Travel Matters

In this episode, Rick speaks with Sven and Rene from Tripello. Tripello does Travel in a new and different way, it’s a platform that can get you up to 60% discount hotel rooms. Also, they have an affiliate program that might interest you.

He also has an interesting conversation with the closing keynote speaker, Gerald Gruenig. He’s a local TV host in Lafayette but now also very active on social media. On TikTok he’s @GeraldGruenig, on Facebook “KLFY Gerald Gruenig”, on Instagram @GeraldGruenigTV and on Twitter @GeraldGruenig.

This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode, Rick speaks with his homeboy San Diego Travel Host Jay Jay Maniquis from the YouTube channel, Jaycation, and TBEX Conference Director for North America Tim Leffel. Tim is a veteran travel writer who has dispatched articles from five continents. He is an author of multiple books, editor of Perceptive Travel, and a long time travel blogger. His company, Al Centro Media, produces a variety of additional websites including Hotel Scoop.

This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and produced by The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this first episode from TBEX North America in Lafayette, 2022, Rick speaks with Radio host and culinary personality Jay Ducote and Ines Boutamagia from SafetyWing.

Not only does SafetyWing have Nomad Insurance, but they also plan to build a country on the internet, calling it Plumania.

This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

A vagabond is a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home.

Our guest today is the bestselling author of the widely celebrated Vagabonding. Now, Rolf Potts has written a new book called ”The Vagabond’s Way”

This book is a bit different, containing 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel.

We’re super excited to have him on the show today.

This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode, we will tell you when and where the next TBEX Europe is taking place. Also, a few more details about TBEX North America in Lafayette and TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand.

This episode of Travel Matters is hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode, we speak with Anton Diaz from Our Awesome Planet and Max Hartshorne from GoNOMAD.

This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode we speak with Fierita Catalano about how he livestreams wherever he goes – to a huge following.

Fierita is the winner of the 2021 MoJo Travel Journalism prize from Agencia EFE, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and Vueling. Fierita Catalano went from a 20-year career in mainstream television in Argentina (that included hosting game shows and a sports broadcaster) and shifted to an interactive travel format through his Decidilo website and Social Media. Fierita has travelled through 39 countries with no external funding, and he built up a community of more than one million followers.

We speak with Fierita about the benefits of livestreaming, including how to use it to build your community.

This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode we speak with Francis Tapon who is an extreme traveler. He spent five years visiting every country in Africa – and climbing the highest mountain in each country. Now he’s writing a book about that journey. You can see more about him on ftapon.com and follow him as ftapon on social media.

We also have Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie back for a conversation about social media.

This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

Rachel Heller of Rachel’s Ruminations and Shobha George of JustGoPlacesBlog did a session called Promoting Responsible Tourism in Content Creation at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. This is a big, important, and interesting topic that we had to have a conversation about. We’re four people in this week’s Travel Matters and more or less four different opinions. And you might not agree with any of us, so we’d love to hear what you think. So, join the conversation on TBEX on Facebook.

This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.

In this episode we first talk about Rick leaving California after having lived there his whole life. He and his family are moving to Utah. Before two interesting interviews from TBEX Spain, he tells us how that happened.

Then we speak to Fuse who comes from a background of teaching SEO to photographers as she has been a photographer for a decade. Now she’s the first and (according to Rick) only TBEX volunteer helping out with photography and so much more.

She also has her own travelblog, FuseTravels.com and you can follow her on TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest.

We also have an interesting conversation with Alastair McKenzie. He has been a travel journalist/editor since 1989, originally in local, then national radio before moving online just before the millennium.  He’s been an active member of the travel blogger & social media community since it started, a regular speaker at social media travel conferences, and write about social travel. He’s also a member of the Captivate Digital Media collective, and the British Guild of Travel Writers.

His blog MechTraveller.com is a niche blog about geeky travel, attractions, history, and transport. At this conference he moderated a keynote panel on the big stage and in this episode of Travel Matters he shares his thoughts on the travel media industry – and the difference between traditional media and travel blogging.

This episode of Travel Matters recorded at TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo.