The World Nomads Travel Podcast

01/07/2020

In this episode of the World Nomads Travel Podcast, how to snare yourself a cheap airfare.
“… what we're going to see, is roughly a 35% decrease in airfare prices over the year of 2020. So through the end of this year. And then as travel rebounds over the next three or four years, we're going to see prices increase above 2019 levels, roughly 27%.” Jesse from the Dollar Flight Club

In this episode, how to grab the best airfares as travel begins to rebound and the expat living in Greece, where tourism is its lifeblood.

28/06/2020

This episode of the World Nomads Travel Podcast features a couple killing time stranded in Fiji.

“Yeah. We've taken our fermentation skills to the next level; I suppose you could say. We've done kombucha and sourdough, and pickles, and fermented hot sauce. And so, now, yes, we have turned to making fermented soda and pineapple beer, ginger beer, turmeric beer.” - Nikki
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In this episode, the couple stranded on a tropical island collecting rubbish, perfecting fermentation and helping save the local cats while they wait for the borders to open.

17/06/2020

“I think we want more control over our environment when we travel right now. And RVs are almost this, this lifeline to that, where you have ultimate control over your microenvironment, and you can move it to whatever destination you would like to go to. So, RVing seems like a solution to a problem that we're experiencing globally.” - Steven

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03/06/2020

"I do see travel resurging, but I'm hoping that it does so in a much more sustainable way where we're much more aware of our physical environment. We're intentional in how we get out into the world. We travel slower because all of that was necessary. And so I'm hoping this kind of awakens people to the needs of the planet.” - Ernest

In this episode, the filmmaker inspired by a childhood Christmas present, the latest Airbnb news and why it's suggested we avoid people who speak loudly.

27/05/2020

“I don't have a job that requires me to go outside and live day-to-day like most people in this country, so I'm quite privileged. It makes you really realize the disparity of opportunity and possibility is in this time economically and otherwise.” - Jigar

In this episode, the filmmaker forced home while on the trip of a lifetime and the country hit by COVID-19 while trying to rebuild after a deadly 2015 earthquake.

25/05/2020

“As no one is really traveling, we've taken a spin to the whole website to talk about remote work and how people can work from home, and hopefully start thinking about taking their next trip.” - Becca

In this episode, the couple acing working from home and their plans for traveling the world within their home state of New York.

22/05/2020

Hear just how many rolls of toilet paper Who Gives A Crap were selling per second when Coronavirus was declared a pandemic and we were sent into lockdown.

In this episode, how a rush on toilet paper has benefited charities around the world and the animals continuing to make the most of lockdown.

19/05/2020

"I hope this idea of the off the beaten path and supporting one another and supporting local is something that we will always remember, the year 2020 changed the way we look at travel and we look at connections with other human beings" - Olivia

In this episode, the travel journalist stranded by border closures in a bungalow in rural Thailand, and the band of expats rescuing hungry dogs affected by COVID-19.

17/05/2020

“We had started really small and we were scaling quickly. So, it was tough to have this happen in the year that we were really kicking it up to a much bigger notch and then to have to scale back so quickly.” – Tao Tao Atlas Obscura

In this episode, the travel company ballooning in 2020 until governments enforced border closures and countries were sent into lockdown.

13/05/2020

Dedicated to everyone separated from loved ones.

“It's not like we live an hour away from each other and we see each other on the weekends because when I lived in England, that's how it was. But this is... it's different. There's an ocean between us. It's an international long-distance relationship.” – Sarah

In this episode, family, friends and partners separated by border closures, tips for keeping the spark alive and the return of a relic from the 20th century.

11/05/2020

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11/05/2020

This episode of the World Nomads Travel Podcast was out over the weekend.

“I've asked some of my readers a couple of days ago what they wanted to read and they told me that they wanted me just to inspire them with some pretty interesting off the beaten path destinations that I probably wouldn't write about otherwise.” - Steph Dyson

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05/05/2020

“Will we be able to do international travel anytime soon? Probably not. I think people will look closer to home initially. They'll feel more comfortable riding in their cars, maybe even renting an RV.” - Meryl

In this episode, Italy finally on the move a New York based travel writer battles coronavirus and finally some good news from China.

04/05/2020

This was the podcast episode that dropped over the weekend.

“It's been hard for us because we moved back to the states in January after seven years abroad, our whole adult lives abroad. And it's hard now because we're with my parents. We're in New York. It's not the best environment for us.” - Hanna

In this episode, how South Korea is dealing with the coronavirus, an unusual place to self-isolate and the million-dollar question, when will we be able to travel again?

04/05/2020

This was the podcast episode that dropped over the weekend.
“It's been hard for us because we moved back to the states in January after seven years abroad, our whole adult lives abroad. And it's hard now because we're with my parents. We're in New York. It's not the best environment for us.” - Hanna

In this episode, how South Korea is dealing with the coronavirus, an unusual place to self-isolate and the million-dollar question, when will we be able to travel again?

23/04/2020

“I feel unsafe here, to be honest. I feel totally unsafe…nobody wears masks. It's very strange coming from a place where they were taking it incredibly seriously and taking measures possibly beyond what is needed, but just very safe measures, to here where they're doing as little as they possibly can.” – Hanna

In this episode, the Nordic country where its business as usual, managing a second month of lockdown in Italy and the airlines where airfares cost less than vegetables.

08/04/2020

“Right now, there's no talk about a flight from Argentina to Australia. I've been hoping and I've been trying as hard as I can to get in touch with politicians, and it's impossible at the moment.” – Max Quick Jennifer Lesley Holdsworth

In this episode, the Australian’s stranded in South America, the shocking coronavirus (COVID-19) statistic and the launch of a carbon credit card.

