In the debut episode of You Came to the Right Place: TravelPulse Canada’s Podcast, hosts Natasha Lair and Jen Mallia sit down with Alberta-based Go Travel advisor Patrice Beasley to discuss what Canadians are booking right now.

Beasley says she’s seeing more women taking big bucket-list trips, from Bali to Africa. “Single ladies are just being bold and taking those big trips,” she says.

The conversation also explores softening demand for U.S. travel, growing interest in Canadian destinations like the Maritimes and Vancouver Island, and a shift toward experiential travel. Plus, the hosts share a few laughs about multi-gen trips, dream destinations and travel trends.

This episode is sponsored by AmaWaterways.

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Between them, Natasha Lair-McKenty and Jen Mallia bring more than four decades of media and travel editorial experience to the mic.

Ontario-based Natasha, Managing Editor of TravelPulse Canada, is warm, funny and deeply curious, known for finding the human angle and cutting through industry spin with factual, unbiased reporting. Edmonton-based Jen, Senior Editor and travel media expert, pairs two decades of travel editorial experience with charm, quick wit and sharp industry insight.

From Central Canada to the West, they’ve got their ears to the ground, delivering real talk, smart analysis and just enough sarcasm to keep it interesting.

ABOUT THE SHOW

You Came to the Right Place is a Canadian travel industry podcast from TravelPulse Canada. Expect smart conversation, insider context, and the kind of straight talk that doesn’t always make it into a press release.

Each episode blends candid conversations between two editors, interviews with industry leaders, advisors, destination execs, and the people behind the stories we publish.

If you work in travel, you came to the right place.