In this electrifying episode of Travel Matters, Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with Christine Lozada, famously known as the Drone Queen. Dive into the world of drone photography and videography as Christine shares her journey from a newbie to a renowned drone expert. Discover the secrets behind capturing breathtaking aerial shots, navigating legalities, and utilizing drones to land incredible travel partnerships. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just curious about drone technology, this...
Jul 11, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 64
In this episode of Travel Matters, join hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert as they sit down with travel blogger Mike Shubic from Mike’s Road Trip at TBEX North America 2023 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They dive into Mike’s journey from early tech adoption to exploring the latest in AI tools, sharing invaluable insights for content creators. Tune in to hear about Mike's adventures, the transformative power of AI in the travel industry, and how technology is shaping the future of content creation. Key ...
Jul 02, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 63
In this final episode from TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, you can meet two guests. First, Rick talks to Elena Sergeeva. With a decade-long career in Sales & Marketing, she co-founded Travel Bloggers Greece in 2015 with the purpose to unite like-minded individuals and to educate the Greek market on how to work with bloggers. She is the founder of several travel blogs. She also works with JayWay Travel , one of the sponsors of TBEX. She did a session at this TBEX called “ Destination Blogging Comm...
Jul 17, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this episode, you can meet travel blogger Eric Stoen from the family travel blog Travel Babbo . He used to work in healthcare but was addicted to travel. So, in 2014 he quit his job and started the travel blog to inspire more people. So far, he’s been to 101 countries and seven continents. Hear how he got started and how he grew his blog. You can also hear him talk about the time he took his kids to Antarctica. Rick has tried to get Eric to be a speaker, but he keeps saying no. Will this inte...
Jul 15, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this episode, we have two guests. Cazzy Magennis and Bradley Williams are the travel blogging duo behind Dream Big, Travel Far . Using captivating content and an intelligent approach to sharing their stories on mainstream media, their website reaches as many as 350,000 page views a month. In their session, they shared the step-by-step details of how they have landed a large number of high-profile mainstream media features in the last 18 months – which has, in turn, helped them to 3-4x their b...
Jul 13, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 60
In this episode, we have two interviews. First, we meet Brennen Bliss, a US Search Award-winning SEO consultant and principal at the US-based travel and tourism-focused SEO agency, Propellic. The agency forms successful and creative SEO campaigns for its clients. Brennen is passionate about travel; sending more people to incredible places is part of his lifelong mission. Brennan did a double session called “Advanced SEO: Hidden Strategies to Compete in Search.” Then we have a conversation with A...
Jul 11, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In this episode, we meet Caroline Makepeace (Caz) from yTravelBlog and This is Raleigh about Raleigh, North Carolina. Together with her husband, Craig, she’s been traveling the world since 1997 and since 2007 with their two daughters. The White House invited them to attend a travel summit as one of the top digital travel influencers in the world in 2014, and in 2020 they were granted a green card for their ”extraordinary ability in the art of travel blogging.” Caz and Craig are from the Central ...
Jul 09, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 58
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with pioneer travel blogger Melvin Boecher from Germany. Melvin is the founder and CEO of Travel Dudes , co-founder of the Social Travel Summit, former COO of iAmbassador, and with more than 15 years of successfully running his business, he is a pioneer of professional travel blogging. His Social Media are very popular. On Twitter , he has accumulated around 250.000 followers, and Melvin appears on over 8.500 recommended Twitter lists – this r...
Jul 07, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 57
In this episode, we have an interesting conversation with Catharina Fischer about sustainable travel. Catharina is one of the leading experts in influencer marketing and a digital leader with over ten years of experience in tourism. At TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece, she gave an interesting talk about the impact of tourism trends on travel content creators. Before she was Head of Social Media at the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), she was in various marketing positions in the tourism in...
Jul 06, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 56
In this episode we say “mojn” to Jessica Schmidt from Hamburg Marketing . By developing, communicating and coordinating the Hamburg brand, they highlight the locational attractiveness of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region in Germany and abroad. Hear how they work with content creators.
Jun 30, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Martin Solhaugen is a filmmaker, youTuber and photographer from Oslo, Norway. Martin has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels, and high-profile clients. Martin has been traveling the world for the past 6 years in pursuit for cultural and visual expressions. With a big heart for visual storytelling and a unique eye for detail, he has worked on global projects for Tourism-boards, luxury hotels and high-profile clients. He did two sessions at TBEX Europe 2023, and in this con...
Jun 26, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Chris Lau talks about his YouTube channel, SeeLauTravel and then we get into a long conversation about selling – an important skill to have as a travel content creator. With 10+ years of experience in a professional-level sales role, being recommended by other world-class creators, and having helped almost 80 creators from around the world, Chris also has a Mentor Program where he teaches how to travel for free, get paid for your work, and really make this into a lifestyle. See more about that o...
Jun 23, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 53
In this one, we meet another experienced travel blogger and entrepreneur, Yeison, from the Costa Rica travel blog, Mytanfeet. The keynote speaker at this TBEX, Yeison (pronounced like Jason), is Costa Rican, born and raised. He started Mytanfeet with his wife Samantha, who moved to Costa Rica in 2012 from the United States and ever since then. Mytanfeet is a blog with local tips, detailed guides, photos, videos, and maps to help you plan the perfect trip to Costa Rica.
