Award-winning travel writer Lea Lane shares travel memories and travel tips with passionate travelers, travel experts, and savvy locals around the world. She has traveled to over 100 countries. Is the author of nine books, a blogger at forbes.com, and contributor to dozens of guidebooks. Smart. Fun!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 20 hours 7 minutes
episode 45: 'Regenerative Travel,' Trends/Destinations, And A Yukon Drink With A Frostbitten Toe!
Paul Melhus CEO of Tours By Locals, started his company to make a difference to both tourists and guides.
We start by talking of regenerative travel, and what it is. Paul tells us about how his company, follows this new trend for responsible, sustainable travel, and how it started at the Great Wall of China. We then talk of over-traveled areas, under-traveled areas, slow travel, off-season, and "flying less, staying longer...
episode 44: Small Ship Cruises: Are They Right For You?
Heidi Sarna is co-founder with Ted Scull of quirkycruise.com. She focuses on small ship cruises of under 300 people -- on lakes, rivers, and oceans around the world. We discuss all aspects of small vessels, and by the end of the episode you'll get an idea if this special, more intimate kind of cruising is for you.
Heidi tells why she started quirkycruise.com. She defines "small ship," which is a relative term...
episode 43: Winter Travel: Northern Lights, Christmas Markets, Weird (Cussing, Naked) Festivals!
Winter can be cold, and Lea prefers warmth, but the lights, markets, and festivals of the winter months create warm, beautiful (sometimes weird) experiences, terrific travel opportunities to understand the variety of customs and cultures around the world.
Lea reflects on pleasures of winter. She talks of lights and fireworks and remembers festivities in places she has lived, including Miami, Paris and London...
episode 42: 'Fire And Ice': Disaster And Redemption In A Remote Arctic Village
Deeanne Burch is a deceptively gentle woman, but super strong when she needs to be. In her travel memoir, Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle she recounts life in a remote Inuit village. She tells it like it is -- and it gets scary. But she prevails...
episode 41: Beverly Hills, California: The World's Most Famous Zipcode
What's it like to live in Beverly Hills? Julie Wagner, CEO of The Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau gives us the inside scoop -- not just the stars' homes and Rodeo Drive, but the arts, green space, and surprises of this glam Southern California destination.
We start with what makes Beverly Hills, so magical, including a discussion of its history and geography...
episode 40: Whale Watching: What To Know, Best Places To Go
Donna Sandstrom is passionate about whales. She is founder of The Whale Trail, and author of Orca Rescue! The True Story of an Orphaned Orca Named Springer. She and Lea share a fascinating discussion of whales, and other cetaceans, including orcas and porpoises. And also, best places to see them around the world.
After talking about The Whale Trail, we talk of what makes whales so fascinating, including size and age...
episode 39: 'Secret Singapore': Discover The Island-Nation's Surprises
Heidi Sarna, author of Secret Singapore, is an expat living with her family on that island-nation for 15 years. Lea introduces facts about Singapore, and then Heidi tells its secrets, including seawalls, shophouses, rail lines, mansions and shrines.
We talk cruising and of exceptional Changi airport with its offerings, and 'Gardens By The Bay.' We discuss if safety in Singapore-- including fines for jaywalking, chewing gum -- is too much...
episode 38: Finance Expert Jean Chatzky: Travel Savings, Travel Memories
Jean Chatzky knows how to save you money. A frequent guest on Oprah's show, a columnist for AARP, and 'Today' financial expert at NBC for 25 years, she's helped millions make the most of their budget. And that applies to traveling, as well. Jean offers us tips and then gets personal about some of her favorite travels, from childhood to now.
We start the episode with how Lea and Jean met, years ago...
episode 37: The Italian Riviera: Cinque Terre, Portofino, Ravello, Genoa, With Author David Downie
David Downie lives on the Italian Riviera -- the Ligurian Coast -- the area of Genoa, Cinque Terre, Rapallo, Portofino and other appealing towns. And lucky for us, he writes about them, both non-fiction and fiction. His latest thriller, Red Riviera, is set in and around Rapallo, and offers excitement and thrills as well as a gorgeous setting...
episode 36: Korea: Why We Love It
Patrice Henry, with The Korea Tourism Organization, shares her travel experiences and memories of Korea with Lea.
They talk a bit about the geography and history of the Korean peninsula, and then go on to the wonders of Seoul and of the areas outside the capital, including Busan and several of the islands, including national parks...