This week’s guest is author and speaker, Shannon O’Donnell, who has been traveling around the world for over six years. She was named Travel of the Year by National Geographic in 2013. We talk about her travels, how she got started and volunteering around the world.

This week's guest is Ben Schlappig from One Mile At A Time. Ben is a frequent flier expert who has been working on mastering loyalty programs since the age of 15. We talk about how he got into "the hobby", tips for maximizing your miles and his recent profile in Rolling Stone.

This week I answer your questions. If you are interested in having me answer your questions about travel, photography or anything else, just follow me on Facebook or join my Facebook travel group.

This week I don't have a guest. I talk about my travels this summer, my visit to the USS Harry S Truman, diving in the Florida Keys and visiting America's newest World Heritage Site. I also talk about my upcoming travels to Labrador, the Galapagos Islands and Chile.

This week on the show I talk to my good friend Chris Christensen. Chris is the man behind the Amateur Traveler Podcast, which recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary. He is also my co-host on This Week in Travel, which we have now been doing for 6 years.

We talk about his start in podcasting, traveling while holding down a full-time job and many other subjects. This episode was recorded live in the lobby of the Hyatt Place Hotel in Austin, TX.

This episode to talk to Lee Abbamonte. A personal friend who is the youngest American to have visited every country in the world. We talk about many of the more obscure places in the world and what it takes to get there.

My first guest is Robert Reid, National Geographic’s Digital Nomad and the former US editor at Lonely Planet. We talk about a whole range of things including his project to take clarinet lessons on the island of St. Lucia.