Episodes
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
De-Stress your Vacation Planning
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
Saturday Mar 28, 2020
Chris and Jerry have done several shows giving tips on planning your next vacation. Because of numerous emails asking specific planning steps, this show helps de-stress your vacation planning process by simplifying this important stage. Listen to discover ways to quickly determine where you go, how you see the area, who should plan your vacation, who to include in the planning session, step-by-step suggestions, and ideas to make your vacation more memorable. Planning your vacation is one of the most exciting elements of a great trip.
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Women Traveling in Small Groups Travel Advice Show
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Friday Sep 07, 2018
Marianne Southall, owner and founder of Women's Travel Club, womens-travel-club.com, Chris, and Jerry discuss the fast-growing older women traveling with other like-minded women travel segment. You will learn what it is like to travel on women only tours, what to expect on group tours, why you should consider taking a small group tour, and other important information so you can have a fabulous, well-run, safe, reasonably-priced, and exciting vacation. You will be impressed with Marianne's knowledge of this fast-growing travel segment.
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
TRAVEL AT VARIOUS AGES TRAVEL ADVICE SHOW
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
Wednesday Jun 13, 2018
As people age, the type of travel they do such as adventure, shopping, cruises, escorted tours, etc. generally doesn't change, but the style of travel generally does. You do not travel the same way you do in your twenties as you do in your sixties and seventies. Chris, Jerry, and guest, Robert Nelson give great ideas of what to expect as you get older. Each decade from the twenties to seventy and older are discussed giving personal examples, specific data, travel ideas, characteristics, and vital information. Listen so you will be prepared for the surprises that occur as you age.
Friday Apr 13, 2018
All Inclusive Resorts Travel Advice Show
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
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Monday Dec 11, 2017
Monday Dec 11, 2017
Kathleen Evans, katsjourney.com, Chris, and Jerry give excellent safety precautions advice for women traveling alone internationally. In this informal and fun, but serious topic show, we discuss ways to make your trip safer including taking a basic self-defense course prior to departing, never, ever leaving your purse on the back of a chair in a restaurant, bar, or other public places, dressing appropriately for your destination, taking photos of your taxi, driver, car license, and driver's registration, booking the entire sleeper cabin on trains, and other important ideas to have a fabulous and safe trip.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Western Indonesia Travel Advice Show
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017
Chris and Jerry explore and discuss in detail western Indonesia especially Sumatra and the smaller islands off its coast. Sumatra, the world's fifth largest island, has three major cities: Medan, Padang, and Palembang and many neat things to do. You will be impressed with the variety of sightseeing and adventure options available including climbing volcanoes, hiking through jungles searching for gibbons and orangutans, visiting Buddhist temples, spending time at Lake Toba, the world's largest volcanic lake, shopping for unique items in Palembang's malls, river rafting, and many other exciting things that are just some of the experiences you will have in this destination not often visited by US citizens, but by the rest of the world.
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Eastern Indonesia Travel Advice Show
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Monday Oct 09, 2017
Chris and Jerry talk about one of the top ten destinations in the world to visit - Eastern Indonesia. There is something there that will excite and amaze nearly every traveler of any age. The island of Java with its access to Krakatoa volcano, Jogjakarta and Surakarta with impressive Javanese temples including Borobudur and Prambanan, the active volcano Mount Bromo, and the beautiful Tengger mountain chain, Bali which appeals to nearly everyone with magnificent beaches, hill-country Ubud, and a variety of physical activiities, orangutans, culture, and festivals in Sumatra, the amazing three hundred Stone Age societies of West Papua, Sulawesi's Londa burieal caves and Kete Kesu, unique home architure of Troja village, and other unique sites, and rarely visited East and West Timor with their excellent diving and snorkeling, beaches, and unique cemeteries. You will want to go to this fantastic area of the world after listening to this show.
Monday Aug 07, 2017
Fear of Travel Travel Advice Show
Monday Aug 07, 2017
Monday Aug 07, 2017
Chris, Jerry, and Jessie Blinman., Chris' friend, talk about the various fears of travel people have and how you can adjust to have a fabulous vacation that will change your life positively. Fear of taking a cruise, flying, going to countries that are very different than your own, and driving rules and customs are discussed with real examples and ways that we and others have overcome them enough to enjoy our trips. Listen to this, especially if you have a fear, are anxious, or a are bit intimidated about traveling. It may help you a lot.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Doing Adventure Travel Travel Advice Show
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Chris and Jerry discuss the types of adventure travel including overlanding, walking, and bicycling throughout the world, cost, trip length, tour operators that offer a wide variety of adventure travel options, and what you can expect when you take them. They also talk about passport and visas requirements and the amount of money you can expect to take take. This show is a must listen for anyone wanting to take an adventure trip and for those that are thinking about it. It can change your life for the better.
