Empowering Locals: How Community-Based Tourism Transforms Ecuador

Community-based tourism is transforming the travel landscape in Ecuador, offering unique opportunities for cultural immersion while empowering local communities. Travel writer Sarah Arksey engages with Santiago Granda, Ecuador’s Vice Minister of Tourism, to explore how this initiative eliminates middlemen, allowing locals to directly benefit from tourism. With a rich diversity of landscapes, from the Andes…

Episode 41 – Travelling With Emily & Rachel – Gap Year Diaries Podcast

Hello and welcome to Episode 41! Today I am joined by a couple of backpackers, Emily and Rachel who host the Gap Year Diaries Podcast. They join me in discussing their travel podcast, hilarious anecdotes of their trip in 2010 (which the podcast is based on), chocolate bars, losing passports and some good ole inspiration….

Episode 39 – Travelling With Pete Kotzbach – The Travel Wins Podcast

Welcome to Episode 39! We have a cracking episode today as Pete from The Travel Wins Podcast joins me to talk about business travel, his podcast guests, stories on how high performing people deal with travel affecting performances and also his personal travel experiences. There is some great content in here for any budding podcasters,…

Interview with Scott Wilson

On this episode of Travel in 10 we will be talking with Travel TV Show host Scott Wilson about his newest show DESCENDING. DESCENDING is a 13-part documentary that takes viewers on a year-long journey exploring the submerged treasures of our planet (both natural and man-made). It features amazing cinemotography both above and below water….

Costa Rica with Crawford Hill

This month’s travel podcast takes us to Costa Rica, with teacher turned expedition leader Crawford Hill. Crawford provides tips on some of the best things to see and do for a first time visitor. You can check out more about Crawford and the tours he puts together at Chill Expeditions Educational Travel. This month’s podcast…

The Big Trip with Lonely Planet

This month’s travel podcast features an interview with George Dunford, the author of Lonely Planet’s The Big Trip. The Big Trip is a practical, one-stop guide to planning your first big overseas voyage. George tells us about some of his favorite travel destinations and gives some great tips for those planning a Gap year vacation…