08/04/2020

"How the world will look like if we stop traveling? They'd just kind of erect new borders, and it's going to be interesting how we're going to break those borders down, psychological borders. And I really hope for the sake of the world that we continue traveling soon again." - Zoran

In this episode, how the travel sector will recover in the aftermath of the coronavirus, the animals venturing into towns and the tourism commercial inspiring a country to dream.

03/04/2020

With ports closed this family is stranded at sea with a baby and diminishing rum supply.

In this episode, the family stranded at sea, the positives for the planet as travel is restricted and the crazy suggestion to keep your travel bug alive.

03/04/2020

"Basically everyone in my household is high risk. It's really terrifying. My mom has been going out to get groceries. My mom is 63 so she shouldn't necessarily be going out either, but she, compared to myself and my father, is I guess the least at risk. You know that makes me feel really guilty as their daughter, you know, I want to be providing for them. I want to make sure they're safe. But unfortunately with asthma, it's a risk we've decided as a family that I shouldn't take." - Lola

In this episode, an asthmatic travel writer and her concerns for her health and income, the death of a singer from coronavirus and the sea turtles claiming back their habitat.

31/03/2020

" I am in the master bedroom, and the only time that I see them is when I open the door for when they bring food three times a day. So, I've got six more days or I guess five more days now of home quarantine where the doctor calls and checks up on my temperature once or twice a day. Then after that, finally, we'll be able to actually spend time together." - Stephen

In this episode, from military quarantine to self-isolating in the master bedroom, the South African travel ad offering us hope and the snorklling mask engineered to save lives.

31/03/2020

“I'm a young adult in this world kind of figuring out my place, figuring out what I want, what work I want to dedicate my life to. And it has felt so daunting within the hyper-capitalist world to have to think about production all the time. And this pause I think is one that we all needed, and earth certainly needed.” - Neema

In this episode self-isolating in a remote Kenyan village, things to do to keep the travel bug alive and the world-famous street getting a make-over.

29/03/2020

"As you can imagine, with all the lockdowns and all the stay-in-place orders, it's a really crazy time. It's much worse than after 9/11. It's much worse than the 2008 financial crisis." Jim Kane Exito Travel

In this episode the country with the most reported cases of COVID-19, how the virus has impacted the travel industry and the nightly ritual acknowledging health workers.

25/03/2020

“…we are very interested in flattening the curve, so this whole idea of wherever you are, stay, it didn't make sense to us to get on planes and fly back to the US because we're in a place where the Coronavirus has not yet taken a real stronghold, and we're also in a country where they're taking things very seriously” - Renee from StoryScout

In this episode, the US travel writers who decided to stay in South America following the outbreak of COVID-19, and China is lifting travel restrictions near the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.

25/03/2020

Isolated in Lima, Jim from Exito Travel and his family are doing their best to stay healthy. Hear his story and insight into the state of the travel industry in the wake of the coronavirus, in Friday's World Nomads COVID-19 Travel News episode.

24/03/2020

“Nobody's really researching how to travel because we shouldn't be traveling right now. So, there's that which leads to the loss of income with my ads, loss of income with brands, no brands are really working with travel influencers right now” - Jessie from Jessie on a Journey

In this episode, a travel blogger taking a financial hit in the wake of COVID-19, adjusting to working alongside your partner while in lockdown and Thailand gets creative with their travel logo.

23/03/2020

Remember our Amazing Nomad Angie Davis, traveling nomadically around the world with barely a possession, working as a documentary filmmaker capturing stories as a catalyst for change?

Well, Angie is in lockdown with her partner Remy in southwest France. How are they spending their time? Today, learning how to harvest wild dandelions and make a tea and a simple green salad.

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To celebrate a week in lockdown here in southwest France, we learn how to harvest wild dandelions and make a tea, a simple green salad, and discover how much...

23/03/2020

If you subscribe to the World Nomads Podcast, our daily COVID-19 Travel News episode has dropped to wherever you get your favorite pods.

In this episode the latest coronavirus travel headlines, airlines continuing to cut flights and what it’s like to be an ex-pat during a lockdown? Martina Grossi takes us through it.

The photo is a sad-looking Virgin Australia check-in area at Sydney Airport. Thinking of those staff whose jobs have been affected there and the other airlines around the world

22/03/2020

Meet Cassie, the travel blogger 'happy' to be in isolation.

But she's keeping herself busy putting me in touch with her vast network of travel writers, bloggers, and photographers to capture their stories on how COVID-19 has affected their lives and livelihoods.

In our next episode Martina, an ex-pat from Argentina in self-isolation in New Zealand. - Kim

In this episode the latest coronavirus travel headlines, a hashtag that should go viral, the travel writer happy to be in self-isolation and how to have a Netflix party in lockdown.

21/03/2020

Listen to Suzie’s story of trying to get back to Australia from India amid the pandemic panic.

“...and we were driving along in the car and I actually took a very rare selfie because my face was covered, and posted on Instagram saying, "Coronavirus warning, I'm going to the Holi Festival. What could possibly go wrong?" And curiously, that was about my last social media communication for about a week because everything went crazy from then on.” - Suzie

In this episode the latest coronavirus travel headlines, an adventurous tale from India’s Holi Festival to Nepal closing their borders, and America’s seemingly invincible spring breakers.

20/03/2020

Hey Nomads, Kim here co-host of the World Nomads Travel podcast.

Has your travel been affected by the coronavirus? Bet it has!

We have shelved our destination episodes as the pandemic unfolds and directing our time into episodes featuring travel headlines and highlights related to the virus alongside YOUR stories.

Please let me know if you are happy to tell your tale and it may feature on the podcast with an opportunity to share all your blog links and social handles.

So, hit me up. Kim