Travel Tales with Mike Siegel

Ever wonder what life on an Israeli kibbutz is like? Do you even know what the heck a kibbutz is? This episode's guest, comedian/writer Adam Gropman, describes the 4-1/2 months he spent in the Israeli desert as a 21-year-old laboring at what Woody Allen once described as "socialist summer camp." Let's just say his skill at [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts...

Is film producer Darin Dusan's life story more interesting than yours? Probably. Darin has lived many lives since leaving small-town Iowa some 20 years ago.  After relocating to San Francisco, he lived and worked in Bali for two years while dating a princess. Later, when an attempt at owning a cafe back in Iowa City proved [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts...

How did a nice San Diego girl end up a TV star in Croatia? We find out as we're joined by TV host/producer Ashley Colburn, who saw her brother's Croatia travel photos and decided that it would the perfect place to produce a travel program. Now Ashley's numerous shows can be seen all over Europe [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This p...

Melanie Wynne Waldman may have three names but her travel website is all about two's. Melanie started Travels with Two to urge couples to get out and see the world. She's since split with her other half, but that doesn't mean she's stopped traveling. Far from it. Melanie has toured most of Central America and [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around t...

A lot of people say they're going to chuck it all and move to a tropical island, but very few have the stones to do it. Jason McAnear possesses those stones. The ex-Marine left his career and cold weather back in Boise, ID, and moved to the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras. Six months later [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This p...

Ahoy, Mates! All aboard The Rock Boat! What's the Rock Boat, you say? It's a floating 5-day rock festival with over 30 bands playing multiple stages throughout the day. My friend Graham Elwood (Travel Tales episode 1 guest), was the comic relief on the boat and had a spare cabin - which I promptly filled. [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the w...

Taryn Sammons is a small woman with a big title: Social Media and Media Relations Manager for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau in South Mississippi. Whew. Based in Biloxi, MS., Taryn's main job is to promote Mississippi Gulf Coast tourism  in the wake of two major disasters over the eight years- Hurricane [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel p...

Brett Snyder has a thing for air travel. While most kids were building tree houses and playing Little League, Brett was collecting flight schedules and booking friends and family as an actual travel agent. After years of working in the airline industry after college, Brett started Crankyflier.com- an award-winning travel site  featuring all things air [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all...

Lindsay Taub and Lanee Lee met as travel writers on a press trip. They decided to join forces to create their own travel/lifestyle website, and Voyage Vixens was born! In just their first six months together, they've already been to Kenya, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Mexico, Utah, Washington State, and more. They love adventure, with a [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel p...

The TV producer dropped everything to travel around the world for a year. Our kind of guy! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertisin...

Australian filmmaker/cameraman Nick King joins us to share his Travel Tales! Nick recently shot a film project that took him from the North Pole all the way to Colombia. Frightening helicopter rides? Check. Scary border crossings? Check. Frozen camera lenses and batteries? double check. Nick also opens up about his travels in SE Asia and [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other...

Kiersten Rich got her business degree and took a job in the big city of Los Angeles. All was going to plan, but like so many of us, she heard the call of the open road. The San Diego native decided to quit her job, travel the world, and start her own travel blog- The [...] Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyasc...

The travel writer stops by to tell us about her favorite locales around the world Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or spon...

The man behind the popular website JohnnyJet.com shares the Tales of how he became travel blog royalty. Johnny Jet is living the dream. In the early days of dial-up internet in the ’90′s, Johnny started blogging about his travels before anyone knew what a blog was. In 2000, he started JohnnyJet.com to urge people to get out and see the world. Since then, he’s parlayed his travel knowledge into a m...

The TV producer dishes dirt on her native Philippines and getting robbed in Barcelona! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or...

More with our favorite worldly English comic! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows yo...

The English comedian shares Tales of his life in the US and across the pond.  Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsore...

Recorded in London with our favorite Brit! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you c...

Talkin ' England with Dara McGarry! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find...

Around the world with TV producer Jessica Nahmias! Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our sho...

Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyasca...

Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyasca...

Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below. Voyasca...

For our 50th episode, I play guest and am interviewed by my pal J. Keith Van Straaten. Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or...

My pal Paul Choo stops by to talk all things Korea and his many trips overseas. Mentioned in this episode: Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world This podcast is part of the Voyascape Travel Network, that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponso...