Travel Truths

This weeks guest is Billie, she’s a good friend of TruTravels, having travelled with us in the past & also working as a store manager for STA travel. Her career turned on its head when the pandemic started & STA travel went into administration. She turned her situation into a positive one & created an Instagram fitness account and began her fitness journey. A year on, she’s got really 40 thousand followers and is working with some big brands.Here at TruTravels we’ve just released our brand new FitVenture travel style, which includes fitness and wellness tours in Thailand & Bali, we chat about these with Billie alongside hearing her inspiring story.

Today's guest is our very own Gemma, she's part of the TruTravels marketing team. Before she joined TruTravels, she'd been living life in the air, as an air hostess. We're chatting to her about life as as an air hostess, we ask her the big questions, like what's the rule when putting your seat back on the plane. Gemma talks about her craziest moments on flights, like the time the plane was hit by lightning, we also chat about some drunken flight times & she talks about 'bus juice'. Keep listening listening to find out what bus juice is. It's super interesting to hear about life from the point of view of an air hostess.

Our guest on episode ten of the Travel Truths Podcast is Welsh adventurer and extreme athlete, Ash Dykes. We talk to Ash about his extreme challenges over the years, including his latest challenge of walking the Yangtze River (the longest river in the world to run through one country). Ash spent a whole year walking from the source of the river, to the end of the river, which spills into the East China Sea near the city of Shanghai. Ash took on all elements and nature along the way, including packs of wolves and bears. Ash has appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast & filmed a Ted Talk, we're super lucky to talk to him. It's an amazing story, we hope it inspires a few of our listeners to get out of their comfort zone and to begin their own adventure in 2021.

On this weeks episode we're talking to Dennis from Ecologi. We've branched out (sorry) and recently partnered up with Ecologi, who are an awesome organisation. They help people and businesses become more climate positive, by planting trees across the world. They've got an amazing 'virtual forest' where you can login and see the growth of your forest. You can support Ecologi by booking a trip with TruTravels, for every booking we're planting 20-60 trees with Ecologi.

Dom & Rianna speak to Sian from Gili Eco Trust. The Gili Islands are 3 small islands just off of Lombok in Indonesia. The beautiful islands are home to amazing sunsets and outstanding natural beauty. At TruTravels, we visit and finish on Gili Trawangan for our Bali Experience. Sian and the Gili Eco Trust team are doing all they can to keep the islands beautiful, by educating and inspiring tourists and locals on the importance of the environment and sustainability.Check out Gili Eco Trust on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/giliecotrust/ They are in need of donations, so if you can help out the Gili Eco Trust with a donation, please do :) www.paypal.me/giliecotrust

Our guest for episode seven of Travel Truths is Amer. Travel Ninja (tour leader) Amer, is a TruTravels legend and part of the Tru family. We speak about growing up in the Philippines, life as a tour leader, 2020 for Amer and why the beautiful Philippines is on everyone's bucket list for 2021 and beyond.

Our guest for episode six of Travel Truths is Frank Leya of Honest Travel Experiences. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, 'the city of dreams'. Frank has an amazing passion for travel and he wants to bring people to Africa and in particular South Africa.We talk about the amazing people of South Africa, alongside the culture and history, which makes South Africa a destination that needs to go on your bucket list for 2021 and beyond, enjoy!

Mark and Nadine are good friends of TruTravels and part of the Tru family. Mark is an ex-tour leader for TruTravels, have run tours out in Thailand and Cambodia. Mark and Nadine rolled the dice and decided to move out to Thailand to live, they've now got an awesome life set up in Asia, along with their dog Arlo! Mark & Nadine talk about the pros and cons of moving out to Thailand and they're super open about their experiences. For anyone looking to change their life's in 2021, tune in ;)

George is the Co-Founder of 100 tons of plastic. At the age of 18, George and his friend Ollie, set up the organisation '100 tons of plastic'. Three years down the line, the team are currently sat at just over 50 tons of plastic, halfway to their goal. They've travelled across the world picking up plastic, ran sessions with schools and they've even released an award winning documentary that was showcased by the BBC. George tells his story in full and we discuss the future of plastic and how we can make a difference.

Callum is the Co-founder of TripHunters, who offer awesome travel based prizes to it's customers from as little as £3 per entry. They've re-branded the typical 'lottery' as we know it and put an energetic / millennial spin on it. Callum lives out in Barbados when he's not in London, he's lived quite the life at 26 years old, including a two year period as a pop star. We chat Barbados, business, beaches and Callum reveals his recipe for the perfect rum punch.