Chantel Loura of Voyaging Vagabond blog, joins Trizzy and Leah this week to discuss how she started travel writing: in an era where no one was talking online about being fat or queer. We talk about how she's so comfortable in front of a camera, what resources she recommends for bigger women who travel, how she moved to Portugal and MORE!

Chantel and Leah met through The Nomadic Network and we were so honored to host her on Ticket 2 Anywhere Podcast as a shining beacon of hope and light, including representing all other plus-sized, gay woman who want to live a life full of travel.

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• Website: Voyaging Vagabond
• Instagram (@voyaging_vagabond)
• Facebook

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Another Trizzy & Leah duet this week filled with travel budgeting and hacking tips, tricks & advice!

After Danielle Desir's episode last week of "Budgeting for Affordable Travel",  we decided to share our own stories of how we prep financially before and during a trip to get the most out of our travels.

Leah comes with the budgeting best practices such as:  measure needs versus wants, bring WAY more money than you think you need, be intentional about tunnel vision towards a specific travel finance goal, and most importantly: slow travel to maximize your time & money!

Trizzy delivers her expertise on more of the "travel hacking" by shopping exclusively through Rakuten (her referral link below!),  how to use hotel booking sites in conjuction with Rakuten, and find loyalty within your most flown airline to take advantage of all its perks.

• Rakuten Referral Link: https://www.rakuten.com/r/THUAHU?eeid=28187
• Alaska Airlines VISA Credit Card Invite Link: DM @Ticket2AnywherePodcast on Instagram or email --> hi @ [ticket2anywhere dot com] and we will send you an invite link!

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Budget for life first, then everything will fall into place, especially travel! This episode is solid one for those tryin to get their money right!

Danielle Desir, podcaster, author, blogger and creator of The Thought Card financial podcast and blog, joined T2A recently to talk all things money, which is what allows us to travel!

She emphasizes "value based spending" and shares her tips and tricks on how to pick what matters to you when you travel, and what to look for to get the most bang for your buck. Some of Danielle's best advice regarding travel & money is to know who you are and figure out how you can win quickly to keep up momentum.

One of her processes is to "Save. Travel. Repeat." Growing up, Danielle's mother talked to her about money ALL the time, very much a taboo topic in many cultures. We're envious she got that transparency!

Find Danielle on Instagram and Facebook @thedanielledesir and visit her website at https://thoughtcard.com

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How can Leah and Trizzy help you travel the world? How to take two week vacations vs. three month holidays? Couples travel vs. solo backpackers?  Finding remote work on the road? What are the moments that have tested us while traveling? We also share our best travel tips and travel advice for the 15+ years we've been exploring the world.

Welcome to our special 20th episode, here on Ticket 2 Anywhere Podcast! Every episode you will hear our 2 voices, our 2 views and 2 different takes on how we adventure, no matter where we are.

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Creative. Positive. Activist. Chubby. Kind. Hilarious. Writer. Black American.

Jeff Jenkins of Chubby Diaries proudly embodies all of these, and we were lucky enough to spend time with him this week and feed off his forever positive energy.

Jeff, who is an incredible multi-hyphenate specializing in content creation, travel blogging and social media consulting, shared with us in this episode:
-- how Chubby Diaries came to be
-- Jeff's mission as a human and how he spreads positivity 
-- how his work in travel reflects his values and beliefs
-- what vacation now means to Jeff 

Find Jeff everywhere online @ChubbyDiaries__ and visit his website at https://chubbydiaries.com.

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This week, slow traveler, English teacher and fierce queen Jess of TheJesstination.com joined us to chat about teaching English in Medellin, Colombia, then moving across the globe to teach English in Chongqing, China.

Jess tells all about her cultural differences and experiences living between two very different countries, the most rewarding parts of teaching, and her local travels in each region.

Find Jess everywhere online @TheJesstination and visit her website at thejesstination.com.

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What is it really like traveling during a pandemic? What are the new travel requirements for countries, airport, and hotels? How has travel changed since before Covid-19?  

In our most controversial episode yet, we traveled to 3 countries from the USA in the past 5 months for major life event celebrations and lived to tell about our experiences. While we know that traveling while Covid-19 still exists in many parts of the world can be scary and daunting, we do believe there are ways to travel safely during this time.

Resources used during this episode below:

• US Citizen traveling to Mexico - https://mx.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/
• US travel entry requirements - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/covid-19-information.html
• Maldives Health Questionnaire required form - 
  https://imuga.immigration.gov.mv/ethd/create

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What did we learn in our FIRST year as travel podcasters, which coincidentally was the year a global pandemic took over (aka the dreaded 2020)?
For our 1 year anniversary on January 15, Trizzy (@ExEaEx) and Leah (@LAinFlight) brought 5 of their favorite nuggets of travel & podcasting wisdom to y'all. We made mistakes so you don't have to! 

On the real though - we wouldn't be here without anyone who has ever shared an episode, paid us a compliment, gave us a like, or saved a bit of an episode that would help them on their next trip! We owe Ticket 2 Anywhere Podcast to YOU! Cheers to our big, bright future.

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To close out 2020, we welcomed award-winning author and the original budget traveler Matt Kepnes, also known as @NomadicMatt. As one of our most exciting guests yet, Matt chatted with us about his traveling start (and how it turned into 10+ years), his New York Time's best-selling novels, and his unsuspecting yet favorite travel tip for any adventurer!

Matthew Kepnes runs the award-winning budget travel site nomadicmatt.com. He's the author of the NYT best-seller How to Travel the World on $50 a Day and the travel memoir Ten Years a Nomad. His writings and advice have been featured in The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian, Lifehacker, Budget Travel, BBC, Time, and countless other publications. He's also the founder of TravelCon, North America's premier travel conference, and FLYTE, a non-profit that sends students from underserved communities on transformative trips abroad. When not traveling the world, he can be found in Austin, Texas.

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* Website: https://www.nomadicmatt.com
* Instagram: @NomadicMatt
* Twitter: @NomadicMatt
* Facebook: @NomadicMatt

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Denise Castaneda (@itsdenisecas) joined the ladies of @Ticket2AnywherePodcast to chat all things luxury and culture travel: being an American expat in London, how she scored her dream job abroad, all the weekend getaway traveling she does around Europe and how she mixes staying at bougie hotels and eating street food for every meal while globetrotting. 

Denise, a luxury and culture travel expert, traded in the sunshine and palm trees of her hometown in LA to live the expatriate life across the pond in London. When she's not helping clients improve their businesses by day, she incorporates exploration, photography & culinary delights into her travels near and far. "Adventure does not always have to entail hopping on a plan or spending  a lot of money, but rather it’s about adding exploration in all forms in our everyday lives." - DC

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* Website: https://www.denisecas.com
* Instagram: @itsdenisecas
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* Facebook: @itsdenisecas

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