WanderLearn Podcast
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Take a profound and distant journey. Call it:
- Deep Travel
- Immersive Travel
- Slow Travel
- Vagabonding
I will guide you to the intersection of travel, technology, and transformation.
The WanderLearn podcast will compel you to go beyond your comfort zone.
I wander all over the world and I share what I learn with you! In so doing, I hope you'll be inspired to do the same. Travel is the best university.
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iinside is obsessed about the last kilometer at the airport.
You may use Google Maps, Maps.me, or some other mapping system to figure out how much congestion there is on your way to the airport.
However, the automobile traffic congestion may not correlate with the congestion inside the airport.
Wouldn't it be nice to know what's going on inside the airport? How long are security checkpoint lines? When will my luggage arrive?
iinside aims to answer those questions.
Sam Kamen is the Chief Operating Officer of iinside, a company that is working to make airports smart.
There are 524 major airports in the United States. The top 30 airports account to 75-80% of all passengers.
They use lidar technology to track humans and bags to measure congestion within the airport. In 2019, iinside is working with these 4 USA airports:
- Orlando
- Phoenix
- Denver
- Austin
About Sam Kamel
Sam oversees all operations for iinside. More about Sam:
- He has experience as an entrepreneur, Fortune 100 executive, team builder, change agent, innovator, strategist, and successful deal maker.
- Sam has been at the center of some of the most disruptive changes in technology at companies such as McKinsey, Netscape, E-LOAN, and Microsoft.
- He earned his BS in electrical engineering from Cornell and his MBA from Harvard.
Sorry for the lousy audio in this particular episode.
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Sponsored by Health Access Sumbawa
This show was sponsored by Health Access Sumbawa. In 2014, Jack Kennedy founded this nonprofit that is helping bring malaria control and healthcare to remote, impoverished communities. It started on the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. Visit their website to learn more and to donate: https://healthaccesssumbawa.org
Whether you're into travel tours or not, you should listen to Travis Pittman, the CEO of TourRadar.
I've always been skeptical and resistant to tours. I've always preferred independent travel.
Travis makes a pretty convincing argument of why TourRadar is a compelling platform and marketplace.
TourRadar aggregates 1,000 tour operators with 30,000 different trips all over the globe.
About 70% of those who book with TourRadar are females, especially solo female travelers.
Group sizes vary from 6 to 50 people.
TourRadar focuses on regions, not cities. For instance, you'd search for Tuscany or Italy, not just Florence. Tours last at least 3 days. The sweet spot for them is about 12 days. So if you only want a tour of Paris, don't use TourRadar.
Travis reveals:
- How TourRadar makes money.
- What's a common error people make when booking a tour.
- What kind of recourse you have when a tour bombs.
- How he got started.
- How much venture capital TourRadar has taken in.
- What's TourRadar's strategic direction for 2019 and beyond.
This is episode #21 of the WanderLearn podcast.
If you'd like to watch the interview, see the YouTube video below:
WanderLearn fans get a special chance to win a tour for two to Italy, England, Vietnam or California for FREE by going here:
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About Tour Radar
TourRadar is the best search engine for multi-day tours. They are the world’s largest online travel agency for multi-day tours. Revolutionizing how multi-day tours are compared and purchased, TourRadar provides travelers with a trusted online marketplace to find and book life-enriching experiences worldwide. TourRadar works with over 2,000 tour operators to offer more than 40,000 tours in over 200 countries.
Consider getting a sweet reward on my Patreon!
Sym "Symbiosis" Blanchard has had so many adventures in his 66 years, including:
- Hiking half of Madagascar
- Walking El Camino de Santiago
- Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail (as a section-hiker)
- Hiked half of the Continental Divide Trail (and plans to do the rest)
- Hiked the Annapurna Circuit.
- Swam across a river in Madagascar
- Hiked to Everest Base Camp
- Hitchhiked all over the planet
- Biked across America
- Cruised in Garrison Keillor ships
- And much more
Sym knows a ton about longevity. He shares his secrets. In the 2nd half of the conversation, we do a deep-dive in health and how to become a centenarian.
This is the 20th episode of the WanderLearn podcast and I wanted to celebrate with an epic and entertaining conversation.
There are two types of people who should listen to this podcast:
1. You have a vacation property that you'd like to rent out in a hassle-free way.
2. You're looking to rent a luxurious, professionally-managed home all for yourself (and your friends/family) on your vacation.
Vacasa has 10,000 homes in their portfolio.
You might think their competitor is Airbnb or Booking.com.
Not exactly.
Kirsteene Phelan, Acting CEO of Rome2Rio, has a 15-minute conversation with me to discuss her company's new partnership with Lonely Planet and what it means to the average traveler.
We hit on other topics, including:
- How is Rome2Rio different than Google maps and other travel planners?
- How do they get offline data online?
- What's the best way to break into the travel industry?
- What's her long-term vision for Rome2Rio? Where are they traveling to?
This is the 18th WanderLearn podcast episode.
We mention Bla Bla carpooling, which Rome2Rio integrates with. It's a great way to get around in Europe. It's a pity that the USA doesn't have an app that is equally popular.
At the end of 2017, I made my predictions for 2018. Although I got a couple of things wrong, I was surprisingly accurate.
Since the point of this exercise is to prove how wrong we can all be, I need to do the same exercise for 2019 with the hope that I get more things wrong. I encourage you to make predictions in the comments. It's a humbling experience.
Here are seven predictions of what I think we'll witness in 2019:
- JoAnneh Nagler Explains How To Make Money Being An Artist
- Tim Butcher - Author of Two Books on Africa
- AMA: Repairing the Schism Between Locals and Tourists
- How To Create A Top Travel Podcast
- The Winding Tree Foundation Founders Answer Criticism
- How To Use, Not Abuse, Couchsurfing
- Amtrak Travel Tips for 2019
- What To Do If You Can't Afford to Travel
- How To Become an A-list Travel Blogger - Gary Arndt Explains
- You're Wrong If You Think You Don't Have Time to Exercise
- Why You Should Always Read Your Alumni Obituaries
- Winding Tree's Blockchain-Based Technology Impacts Travel
- What It Takes to Set a Speed Record or FKT on the AT & PCT
- How To Accumulate Fuck-You Money So You Can Do Anything
- Travis Sherry, The Jetto App, and Getting Travel Bargains
- Introducing A New Travel Show
- Rick Steves Interviews
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