Mate's Rates

Group travel: thrilling, messy, and full of contractual booby traps. Ros & Adam pull back the curtain on airfare triggers, hotel deals, the dreaded attrition clause, and how to avoid paying for rooms filled with the ghosts of travelers who never showed up.

Ros & Adam get personal and a little vulnerable,as they explain where they’ve been and why they’re back. This episode is not about travel, it’s about life, friendship, and whatever else derailed the podcast.

A snake slithers onto a plane, Alaska throws shade at Delta, and Southwest unveils its "fancy" new seat categories. Buckle up! Because this week’s Travel Tea is all turbulence!

Why Italy? Why not?! Ros sits down with her dear friend Tony, who’s off to Italy in January, but first, a pre-trip therapy session, on the record.

Following a slightly extended layover, Ros and Adam return to deliver more travel tea, with the same irreverent charm you missed.

Ros is back from Croatia and she has her podcast mother, Tony from Who Invited Her? on the show! Listen and laugh as Ros & Tony recount what it was like sailing in Croatia, using European sized showers and playing slap.

In this weeks episode, Ros has Jess from The Wander Word on the show, to spill the tea on Facebook groups. Listen along to learn how you can use the online travel community effectively, to help plan your next adventure, or not…

Better late than never.... Adam & Ros are FINALLY back for another season of Mates' Rates! Episode 1 of Season 3 is packed with red hot tips on surviving the summer travel season and some important life updates. 

It's the season 2 finale of Mates' Rates and joining us for this momentous occasion, is Mark Eller from @leavenotraceorg! In episode 10 we're talking all things sustainability. Listen along as we discuss the local, global and accessible things you can do while at home and on the road!  Credo for life, "bin it, don't sin it" - Adam #binitdontsinit Learn more about Leave No Trace at int.org

Have you ever considered traveling for the purpose of cosmetic surgery? What about medical care? Let episode 9 entertain, inspire AND act as a cautionary tale about this travel market!

Merry Christmas, Hanukkah Sameach, Heri za Kwanzaa & may there be Festivus for the rest of us! Listen along as Adam & Ros make COVID-19 predictions & discuss what's happening in travel over the festive season!

It's drama, drama, drama on episode 7! But really, would you expect anything less from an episode about traveling over the holidays? No... we didn't think so either.  So sit down, buckle up and grab the pop corn, because it's story time!

Oktoberfest is Ros' happy place and she has been chompin' at the bit to share with everyone how to do it properly. So listen along and find out how you can prepare for your trip to the happiest place on earth, Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany! Próst 🍻

Adam & Ros are back from Nashville! Listen along as they reminisce about their time there, the adventures they encountered and all the local recommendations they took!

In episode 4, Adam & Ros are joined by Jane of Project Happy Place Podcast, as they discuss all things wellness travel related! People travel for all kinds of reasons and as the statistics would have it, wellness is one of them. Is wellness travel the most popular form of tourism? What even is wellness travel and how does it work? Listen and learn as we learn how the experience of travel can be ac...

In episode 3, Adam & Ros are tackling the topic of travel insurance. They discuss the who, what, when, why and how's surrounding a sometimes overwhelming topic and why it's important in the times of COVID. They are joined by Sasha Gainullin, the CEO of travel insurance provider, battleface and Ros' boss! SO tune it, give it a listen and see if Ros actually knows what she is talking about!

Adam & Ros are coming in hot with episode 2, addressing the flightmares that are delayed & cancelled flights! They will provide insight into your rights, how to navigate your options and make the best choice given circumstances. It’s going to be a long episode but SO NECESSARY! 1 hour of your life now, could you save you headaches and hours in your traveling future!

Adam & Ros are back! *insert party sound here* They've taken a break from podcasting for the summer and come back, not refreshed BUT with lots of important updates for you. Listen as Adam & Ros provide COVID updates for the travel industry, forecast the future of travel for the fall & winter and tell you what is in store for season 2... LFG!!!

They didn’t think they’d make it but season 1 is a wrap! Join ros and Adam as they reminisce all things season 1 over a cuppa (that’s tea for our non Australian listeners!). They go down memory lane and discuss the season and share some highlights. Naturally covid is the focus so they have current updates BUT they also open up as to whats to come from Mates’ Rates in future! It’s not over folks!

After the success of having a special guest in the last episode, Ros & Adam have invited the events queen herself and huge friend of the podcast Hayley Contegiacomo onto the show! Hayley provides her insights into the event’s space for 2021, group travel & the immediate future for the industry in light of COVID. Paired with Adam’s extensive experience in the field, they’ll have you underst...

Adam & Ros, along with the titillating company of Eric from "Who Invited Her?" discuss LGBTQIA+ travel! We list the 20 least safe countries  for LGBTQIA+ travelers to visit (according to EQUALDEX & the LGBTQ+ Travel Safety Index), suggestions to overcome it, the BEST places to go AND what’s open now! Littered with stories of first & second hand experiences, shocking admissions &am...

In episode 7, Adam & Ros discuss which countries are open US passport holders right now, without any testing, quarantine or vaccination requirements, which countries are open to the fully vaccinated, which are open with requirements AND which are pegged to reopen & when! Let's Goooooooo!

Ros is off to Belize soon (hopefully) & so Mates' Rates are taking next week off; BUT FIRST, Adam & Ros discuss hub cities and how to turn them into free stopovers as well as providing some HOT TIPS on things to look out for that could affect the price.

Adam & Ros break down the ins & outs of date changes & rerouting plane tickets; helping you understand how to avoid paying a fare difference, why there is a fare difference to begin with, what are advance purchase policies, through fares and so much more! After listening to this episode, you’ll have insider information on the topic; providing you the edge when it comes to changing the...

Adam breaks down the basics on maximizing credit card points to book award travel!