In this episode of Trade Secrets, Indagare’s Melissa Biggs Bradley discusses the company’s sustainability efforts — including how her agency offsets the carbon footprints of all staff and client travel — the end of “fast travel,” and how travel advisors can encourage clients to travel more sustainably.

This episode is sponsored by ALG Vacations.

Further resources:

Melissa Biggs Bradley:
Indagare’s website
On Instagram
Her radio show/podcast, Passport to Everywhere

From Travel Weekly, “Agent Life: Indagare aims to positively impact clients and the places they visit”

Indagare’s explainer on its carbon neutrality

From TravelAge West, “Need to Know Research: How Do Travel Advisors Really Feel About Sustainability?”

Mentioned on this episode:
Tourism Cares and its travel advisor guide to meaningful travel
The Long Run
The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)
Julie Patterson on Trade Secrets with Whitney Shindelar on mentorship
The Last Tourist

Thanks to our friends at the Travel Advisor Resource Center for helping solicit questions for this season of Trade Secrets!

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In this episode of Trade Secrets, Indagare’s Melissa Biggs Bradley discusses the company’s sustainability efforts — including how her agency offsets the carbon footprints of all staff and client travel — the end of “fast travel,” and how travel advisors can encourage clients to travel more sustainably.
This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://www.vaxvacationaccess.com/suppliers/apple-leisure-group/pages/algv-gives-you-more/">ALG Vacations</a>.
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Further resources:
Melissa Biggs Bradley:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Indagare’s <a href="https://indagare.com/">website</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/indagarefounder/">Instagram</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Her radio show/podcast,<a href="https://indagare.com/siriusxm-passport-to-everywhere/"> Passport to Everywhere</a></li>
</ul>
From Travel Weekly, “Agent Life: <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Agent-Life-feature-Indagare">Indagare aims to positively impact clients</a> and the places they visit”
<a href="https://indagare.com/carbon-neutral/">Indagare’s explainer</a> on its carbon neutrality
From TravelAge West, “<a href="https://www.travelagewest.com/Industry-Insight/Business-Features/travel-agent-sustainability-research">Need to Know Research</a>: How Do Travel Advisors Really Feel About Sustainability?”
Mentioned on this episode:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Tourism Cares and its <a href="https://www.tourismcares.org/%20https://meaningfultravelplatform.org/login">travel advisor guide</a> to meaningful travel</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.thelongrun.org/">The Long Run</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">The <a href="https://www.responsibletravel.org/">Center for Responsible Travel</a> (CREST)</li>
<li aria-level="1">Julie Patterson <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-can-i-find-my-travel-industry-mentor/id1555272051?i=1000602915344">on Trade Secrets</a> with Whitney Shindelar on mentorship</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://thelasttouristfilm.com/">The Last Tourist</a></li>
</ul>
Thanks to our friends at the <a href="https://welcome.traveladvisorresourcecenter.com/">Travel Advisor Resource Center</a> for helping solicit questions for this season of Trade Secrets!
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Need advice?
Call our hotline and leave a message: 201-902-2098
Email us: <a href="mailto:tradesecrets@travelweekly.com">tradesecrets@travelweekly.com </a>
 
Theme song:
Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
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Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor to join them and field listeners’ questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more — as long as it’s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at travelweekly.com/podcasts.

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Jamie Biesiada is a senior editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors’ 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine.

Emma Weissmann is a Senior Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives — the highs and lows that make them human.


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Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod
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Welcome to Trade Secrets, a podcast from the editors of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, where travel advisors ask -- and answer -- questions. On each podcast, our editors will ask a veteran travel advisor to join them and field listeners&rsquo; questions. Topics will range from business advice to industry trends, history and more &mdash; as long as it&rsquo;s travel-related, we want to address it! Find Trade Secrets wherever you get your podcasts, or at <a href="http://travelweekly.com/podcasts">travelweekly.com/podcasts</a>.
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ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:
Jamie Biesiada is a senior editor with Travel Weekly. She is an award-winning journalist, including being named the American Society of Travel Advisors&rsquo; 2019 Travel Journalist of the Year. Her roots are in community journalism, where she was the editor of several local newspapers and a regional entertainment magazine.
Emma Weissmann is a Senior Editor of TravelAge West, a print and online magazine for travel advisors based in the Western U.S. She is also the host of the Humans of Travel podcast, where she interviews notable individuals in the travel industry about their lives &mdash; the highs and lows that make them human.
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