Tuesday Jul 04, 2017
Consider Adventure Travel Travel Advice Show
Tuesday Jul 04, 2017
Tuesday Jul 04, 2017
Chris and Jerry love adventure travel. All types and levels of adventure travel. Listen as they give personal examples and talk about the definition of adventure travel, who should take them, physical, financial, and psychological requirements, and categories or levels of adventure travel including specialty, soft, medium, hard, extreme, and terrifying. This show will change your travel style and life and make your next vacation truly unique and exciting. Click on the show to begin your adventure travel life.
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Short Iran Travel Advice Show Tips
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Wednesday May 10, 2017
Many people are hesitant to visit Iran because of misconceptions about safety, freedom to explore on your own, hotel accommodations, food, and other concerns. Chris and Jerry talk about the reality of visiting this varied, scenic, historic, and fabulous country and help alleviate any misconceptions you may have about making Iran your next travel destination. Listen to get excited about visiting Iran.
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Camino de Santiago Travel Advice Show
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Friday Nov 25, 2016
Join Chris and guest George Starks to learn and explore the Camino de Santiago. George has done the Camino 5 times and gives great tips and how to plan the adventure. This show explains where to stay, how to plan and all the in's and out's in having the Camino de Santiago experience. This show is a must before you plan your Camino.
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Hotels Part One Travel Advice Show
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
On this part one of a three part series discussing hotels show, Chris and Jerry explore how you decide where to stay, define hotels, accommodations, properties, and lodging, list fifteen categories of places to stay, and explain the different hotel categories. Your vacation will be more complete and exciting after you listen to this realistic discussion on selecting the correct hotel for your vacation.
Saturday Oct 08, 2016
Changing your life Travel Advice Show
Saturday Oct 08, 2016
Saturday Oct 08, 2016
Chris and Jerry answer questions they have received from listeners throughout the world about how we travel, ways travel has changed our lives, overcoming the fear of taking the first step to take a trip outside your comfort zone, and when and how is it good to travel by yourself. The show emphasizes, not only the unique experiences you will gain, but how it will make you less prejudice and discriminating and more appreciative of the world's cultures, people, food, and your part in it. Listen for a new look on travel that will definitely change your life.
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Children Traveling Alone Travel Advice Show
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Chris and Jerry discuss many of the rules and regulations parents need to know in order for their children to travel safely and legally by themselves on planes, buses, and trains. Each airline, bus company, and rail system has its own requirements for children traveling solo. Some of these rules include age requirements. Generally, children under age five are not allowed to travel by themselves. There are several age categories, each having its own rules, that can apply, such as ages five through seven must travel only on non-stop flights, eight through eleven may be able to change planes, etc. Specific rules regarding the person meeting your children must be met and confirmed by the airlines, bus company, or rail system. Many other rules and requirements are given to help ensure your children can travel by themselves. Parents who want or need to send their children by themselves to a destination need to listen to this show to get a solid foundation to ensure a safe and happy trip for their children.
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Tasmania Travel Advice Show
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Join Paul Proctor, Chris, and Jerry as they explore one of the least visited areas of Australia, Tasmania. Founded as an English prison colony, Tasmania offers its visitors some unique experiences. Suggested itineraries ranging from a few days to two weeks, ways to get to Tasmania and travel the island, types of sleeping accommodations, Bruny and Maria islands, climate and weather, beaches stretching for tens of miles, diverse scenery and landscape, Port Arthur penal settlement, and many other interesting facts and travel suggestions are given. Many visitorts feel Tasmania is the best part of Australia. Listen to learn why.
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Jerry's Unique North Peru Trip Travel Advice Show
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Thursday Aug 11, 2016
Inspired by Martha on Marnella Tour's North Peru Travel Advice Show, Jerry got excited and went to visit three of the historical sites mentioned on the show. He goes into detail how he traveled, where he stayed, and his experiences visiting Ventarron, one of the oldest constructions in the Americas dating from 2,000 BC, the fascinating Lambayeque Royal Tombs Museum, traveling hours by car through spectacular alpine and dry scenery, staying at a hotel overlooking and hiking to the extremely impressive Gotca Waterfalls, trekking to the impressing Karajaia sarcophai tombs, enjoying Kuelap, the largest ancient stone structure in South America, exploring Revash, cliff tombs where mummies were found, visiting the Leymebama mummie museum which houses 219 mummies, and many other adventures. Listen to learn fabulous options on your trip to Peru.
