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Traveling with Kids & Natural Skin Care with Nicole Pond from The Yellow Bird Oct 26, 2017

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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 with children is like, what you can learn from it, how it can change your experience in a place, and more.

Nicole's early travel experiences have also led her down the path of starting her own business. Growing up, Nicole changed friends, cities, and differently schools often, and the variety growing up, has lead to her trying different things in her career. She taught education, and now her and her husband have founded The Yellow Bird, which is a natural skincare company based out of South Carolina.

We also dig into natural skincare and chat about how you can minimize your skincare products on the road, find products that will last a long time, and what to look for when you run out of your favorite products and you're in a different country.

Enjoy!

If you want to try The Yellow Bird's products, Nicole has offered you a 15% off discount! To claim your discount, click here!

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Traveling with Kids & Natural Skin Care with Nicole Pond from The Yellow Bird Oct 26, 2017

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Enjoy!

If you want to try The Yellow Bird's products, Nicole has offered you a 15% off discount! To claim your discount, click here!

You can also check out our new travel community on Facebook where you can ask questions, get travel recommendations, and find community members in your area!

First Impressions of Mexico City Oct 19, 2017

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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, and finding a great grocery store that is helping to make the city feel like home. We're trying not to get too comfortable in our space though, and are looking forward to challenging ourselves by exploring the diverse neighbourhoods of the city and primarily interacting with locals in Spanish (however awkward stumbling through conversations in another language may be!)

Although there are a lot of things we are looking forward to experiencing, the reality of the recent earthquake is unavoidable, and can literally become apparent as you walk down the street. While most of the city is recovering or back to normal, we sometimes come across building rubble or flowers which reinforces the intensity of the event and the lives lost. Although we were a little nervous about the potential for another earthquake, we have been able to relax after talking to locals and getting used to our environment. We're looking forward to sharing our adventures in this great city going forward as we get settled in.

Enjoy!

Life Update: Vamos a Mexico Oct 12, 2017

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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 things to say about the area, and we are looking forward to getting the chance to enjoy some great Mexican food, practicing our Spanish, and getting a chance to establish ourselves and build another home away from home.

With that said, we did need to reconsider our travel plans in light of the recent news of the devastating earthquake, and on this episode we talk about how we discussed our safety concerns and decided to move forward with our travel plans. We also discuss about what we're looking forward to, the fun event around which we finalized our travel dates, and make a call out to listeners for recommendations and to let us know if they may be in the area to meet up.

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Surprise Travel Destinations with Denise Chaykun of Magical Mystery Tours Oct 05, 2017

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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 decided to keep the destination a secret until he got to the airport. From its beginning, Denise designed Magical Mystery Tours to build custom experiences based on her clients' travel styles, what they want to get out of their vacation, and if they want to be pushed out of their comfort zone, and feels greatly rewarded when Magical Mystery Tours gets feedback from repeat clients that their vacation fit their personalities perfectly.

Denise discovered her love of travel when a job she worked after graduating needed her to travel a lot, and recently completed a longer term road trip in the US with her husband and two dogs, living in AirBnbs along the way. After discovering their ideal travel lifestyle of living in new places for about a month at a time to establish routine, and visiting places like Denver, Texas and (her favourite) Prince Edward Island, Canada, Denise and her husband decided they were ready to slow down and be based out of one place for a while. Now living in Philadelphia, Denise and her husband still make travel a priority by not letting their house and lifestyle take up the majority of their time and financial resources, so they can still be flexible and travel when the opportunity arises.

On this episode we talk about the inspiration behind Denise's travel company Magical Mystery Tours and how they design great vacations for their clients, the appeal of traveling to a surprise destination where you don't know what awaits you, and some of the places Magical Mystery Tours has sent clients that are not usually on people's radar. We also talk to Denise about her recent nomadic lifestyle, the decision to stop traveling, and how you can still make traveling a priority even if you are based out of one place.

Enjoy!

You can also check out our new travel community on Facebook where you can ask questions, get travel recommendations, and find community members in your area!

Music Credits:

www.bensound.com

TWW on the Slow Your Home Podcast Sep 28, 2017

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On this episode of the podcast, we share our interview with Brooke & Ben McAlary from the Slow Your Home podcast. We met Brooke & Ben at Podcast Movement in Anaheim this past August and we connected over our mutual love of travel, and then we quickly learned that we also share a love of the Canadian Rocky Mountains (Canmore is Brooke & Ben's home away from home!).

During this interview, we talk about how we have developed a lifestyle of where we travel long-term and live almost entirely nomadic. We dig deep into how we fell in love with travel, how our travel style has shifted, and what life looks like as "digital nomads". We talk about how we manage the expectations of our family, friends and colleagues, and what it's been like to convince the people in our life that we've got more than just the "travel bug"!

