In this episode, Rick speaks with Shelia Scarborough from Tourism Currents and Dianne McNamara from Go RVing . If you’re a content creator and would like to work with Go RVing, you can reach out to christy@fireituppr.com 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 Vivian TrovaTrip and Susan Melton from Janesville, Wisconsin . 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 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 @ GeraldGru...
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...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
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, FuseTra...
Leo Long is a travel writer from China and a first timer at TBEX. Hear what he thinks about being here just a few hours into TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. In this episode we also talk to Kerwin McKenzie. Kerwin is originally from Jamaica, and is an ex-airline employee who is now a travel content creator, author, and public speaker. He’s worked in various capacities at four U.S.-based airlines for 14.5 years, flown 181 airlines, and visited 137 countries/territories (105 UN). Today, he runs Pas...
We’re just hours away from TBEX Europe in Marbella, Spain. We have The Travel Camel, Shane Dallas, Conference Director for TBEX Europe, as a special co-host as we talk about what to expect the next two days – and much more. 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.
In this last episode recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities, WA, we speak with Candy Krajangsri from Amazing Thailand . Candy is working at their Los Angeles office, and we talk about what to expect when we go to TBEX Asia in Phuket in November. Then we’re also joined by our good friend Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie – a full-service public relations, marketing, events, communications, and travel trade representation company, founded in 2006, and managed by Michael Collins. Hear how h...
In this week’s episode, we have a conversation with Jen Ruiz from Jen on a Jet Plane about how we as travel content creators should use TikTok. And then Rick Calvert also shares some of the highlights for the upcoming TBEX Europe happening in Marbella, Spain next week. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities and hosted by TBEX CEO, Rick Calvert and The Radio Vagabond , Palle Bo....
In this week’s episode we first have a conversation with Christopher Mitchell and Jeremy Jones . Together they cofounded the blogging newsletter, This Week in Blogging . Chris is a travel content creator and runs sites and brands such as TravelingMitch and Ultimate Ontario, and communities such as the Toronto Blogger Collective. Jeremy also runs several blogs on the topics of travel, Pittsburgh, wine, and home & gardening. We also have a conversation with Engin Kaban from Turkey. He’s techni...
Welcome to another episode of Travel Matters recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities. We have a conversation with Juliana Broste aka Traveling Jules , a filmmaker and YouTuber who gave a session with tips on how to improve your travel videos. Jules is an 11-time Heartland Emmy award winning Travel Video Journalist, a producer, shooter, writer, editor and host. She also shares inspiration and education for creators and video production professionals in The Video Hustle . Also, we speak to Ta...
This episode is recorded at TBEX North America in Tri-Cities. We have a conversation with Ron Williams from the Tri-Cities area about what they have to offer and tourism in Washington State. Also, we talk a bit about what it means to be part of a FAM Trip after a TBEX.
The first TBEX conference since the pandemic changed everything was taking place in Tri-Cities in April. At the conference, Palle Bo talked to a few first-timers, and after that, he and Rick Calvert spoke to one of the Conference Directors, Tomiko Harvey.
TBEX CEO Rick Calvert picks up The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo, in Tri-Cities, and on a drive, through the beautiful city, they talk about the pleasure of driving all the way from Southern California to here and back. Later they sit down with a view of the Colombia River and talk about what to expect from the first TBEX conference in more than two years. TBEX North America is just a few days away; the event kicks off Wednesday morning.
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We have missed you! Listen to this episode of Travel Matters, and read the newsletter from Rick below: We hope you have been safe and healthy throughout the last year and are looking forward to traveling again soon. We are very optimistic about the future of travel and TBEX events. This is going to be a long one but there is good news so please stay with me. The last several months the vaccine distribution here in the US has been going very well. At our peak, we were vaccinating as many as three...
Welcome to the second episode of Travel Matters. Rick Calvert and Palle Bo talk about TBEX North America 2019 in Billings, Montana. How did it go, and how was it different than previous events? Rick reveals that there were more older people than usual. TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS There were many new faces again this year, and we talk to Kerwin McKenzie who did a pre-session for TBEX first-timers. Kerwin is an Amazon.com #1 best selling author, speaker, and ex-airline employee who travels on average ov...
This is a quick bonus episode, where TBEX CEO, Rick Calbert shares some breaking news about upcoming TBEX events. See more on TBEXcon.com Travel Matters is hosted by The Radio Vagabond , Palle Bo and TBEX CEO, Rick Calbert, and produced by RadioGuru .
Today our guest is Martinique Lewis one of the founders of Black Travel Alliance. Martinique is a digital disrupter in love with all things travel. She is a TBEX Speaker Alum and has been in the travel industry for three years now as a creator, a diversity in travel consultant, and as an influencer and creator manager. Martinique tells us how Black Travel Alliance was formed and the mission of the group. The Black Travel Alliance was launched by 17 creators ....
Our guest for this episode is TBEX North America Conference Director Tim Leffel. Tim started backpacking around the world and writing for travel magazines as a freelancer in the mid-1990s. He has published several books and now runs five different websites. Tim joins us today to talk about the results from a recent survey he conducted asking 160 travel writers and DMOs what they about The Future Of Press Trips in a post-COVID-19 world. at 6:38 we talk about the difference between solo trips vs. ...
In this special episode, Leslie Walker founder of Tourism Worx shares 15 things DMO’s travel brands and content creators can do right now to help seem them through the Covid19 crisis. She shares the example of how the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum used transparency and being human to gain tens of thousands of new followers when they put a security guard in charge of social media when the museum temporarily closed due to Covid19 restrictions. Rick rants about how important it is for...
In this episode, we talk continue talking with several TBEX Europe attendees who still went to Catania Italy after TBEX Europe 2020 had been postponed. We will hear about their impressions of Sicily and Catania; what it was like to be traveling when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire country of Italy on March 10th; How they got home and how things are on the ground where they are now. Their stories give great context to how fast the Covid-19 Pandemic broke out of Wuhan China and quickly ...
In this episode, we talk to several TBEX Europe attendees who still went to Catania after the event was postponed. They share their impressions of Sicily and Catania. They share what it was like to be traveling when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire country of Italy. Little did anyone know this was just the second step in the CoronaVirus’ march across the world. They also share how they got home and what it is like in their home countries or next destination. We start this episode with ...
