Low Season Traveller Insider Guides

Today we’re bringing you once again to beautiful Barbados as we catch up with the inspirational Tom Hinds of Naniki Barbados. We recently visited Tom at Naniki to learn more about his particularly special part of the island.  He brought us on a trail around the verdant forests of Naniki, we enjoyed forest bathing, yoga and breakfast accompanied by the sounds of nature and sumptuous views of the At...

Today we’re bringing you once again to Barbados in this second special episode. We were recently invited over to Barbados by our wonderful partners at Barbados Tourism to experience the low season on the island for ourselves. We had to fit in quite a lot but we recorded our final thoughts on the last day of our trip before heading out the the wonderful Primo Restaurant at St Laurence Gap. This is...

Today we’re bringing you to Barbados in this special episode. Last week myself and Kevin were kindly invited over to Barbados by the wonderful team at Barbados Tourism to experience the low season on the island for ourselves. We had to fit in quite a lot but we recorded our thoughts on our first impressions before our meal at the fabulous La Cabane Restaurant on the beachfront. This is part one of...

Hidden deep in the Amazon jungle is the little known and laid back destination called Alter do Chao which has some of Brazil’s most amazingly pure, powder white sandy beaches. One of our listeners, Bec, visited in the wet season which traditionally sees little in the way of tourists so we were keen to learn more about Bec’s experiences. You can read Bec’s account of her travels to Alter Do Chao in...

This week we’re super excited to be talking about Israel in the low season months as we are joined by Sharon Bershadsky who is the Director of the Israel Government Tourist Office based in London.  Israel is a popular destination and we were keen to speak with Sharon to find out what the experience is like for visitors to Israel and learn more about this fascinating country which has an incredibly...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. And this week we’re bringing you another episode of Low Season Stories  where we speak to locals in destinations around the world to learn their stories and their take on tourism in their destination. We were recently on location in Rhodes for Low Season Traveller and hopefully you’ve already heard our story on Savas, The Rhode...

This week we have a real treat for you as we are launching our first episode of Low Season Stories , where we speak to locals in destinations around the world to learn their stories and their take on tourism in their destination. We were recently on location in Rhodes for Low Season Traveller and whilst there, we happened across a fascinating man called Savas who agreed to tell us his fascinating...

Welcome to this week's episode of the Low Season Traveller Insider Guides podcast! This week we bring you to Rio de Janeiro where our Founder, Ged Brown, reflects on his short stay in Brazil and Rio live from Copacabana Beach. We discuss the merits of taking the bus versus flying in Brazil, what to do (and what not to do) in Rio and also why it might just be a mistake to take a "highlights tour"....

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. This week we’re in Rio de Janeiro to learn more about the city, the cariocas and the low season experience. In this episode, I caught up with the charming Juliana Girao, who works at the Sol Ipanema Hotel which is superbly located right in the heart of Ipanema Beach.    Juliana was born and raised in Ipanema and we think you’ll...

This week, we’re following up on last week’s episode to Rajasthan by featuring wonderful Kerala in Southern India. Once again, we’re joined by the supremely knowledgable and charming, Lovleen Sagar, from our partners in India, who is going to be telling us all about how we can enjoy Kerala more if we take it easy and do some seriously slow travel. This trip is definitely the antidote to the past t...

This week we're joined by our local guide, Lovleen Sagar, as we head over to Rajasthan to discover the sights, smells and experiences which await you on our Signature Journey encompassing the very best of this incredible region.

This year, we have launched a small selection of intimate signature low season journeys with our partners which show off each destination in their very best light. One of the first trips we created was a unique adventure with the Tuk Tuk Club in Thailand which will see us travel around the beautiful hills and countryside of Chiang Mai and the Mae Hong Son Circuit in Northern Thailand. I’ll be join...

