The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests; their top three travel destinations, the best food they have eaten abroad, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and the top three destinations on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Our website focuses on sharing travel stories from unknown travel bloggers giving them a platform to show off their work, we don’t do the traditional list style, click bait content, we focus on entertaining and interesting story based content.
Check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com
On this episode we interview Brianna West aka Bri. Bri is the owner of Travel Munchers platform which covers several different projects. She has a great Instagram that provides beautiful content regularly, a Digital Nomad Academy and a website that provides brilliant travel review and tips and tricks! We speak about the linguistic issues of living abroad, the merits of Bali as a digital nomad destination, and the battle of the Greco-Roman world, who has the best food? Enjoy the episode guys and go check out all of the links below.
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Theme Tune: Brie's Spotify
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com.
Kia is a guy obsessed with making dope music and he wants to show you all how he does it. He has travelled all over the world and has some crazy stories including making music in a studio in Guadalajara with some guys who are best described as questionable and ending up going back to a random person's house to stay the night after having bike troubles. We talk about all of this and more on this the season finale of Th Travel Story Society Podcast.
If you miss us in our month long break we will be making little appearances on other podcasts and on the Stereo App so look out for those on our Instagram and other social media platforms as well as reading our blogs on the website. Thank you so much for all the support in season 1 and we hope to see you back for season 2 in a month or twos time!
Check out all of Kia's stuff right here:
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's Guest is ... Nicole!!! Nicole is the mind behind Nicole Travels, a blog and Instagram about her travels around the world. Nicole has a very interesting insight into the world because she has been an expat from a very young age. She has lived in the US, the Middle East and Europe this gives her the ability to talk about a lot of places from the perspective of a resident and as a tourist making her a great guest for our show.
In this episode we talk about overcrowding in India, how amazing carbs are in Italy, the importance of keeping your traditions and adapting the to other cultures and much much more! So come give it a listen and don't forget to Subscribe for more quality travel stories.
Nicole's Blog - NicoleTravels.com
Nicole's Instagram - @nicoletravels.blog
The Travel Story Society Website - travelstorysociety.com
The Travel Story Society Instagram - @travelstorysociety
The Travel Story Society Facebook Group- Travel Story Society
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is Emily Scott ! Emily describes herself as an adventure girl and mountain lover, and she documents her hikes on the @adventure_scottie Instagram. She is also a munro completionist, Emily has climbed all 282 munros aka mountains over 3,000ft of Scotland and this great adventure has been captured in a short-film called 'Project 282'! The short film is truly mesmerising and encourages to hike and to push your boundaries. After leaving her accountant job in London, she has spent time doing what she loves the most, and it really is admirable.
If you love stunning views, mountains, hiking and more importantly, an amazing story about finding a passion that fills you with happiness - the short-film 'Project 282' is what you need to watch! It is available here on Vimeo.
In this weeks podcast we obviously cover a lot of hiking all over the world! Winters in Japan, hiking in South Africa, conquering Mont Blanc (multiple times), and so much more. Definitely inspired us to go outdoors and find a mountain to hike - Ben Nevis here we come. We also chatted about artsy cafes in New Zealand and fainting whilst getting a piercing...and wearing a skirt. We chat about out love for Georgia and how basically everywhere is on Emily's bucket list.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is Alice of Discoveny ! Alice is the creator of Discoveny.com - a blog and Instagram @discoveny about sustainable travel, in depth city guides and essential information about green travel all travellers should read before booking a holiday. You don't want to leave that massive carbon footprint behind you ! If you're not sure where to start or how to do it in the long run, Discoveny is the place to go. Alice will help you travel smarter. Her Instagram is full of great little facts on eco tourism, voluntourism, greenwashing and many more things we need to educate ourselves on.
On the podcast we talk about travelling sustainably on a budget, we rave over some momos and dalbati, and find out more about the alternative elephant experience - elephant happy hours. Alice's stories are truly heart-warming and she'll definitely inspire you to explore Mongolia and Nepal!
