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Gai Spann is living the life many of us dream about---travel, travel and more travel, but there is one place that continues to pull at her heartstrings---Paris. The City of Lights (La Ville Lumière) has turned into Gai's home away from home. She has lived in Paris on numerous occasions immersing herself in the culture of several arrondissement, each with its own blend of what is uniquely Paris. In this podcast you'll hear what makes the City of Lights so special---hint, it's more than visiting tourist attractions.  Gai is the co-founder and managing partner at Association of Black Travel Professionals (ABTP). The organization was created in 2020 to enhance the Business Development of travel professionals of color and to be the premiere organization providing industry certification, education, advocacy and networking opportunities to the Black travel professional community.

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Nastasia Yakoub is a former registered nurse turned full-time traveler, entrepreneur, and photographer. She has traveled to over 65 countries and has over 600,000 followers on Instagram where she shares her journeys and the journeys of other women in her community with the world. Nastasia's individual story alone---one of strength, perseverance and overcoming the odds is worth a listen all by itself.

Nastasia launched Dame Traveler back in 2014 with the intent to break molds and challenge convention, seeking to represent and empower women in a myriad of ways, many of which relate to travel in some capacity. To this day, Dame Traveler remains the most well known and respected female-identifying travel community on Instagram, and has been featured in high caliber platforms ranging from the  Washington Post, VOGUE India, Business Insider and more.

Nastasia is also a published author. Her book Dame Traveler - Live The Spirit of Adventure is published by Penguin Random House features wonderful stories and powerful imagery of global travels.

Don’t forget to check out the Dame Traveler website. The site features awesome stories, stunning photography and some wonderful merchandise for the holiday season and beyond.

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Aaron Millar is an award winning travel writer, journalist and author. Aaron loves natural world exploration"and our connection to it. Listen as Aaron defines natural world exploration and his attraction to it. Of course humor plays a significant role in any TripCast360 podcast, and this episode is no exception as we start making our plans for a "Pub Crawl" and what all that entails.

Aaron is the Times of London's North American travel specialist and National Geographic Travelers, USA columnist. He's also a contributing writer to a range of national and international publications. His awards include the 2014 and 2017. British Guild of Travel Writers, Travel Writer of the Year; and Visit USA's, Best National Newspaper Writer award winner five times. He's also the host of his own podcast, Armchair Explorer.  Much of his work blends culture, nature, adventure and science. Aaron grew up in Brighton England but is currently home-based in Boulder, Colorado. You can learn more about Aaron at The Blue Dot Perspective. 

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Our guest Melissa Ames, is the founder of RUNfully Global --- a worldwide community that uses running as a metaphor to help achieve major breakthroughs --- offer opportunities to give back ---- and connect the world --- all through movement.

In 2018, she ran 13 half marathons across the United States and Mexico. That same year, she traveled to 7 countries in a month to celebrate her 30th birthday to prove that people can connect beyond borders --- languages --- and backgrounds through fitness. Listen as she tells the story of how she invited complete strangers to run with her in places like Japan and Indonesia that resulted in life long friendships and cultural awareness.

Along the way she faced some daunting challenges that now qualify her as a seasoned international traveler. You can see Melissa’s adventure on the RunFully Global YouTube Channel in 2021.

This episode explores some of Melissa’s domestic and international adventures --- what motivated her to launch RUNfully Global, and what she does when she’s not pounding the pavement.

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Trish Suhr is an Emmy Award winning lifestyle expert and headlining comedian.  When she's not on the road delivering her unique brand of comedy, you'll probably find her in front of a camera as one of the most sought after television hosts on the planet. Many of you remember her as the "Yard Sale Diva" on more than 300 episodes of Style Network (now Esquire Network's) mega hit Clean House. Trish also a guest starred on NBC's, The Office and Comedy Central's Reno 911. She's also hosted the Daily Draw on the Game Show Network and has delivered her comedic take on life on numerous television shows including Good Morning America, Good Day LA, Good Day New York, and The Ricki Lake Show to name a few.

Trish has a new show debuting on QVC starting on Black Friday (November 27) and several hot new projects for 2021, hopefully including the resumption of her comedy tour.

She has traveled extensively including entertaining our troops in Afghanistan. How does a girl from a small coal mining town in eastern Kentucky rise to global stardom? Listen as Trish shares her unique story and some of her global travel experiences.

You can learn more about Trish Suhr on her website Trishsuhr.com.

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Our guest is Ray Blakney. When he is not traveling, he bootstraps 6 and 7-figure location-independent businesses---Most of this work is done from his home currently in Mexico, while wearing superman pajamas. One of those businesses --- Live Lingua is an accredited --- award-winning online language school. Ray Blakney and his businesses have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Boston Globe to name a few. He has traveled to over 50 countries---and spent 75 percent of his life as an expat. His travel experiences are equal parts exhilarating and hilarious.  From being mistaken for a CIA agent, to his childhood in Turkey, and his travels down the Inca Trail---this is a truly informative and entertaining podcast not to be missed. Ray’s also an international speaker, and when he’s not busy being a father---he’s a semi-professionals sword fighter.  And if you think Ray's done building businesses, think again.

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Our guest is Lt. General Russel Honoré. Many of you might remember General Honoré as Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina---where he received wide acclaim for his stellar handling of recovery efforts throughout the Gulf Coast region---and in particular the city of New Orleans.

 General Honoré has held numerous commands across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America over his 37-year Army career---many having to do with disaster preparedness and response. 

 We wanted to have him on our show to discuss a wide range of topics---from America’s crumbling infrastructure , to COVID-19---and the affects of climate change. 

His home state of Louisiana has been hit be two hurricanes in the same region within six weeks---and as we’re recording this podcast---Hurricane Zeta is bearing down on the Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast.

 You might be asking yourself what any of this has to do with travel and tourism---we think it will become abundantly clear as you listen to this podcast.

You can learn more about General Honoré on his website generalhonore.com.

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Do you work to live, or live to work? For most people it's an impossible question to entertain. In fact, you probably feel as if you have little say in the matter. Well, our guest, Kari DePhillips shares her globetrotting adventures and a belief that her nomadic lifestyle is a future worth exploring for many professions. Kari is CEO of The Content Factory---a digital PR agency that specializes in SEO and social media marketing. She's also the co-founder of Workationing and the Workationing podcast---with the goal of promoting location independence in your work life. Kari is currently based in Amsterdam where she manages a team of 13, digital nomads, many based in the U.S., who never report to a traditional office. They work from anywhere with a robust WiFi. Kari has managed her company from Puerto Rico, Colombia, and now Amsterdam with a healthy dose of extended travel throw in.

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Our guest brings his unique brand of laughter and travel experiences to TripCast360 . Comedian Justin Herman is a director, writer and producer in the television and documentary world for a dozen years. With a passion for comedy--culture---travel and strength in storytelling, Justin's global adventures are well worth a listen. He has created content for a wide range of networks from Comedy Central to MSNBC. He's worked alongside 'A' list talent from Paul Rudd and Kyle MacLachlan to 50 Cent.

He's performed at clubs, theaters and festivals in South Africa, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Estonia, Japan and more. You can learn more about Justin at justinhermancomedy.com

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Nevis is one of those destinations that typically flies under the radar for Caribbean tourism, yet that anonymity makes Nevis the perfect locale to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Nevis is an island of abundant natural beauty from pristine beaches to and a wonderful ecotourism footprint. The island offers wonderful outdoor activities from hiking and mountain climbing too sailing, golfing and tennis. Nevis features one major hotel and numerous quaint properties that hold up to 30 guests. Our guest for this podcast is Greg Bernard Phillip, CEO of Nevis Sun Tours, a company that specializes in arranging wonderful itineraries for your journey to Nevis.

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