Comes With Baggage

Kaitlyn and Chris share their experiences living and visiting places plagued with over-tourism, and why we need to make some changes to keep the world a better place to experience.

There’s no shortage of travel apps cluttering up the Android and Apple marketplaces these days — and that’s a problem, as most of them are terrible. Sorting out useless ones from those worth installing is not the most fun you’ll ever have with your smartphone, but no one wants to pay for a worthless app. If you’ve got a trip coming up, rather than wasting a week of your life downloading useless junk, start with these 10 great travel apps instead, as decided and compiled by Chris and Kaitlyn.

Can relationships that are formed while abroad actually work? How do you know when it's just a holiday romance and when it's something real? This week on the podcast, Kaitlyn and Chris deep dive into a conversation about expiration dating. We share our stories and experiences of love and dating while traveling. When it can work, when it shouldn't, etc, etc. Then, we finish it up with a quick game of Red Flag or Dealbreaker.

Working on a pub crawl is a wild ride of drinking, dancing and meeting people and getting paid to do it. It is a young person’s dream job – the lifestyle, the friends, the non-stop partying, the amusing days and ridiculous nights. On this episode, both Chris & Kaitlyn share their experiences (sometimes similar, sometimes very very different) of working for pub crawls. We will teach you the best ways to go about getting the job, what you can expect to get paid, what the job responsibilities are, and some of the not so great things that can be apart of it. (Babysitting a bunch of drunk people is not for everyone!)

Not sure about you guys but we think that eating and drinking is one of the best ways to experience a new destination. So when we decided to do an episode about great (and gross) food from around the world, it was no question that the best people to ask were the culinary tourism experts from Food Fun Travel - Tommo and Megsy! In this episode you will learn some of the best meals they have had, what countries they have had them in, how to find the most authentic and delicious feasts while abroad, and then some surprising stories of strange things people eat in other cultures. You will leave this episode hungry and maybe even a little nauseous...

How well do safaris measure up for animal conservation and treatment? What country will throw you in jail for 7 years for having a plastic bag? Is it even possible to go on a safari if you're on a budget? This week on the pod, Kaitlyn picks Chris' brain about ev-er-y-thing he knows about safaris in Africa (considering he has lived in Tanzania and currently works for a safari travel company). We debunk the most common misconceptions about Africa, discuss the things you should and shouldn't take when packing for a trip like this (leave the fluoro at home!), and Kaitlyn tests her knowledge (basically just guesses) on what the Big Five are.

This week, we invited Jenise on the show to give us all the dirty details of everything it takes to work on a super yacht and travel around the world as a career. How much hustle does it take to get into the yacht industry? What sort of image standards must you abide by on the boat? What kind of salary are people getting paid for this? What is the craziest thing a guest has requested from you? We ask her all these things and much much more! And let us tell you, it really is WORK HARD, PLAY HARD for the yachties!

Get that Netflix queue ready! This week it's just your hosts Chris and Kaitlyn, and they are sharing all of the movies and TV shows that they love to watch when they need some travel inspo. Some of them make you want to visit a place or a country that might not have occurred to you before, some depict a lifestyle that you desire, and some just transport you to a whole other world when you can't get away from home. Let us know which ones you love, which ones you hate, and which ones we forgot to mention!

With over 1,100 dives around the world, it is safe to say that Justin, who runs the online magazine Art of Scuba Diving, knows what he's talking about! This week he joins Kaitlyn and Chris on the pod to discuss all there is to know; including the differences in certification levels, where the best places are to dive, what are the coolest ( and weirdest) species he has come in contact with, and why he really fucking hates Nemo - as a species, not the movie (that we know of).

Picture this: You are on your dream trip. Laying in a hammock, staring out to the beautiful blue ocean, some gorgeous being fanning you with the branch of a palm tree, and sipping on some fruity rum filled concoction. Life is bliss. Then, a coconut falls on your head, cuts you open, knocks you out, and you get rushed to the hospital. Next thing you know you have a huge hospital bill handed to you that will empty out your bank account. Do you have travel insurance? Most of you probably never buy it for a trip, and we're here to tell you why you should think twice next time you opt not to. We discuss all the different types (trip coverage, medical, etc), what is covered (a missed flight because you drunkenly slept through your alarm) and whats not (crashing a motorbike in Vietnam without a license), and all the reasons why it is way better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it. Give this episode a listen and let us change your mind! You'll thank us later.