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Exciting World Sites Travel Advice Show
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Chris and Jerry discuss places that will greatly enhance your travels, even if you are going to popular tourist destinations. Included in this show are the Zhangye Danxia Mountains in China, Peru's Paracas Candelabra, the rarely visited Puma Punka ruin and Salar de Yuymi Salt Desert of Bolivia, White Pocket outcrop in northwestern Arizona, the historic Socotra Islands in Yemen, Ko Phi Phi Islands south of Phuket, Thailand, the beautiful Pamukkale hot pools of southwestern Turkey, and the magnificent scenery and waterfalls of Vagar Island, Faroe islands. They could be the best part of your vacation, so stay tuned.
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Booking Your Vacation Travel Advice Show
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
This show is part three of a three part series of Selecting, Planning, and Booking Your Vacation. Chris and Jerry discuss ways to book your vacation which will save a lot of time and problems. There are three basic ways to book your vacation: doing each part of your trip yourself, utilizing a travel agent, cruise line, or tour operator, and a combination of both. Using these ways require research, deposits or full payment at the time of confirmation, organization of confirmations so you can quickly see what has been confirmed, and many other suggestions are contained in this program. Listen to make booking your vacation more complete and easier.
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Ways to Select Where You Go on Vacation Travel Advice Show
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
Sunday Jun 05, 2016
We, Chris and Jerry, have been asked numerous times how we select where we are going on our next vacation. Chris is forty-four years old and Jerry is seventy-two years old which is one of the reasons we select different vacation spots. The program discusses how age can affect how you select a destination. Listen for exciting Ways to Select Where You Go on Vacation. Some suggestions include spinning a globe with your eyes closed and stopping at a point which will become your next trip, getting an idea from a TV show, movie, book, or email from a friend showing pictures of fascinating and often seldom-seen sites, having a conversation with an interesting person and others. You will get your creative juices moving to select a vacation experience of a life time.
Sunday May 01, 2016
Budget Travel Travel Advice Show
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sunday May 01, 2016
"Traveling Jackie," of thebudgetmindedtraveler.com, Chris, and Jerry discuss the exciting world of budget travel. Regardless of your age, gender, and income, you can experience travel on a budget for any length of time you have to travel. Tips for traveling within cities and countries, minimizing stress by pre-booking your first night hotel, utilizing travel guide books, the difference between budget and cheap travel, staying in hostels, carrying and managing money while traveling, and women traveling on their own are just some of the topics discussed by Traveling Jackie on this fun travel advice show.
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Travel Europe like the Locals Travel Advice Show
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Tony Perdomo of Tucan Travel, tucantravel.com, Chris, and Jerry explore adventure travel in a way you may never have considered. Overlanding where you do the shopping and cooking, taking local transportation within cities and between countries, no single supplements, small group size, free time to explore, and trips ranging from 7 to 77 days are just some of the options discussed. And all at prices less than staying home. Tucan Travel offers tens of trips throughout the world that you should highly consider for a unique perspective of cultures and adventures you're friends have yet to experience, but will when you return.
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Chile Travel Advice Show
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Sunday Feb 14, 2016
Chile, almost as long as the U.S. is wide,
averaging about 125 miles wide, offering, literally, something for
everyone, and one of the world's most unique countries, is discussed by
Martha Tavera of Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com,
Chris, and Jerry. Learn little-and well-known facts, including the
English-settled north, Atacama Desert, wine, Skorpios II glacier cruise,
Robinson Crusoe and Easter Islands, skiing some of the world's most
famous areas, spectacular mountain and lake regions, fly-cruise
Antarctica, and Patagonia, including one of the world's must-see Tierra
del Fuego. No minimum length vacation suggestion is given because it
would require weeks to see and do it all, but suggested lengths of time
to stay is given for each region. Chile, one of the world's most exciting countries, is a show you will want to listen to for a vacation you will never forget.
