Hosted by Joi Wade and Janelle Layton · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 168 episodes
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Melanin and Miles is the weekly travel podcast for millennial and gen-z black women that explores being a woman of color while traveling, affordable travel advice, bucket list travel destinations, funny travel stories and interviews with popular travel influencers. The podcast also includes tips on packing, hotels, airlines, passports, solo travel and budget travel. Melanin & Miles is co-hosted by Joi Wade and Janelle Layton, two black girls in their 20's who have traveled to over 25 countries and 5 continents and love exploring new cultures. Subscribe and stay updated at melaninandmiles.com
Joi Wade and Janelle Layton hosts Melanin and Miles Travel Podcast, a society show with 168 episodes published.
Sharing our travel ratings out of 10 for Janelle’s trip to Peru, Joi’s trip to San Francisco and both of our experiences in Barcelona, Spain. Leave a comment in the Spotify app to let us know your ratings!
To kick off 2025, we have a new series in which we will rate every destination we traveled to in the past year on a scale of 1 to 10! In this episode, we will rate Janelle's January 2024 travels to Tokyo, Japan, Little C
Cartagena, Colombia is a bucket list travel destination for Black Americans & it's a PARTY CITY! Joi is breaking down the 5-day trip she took for her 25th birthday in August. These are the best things to see, eat and do
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This week we interviewed Asha Farrah. She is an expat and legal resident in Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico. In this episode, she shares her experience in Mexico and how she started business to help aspiring expats. She cr
Spend the day with Janelle in Chicago. Janelle has a long layover in the city and was not going to waste it in the airport. Find out what you could do SOLO with only 1 day in Chicago. Some of her favorite destinations/ac
This week Janelle and her mom, Cynthia, chat about a recent trip to Cancun, Mexico. If you want to travel with family or someone that wants an easy trip, Cancun is a great destination. We did a lot in 4 days and we were
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Welcome Back!! It's a new season after a long break. Listen to one of Janelle's favorite solo trips from last year on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
Joi breaks down her trip to Mexico City in Cabo San Lucas. Learn the best things to do and where the best food is.
This week we interviewed Shakeemah who has travelled to well over 50 countries solo and enjoys empowering and equipping women with tools to start their own travel journey around the world. She has been featured in Essenc
Katrina McGhee is a Career Break and Sabbatical Coach - a certified life coach with an MBA - whose signature Take the Break program helps mid-career women create happier, more fulfilling lives by designing bold and trans
Saba is a full time Virtual Assistant Coach that has found a way to work from anywhere in the world. Listen to some of her stories of working abroad in places like Colombia, Panama, and Guatemala. Follow her on Instagram
This week we interviewed @KweenCarter06, an avid traveler originally from south Florida. KweenCarter has found the perfect balance of work and travel and discusses some of her favorite travel stories and worst travel mis
This week we interviewed Hawa who is a travel content creator, and trip planner that creates personalized and authentic travel experiences with you in mind. Listen to how Hawa left her fulltime job to begin traveling ful
Mahogany is a frequent traveler who shares cheap flights, luxury travel hacks, and more. She works with travelers to help them find the best deals for everyone from people that could be traveling solo to kid friendly and
Joi shares her 2 day itinerary to Disneyland and Disneyland California Adventure in Anaheim California. Learn how to plan your trip, what to bring, how to use the Disney app and plan your rides and the best food to have.
This week we interviewed Goon who does a lot of travel with his brother, Smalls. Together Goon and Smalls have traveled to over 67 countries and have no plans of stopping their travel journey. Their main goal is to inspi
This week we interviewed Pelumi who is a frequent traveler that has visited 70+ countries and hopes to inspire others to explore more and have culturally immersive experiences. She is also the co-founder of The Black Exp
This summer Janelle has been doing an internship in Seattle and wanted to do an episode recapping some of the highlights of the city and what it’s like being a Black woman in the area. Janelle lists some of her favorite
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