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is, Kika Carvalho! Kika is the women behind the amazing lifestyle blog KikaCarvalho.com. Her blog basically covers everything Kika does, including some great bargains and most importantly for us, Travel Stories. Kika is also behind the Instagram The Real Kika. With over 71K followers Kika is a proper influencer but she aims to be much more real then some of the other influencers out there and we talk about that in the Podcast. Through her Travel Stories Kika takes us from Charleston, North Carolina, to her home country of Portugal and even a little bit of time is spent in the Middle East. So come check this out you will love Kika's Travel Stories.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Erin Hughes is the guest today! Erin is the behind the blog Artistic Wanderers, which focuses on what it is like to be making your way in the dance industry. Erin is also a talented travel writer having written a post called A Short Greek Odyssey for our page. In this episode Erin takes us all over Europe from Barcelona to Athens with a story about the craziest night in Prague. So come check this out for some grate travel stories.
Do you love hearing people's travel stories?
The Travel Story Society is a group that focuses on telling people's travel stories. We aim to make you laugh, learn and inspire you to travel to far out places. We want the weirdest, funniest and sometimes scariest travel stories out there and this is where we talk all about them. This easy listening podcast is meant to just be like listening to a convocation with friends, something we have all missed.
It is also a website www.travelstorysociety.com where you can read blogs about our favourite travel stories as well as share your own.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
This is the second part of a two part podcast with Leon, listen to the first half here, Chinese Mobsters and German Toilets. In this episode we talk about Leon putting our friend is hospital in a freak football accident in China, a toy factories attempt to induct him into the Chinese Communist Party way of thinking, his ambitions of becoming a Night Runner in Uganda and his opinions on the GameStop stock market surprise and how to deal with billionaires.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
WHAT A TWO PARTER?!
Leon Stone is a very close friend of ours and we actually met whilst travelling in China. Leon is so full of travel stories that he requires a two part podcast. We only manged to finish the food questions before we realised the listeners are probably tired of us and need a break. So in the first part of the podcast Leon talks about Mobster wars in China, Hitch hiking through the UK and what is the difference between toilets in Germany and the UK. So come give it a listen guys.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is... Helen Edwards. Helen is the founder of Sexy Freedom media podcast. Her podcast is bubbly, fun and talks about all sorts of topics including; everything from Sex, Science, Spirituality and Adventures to Self Awareness, Money, Making Moves, Life Goals, and more. She is also the author of 'Nothing Sexier than Freedom,' which is an autobiography about Helen breaking free of the ordinary and living the life most people can only dream of. She wants to show that life to the world and do everything she can to help you live it too. The perfect guest for us on The Travel Story Society.
In this episode Helen tells us about partying in an Airport after missing her plane, what it is like to sleep on the street when you don't have enough money to make it to your AirBnB, and gives a great insight into Rwanda, a country that is turning itself around after a dark past. So come have a listen to the fun and bubbly Helen talk about her favourite travel stories.
Sexy Freedom Media Website - https://sexyfreedom.com/
Sexy Freedom Media Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/SexyFreedomMedia
Helen Edward's Book - Nothing Sexier Than Freedom
Sexy Freedom Media Instagram - @SexyFreedomMedia
Sexy Freedom Media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SexyFreedomMedia
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is Katie Restrepo. Katie is one of the brains behind the Family Travel Folio blog. Family Travel Folio is a blog all about travelling with a family, the clue is in the name. They have great tips about how to keep your sanity whilst travelling as a family and share some of the best places to go as a family unit. They are currently taking part in the 52 Hike Challenge, so if you love hiking then this is defiantly a good place to go.
Katie also has some amazing stories of her own including the difficulties of riding a house when it is the horse's dinner time and what hot chocolate and cheese tastes like in Colombia. So check this episode out it is a fun one.
