Travel Tales

The actor (not actress!) shares how her travel experiences have shaped her life and profession. They say every actor draws on life experiences, and Iris Braydon is no exception. She shares some Travel Tales that include: making out on a nightclub table in Israel as a teenager, getting scammed her first day in Paris, being chased by a heroin addict, and much more. Iris has a performer’s gift for storytelling, and we’re glad she sat down for a chat. Bravo, Iris!

Ever wonder what life on an Israeli kibbutz is like? Do you even know what the heck a kibbutz is? This episode's guest, comedian/writer Adam Gropman, describes the 4-1/2 months he spent in the Israeli desert as a 21-year-old laboring at what Woody Allen once described as "socialist summer camp." Let's just say his skill at [...]

Is film producer Darin Dusan's life story more interesting than yours? Probably. Darin has lived many lives since leaving small-town Iowa some 20 years ago.  After relocating to San Francisco, he lived and worked in Bali for two years while dating a princess. Later, when an attempt at owning a cafe back in Iowa City proved [...]

How did a nice San Diego girl end up a TV star in Croatia? We find out as we're joined by TV host/producer Ashley Colburn, who saw her brother's Croatia travel photos and decided that it would the perfect place to produce a travel program. Now Ashley's numerous shows can be seen all over Europe [...]

Melanie Wynne Waldman may have three names but her travel website is all about two's. Melanie started Travels with Two to urge couples to get out and see the world. She's since split with her other half, but that doesn't mean she's stopped traveling. Far from it. Melanie has toured most of Central America and [...]

A lot of people say they're going to chuck it all and move to a tropical island, but very few have the stones to do it. Jason McAnear possesses those stones. The ex-Marine left his career and cold weather back in Boise, ID, and moved to the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras. Six months later [...]

Ahoy, Mates! All aboard The Rock Boat! What's the Rock Boat, you say? It's a floating 5-day rock festival with over 30 bands playing multiple stages throughout the day. My friend Graham Elwood (Travel Tales episode 1 guest), was the comic relief on the boat and had a spare cabin - which I promptly filled. [...]

Taryn Sammons is a small woman with a big title: Social Media and Media Relations Manager for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau in South Mississippi. Whew. Based in Biloxi, MS., Taryn's main job is to promote Mississippi Gulf Coast tourism  in the wake of two major disasters over the eight years- Hurricane [...]

Brett Snyder has a thing for air travel. While most kids were building tree houses and playing Little League, Brett was collecting flight schedules and booking friends and family as an actual travel agent. After years of working in the airline industry after college, Brett started Crankyflier.com- an award-winning travel site  featuring all things air [...]

Lindsay Taub and Lanee Lee met as travel writers on a press trip. They decided to join forces to create their own travel/lifestyle website, and Voyage Vixens was born! In just their first six months together, they've already been to Kenya, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Mexico, Utah, Washington State, and more. They love adventure, with a [...]

The TV producer dropped everything to travel around the world for a year. Our kind of guy!

Australian filmmaker/cameraman Nick King joins us to share his Travel Tales! Nick recently shot a film project that took him from the North Pole all the way to Colombia. Frightening helicopter rides? Check. Scary border crossings? Check. Frozen camera lenses and batteries? double check. Nick also opens up about his travels in SE Asia and [...]

Kiersten Rich got her business degree and took a job in the big city of Los Angeles. All was going to plan, but like so many of us, she heard the call of the open road. The San Diego native decided to quit her job, travel the world, and start her own travel blog- The [...]

The travel writer stops by to tell us about her favorite locales around the world

The man behind the popular website JohnnyJet.com shares the Tales of how he became travel blog royalty. Johnny Jet is living the dream. In the early days of dial-up internet in the ’90′s, Johnny started blogging about his travels before anyone knew what a blog was. In 2000, he started JohnnyJet.com to urge people to get out and see the world. Since then, he’s parlayed his travel knowledge into a mini-empire: talk show appearances, Travel Channel show, book, sponsors, you name it. Now Johnny gets paid to crisscross the globe. He was kind enough to sit down for an interview and share his Tale of  how an asthmatic kid from Connecticut got to the top of the travel heap. Johnny’s an inspiring guy- be sure to say hi when you see him on the plane. Thanks, Johnny!

The TV producer dishes dirt on her native Philippines and getting robbed in Barcelona!

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