Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

While Rome and Venice may get all the publicity for things like culture and canals, Florence, with it's amazing food, gelato, and architecture, tops them all.  When a city has Heather's favorite thing to eat (ever!), some of Trav's favorite gelato, and one of the most amazing pieces of art they've ever laid their eyes on...it's hard to go wrong!  So have a listen, and then start packing your bags,...

In this episode, Heather and I go through our list of top summer destinations around the globe.  From surprising to serene, vibrant to verdant, and interesting to impactful, there's a great destination for everyone.

What's it like to live in another country, and then return to your home country? Is reverse culture shock a bad thing? Dive into a deep conversation with Trav & Jason!

After spending over 3 weeks in Vancouver, Heather and Trav are well versed in the best things to do in this beautiful city.  Discover how many breweries Trav went to in 21 days (hint:  it's alot!), Heather's favorite pizza and coffee spots, and the activity that they both say you "can't miss" when visiting Van.

For many people, travel writing is the dream lifestyle. In this episode, we'll hear from travel writer Gabi Logan about all the possibilities in travel writing and how to get paid to see the world!

Learn the joys and challenges of traveling everywhere in the world as a family of five, with Ricky Shetty of DaddyBlogger.com.

Michelle Jones, founder of The Wayfinding Academy, talks about the crazy process of starting her own college, who The Wayfinding Academy is for, and why she believes her model has worked so well so quickly.  

Every year Heather and I list out our top destinations for the upcoming year. We tend to knock at least one of them off the list, so let's see where we might be traveling in 2018!

2017 was quite a year, filled with some seriously awesome happenings. Listen as Heather and I go through our best travel experiences of the past year.

2017 was the year we turned into beer snobs. Well, the year Travis did anyway. Listen to hear our best Beer experiences of 2017, Trav has quite a few!

Everybody loves desserts, and we ate a LOT of them last year. One day I even had 4 different ice creams in the name of research! Check out our 16 best desserts from 2017!

If we'd tried to fit the drinks in with the meals we never would have stopped talking! So in today's episode, the best wine (when Heather could drink it) and coffee from 2017.

We eat a LOT when we travel, it's one of our favorite things to do. We've distilled all that eating down into the best meals of the year, enjoy!

In this part of our Year in Review series, we hand out our superlatives for the best/worst flights, accommodations, and more. But you'll have to wait until next week for our best meals and drinks! There were too many to do in just one episode!

In this episode we go in depth to figure out how many places we slept in 2017, how many miles we traveled, and how many new (and old) countries/states we visited this past year. Part 1 of 6 in our Year in Review series.

Mike Brcic, founder of Sacred Rides, talks about how he haphazardly started the world's #1 mountain bike tour company in the world, how they pick destinations, the hardest trip he's taken, and why ANYONE can, and should, go mountain biking!

I've known Scott for years and never quite knew exactly what it was he does. Today I'm on a mission to find out. Join us today to learn more about starting a business abroad, how to go about running a marathon with no training, and to hear some great travel tips for Japan!

To celebrate 4.5 years and 300 episodes (!!!), Trav and Heather decide to have a little fun and grill one another by putting each other on the hot seat and answering 15 travel questions apiece. The person on the hot seat has no idea what questions will be asked and has to give the first answer that comes in to their head for questions ranging from "what's your favorite accommodation ever" to "when...

Trav and Heather reveal exactly how much money frequent flyer miles saved them in 2017 (take a guess...you'll never get it!) - and Heather discusses why she thinks it's not the "real" number.

Friends.  Family.  Food.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, everyone is thankful for those things.  But what about the things we didn't expect to happen. In this episode, Heather and Trav look back on 2017 and reveal the 11 most unexpected things that happened to them that they are thankful for.

After scouring the globe, we reveal our 44 favorite gifts for travelers. From less than $4 to over $1,000, here are the best gifts for any budget and style.

Inspired by our recent Travel Hacking Masterclass we wanted to go over some of the most common questions about Travel Hacking that we get here at Extra Pack of Peanuts.

You used to be able to travel for free if you gave up your luggage space for courier packages. Turns out that while you can't travel for free, you can make back some of your flight costs with a company called Airmule!

Katrina McGhee took a 20-month career break and came back to land 5 jobs in 5 weeks. Learn what she did on her trip, and how she managed to spin it to land a job almost right upon re-entry!

Finding cheap flights can be hard if you don't know where to look. Here's a step by step system to see if you've found a good price for your flight.