The World Wanderers Podcast

This week on the podcast we are talking about Mexico City! We spent the last 7.5 months living in Mexico City and loved it. When people have been to Mexico City, they get it, but for others, they seem confused why we would choose to live there. Mexico City is easily one of the coolest cities in the world though, and quickly skyrocketed to the top of our lists for favorite cities we've been to! On...

This week on the podcast we are joined by Tessa Pinner from Broaden Goods. Tessa has been traveling since she was young, and although she’s always loved to travel, she never expected to start a travel-inspired business. On a trip to Morocco 3 years ago, Tessa and her husband fell so in love with Fez that they decided that they wanted to bring products from Fez back to the United States. Their love...

Andy Steves grew up following his dad Rick Steves on his travel related work trips, spending two to four weeks a year in Europe while his dad updated guidebooks, created TV shows, and led tours. Initially pursuing a college degree in Industrial Design, Andy decided to shift his career focus towards travel based on his experiences during a trip he took to Europe after graduating high school, and re...

Meg and Tom of Food, Fun, Travel met while working on a cruise ship after graduating from university. After Tom moved to Australia to be with Meg and the two tried the traditional 9 to 5 career path, they both decided it wasn't for them and that they wanted to travel full time and support themselves with an online travel business. Taking off for Asia with savings to carry them through for eighteen...

We decided to take advantage of the recent need to do a visa run and visit Central America, a part of the world that had always caught our attention but we hadn't yet made it to. Within Central America, we were drawn to Panama as we had heard great reviews and wanted to scope it out as a potential place to live in the future. After arriving in Panama City, we went straight to the domestic airport...

Yvette and James recently spent ten days in beautiful Iceland during the winter, and were able to take in some fabulous sites and experience some of the traditional culture. Initially drawn to Iceland as a travel destination because of photos on social media, they decided to visit during the cold winter months after an earlier plan to visit during the summer was cancelled, and made the most of pla...

On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Josh and Jenna of the Nomad Yoga Family to discuss being on the road, traveling with kids and the Digital Nomad life. After traveling separately during and after university and deciding that having a family wasn't going to affect their love of travel and adventure, Josh and Jenna decided they wanted a different lifestyle to the one they were living...

On this episode of the podcast, we're joined by Tim & Topher from Unbounded Adventures, a travel company seeking to lead people in unique and educational travel trips around the world.  Tim's first travel experience was an outdoor survival school, and after being an urban planner for a number of years, he decided to quit that job to become a travel director. For Topher, he started backpacking at t...

This week on the podcast, we are joined by Karyna McLaren from Kosan Travel. Karyna shares how she first fell in love with travel as a child, and how she continued to travel as an adult. After spending 2 years studying in Australia and backpacking through SE Asia, Karyna was completely hooked on backpacking. Growing up with parents who owned their own business, Karyna had always been inspired to b...

This week we’ve turned the tables and sit down to be interviewed by Michael Barticel on the “The Good People Effect” Podcast! Michael is planning to move to South America in the next few months, like us feels that he wasn’t built for the traditional corporate career path, and is excited to see what’s out there waiting for him. He asks us some great travel and Digital Nomad related questions that m...

This week we continue our travel entrepreneurship series as we sit down with Daniela and Azma from Adzenture Retreats. They run a travel business that integrates yoga and adventures by working with yoga teachers to plan and host yoga retreats around the world. Azma and Daniela were both inspired to start their travel business after realizing they wanted to leave the corporate world, desired more f...

This week we catch up with our intern Shalini Kulkarni, who has been on the road backpacking in South America since July of 2017. Shalini knew she wanted to do a longer term trip since graduating university, and decided the time was right when she finished paying off her student loan after working for a few years. Paring down an initially ambitious travel plan, Shalini landed in Cartagena and has...

Jen Loong is the creator of the Wandersnap, an online service that allows people in a location to connect with local photographers for everyday and event photos. She traveled a lot with her family growing up, which helped fuel her love for travel and led her to accepting a job in Shanghai soon after she graduated from university. After some initial culture shock, Jen grew to love her new home and...

Happy 2018! We're starting the new year with a travel entrepreneurship series, and this week we sat down with Jared Schwitzke who is the marketing manager of Airmule. It's a great travel startup that allows passengers traveling between the US and China to make some money on their flight by "selling" their available baggage allowance. In addition to how the service works and how to sign up, we talk...

On this episode of the podcast, we're wrapping up 2017! We kick off this episode by reviewing where we went over the last year. We started the year off in Myanmar, and then traveled through Thailand, Bali, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, the US and now Mexico. We share highlights and lowlights from the last year, highlights from the podcast, as well as lessons that we have learned th...

Ho ho ho happy holidays! It's that time of year again, and on this episode of the podcast, we're talking about being away from home during the holiday season! Christmas and the holidays are often a time where people either choose to go home or postpone a trip because they feel like they need to go home or because they have pressure from family and friends. We used to always prioritize going home f...

Like our travel style, our workload has been evolving throughout the years, and we've had different levels of work-based responsibilities during the long term trips we've taken. During our last trip to Asia, we experimented with different working styles (e.g. coworking spaces and working from home) and time spent in one place and noticed the effect on our productivity. We noticed (unsurprisingly!)...

This week we combed through Quora to find some of the most commonly asked travel questions, and we definitely sound some that we have been asked before! There are some different questions that come up when you are planning a long-term trip over a short vacation, and you can definitely learn a lot of travel tips and hacks from those who have been there before! On this episode, we discuss some of th...

After you've been traveling for a while and gotten a number of great destinations under your belt, it's always nice to look back and reflect on which of the places you really enjoyed and why. Whether it's the people, the weather, the food, or the activities in a locale, there are so many reasons you can really enjoy  your travel destination, and often these vary from person to person. Cities, in p...

Suzanne Rutledge and her husband Mitch have always loved international travel, and continued to make it a priority after they had their son Luke. In 2014, during a trip to Chile to celebrate their 40th birthdays, Suzanne and Mitch met a solo female traveler who had been traveling around the world for a year. Inspired by the conversation and her travel stories, Mitch and Suzanne set about planning...

This past September Amanda hiked The West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island with her 2 friends, Steph & Yvette. On this episode of the podcast, they take you on their 7 day, 6 night adventure through the challenging 75km trek that is the West Coast Trail. The WCT is probably the most popular multi-day hiking trip to do in Canada, and you have to book your permits well in advance because the trail is...

On this episode of the podcast, Amanda is joined by Nicole Pond who is the founder of The Yellow Bird Skincare Company. Nicole is from South Carolina, but she spent some of her childhood living in France, and has traveled to many places since then. Her travels early in life have inspired her to travel with her kids, and to know that traveling with children is possible! We talk about what traveling...

Estamos en Mexico City! Although we weren't quite sure to expect on arriving, our first few days have been great. From our smooth arrival at the airport, our AirBnb exceeding our expectations, indulging in fantastic food, and a great new coworking space, we have really been enjoying ourselves. We've had a few (pleasant) surprises, like noticing how organized the traffic seems in comparison to Asia...

We've always wanted to live longer term in a Spanish speaking country, so after a busy summer traveling across Canada and the United States, we are looking forward to staying true to our nomadic roots and heading to Mexico City this Thursday! Although we've had some mixed reactions from family and friends regarding our safety, our friends that have traveled and lived there have nothing but great t...

On this episode of the podcast we chat with Denise Chaykun, the founder of Magical Mystery Tours, which is a travel company that plans your vacation and itinerary to a surprise destination based on a few preferences you indicate. She was inspired to start the company after a friend asked her to design his vacation based on her travel experience because he didn't have the time to plan it, and she d...