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Sea Kayaking Travel Advice Show
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Tuesday Feb 09, 2016
Peter Grubb, president of Sea Kayak Adventurers, seakayakadventures.com, Chris, and Jerry explore the world of sea kayaking. An adventure for fit, with some sea kayaking experience and at least 8 years old, adventurers, their trips offer a unique perspective of getting-up-close to nature, culture, flora, fauna, and culture. Their tours include close encounters with various types of whales, exploring remote coastlines, observing bears, paddling the Bay of Pigs, walking through rural Albania, and other unique experiences. Sea Kayak Adventures offers sea kayking expeditions to Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Alaska, and Europe. Some of their programs are designed for families, which include three-passenger kayaks so younger children can sit between their parents. For a truly fascinating, invigorating, and awe-inspring vacation, take a Sea Kayak Adventure.
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Argentina Travel Advice Show
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Doing the tango in Buenos Aires is one of the many topics discussed by Martha Tavera of Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com, Chris, and Jerry. This show gives great, often not known, options for visiting Argentina, one of the most versatile South America countries, will inspire you to want to spend your vacation doing and visiting many things. Buenos Aires, famous for its lively international nightlife, shopping, museums, and architecture, nearby estancias (cattle ranches), day trips to Punta del Este, for its beaches, and historic Colonia del Sacramento, both in Uruguay, is discussed in depth. Other country-wide destinations discussed, include: Igauzu Falls' impressive volume of water and nearby jungle hikes; Mendoza, situated between southern Utah-type deserts and the highest mountain in the America, 22,841 foot Aconcagua, is famous for its wine and skiing; Swiss-like San Carlos de Bariloche with its spectacular lake and mountain scenery; ways to visit El Calafate's Perito Moreno and other glaciers, viewing and going overland to Torres del Paine, Chile, and outdoor adventure activities; Ushuia, the gateway to Antarctica and Cape Horn via small, adventure cruises; Peninsula Valdes to see whales, sea lions and wolves, and Magallanes penguins. Visa, currency exchange, family vacation ideas, adventure trips, and many other topics are discussed to excite you to visit Argentina, the land of tangos and gauchos, plus many other spectacular sites and activities.
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Southern Brazil Travel Advice Show
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Southern Brazil, home of Rio de Janeiro and Iguazu Falls, is discussed by Martha Tavera, Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com, Chris, and Jerry. No visit to southern Brazil should be made without listening to this show! Learn about the beaches, nightlife, culture, Carnival, the famous sites in Rio and other nearby destinations, should you see Iguazu Falls from the Brazil or Argentine side, the seldom-visited Pantanal with its wildllife, Fort Jungqueira, and adventure, mountainous Oro Petro, Santa Cantalina's magnificent beaches, German influence, and wine, Santos with wonderful beaches, Sao Paulo, Iguazu Falls, and other unique areas. Also visa requirements, family travel areas, food, climate, and other interesting and needed facts and suggestions are given to help make southern Brazil an excellent vacation choice.
Friday Jan 29, 2016
New Zealand Simply Wild Journeys Travel Advice Show
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Rob Douglas, owner of Simply Wild Journeys, simplywild.co.nz, joins Chris and Jerry to discuss up-scale, personalized adventure experiences for all ages at the north end of the South Island, New Zealand. Rob's company, based in Nelson, NZ, designs and executes customized adventure tours, including sea kayaking, heli-cycling, mountain biking, walking and heli-hiking, white-water and heli-rafting, sailing, boating, and other exciting activities which make for a unique and exhilarating New Zealand vacation. Whether going to New Zealand just to stretch your physical boundaries or to enhance your visit to the "Land of the Long White Cloud," you will want to include a customized adventure through Simply Wild Adventures.
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Tchad-Chad Travel Advice Show
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
Sunday Jan 24, 2016
The rarely-visited and phenomenal country of Tchad (Chad) is discussed by Wendy Simmons, wendysimmons.com, Chris, and Jerry. In 2014, only 100 tourists came to this Sahara-desert covered country which rarely sees more than 300 tourists annually. Recently returned from Tchad, Wendy shares her experiences as she covers 4,000 km of Tchad's varied terrain, cultures, food, and scenery. Additional topics include: the people, transportation, topography, weather, best time to visit, obtaining a tourist visa, and the Ennedi mountain range with its caves, fossils, unbelievable wind and wind and water carved formations, and sunsets. Surrounded by politically troubled countries, now is the time to visit and be amazed with the friendly, spectacular country of Tchad.