Launching in April, we are delighted to bring you the world’s first travel magazine entirely dedicated to travel during the low season months in each destination.  And so what better way to start our new podcast season than by interviewing the amazing and inspirational Editor of Low Season Traveller Magazine , Rachel Jacgung, to learn more about what we can expect to see in the launch issue which,...

We are talking Regenerative Tourism, Local Tourism, Community Tourism and of course, Low Season Tourism. What are the challenges facing us for 2022 and are we, as an industry adapting quickly enough? Welcome to this year’s penultimate episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. This year we’ve recorded over 60 episodes of our podcast and one of the most popular guests we’ve had on has been Car...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. Today we're delighted to be joined by Denis, the general manager of the wonderful Maslina Mindful Luxury Resort in Hvar, Croatia .   This podcast was recorded earlier this year when we visited The Maslina Resort during the low season month of September when much of Europe was in lockdown. Denis showed us around his beautiful pr...

Today I’m delighted to be joined by the charming Marc Clement who is the General Manager of the Iberostar Grand El Mirador hotel in Adeje in Southern Tenerife . This podcast was recorded earlier this year when we visited Tenerife during the low season month of May when much of Europe and indeed the world was in lockdown.  The El Mirador was welcoming guests who were taking the opportunity to escap...

Recently, there has quite rightly been a more focused shift in the travel industry, towards more sustainable forms of tourism and this is something which we really want to help promote at Low Season Traveller.  We know that travelling in the low season is a more sustainable option but we also want to look at modes of transport, community engagement and local destinations as ways which we can ensur...

The Pyrenees form the natural border between France and Spain and stretch from the Atlantic in the West to the Mediterranean in the east. They're easily accessible by train, with a new night train service now linking Paris with Toulouse, and the ferry is another low impact option.  Here we speak with Penny Walker to learn more about The Pyrenees; this unspoiled, authentic mountain destination whic...

Today we're joined by Bob Garner who is the owner of Casal Dei Fichi Sustainable Holiday Apartments in Italy and is also a volunteer at Tourism Declares Climate Emergency . Here at Low Season Traveller, we recently signed up to Tourism Declares as we firmly believe that tourism organisations of all sizes and forms have a responsibility to take action on sustainability issues impacting both people...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. Today we are delighted to be joined by Alex Herrman who is the Director UK and Ireland at Swiss Tourism. Followers of Low Season Traveller on Facebook and Instagram will have seen that last week we had the opportunity to visit Switzerland for the very first time courtesy of Switzerland Tourism, as we represented Low Season Trav...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. Today we're delighted to be joined by Chalana Perera who is the Founder of Retrace Hospitality in Sri Lanka. Now, Chalana has been a friend of Low Season Traveller for quite some time and when you hear from him, we think you’ll see why. Chalana is on a mission to help hospitality businesses progress with purpose. He partners wi...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. Today we're delighted to be joined by Paul Melhus who is the Canadian Founder and CEO of an utterly wonderful organisation called Tours By Locals . Tours By Locals have over 4,700 local tour guides in 190 countries throughout the world who provide their guests with an authentic, local experience of their home destination in a w...

Welcome to this week’s episode of Low Season Traveller Insider Guides. Today we’re joined by the always insightful and equally charming, Carolyn Childs from MyTravel Research , which is the foremost market intelligence company for the global travel industry. As regular listeners will know, Carolyn is a frequent guest on the show as she has such a breadth of expertise and insights on the global tra...

So welcome to this final episode of our special 6 part series where we have been speaking with some of the brightest and most considerate social media content creators around.  And today I’m delighted to be joined by Petrena. Petrena is a travel media content creator.  Her channel on YouTube has millions of viewers and when you watch one or two, you’ll be hooked and it immediately becomes clear as...

Tolu is a travel content creator who specialises in affordable luxury travel and providing travel tips to her rapidly growing audience on social media via her channel which is called Travel with Tolu. In her feed, Tolu shares photographs of her travels, useful advice, travel tips and generally provides inspiration for young people to travel and explore the world more. As with most of our other gue...