The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is a society podcast hosted by Amanda Kendle, with 427 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Amanda Kendle hosts The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, a society show with 427 episodes published.

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  400 Forty Questions for Four Hundred Episodes

  Aug 13, 202638 min

  Episode 400 ... what?! Back in 2016, I certainly didn't imagine I'd reach Episode 400, and yet, here we are. It seemed something to celebrate so I asked my dear friend Sasha Wasley along to ask me 40 questions for 400 episodes (aren't you all lucky I didn't opt for 400 questions?!). It was a great chat covering a whole variety of thoughtful travel topics and we laughed a lot, too. Enjoy! Links: Sasha Wasley’s website -  https://sashawasley.com/ Sasha's newest novel - The Society of Literary Marauders - https://amzn.to/4wWEejX   Sasha's books for younger readers, under Ash Harrier - https://ashharrier.com/   Ten Year Anniversary episode - notaballerina.com/387   Paul Theroux interview in Episode 214 -  notaballerina.com/214   Other interviews with me - Episode 90 notaballerina.com/90, Episode 100 notaballerina.com/100 and Episode 240 notaballerina.com/240  Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com   Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/400 *Full disclosure: Amazon Services LLC Associates Program NotABallerina.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  399 Impacts of Childhood Travel

  Aug 4, 202623 min

  For those of us with the great fortune of being taken travelling in our childhood, I'm certain that there are many ways this impacts our lives - changing our mindset and exposing us to so many new ideas, cultures, languages and people. In this episode, three guests concur: starting with James Wild, who tells the story of his first safari in Africa as a teenager. Tim Geisler then shares the experiences of his childhood growing up across several countries, and the long-lasting impact of these moves. Finally, Theodora Chatzipavlidis explains her gratitude to her parents for taking she and her four siblings travelling frequently and muses on the effect this has had on her career and life choices. Links: James Ward - Rewild Safaris -  https://rewildsafaris.com/   Tim Geisler - Nautilus Sailing - https://www.nautilussailing.com/   Theodora Chatzipavlidis’s app Velout - https://www.velout.app   Episode 94 How Travel Changes Kids - notaballerina.com/94 Episode 275 Kids Are Shaped By Travel - notaballerina.com/275   Van Life Diaries series - notaballerina.com/vanlife   Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com   Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/399 Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Book Club 26: Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

  Jul 31, 202642 min

  This special episode is the audio of the livestream of the July 2026 meeting of the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, chatting about book "Travels with Charley" by John Steinbeck - https://amzn.to/4sGQFOu   If you'd like to join the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, sign up for our updates at https://thoughtfultravellersbookclub.substack.com/ You can also read more about it at  https://notaballerina.com/bookclub,  and you can keep up with all the thoughts about our current books in the Thoughtful Travellers Facebook Group at https://facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers   *Full disclosure: Amazon Services LLC Associates Program NotABallerina.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  398 Conservation and Tourism

  Jul 28, 202622 min

  We all want the places we visit to exist for longer than our lifetime (and hopefully MUCH longer) - right? Conservation in the travel space can mean a bunch of things, and the three guests in this episode each have a story to share about their own connections between conservation and tourism. First up, I chat with James Ward of Rewild Safaris, who has had many years of experiencing planning and running safari trips that have a conservation focus. Next, writer Joshua Zukas has a tale to tell of a recent conservation meets tourism success in Vietnam. Finally, Russell True speaks to the issue of historical and cultural heritage when he talks about the preservation of dude ranches in the United States. Links: Episode 298 on Conservation Travel - https://notaballerina.com/298 James Ward - Rewild Safaris -  https://rewildsafaris.com/   Joshua Zukas - https://www.joshuazukas.com/   Russell True - True Ranch Collection - https://trueranchcollection.com/   Ranch Preservation Foundation - https://www.ranchpreservationfoundation.org/   Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com   Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/398 Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  396 Spending A Year Abroad

  Jul 15, 202622 min

  If you have the opportunity to spend an extended time travelling - like an entire year - I say, grab it! In this episode I chat with three people who’ve had the good fortune to stay away from home for a year, for very different reasons and in many varied parts of the world - what they have in common is that these experiences were very impactful and meaningful. I chat first with Riana Ann-Canning who explained the first time she spent an extended period living abroad, on a youth mobility visa in the Czech Republic. Next, Amy Willis describes a fascinating year on a digital nomad program which saw her move countries each month. Finally, Jonty Crane tells me about his year spent volunteering in the little-touristed nation of Timor-Leste.  Links: Riana Ang-Canning - https://teaspoonofadventure.com/ Amy Willis from Ker & Downey https://kerdowney.com/ Amy's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amynwillis/   Jonty Crane - https://jontytravels.com/ Exploring Timor - https://www.exploringtimor.com/   Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com   Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/396 Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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