Family Travel Folio Blog - www.familytravelfolio.com
Family Travel Folio Instagram - @Famtravelfolio
52 Hike Challenge Checklist - www.52hikechallenge.com
Travel Story Society Instagram - @TravelStorySociety
Today's guests are Jarrod and Stefannie from the What's New Podcast. The What's New Podcast talks about current affair over in the US. It can be anything from Politics to the threats of Artificial Intelligence, and we have actually appeared on it. Go click on the link at the bottom of this bio to listen to their stuff. On the podcast we talk about why an FBI agent was so interested in Stefannie's passport application and Jarrod tells us about his time in Colombia around the cartels. So sit back relax and enjoy our convocation with these brilliant guests.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Today's guest is Sol Taibi. Sol is the man behind the film review platform Taibi on Film, where he reviews films on Tik Tok and Instagram. Find the links at the bottom of the bio. In this episode we chat to Sol, a fellow Northerner, about the wonders of Iranian food. His love of the Lake District and of course we get a few tips on what films we should watch that are all about travel.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com
Sol's Links:
Tik Tok - Sol Taibi
Instagram - Taibi on Film
Today's guests are the minds behind Trip Adviseher. Trip Adviseher is a wonderful blog and Instagram that gives very detailed and insightful info into places that not many of us have ever thought about travelling to. So go check them out at www.Tripadviseher.com to read their blogs and if you are more into the visuals then find them on Instagram at www.instagram.com/tripadviseher/ . In this episode the couple from Sunderland tell us about their love of Poland, how a haunted house in Krakow nearly scared them half to death and how surreal a tour around Chernobyl can be. So come check it out you guys it is a great one.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com .
Stol - https://www.facebook.com/stolnaszwedzkiej/
Meat and Justice - https://www.facebook.com/MeatandJustice/
Vin Pearl - https://www.facebook.com/Vinpearl/
Marek Taxis - https://www.facebook.com/transfersbyMarek/
Chernobyl Tours - http://chernobyl-tour.com/?fbclid=IwAR1wac_akwStwqE5DRgZ4rYvgPjPY1uQwYu6cQlPOPHdz4psFJh4RAwnOoo
Today's Guest is the wonderful Emily Eden. Emily is an actor from the UK who is living her best life out in New York following her dreams. She also loves to travel around the world and is the owner of the Eden and the Apple Instagram page, and the Bimbo in Limbo Blog. In this episode she takes us to the Ancient city of Medina, Malta, where she encountered some rather strange play mates. We also get to hear all about what it is like to walk the rough streets of Detroit and Baltimore as a small, but tough, blonde bombshell, and we find out what song was playing when her husband got down on one knee. So sit back and enjoy the stories of this Brit Abroad.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com .
Restaurants mentioned in the Episode;
- Hotel Chocolat, St Lucia
- The Wicked Spoon, Las Vegas
- The Polo Bar, London
Today on the show we have the pocket rocket and YouTuber Safah Alazzawi. Safah hosts a Youtube channel called Safah Alazzawi and she has also written the most successful post on our website so far, 'How to Tackle Loneliness in a New City.' Safah has come on the podcast to tell us about her favourite travel stories. Come listen to her knowledge of Ice Cream and about her goals to get sponsored by an Ice Cream company. How the different atmosphere in Jordon makes it the place to be when it comes to travelling, and how rewarding it was for her to travel to Lourdes, France, and help people in need.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com .
This podcast was sponsored by Smooze, who make amazing Ice Cream in the UK. A small and local Ice Cream business that make fantastic low calorie snacks. Perfect for those trying to shift some lockdown weight. So buy yourself some Smooze by following this link --> Tasty Delicious Smooze
On this episode we bring you Rhys Ash Powell the writer of RhysAsh.blog. In this podcast he takes us through his favourite travel stories, some of them featuring one of your hosts, Matty. Ever wondered what it is like to have a mask frozen to your face, have a gun pointed at you for just taking a picture and how it is possible to accidently cycle into Switzerland, well this is the episode for you. Rhys is an amazing story teller and you would be missing out by not checking out this podcast or his blog.
The Travel Story Society is a blog and podcast where we invite people to tell us their favourite travel stories. On the podcast we ask guests the best destinations they have ever been too, their favourite food they have eaten whilst away, their funniest travel story, their scariest travel experiences and what destinations are on their bucket list. Through this we get amazing stories and insight from every guest. Go check out our website www.travelstorysociety.com and if you have a story to share then please get in contact with us, thetravelstorysociety@gmail.com .