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Sep 10 2019
Is your travel bucket list perennially growing? For me, it is. Travel destinations are like knowledge the more you know (or go), the more you want to know (and go). While I may have visited 21 countries ... There's still 174... [read more]
Jul 03 2019
What it's like to travel 1000s of miles by bike, How to prepare (or not) for your first bike tour, The hot cheeto diet: eating +6,000 calories per day and LOSING weight and more [read more]
May 30 2019
Budget airlines are known for their "gotchas". While yes, the tickets are cheap, if you are flying a budget airline you'd better be sure you've crossed your t's and dotted your i's. Depending on the airline, you can be charged extra... [read more]
May 27 2019
Topics include: The massive rise of nature photos on Instagram, Big Cottonwood Canyon's little trash problem, Social Media mob justice for vandals and more [read more]
May 25 2019
Recently an All Access member emailed me, asking if I knew of any good deals for August 16th 18th from SLC SEA (Salt Lake City to Seattle). Being peak summer travel season, unsurprisingly a basic Google Flights search was disappointing. At... [read more]
May 22 2019
Topics include: Anthony & Ross summit the Matterhorn in Italy with only 6 months of mountaineering experience, "Small Lake City" abroad, how to tell if you are a mountaineering "gumby", Using "Pre-Mortem" analysis and more [read more]
Apr 10 2019
Do you like spreadsheets? Do people consider you organized? What about “gaming the system”? Is that something you consider fun... Or unethical? Do the words “churning” (not butter), “manufactured spending”, “sweet spots” or “ANA RTW in J” mean anything to you?... [read more]
Apr 02 2019
Topics include: Biking 700 miles of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, what it takes to travel to Cuba as an American citizen, Thom, James and Reed hiking the Annapurna range in Nepal and more [read more]
Jan 02 2019
Topics include: Traveling with Family, Jake's quest to find the best lasagna in Italy, exploring the catacombs in Europe, audio and walking tours, finding good beer abroad and more [read more]
Dec 20 2018
Hi, welcome back to our podcast for episode two. This is Thom Allen, I'll be hosting today. And I have Gretel with me and Kristin. And we're gonna be talking about travel here today. I guess to get started off, I will ask you guys a couple questions, and you can introduce yourself. So Kristin, tell us a little bit about your travel experience, and what you've been doing the past couple years [read more]