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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Ashley from Vegan Ventures. Ashley lives in Portland and she is an Instagrammer, and content creator who loves to eat her way around Portland (and wherever she is traveling) seeking out places that are not the most highly rated and reviewed. 

In this episode we discuss:
What Ashley is doing in the vegan space
Where she became vegan and where she has lived vegan
Her ‘off the beaten track’ favorite vegan hotspots in Portland
Festivals in Portland you might want to check out.
Things to do in and around Portland

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In today’s episode, we’ll talk to Claire Burt from Your Travel Analyst. Claire is from Toronto, Canada, and helps travel businesses (vegan and non-vegan) to make their travel experiences more meaningful and more transformational for as many different parties as possible - whether it is the local population, the traveler, the environment and the people you interact with whether it is hotels, restaurants, guides and so on. 

While she mainly works with the travel industry, she certainly has many tips to share with you, the traveler, on how to make your travel experience more transformative. This is such an important topic because it essentially helps us get more of a meaningful experience for the investment of time and money you invest on your trip. 

In this episode we discuss:

• What is transformational travel?
• Why and how the travel industry needs to change
• What it means to humanize the travel experience
• What transformational travel is and why it aligns with veganism
• Why vegans are an ideal audience for disruption in tourism

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In today’s episode, we’ll talk to Lucy Elkin from the blog The Wandering Vegans. Lucy lives on the road full time and works remotely on her blog and also teaches English and has housesat on the east coast of the US as well as all around the UK and is now located in Amsterdam and the house sitting and pet sitting she does what her and her partner do to help maintain this lifestyle long term and that is what she is going to talk about today.

It’s true that we have discussed this on the podcast, but today we dig deep. If you have ever considered this lifestyle, this will be really helpful. Even if you are not interested in housesitting but have a house (or animals) that need good care while you are away on a trip, then you’ll want to listen to learn a little about how you might be able to find someone that is a good fit for your house and family.

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• How David got into travel hacking
• How to get started travel hacking beginners without getting overwhelmed
• How to make the most of your efforts
• Commonly asked questions
• The commandments of travel hacking
• Referral links and how they work

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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Marc Goldrub. Marc is the founding lawyer at Green Economy Law Professional Corporation, a Toronto-based law firm providing general and specialized legal services in the areas of green business, psychedelics, and housing.
He holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, and a Global Professional Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He’s a local climate and cycling activist and has proudly plant-based for 16 years.  We talk about Marc’s hometown - Toronto!  

In this episode, we will discuss

• Put a case forward  that Toronto is the best city for vegans
• How the vegan scene has changed in the past decade.
• Can one be vegan on a budget in Toronto
• Address the stereotype that Toronto is boring
• Marc shares his recommendations for visitors to Toronto.
• What makes the city unique and worth visiting?

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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Tammy Robertson. Tammy Robertson is a registered nurse who serves as a Food For Life Instructor for the greater Sarasota area in Florida. Her company is called Planted Into Wellness and she uses her medical experience to help guide people to improve their health through coaching. Tammy (alongside her husband Dave) was also a traveler on our inaugural Northern Italy trip in 2022 and she was great fun to travel with through the Italian lakes, dolomites, alps, and the Italian cities of Verona and Venice! 

Probably the reason she is so much fun to travel with is the fact that Tammy is a former flight attendant, a job which I think you will agree is only suited to some people especially those with a sense of humor and Tammy has that in spades. 

Today’s episode is a little bit different as Tammy will share with us her experience of working for an airline as a flight attendant Consider it more of a storytime episode. 

In this episode we discuss the following:

• How Tammy came to work as a flight attendant? 
• What the recruitment process was like?
• What the schedule was like for Flight attendants?
• Perks that flight attendants get when traveling
• The challenges She’ll share some of her flight attendant secrets and hacks.

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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Georgia Kontiza, a hotel owner who happens to own Koukoumi Hotel, a luxury vegan hotel on the Greek Island of Mykonos. I am sure by now, you know that Seb and I love a vegan hotel, and while we have not yet stayed there, it is very high on the list. What’s not to love about the Greek Islands with the sun, clear seas, and incredible history add an amazing vegan hotel that has the most amazing food. Seriously, just go and have a look at the food. 

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• Food - Sangría, Caña, Gazpacho, Tortilla de Patatas, Churros, Oranges of Seville)
• How Seville is and isn’t vegan-friendly
• Landmarks (the cathedral, Reales Alcázares, Triana bridge, río Guadalquivir, Giralda tower, Santa Cruz quarter, Plaza de España)
• Seville in pop culture
• Vegan Guide to Seville
• Vegan Tapas Tour
• Culture: Flamenco, wine tasting, and tapas

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So today’s topic is a really interesting one. Jason and I are talking about LGBTQ+ travel and I really invite you to listen in even if you are not a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Even if you are not a member, we talk about how you can be an ally when you are traveling and I will say that much of the information we discussed was very new to me indeed.

In this episode we discuss:
- Jason and his vegan business story
- Issues that face LGBTQ travelers
- Resources to help  LGBTQ travelers
- Ranking of certain countries
- Tour options for LGBTQ+ travelers
- Specific issues for transgender travelers
- Ways to be an LGBTQ+ ally when traveling

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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Sofie and Tony who founded and run an elephant sanctuary, in fact, the first-ever Elephant Sanctuary in Europe. Seb and I met Tony and Sofie way back in 2018 when we went to visit The Elephant Haven European Elephant Sanctuary in France. We had been in contact with Tony asking if our group might visit the sanctuary for our Dordogne trip in 2020 and if we might visit during a scout.

They kindly agreed to show us around one beautiful spring day and what a lovely day it was. Now, I should add, that at this time, there were no elephants at the sanctuary yet. They spent a couple of hours showing us what they had built so far, their story, and their goal to try to be a place where elephants will live the rest of their lives in a much better situation than they were before.

As usual, Seb and I were in absolute awe of the work these people are doing. Of course that Dordogne trip in 2020 did not go ahead, but we have actually rebooted that trip and you could be visiting this sanctuary, a sanctuary that is not open to the public on our trip on our A Taste Of The French Countryside: Romantic Villages & Valleys with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau that is happening in September 2023! This trip still has a few spots available and you can join us and visit  The Elephant Haven European Elephant Sanctuary in France and meet Gandhi and Delhi!

In this episode, we discuss

• How Sofie and Tony got involved in animal protection
• Why there is a need for an elephant sanctuary in Europe  
• Why they decided to create this space for elephants
• What their long-term goals are for this sanctuary

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