Jun 19, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Welcome to Travel Matters, recorded at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with the amazing couple, Mike and Anne Howard from HoneyTrek.com . They’re two Americans that realized life is short; the world is big, and the value of travel too great to wait another day. So, when it came time for their honeymoon, they decided to sell their stuff and embark on a trip around the world. They left on January 22, 2012, and are on “ The World’s Longest Honeymoon ” … 11 y...
Jun 12, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one, we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Edu Giansante – a Brazilian who lives in Dublin. He’s the Founder and Content Creator at E-Dublin – a brand that has reached more than 50 million YouTube views and reaches 1 million accounts every month. For more than ten years, Edu has demonstrated his skills as a highly experienced strategic thinker for online communities for companies across th...
Jun 06, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Itai Marshall. He’s a Social Media strategist from Israel who made the leap from YouTube to TikTok, where he has now amassed more than 200,000 followers and 12 million likes with his high-energy and snappy video style. Itai is also a video marketing coach, and his work includes showing tourism professionals how to effectively create short-form vide...
May 29, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the first of many episodes from TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one – recorded today, two days before the conference, we talk to conference director Shane Dallas about what to expect from this conference.
May 08, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by serial entrepreneur and travel-junkie Dannelle Gay, AKA the Traveling Cheesehead. She loves to talk about Travel, Partnerships with Destinations, and teach bloggers how to make money. Her latest book ' 100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die ' just came out and she is more than delighted that TBEX is coming to her home state! LINKS: Blog: TravelingCheesehead.com Book: ‘ 100 Things to Do in Wisconsin Before You Die ’ – or use your own Amazon aff...
Mar 01, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by Pro Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood from Travelure . ‘Travelure‘ started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood’s articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight publications like Condé Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, JetWings, Travel3Sixty°, Smart Photography, Taj Magazine, GoGetter, etc. Travelure simply means building a lure of travel among its readers. Follow ...
Feb 15, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by four awesome content creators: Nathan Sado, Sarah Hughes, Dave Brett, and Dan Zeek. Sarah and Nathan have several sites, but their main site is Live Dream Discover . Adventure traveler Dave Brett is better known as Travel Dave UK . You can follow Dan Zeek on YouTube as Zeekman Eats and Zeekman Travels , on Instagram as Zeekman73 and Zeekman Travels , and on TikTok as ZeekmanDan . This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Th...
Feb 08, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Welcome to Travel Matters and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson from Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). Founded in 1951, PATA is a not-for-profit membership-based association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. By bringing together our private an...
Feb 01, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 44
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Jan 31, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. First you can meet two American Thailand experts. Jason does a lot of content from Thailand on his YouTube channel, and Ric has his base in Bangkok. We’re also joined by Filipino, travel blogger, Yosh Dimen. Jason’s YouTube channel is called Travel & Pamper , and everywhere he goes, he visit the local barbershop for a haircut, hair ...
Jan 26, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with two unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Scott Gurian from Far From Home Podcast and Maria Haase from San Diego Explorer . Scott mentioned his podcast where he met a Medicine Man in Peru and went to an ayahuasca ceremony. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond , Palle Bo....
Jan 18, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Welcome to Travel Matters, and another episode recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Australian Sharon Gourlay from DigitalNomadWannaBe . Sharon is an SEO expert and runs 15-20 sites, does training, and hosts the weekly podcast “ Make Money Blogging with Digital Nomad Wannabe ”. Here she teaches you how to turn your blog into a business with sustainable passive income. Our second guest is a Kiwi. Megan Singleton from Blogger at Large , has been travel writing full time since 2000 and b...
Jan 11, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Welcome to Travel Matters and the first episode of 2023. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Kyle Jennermann, a Canadian national who found himself falling in love with the Philippines and its people. He calls himself “Kulas”, a nickname he was given several years ago by one of the people he met on one of his trips there. He decided to introduce the Philippines to the rest of the world in his YouTube channel, " Becoming Filipino ”. And that is happening. Click this ...
Jan 04, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Welcome to the Christmas episode of Travel Matters, also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this one Tomiko is sitting in for Rick in the interview with Indonesian travel blogger and author Trinity Traveler aka “The Naked Traveler”. Trinity is Indonesia's leading travel writer, author of 15 best-selling books incl. The Naked Traveler series and a blogger since 2005. She’s had such an interesting life that her life story was turned into two movies . Not many of us can say that. You can...
Dec 21, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Time to kick off the episodes recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. And we start with the men of the hour, Conference Directors Shane Dallas and Anton Diaz. Hear about the biggest TBEX of the year and what was so unique about it. You can also hear a bit about some of the upcoming guests. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond , Palle Bo....
Dec 18, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 37
In this episode, Rick speaks with travel blogger and Airbnb expert Toby Doré about connecting travel influencers to short-term rental hosts. His blog is The Cajun Traveler , and he’s on Instagram as @TheCajunTraveler . We also meet Nicole from Explore Houma , Louisiana. Just 55 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana's Bayou Country contains over 2500 sq. miles of mysterious swamps and vast wetlands. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert....
Dec 07, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 36
In this episode, Rick speaks with Frederic Aouad from Stay22 and Allie Eggert Visit Billings . If you’re interested in working with Visit Billings at alyson@visitbillings.com . This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Lafayette and hosted by TBEX CEO Rick Calvert.
Dec 01, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 35
