Episode 16
How To Optimize Your Travels (Costs & Experiences) - w/ Melissa
In this episode, my guest is Melissa Weinmann. Melissa is a huge travel enthusiast, with her current tally of countries and territories visited being 44 at the time of recording.
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- Optimize Your Travels (Costs & Experiences) - w/ Melissa
- Identifying where to go - maybe where people don’t like traveling to? (
- Having explored most of this by herself, over the years Melissa has learned a multitude of travel hacks and tools that anyone can leverage while planning out their next trip.
- Identifying tourist traps and optimizing experiences while traveling.
- did you ever have any like dodging experiences with food I feel like they were scorpions I could be wrong though I was...
- Qui identify I of the back that that restaurant is very clearly like that's should be expensive but it's worth it again...
- countries and jaw flights can be cheaper guys you have to check out this local bar this is the bar I go to all the time...
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did you ever have any like dodging experiences with food I feel like they were scorpions I could be wrong though I was in Syria and a few of us got sick was in Syria and a few of us got sick Qui identify I of the back that that
Qui identify I of the back that that restaurant is very clearly like that's should be expensive but it's worth it again I've been to a couple Fallen PR I should say various what called museums that aren't actal museums
called museums that aren't actal museums they're just plac to take a billion Instagram photos at I've been to 44 countries and territories separate philosophy around travel which is like I want to get in and out at the
is like I want to get in and out at the most affordable most budget friendly way possible definitely resources online that tell like when Peak seasons are for different different countries and jaw flights can be cheaper
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Show notes
In this episode, my guest is Melissa Weinmann. Melissa is a huge travel enthusiast, with her current tally of countries and territories visited being 44 at the time of recording. Having explored most of this by herself, over the years Melissa has learned a multitude of travel hacks and tools that anyone can leverage while planning out their next trip.
We discuss:
-Melissa’s experiences in Europe, Melanesia, and Southeast Asia during her time with the Peace Corps.
-The instagramization of travel and its implications for the future of travel.
-Experiences in Vanuatu and Cambodia with the Peace Corps
-Affordable travel experiences.
-The essence of what makes traveling a fulfilling hobby for many.
-Identifying tourist traps and optimizing experiences while traveling.
-Lesser-known websites with hidden travel gems in every region of the world.
-Credit cards and hostels
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Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Intro + Background
(00:02:00) Melissa’s experience with traveling 44+ countries!
(00:05:22) Usual vs affordable traveling and “peak seasons”
(00:08:52) Identifying where to go - maybe where people don’t like traveling to?
(00:12:30) The instagram-ization of travel
(00:16:50) Transportation hacks
(00:20:30) Peace-corps experiences in Vanuatu
(00:23:50) Culture training in the Peace Corps
(00:27:25) Experiences in South-East Asia - Cambodia
(00:31:10) Tools for optimizing Food and experiences while traveling - Europe and Asia
(00:37:35) Dodgy experiences with food in China and Syria
(00:40:15) Identifying tourist traps
(00:44:07) Identifying itinerary items that are “worth it”
(00:48:52) Atlas Obscura, SpottedByLocals and WalkingToursByFoot
(00:53:51) Credit Cards, Currency Conversion
(00:57:40) Hostels
(01:02:00) Outro + Gratitude