Anita, travel agent with The Travel Agent Next Door, met co-host Kerry, back in 2017, when Kerry walked into the travel agency where Anita was working to book travel to a writing workshop in Mexico. They’ve been friends and traveling, together sometimes too, ever since.

This week on Outlook we speak with Anita Paton about her years of experience as a travel agent, the challenges she came up against when she lost her driver’s licence because she was diagnosed with a genetic eye disease, and about her adventures together with Kerry in New York City and now, having just returned from touring Ireland with an all female tour group put together by Paton herself.

There was something meant to be in how they met. So from a stick-it-to-the-man mission (a possible story idea for Kerry’s budding short story collection) stopping by Trump Tower or walking up the steps into a castle, Anita and Kerry have gone on many interesting adventures, but this week we’re hearing specifically about the all female Ireland tour they recently returned from, and the seaweed and forest bathing for example. So, check it out for more stories like those, and for a bit of a discussion on Kerry being alone but with the group, traveling, as a blind person, and for Anita’s reflections looking back on last month’s trip.

Check out Anita’s website:

https://www.anitapaton.thetravelagentnextdoor.com

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