Do you have fears that you want to overcome? You're not alone. Ryan and Amanda share how they have overcome fear through travel. Join them as they share how they have stepped outside of their comfort zones & overcome their day-to-day fears through travel.

If you are thinking about WWOOFing (Working on organic farms in exchange for accomidation and food), looking for ways to backpack on a small budget, or looking for cool experiences abroad then this is an episode for you. Mikael Schlumpf joins Ryan on the Podcast to talk about his experience WWOOFing, share travel stories about travelling in Portugal and Spain, and more!

Are you interested in traveling? Are you struggling to find someone to travel with? Are you afraid to go alone? On this episode of the podcast, we have a special guest joining us all the way from Australia. We clicked instantly with fellow travel enthuasiast and world wanderer, Rory Madigan, on our Greek Island Hopping Contiki tour. Rory has done 5 Contiki tours in different parts of the world, as well as a variety of other tours, making him our not-so-resident tour expert! We have bonded on 3 different continents over our shared love of travel, and our desire to grow and develop while seeing the world. Join us in this conversation with Rory, as he gives his recommendations for solo travel, where he's been, and why you should stop making excuses and just go.

Do you find yourself feeling frustrated on trips? Do the places you travel to sometimes leave you feeling let down?
 
 
 
A large part of your happiness or dissatisfaction with travelling is defined by the expectations you have in advance. Setting unrealistic expectations can leave you in a position where you never allow yourself to be happy. On this episode of the podcast Amanda and Ryan share their experience on a recent road trip to Jasper, Canada, and how it made them decide to be more consciously aware of the expectations they have for their travel.

Do you have the urge to explore the world, but can’t leave your job right now? Are you wanting to experience some of the benefits of long term travel, but only have 2 weeks of vacation time?
 
 
 
Amanda and Ryan will dissect some fallacies about vacations, dig into the best ways to get the benefits of a long trip in a short time frame, dispel the myth that you need to be relaxing on a beach to re-invigorate yourself for work, reveal the places they want to go for 2 week mirco-backpacking adventures and much more in this episode of The World Wanderers Podcast.

Are you debating doing a tour, but unsure if you would be better going it alone? Do you want to know more about Contiki tours? Does partying for 14 days on the Greek Islands sound awesome? Would you pay money for people to hit you over the head with various objects?
 
 
 
In this Episode Amanda and Ryan talk about the pros and cons of tours, how they fell in love with Greek food & made some great friends that helped them out later in their travels. They will also share some personal stories from partying on Mykonos, Santorini, & Ios and more on this episode of The World Wanderer’s Podcast.

Does the idea of living out of a backpack for 6 months scare you? Are you preparing for a trip and feeling like your missing something? Do you have packing anxiety?
In this episode Amanda and Ryan tackle the topic of packing. They share all the tips and tricks they have learned living out of backpacks, and they discuss how backpacking helps you realise how little clothing and material items you actually need (hint: not much!). It is cliche to say that material items won't make you happy, but Amanda and Ryan share how travelling really helps you understand it.
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Do you want to visit the famous Machu Picchu? Are you concerned about blowing your budget on this world famous historical site? Are you confused by all the different trekking options?
In this episode Amanda and Ryan discuss one of the most famous and most popular travel destinations in the world: Machu Picchu. You will learn about the most popular options for visiting Machu Picchu, why you should plan to spend some time and money in Cusco, and why you shouldn’t feel bad if you don’t want to do a long trek to Machu Picchu. 
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In this episode Amanda and Ryan discuss backpacking through one of the more expensive countries in the world, Switzerland; How to budget you money and make it last, hiking and canyoning in Interlaken, and they also discuss a fight they had in Bern, and how low self esteem and emotional dependency can cause problems for travel partners.

On this episode of the podcast, we are continuing to discuss our adventure in New Zealand. We'll take you from Queenstown to Auckland, discussing where we went, what we missed, being out of money, and the emotional roller coaster that came with coming home. Finally, on our very last day in Auckland, we met up with 2 girls that we had previously met in Switzerland, and we talk a little bit about what it was like to see them again.