This week I’m in conversation with Emma-Louise Trotter from the incredible lifestyle blog The Life Edit. Based in Harrogate, Emma runs her own freelance business and we talk about how her travels fit around her work. We talk about early road trips to France and Italy, and life changing travels in Dubai and the USA. Emma is completely open about how she uses travel as therapy, and we have such a wonderful chat about how travel has been a huge part of her life through the good times and the more challenging

On this episode I chat to Beverley Reinemann from the award winning travel blog Pack Your Passport.  From caravan parks in the UK to living and working in Australia for two years, I get the gossip on some of Beverley's favourite travel destinations. I find out all the details on how to get an Australian working holiday visa and Beverley’s experience of working on a winery, how she was thrust unexpectedly into solo travel, and her tips on travelling alone (and which cities are the best for solo travellers

On this episode I get to chat to the wonderful Claire Robinson from the UK travel blog blog Weekend Candy. Claire's mantra is "two days - make them count", and I couldn't be more down with that sentiment. Claire fits her travels around her job and we chat about planning the perfect weekend escape, finding incredible places to stay and building trips around something historic (we are both nerds after all)! Claire also shares with us her top tips for visiting the Cotswolds and her home city of Cheltenham.

I'm chatting to Bee from QueenBeady.com this week, a travel, lifestyle and fashion blogger from Yorkshire, who spent many years in her early career working in the travel and tourism industry. I get the gossip on what life was really like as travel agent and Bee chats about some of her favourite holiday destinations. We talk about the UK’s forgotten hidden gems and how to deal with disappointment when travelling. There are some priceless travel tips sprinkled in today’s episode, so grab a paper and pen!

This week I’m having a good old chinwag with Rhianna, a blogger and online lass from rhiannaolivia.com. Hailing from Yorkshire, we chat about the impact of her Dad’s international Navy career on her world perspective and childhood trips down south. Rhianna talks about the joys of being at home, and why backpacking and long term travel doesn’t fit with her lifestyle. We get really excited about music festivals and how they fit into Rhianna’s travel plans and her top tips for how do festivals in style

On this very first episode of The Travelust, Lucy and I chat about how being a baby expat changed her perspective on travel and how going long haul is in her blood. Lucy tell us about how a perfect storm of life experiences led her to get packing and on the road and how everyone should visit the middle east at least once, as well as her experiences of living in Thailand. And we reflect on what travel might be like now she’s the mum of gorgeous little Anais.

The Travelust Podcast is a brand new show launching on the 8th of January 2018. If you are obsessed with travel, always thinking about your next holiday OR love to hear about how other people see the world, subscribe now for a fortnightly travel adventure!