then deliver to the...

Hello and welcome to the 39th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 16th one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the fourth episode of the USA road trip as we make our way through South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho. We had some recommendati...

Hello and welcome to number 129! This week I am joined by Jay Swanson who is a YouTuber, writer and blogger. Jay talks us through his journey from the USA to Paris which took a whole decade travelling through the USA, West Africa and Europe. He has been vlogging on Youtube since 2006 and has tons of awesome material on there. He also has a very handy Paris In My Pocket Guide for you to peruse. We...

Hello and welcome to the 38th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 15th one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the third episode of the USA road trip as we make the arduous journey from Washington DC to South Dakota. To kick start this...

Hello and welcome to number 128! This week I am joined by Terry Repak who has worked as an investigative reporter, an editor, a television producer, a research fellow and a freelance writer. Today, we talk about Terry's new book Circling Home: What I Learned By Living Elsewhere and I absolutely loved reading it! Terry covers her life living in the Ivory Coast during the Aids Epidemic and supportin...

Hello and welcome to the 37th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 14th one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the second episode of the USA road trip as we enter some new states like Rhode Island and Connecticut as well as going to on...

Hello and welcome to number 127! This week I am joined by Renee Bruns who is a wheelchair super traveller having travelled to 118 countries to date, all 50 states, been to every continent and holds a Guinness World Record. I was really keen to learn what it is like to travel as a wheelchair user and how difficult it is or not for Renee. Renee was super awesome in this episode by being honest about...

Hello and welcome to the 36th episode of my trip! Today's episode is the 13th one of our road trip across Canada and the USA. When leaving to backpack the world this year, we always intended to return to our campervan in Vancouver and drive to the East Coast in July. This is the first episode of the USA road trip as we enter Maine to begin another new adventure. In this episode, I talk about first...

Hello and welcome to number 126! This week I am joined by my partner Emma Hughes as we wrap up our 8 week road trip across Canada. We cover stats like how much it cost, the price of campsites, the total KMs, how many cities we travelled through and much more! The second half of the episode we have some conversation points such as highlights, lowlights, what we would do differently, recommendations...