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Costa Rica Travel Advice Show
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Dan Crandall of adventureswithinreach.com joins Chris and Jerry to discuss one of the most bio-diversified countries in the world, Costa, Rica. Truly offering something for nearly everyone, topics including descriptions and differences of many of the National Parks, transportation including should you rent a car, beaches, best time to go, wildlife, family travel, safety, suggested week vacation itineraries, and adventure options including whitewater rafting, jungle hikes, canyoning/repelling, ziplining, and others are discussed to help make Costa Rica one of your best vacations ever.
Monday Dec 28, 2015
Trains and Travel Advice Show
Monday Dec 28, 2015
Monday Dec 28, 2015
The exciting world of rail travel is discussed by Chris Skow of traintrips.biz, Chris, and Jerry. Topics discussed include the history of rail travel, train tours, train trips, train vacations, and luxury private rail car trips. Started in 1984 by Chris, a retired conductor of the Western Pacific/Union Pacific rail, traintrips.biz, also known as Trains & Travel International, has been offering rail trips throughout the world from a 1day California Zephyr trip from Los Angeles to Oakland, CA to a 21 day Silk Road Moscow to Beijing private Golden Eagle Silk Road. If you’ve ever wanted to travel by rail, this is the program to listen to as Chris goes into great and exciting detail on what it is like, types of rail cars used, difference between train tours, trips, and vacations, and numerous other topics.
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Peru, Tanzania, and Kilimanjaro Travel Advice Show
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Do not visit Peru and Tanzania without listening to Robin Paschall of Adventutres Within Reach, Chris, and Jerry discuss these two exciting destinations. Along with the basic facts, often unknown and fascinating insights are given such as where the best beaches are located in Zanzibar, the different accommodation options such as lodges and permanent and movable tented camps in the Serengeti, unique cultural experience of visiting the Haya "mud people" in Tanzania, cooking with the locals in Cuzco, visiting Lake Titicaca, talking about the various Inca Trails, and when is the worst time to visit Peru and Tanzania. This show will greatly assist you in your planning stage to make the best decisions for a fabulous vacation.
Friday Jun 05, 2015
Ponant Cruises and Small Ship Travel Advice Show
Friday Jun 05, 2015
Friday Jun 05, 2015
Chris and Jerry, with guest George Papagapitos, CEO of Ponant, Cultural Cruises & Expeditions, explore the fast-growing adventure and education small ship travel. Destinations, expectations, costs, seminars, philosophy, families, and many other topics of Ponant cruises and this unique travel opportunity are discussed; a most viable option to the large passenger ships and cruise experience.
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Private Driver and Guide Travel Advice
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Wednesday May 13, 2015
Robin Brooks, Marketing and PR Director for Kensington Tours, joins Chris and Jerry to discuss ever-growing private driver and guide style of travel. If escorted, large groups terrify you, restricted itineraries which don’t spend enough time at or visit sites you especially want to visit, or you want the security of having someone local, who speaks the language, and knows neat things to do, then this show is for you. Definition, age group, cost, advantages, options, examples, and other topics are discussed. Every traveler, regardless of travel experience and age, should listen to this program to gain an insight which might make your next trip, your best ever.
Monday Apr 07, 2014
Gay/Lesbian Travel Advice
Monday Apr 07, 2014
Monday Apr 07, 2014
Chris, Jerry and Jim Smith, founder of Coda International Tours, discuss gay/lesbian travel. This upscale specialty travel company offers culturally and intellectually curious travelers exciting ways to see the world. Safety, group size, travel interests, destinations and numerous other topics are discussed with emphasis on the gay/lesbian travel market.
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Travel Advice for Traveling with the Family & Children
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Learn what it's like to travel with children from Mary Gene Fuller, mother of eleven children. She, her husband and family have traveled North America by car from Mexico to Alaska and California to Newfoundland. Unique ideas of keeping your children safe, not lost, happy and content are given in an exciting format. Regardless of the number of children you have, this program will help make your travels with them more exciting.
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Grand Travel Advice
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Thursday Mar 27, 2014
Helena Koenig, founder of Grand Travel, joints Chris and Jerry to discuss the fast-growing and family-uniting grandparent/grandchild travel concept. She shares her 22-year experience with this exciting travel opportunity with ideas on safety, itinerary planning and pacing, modes of travel, unique travel experiences, transmitting cultural inheritances and many other ideas to help grandparents and grandchildren bond together while traveling worldwide.