The Better Travel Podcast

#3.12 Courage, joy and storytelling at Charleston's new African American museum

We’re wrapping up Season 3 with a moving conversation with Dr. Tonya Matthews, the president and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM), which is due to open in Charleston, South Caro...

2023-02-09

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#3.11 How travelers can invest in the atmosphere

How do you think about the climate impact of travel? For a lot of people, this is a complex question — both technically and emotionally. Our guest this week, Christina Beckmann, is here to help us na...

2023-01-26

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#3.10 How to have an immersive travel experience in Japan, or anywhere

What does “immersive travel” actually mean, and how can you try this yourself? That’s the question we’re exploring in today’s episode, and here to help us is Miyuki Seguchi, a travel adviser, tour gu...

2023-01-12

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#3.9 Paige’s top 3 travel takeaways of 2022

It's been a big year for travel, so I thought we'd wrap up 2022 with an episode that looks back at 3 big travel takeaways from the year. These are trends that I've seen cutting across countries, desti...

2022-12-29

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#3.8 Bolivia travel and the life of a travel writer

Award-winning journalist and author Shafik Meghji joins the show to share what he finds so captivating about Bolivia, a nation rich in culture and history that’s also home to deserts, jungles and snow...

2022-12-15

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#3.7 What's going on with tourism in Venice?

Venice is often described as a classic example of "overtourism" in Europe. But what's really going on in this famous Italian city?  This week, Italian journalist Anna Momigliano joins the show t...

2022-12-01

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#3.6 Meet Afghanistan's first female tour guide

Fatima Haidari joins the show this week to talk about the rich history and culture of Afghanistan, her home country, and to share why she became a tour guide despite facing intense pressure not to do ...

2022-11-17

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#3.5 Rick Steves wants to turn you on to European art

This week, we're delighted to welcome American travel guru Rick Steves back to the show. Rick is a radio host, the owner of a tour company, and the author of dozens of guidebooks, but he considers his...

2022-11-03

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#3.4 Can tourism sustain village life in India?

This week, we explore one of the most powerful potential benefits of tourism: bringing jobs and income into rural communities.  Our guest is Manisha Pande, the co-founder and managing director o...

2022-10-20

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#3.3 A new era for tourism in Palestine

This week, we're joined by Husam Jubran, a Palestinian tour guide and peace worker who has helped to lead a movement toward more meaningful tourism in the region that he calls home. In this episode, y...

2022-10-06

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#3.2 Unveiling the invisible

Zakia Moulaoui Guery, CEO of Invisible Cities, shares how her company creates exceptional travel experiences that allow visitors to give back to the people and places they visit. Thanks so much for l...

2022-09-22

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#3.1 Paradise, profit and peril at the beach

Why is the beach synonymous with paradise for so many of us? How do beach resorts change the communities around them? And will they manage to survive rising sea levels? In the first episode of Season...

2022-09-08

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Season 3 Trailer

Welcome to Season 3 of The Better Travel Podcast! Hosted by Paige McClanahan, a travel journalist and lifelong travel addict, this is the show that gives you a deeper understanding of the world of tra...

2022-09-01

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#2.12 Can tourism combat poverty?

For the Season 2 finale, Paige speaks to Bruce Poon Tip, who is both the founder of a major adventure travel company and an executive producer of “The Last Tourist,” an award-winning documentary that ...

2022-04-14

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#2.11 What's it like to go on a safari in Europe?

This week, we’re talking about safari tourism — but not the kind of safari you might be thinking of. Instead of looking for giraffes, lions and elephants on the savannas of Kenya or Tanzania, we’re he...

2022-04-07

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#2.10 How did Lonely Planet change the way we travel?

This week, we’re bringing you a conversation with Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler! Tony joins the show to tell the story of the company’s founding and to talk about how guidebooks have changed t...

2022-03-24

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#2.9 Can tourism help save Uganda's mountain gorillas?

Uganda’s first wildlife vet, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, joins the show this week to share how tourism has affected the lives of the wildlife and residents in and around Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Nat...

2022-03-17

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#2.8 What’s different for women travelers?

This week, Paige is joined by Erin Elizabeth Hynes, an experienced and enthusiastic traveler, travel writer and travel podcaster who shares some excellent advice for her fellow women wanderers, as wel...

2022-03-10

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#2.7 What should travelers know about Airbnb?

This week, we’re exploring a topic that’s on the minds of a lot of travelers these days: short-term tourist rentals, which is a service offered by a lot of companies, but perhaps the most well known i...

2022-03-03

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#2.6 Are trains the future of climate-friendly travel?

This week, we speak to Mark Smith of the Man in Seat 61 and Anna Hughes of Flight Free UK to find out why a lot of travelers are switching from planes to trains, and to learn about some of the excitin...

2022-02-24

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