We also talk about how we deal with visa regulations and immigration, financing our trips, and how to decide when to call it quits on a trip. Finally, we share what we have learned through our travels about ourselves and each other, and how it has improved our relationship as a couple.

Enjoy!

You can also check out our new travel community on Facebook where you can ask questions, get travel recommendations, and find community members in your area!

Music Credits:

www.bensound.com

How to Create While You Travel Sep 21, 2017

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You can gain a lot of value by creating content or a project for yourself to pursue while traveling, and can often end up learning a lot about yourself along the way. Combined with wanting to keep her friends and family up to date on her whereabouts and activities during our trip to South America, Amanda decided to use her love of writing to start a travel blog, and journaling during this trip helped Ryan engage with deeper thoughts, like ideas for projects he would enjoy pursuing in the future. Creating gave us a great sense of purpose and accomplishment, and we know we will be able to keep gaining value from this content by having it to look back on in the future.

On this episode we talk about how we got started creating content on the road, how it gave us a great sense of purpose and accountability while traveling, and how it brought excitement to our adventures once we starting traveling with additional intention. We also discuss having confidence in knowing your experiences will provide value to others, the importance of creating for yourself first as opposed to creating in the hopes that others will engage with your content, a number of creative channels that work well with long term travel, and how starting a travel podcast has impacted our lives for the better.

Enjoy!

How to Find Community When You Travel Sep 14, 2017

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One of the occasional downsides of long term travel is that you can sometimes feel that you lose your sense of community. On our first few trips we didn't necessarily get this feeling as we were expecting to return to our community base at home. We enjoyed regularly meeting new people in hostels, but there were a few times where we missed our friends and remembered how nice it was to consistently be around the same group of people. When we returned home, our realization of the importance of community was only furthered after we moved to Canmore and built a strong community of value based friendships.

When we started working as Digital Nomads in Asia we stayed in AirBnbs more than hostels and as a result met less people we could develop friendships with. We nourished our need for community by building a wide network of friends and travelers around the world that now give us that great sense of community! Our extended stays at language schools and coworking spaces especially gave us the time needed to make great friendships, and taking advantage of online communities on Facebook and Meetup proved to be a great way to meet people who shared our interests or were in the same area.

On this episode we talk about how we realized the importance feeling like you're part of a community and how to make sure you can build and maintain one when you're on the road long term. We assess the pros and cons of having a community based out of one location as opposed to around the world, how it can be tough to miss out on community events at home, and not knowing the next time you'll see friends you've made on the road. We also share tips on how you can create a new community online and where you are while you travel, as well as how you can ensure you keep in touch with your community back home.

Enjoy!

Montreal & Toronto Sep 07, 2017

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On this episode of the podcast we're off to Montreal & Toronto! If you've listened to a lot of episodes of the podcast, you would know that we very rarely travel our home country of Canada, so when we had the opportunity to go to Montreal & Toronto, we were very excited about it!

We spent our first 3 days of the trip in Montreal, and we take you with us as we explore downtown Montreal, the Old Town, and up Mont Royal. This episode also includes a conversation from our local friend, Karl-Philip Valle, who shares what he loves most about living in Montreal. While in Montreal, we had the opportunity to eat poutine, and explore so many awesome areas of the city.

After 3 days in Montreal, we headed on to Toronto where we spent 5 days exploring the city. We explored downtown, Kensington Market, the CN Tower and the Harbourfront, and the Distillery District, among other areas. We had so much fun checking out awesome cafes and eating great food and immersing ourselves in Canada's largest and most multi-cultural city. We had the opportunity to meet up with friends and family.

Finally, Amanda shares about her solo adventure to Niagara Falls and how the met her expectations and was a great day of exploring!

Enjoy!

You can also check out our new travel community on Facebook where you can ask questions, get travel recommendations, and find community members in your area!

Music Credits:

www.bensound.com

Choosing a Travel Style that Makes You Happy Aug 31, 2017

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On last week's episode, we talked with our good friends, Steve and Julia Patterson, where they shared how they figured out their travel style while on their first backpacking trip, and it inspired us to dig deeper into this topic.

You often see and hear on the media about how you should go backpacking and how you should want to quite your job to travel the world (heck, we've said it!), and while we've found that experience hugely beneficial to our lives, we've also discovered that that's not how we prefer to travel anymore.

On this episode, we share how our preferred travel style has changed; how we went from bouncing around from city to city every couple of days back in 2011, to spending a week or so in one place in 2014, to spending months in the same city on this past trip. We discuss how we found a travel that suits our lifestyle now and how you can also find a travel style that makes you happiest, because at the end of the day, whatever we do should be making us happy.

Enjoy!

You can also check out our new travel community on Facebook where you can ask questions, get travel recommendations, and find community members in your area!

Music Credits:

www.bensound.com

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