Don't Go Travel

09/07/2024

Maybe we need to travel better.

Protesters in Barcelona have sprayed visitors with water as part of a demonstration against mass tourism.

17/06/2023

In episode two of our second season, I interview Shawn Kathleen, former flight attendant and curator of the infamous instagram account, about her travels to India and her Traveler’s Persona. Listen in for a peek behind the curtain of that flight crew life!

Catch this episode on the “Business Travel 360” podcast on your favorite platform!

17/06/2023

For our first episode of Season 2, I interviewed Brent Timm about his recent travels to Pakistan, where he spent over 100 days visiting so much of that beautiful country. Tune in to the podcast by subscribing to “Business Travel 360” on your favorite channel.

16/06/2023

Big news! The Don’t Go Unless podcast has moved to a new home after joining the network of podcasts. We’ve also launched Season 2 of our show, continuing our theme of interviewing inspiring travelers and featuring a new country every episode. Listen by finding the “Business Travel 360” podcast on your favorite platform. New episodes out now!

30/12/2022

Closing out the year, and season 1 of our podcast “Don’t Go Unless” with this new episode! I interviewed accomplished singer, photographer, and traveler, Amanda Savan about her train journey within the . Thinking about some big time travel goals for next year? Grab your traveler’s persona at the link in our bio! Stay tuned for big announcements about season 2 next year!

05/08/2022

It would be a bit of a stretch to say Japan is “open” for travel currently.

Only about 1,500 foreign leisure tourists have visited Japan since the country reopened in June 2022.

25/07/2022

Featured in a previous episode of our podcast, Tunisia now hangs in the balance of a referendum vote on a new constitution. This vote could extend new powers and remove accountability from their president. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/middleeast/tunisia-referendum-democracy-mime-intl/index.html

Once regarded as the sole democracy to have emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011, Tunisia is today voting on a newly minted constitution that analysts fear could be the final nail in the coffin of its democratic era.

15/07/2022

This summer has been rough!

Delta Air Lines took what it called a "creative" step to solve a massive baggage problem for passengers flying through troubled Heathrow Airport. Others might call the move extreme: the airline flew a plane from London to its hub in Detroit packed with 1,000 lost bags and zero passengers.

12/07/2022

Check out Graham's first post on Medium.com! (free read won't count against your monthly limit if you're already a Medium subscriber).

The last thing we need now is to encourage travelers to feel entitled to destinations that are struggling to rebuild their infrastructure.

14/03/2022

Our latest episode of Don’t Go Unless is live! Listen in as Graham Marsden interviews The Wander Word’s Jess Lee. The two discuss the country of Tunisia, and Jess’s Traveler’s Persona as a “Serendipitous Planner” type. Tune in on your favorite podcast platform!

07/02/2022

The latest episode of Don't Go Unless is live! Graham interviews Ric Gazarian (known as GlobalGaz) - and the two discuss the sad realities of Myanmar today vs. the various stages undergone in the last couple of decades, Ric's traveler's persona, and whether or not hot air balloons over the temple complex at Bagan can possibly be a good thing. Tune in on your favorite podcast platform!

27/01/2022

Now might be a great time to check in and make sure you’ve heard our most recent episode, featuring the amazing and inspiring Jen Curran, of Globe & Tribe. They have just announced group tours coming up this year… one to and one an all-female trip to (the country, not the state). More to come! Jen and Graham Marsden discuss burnout in the international development and aid worker community, the genesis of her travel business, and the untold diversity of Botswana! Listen and subscribe at dontgounless dot com!

26/01/2022

Please. Please safeguard geographic literacy. Protect it and reinforce good sense about the world, and what it looks like, and where.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/01/26/tiktok-nc-gastonia-switzerland-affil-pkg-hnk-vpx.wbtv

Traveler says a TikTok video that was mistakenly labeled Gastonia, North Carolina, tricked her into driving to the city, as the snow mountain scene she hopes to see was actually filmed in Switzerland.

22/01/2022

We're going to get through this. Keep on daydreaming about destinations, and start making longer-term plans and travel aspirations!

The remote island nation of Kiribati went into lockdown for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago after dozens of passengers on an international flight tested positive for the virus.

05/11/2021

Know your geopolitics and the sources of (mis)information in your maps!

Clue: They're shaped like a U and you've likely seen them without realising, too.

16/09/2021

More from Hawaii: Add the Haiku Stairs, or the "Stairway to Heaven" to your Don't Go list. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/hawaii-haiku-stairs-instagram-trnd/index.html

Hawaii's famous Haiku Stairs, sometimes called the Stairway to Heaven, may be removed next year following a Honolulu City Council vote.

24/08/2021

Make your next trip to Hawaii be at the right time, for the right reasons.

24/08/2021

More on the ever-evolving chess match between business and civic groups and the governor in Florida.