How do you choose your next destination? In Episode 116 I chat with four travellers about the different ways they decide where they're going to travel next and between them we discover a multitude of reasons people choose their destinations - and there are no doubt still more!

First up I chat with Tamara Gruber who takes some trips alone with her school-aged daughter and is clever at tying in some of their destinations to connect up with what her daughter's been learning at school (I love this!).

Meagan Hurst is next and follows a method I often use too: where can she get a bargain airfare to! I have quite often visited a pretty random place just because it was cheap to get there, and sometimes those places turn out to be unexpected gems.

My Cambodian friend Cham Peou has put quite some thought into how he chooses his destations and I love his approach.

Finally, I chat with Greg Seymour who has a really great philosophy about choosing destinations - and making sure he and his wife go outside their comfort zones, but not too far out (which I think is the perfect strategy!).

Links:
Travel Journal School journal writing course in January 2019 - sign up to get info first at https://notaballerina.com/journal 
Tamara’s podcast Vacation Mavens - http://vacationmavens.com/
Tamara’s blog We3Travel - https://we3travel.com
Meagan Hurst of Malas With a Mission - http://malaswithamission.com/
Meagan’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/malaswithamission 
Peou Sokchamreun (Cham)’s Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/CommunityBaseTourismTraveller 
Greg’s website Appalachian Trail Tales -  https://appalachiantrailtales.com/
Greg’s book “Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail: 100 Tips, Tricks, Traps and Facts” - https://amzn.to/2SNwJtc 
Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Tweet me @amandakendle
Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod
Follow me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina   
Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/116

How do you choose your next destination? In Episode 116 I chat with four travellers about the different ways they decide where they're going to travel next and between them we discover a multitude of reasons people choose their destinations - and there are no doubt still more!
First up I chat with Tamara Gruber who takes some trips alone with her school-aged daughter and is clever at tying in some of their destinations to connect up with what her daughter's been learning at school (I love this!).
Meagan Hurst is next and follows a method I often use too: where can she get a bargain airfare to! I have quite often visited a pretty random place just because it was cheap to get there, and sometimes those places turn out to be unexpected gems.
My Cambodian friend Cham Peou has put quite some thought into how he chooses his destations and I love his approach.
Finally, I chat with Greg Seymour who has a really great philosophy about choosing destinations - and making sure he and his wife go outside their comfort zones, but not too far out (which I think is the perfect strategy!).
Links:
<ul>
<li>Travel Journal School journal writing course in January 2019 - sign up to get info first at <a href="https://notaballerina.com/journal">https://notaballerina.com/journal</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Tamara&rsquo;s podcast Vacation Mavens - <a href="http://vacationmavens.com/">http://vacationmavens.com/</a></li>
<li>Tamara&rsquo;s blog We3Travel - <a href="https://we3travel.com">https://we3travel.com</a></li>
<li>Meagan Hurst of Malas With a Mission - http://malaswithamission.com/</li>
<li>Meagan&rsquo;s Instagram - https://instagram.com/malaswithamission&nbsp;</li>
<li>Peou Sokchamreun (Cham)&rsquo;s Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/CommunityBaseTourismTraveller&nbsp;</li>
<li>Greg&rsquo;s website Appalachian Trail Tales -&nbsp; <a href="https://appalachiantrailtales.com/">https://appalachiantrailtales.com/</a></li>
<li>Greg&rsquo;s book &ldquo;Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail: 100 Tips, Tricks, Traps and Facts&rdquo; - https://amzn.to/2SNwJtc&nbsp;</li>
<li>Join our Facebook group&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers</a></li>
<li>Tweet me @amandakendle</li>
<li>Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod</li>
<li>Follow me on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina">https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Show notes: <a href="http://notaballerina.com/116">http://notaballerina.com/116</a></li>
</ul>

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

Tales from travel-lovers about why we travel and what we learn from it.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.