Why We Wander

This episode is about museums and travel. We'll talk about the different ways museum visits can fit into travel experiences, and vice versa. We chat with Emily Clarke, a museum professional at the early stages of her career who uses social media to explore museums, galleries and heritage sites across the UK & Europe. She shares some great advice for making museums a part of every travel experience.

In this postcard episode Tamara and Shannon talk about the trials and tribulations of falling victim to travel scams, both harmless and trip threatening, and also discuss times when we've simply been sorely disappointed when the reality doesn't match the artfully edited photos we saw online. We help you figure out the best way to spot a scam before you become the next target and how to insulate yourself from these frustrating disappointments. We also answer a question about what to do when your travel partner's fear of being scammed gets in the way of their enjoyment of a trip.

In this episode, we talk about teachers and travel. We take a look at all the ways teachers use travel, from expanding the boundaries of the classroom and developing their own skills, to - as our guest Cheria Funches of Black Teachers Travel puts it - engaging in self care. For more on the topics we cover in this episode, see: https://www.teachingtraveling.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandratalty/2019/04/30/from-jobless-to-jetset-the-37-year-old-traveling-the-world-on-a-teachers-salary/#448c445b1875 https://www.inquirer.com/news/nj-amistad-journey-curriculum-black-history-teachers-learning-20191108.html And to learn more about Cheria's work, visit: https://www.blackteacherstravel.com

With the holidays approaching, we are thinking, of course, about holiday travel. Not just traveling home to see family, but traveling to vacation destinations. In this episode we talk about the pros and cons of different types of holiday travel. We'll help you figure out the best way to keep your sanity if you're traveling to see family, and to keep a sense of tradition alive if you're going to the beach or a new city.

In this episode we sit down with Susan Ho, founder of Journy a travel planning service that pairs travelers 1-on-1 with their own personal trip designer creating custom itineraries all tailored to a traveler's unique preferences. We talk about the different ways we go about planning trips and the evolving role that travel agents (or travel advisors as they are now called) play in the process. We explore how we navigate the glut of review sites, sort through the dizzying results from airfare search engines and when to turn things over to an expert: whether that be in the form of a travel agent or old school guidebook. Further Reading and Resources: https://www.gojourny.com https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/10/08/lifestyle/agents-change-internet-didnt-replace-travel-advisers-not-by-long-shot/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/22/thomas-cook-in-last-ditch-talks-to-avoid-collapse

It's October and officially fall in our part of the world. So we thought we'd dedicate this postcard episode to talking about one of our favorite parts of fall, off season travel. We discuss what it is and how to benefit from it (and who most often benefits from it). We share some personal experiences of off season travel wins, and fails, and take a listener question.

This week we discuss language learning. We sit down with Jessica Vollman CEO of Fluent City, a language school with in person and online programs offering instruction in 11 languages to individuals, groups and companies. We discuss their data driven approach to teaching languages, cover the new technologies out there to help travelers when they don't speak the language and discuss the importance of not relying solely on technology in favor of good old fashioned person to person practice. Further Reading: https://www.theweek.co.uk/103007/how-translation-technology-could-change-the-world https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2019/09/01/how-k-pop-and-k-drama-made-learning-korean-cool/#3ca96adb49bf

In this episode we revisit one of our more popular topics, kids and travel, but we flip the script a bit. Last time we spoke with Angela a member of our board at the Wandering Scholar who has been traveling internationally with her son since we was a toddler. Since they were traveling yet again this summer, we thought we'd take the opportunity to speak with her son Alexander to hear his perspective on traveling as a kid. Alexander joined us by Whats App from Portugal where he was traveling with his mom and grandmother. We discuss the merits of food tours and cooking classes, his favorite methods for documenting his trips, and Alexander shares some great advice for other young travelers.

In this episode, we chat with 2019 Wandering Scholars Angela and Ezeah, who traveled to Peru and Senegal this summer with our partners at Where There Be Dragons. We talk about their trip highlights and snafus, communicating with host families when you don't speak the language, the best things they ate, and how they are incorporating the best lessons from their trips into their everyday lives. To learn more about the work we do at The Wandering Scholar, check out our website at: www.thewanderingscholar.org. If you or your company/organization are interested in working or partnering with us, please send email us at info at thewanderingscholar dot org.

In this postcard episode we talk about flight shaming, which seems to be everywhere in the news these days. We talk about the origins of this phenomenon, what it means for mindful travelers like you, how thought leaders and industry giants are reacting to this trend, and we take a listener question. Further Reading: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/flygskam-anti-flying-flight-shaming-sweden-greta-thornberg-environment-air-travel-train-brag-a8945196.html https://www.travalyst.org/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/can-you-really-make-your-flight-carbon-neutral-harry-meghan-elton-john-carbon-offset https://www.royal.uk/duke-sussexs-speech-launch-travalyst-amsterdam https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/jun/13/following-greta-joining-the-swedes-on-their-no-fly-holidays