Sebastian is an experienced hotel manager and provides us with a fascinating look into the Bilderberg Bellevue Hotel in Dresden. With his vast expertise, he explores the unique features that set this hotel apart. Located in the heart of Dresden, the Bilderberg Bellevue Hotel is a symbol of opulence and relaxation. It boasts views of the tranquil Elbe river and is enveloped by the scenic Bellevue gardens, presenting visitors with a sweeping vista of Dresden's iconic Altstadt.

However, Sebastian's talk isn't focused on the hotel's luxurious amenities. He underscores the hotel's commitment to eco-friendly practices and its notable Green and Hygiene certifications. Throughout our discussion, he elaborates on the measures the Bilderberg Bellevue Hotel takes to ensure environmental sustainability and to raise awareness among its patrons.

Claudia is not only a professional swimmer and traveler - but also a person who understands animals. Being active as sustainable travel influencer, she reveals some insights about how to travel without harming the environment. Wanting to discover the great fauna and flora of the world? Great idea, but only with the needed knowledge how not to disturb the animals.

Claudia takes us with her on a nice journey to different places where she has collected different experiences and helps you to prepare for your next trip. Be ready to close your windows in order not to directly jump out of it into your next  adventure - as Claudia's talk is so inspiring. 

What on earth can be more fun than writing a PhD thesis about the two really nice topics travelling and games? Yes, combine both and research about gaming while being on a trip. This is exactly what the guest of our latest podcast episode did. Pirita Ihamäki PhD, M.Sc. does not only love to climb around forests and mountains in order to find small presents but also knows why she loves it. She has researched about global trends in how to travel using geocaching. In our podcast she fascinates us with her experience and research outcomes of international gaming and traveling habits and gives us insights into current and future trends. Together, we discuss how geocaching can help rediscovering travel locations which are close to your home unfold a totally great new thrill and helps reducing your Carbon Footprint without missing new experiences. We also talk about possibilities to guide tourism streams, keeping them away from protected places and showing them fascinating spots which combine a great experience with the respect for nature. Let's wake up the child in you and join us on our next trip!

- gamecoast.com

- https://www.geocaching.com/play

“Toys are often underrated as commercial objects. In fact they are a channel via which we can interact with people all over the world. They incorporate culture and history and they are very important when it comes to intercultural understanding and friendship”. This is only one quote from our latest interview with the amazing researcher Katriina Heljakka. With her as a toy expert we talked about the importance of Toyrism as one particular way of tourism and discovered how this way of traveling can help us become more sustainable friendly. Listen and discover a new world of spending your vacation!

What if there is no charging station at the place? What happens if all plug-ins are covered by e-cars? What if I have to wait for hours and miss my next destination? There are many questions arising when people firstly hear about traveling with an electric vehicle. Our e-vehicle expert Robert tells us, that every person except one, has never stopped saying thank you to him for his advice to replace their petrol car with an electric one. Why not getting to know the pros and cons directly on a trip? In this episode we explore together with our e-vehicle enthusiast how much more fun it is to travel by e-car. We discuss about needs and wishes and explain the ChargeHolidays system displaying e-charging infrastructure and enabling to filter accommodations depending on the suitability for one’s car. Get insights into leisure as well as business travel experiences using your e-vehicle and do not hesitate to join our sustainable trip.

- https://www.robin.tv/

- https://twitter.com/robinvonrobintv

-https://www.facebook.com/robintvteam

- https://www.instagram.com/robintvteam/

- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBc0Mghy-6jhMXs3T7DluMg

Have you ever dreamed of resting at a Finish sauna for cold winter months or escaping from the hot summer to colder forests in the northern country? Finland is a beautiful place to visit with a great scenery and landscape. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jukka Valkama, currently working in Karlsruhe, Germany in the field of paper techniques, originates from this amazing country. As a native he is the right person to give us advice where to go and what to eat in Finland. In this podcast we also discuss about the connection between packaging and sustainable travel and we learn new insight hints about cute reindeers.

Being on tour it is difficult to eat healthy, sustainable friendly food and make sure not to leave any food waste at the same time. However, this is exactly what Ole Plogstedt sees as his goal. Being a tour caterer and founder of the “Rote Gourmet Fraktion” he cooks food for everyone everywhere who is fund of rock music. Doing so, he cooperates with local producers, goes on trips with foodsharing and has become an expert on supply chains of different products over the past years. His motto “just do it” proves to be really useful. How else should he achieve that people being catered by him change from meat to vegetarian consumption or try out seitan, tofu and similar products as a delicious alternative. Ole is really passionate about cooking. In our podcast he shares insights how he combines his talent with making a positive impact for the world. He has inspired so many people so far, artists as well as festival enthusiasts, so that he is ready now to inspire you!

Find more information here: https://rote-gourmet-fraktion.de/

Sharing an accommodation smaller than 40 m2 with another person, owning not more than 2 trousers, scheduling the video calls according to the sun produced energy and cleaning up a toilet which leftovers turn into humus after 12 months may not be the daily life of the average European citizen. However, this is the life which Boris chose to pursue several years ago. He has built a totally self-sufficient tiny house on wheels and loves his day routine, starting early in the morning. In our podcast we discuss about the positive effects of tiny houses, we elaborate on the historical as well as potential future developments of this movement and dive deeply into the journey Boris has undergone with his projects and workshops. Let’s join us on the journey and experience how it is to live just out of one backpack.

https://www.borislebedev.com/

https://www.instagram.com/missionwinzig/

https://www.instagram.com/tinypopupmunich/

In this episode we meet two inspiring founders. They share the same value and the same vision: A plastic free world in which people can easily get healthy and delicious snacks without the need of a trash can. Consequently, they have created their start-up mynüssle with a nice variety of spicy, salty and sweet nut mixes. In this podcast the two inventors take you on a ride on their founding roller coaster and you get to know which obstacles they met while founding a sustainable food company. Eager to learn why we talk about nuts in our travel podcast? The mynüssle products are also included in our country packages, so that you get a feeling of India when snacking the hot and spicy version and feel to be hijacked to France when enjoying the mild nuts with green herbs.

I want to add a small disclaimer: neither Philip nor Claudius are very familiar with English - but instead of declining my request for the podcast recording they were still eager to try it out and get in the virtual studio with me. It was a really nice experience and showed how you can get something done even if it may appear difficult in the beginning!

https://www.mynuessle.de/

https://www.chargeholidays.com/shop/

“What would you do now if I were not here?”. This question - asked by the girlfriend of Theo - starts a huge project which ends in Theo being on his bike for 20.000 km travelling from Saarbrücken in Germany to China. He wants to discover 20 countries on the former Silk Road. In this podcast episode he gives insights into the emergence of his crazy and at the same time great idea and the best project he has realized so far, as he describes it. He gives us insights into the beauty as well as the struggles on such a journey and makes you definitely wanting to travel more by bike after listening to the podcast.

Find out more about the bike trip from Theo: https://fabiantheobald.de/en/