Travel Styles
In this segment, we cover people's favorite items to travel with, their best travel hacks, and stories from the road. Do you or someone you know have a couple cool pieces of gear they wouldn't leave on a trip without or want to share some travel hacks? Contact us for an opportunity to be featured.
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Taking a Belated Gap Year – With Mel McFarland and Sam Sparks
After building satisfying careers, Mel McFarland and Sam Sparks decided it was time to take their belated gap year. They strategically packed their bags, left their jobs, and traveled across the world while documenting their adventures.
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How To Earn an Income Remotely – With Kate Smith
Kate Smith booked a one-way ticket to Prague and never looked back. She’s been country-hopping and helping others find their passion and purpose ever since.
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Falling In Love With New Countries – With Brittney Martinson
Brittney Martinson has traveled to 40+ countries and continues to see both old and new destinations in different perspectives. Here she gives tips on traveling with eco-friendly women hygiene products and more.
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Wandering Around the World – With Shalee Wanders
Shalee Blackmer has traveled to 30+ countries, lived out of a van, and has even wrote a guide on how to camp with cats. She’s from the Great Lakes state but you can find her just about anywhere nowadays.
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Working Remotely While Hitting The Slopes of Mount Niseko Annupuri & More – With Daniel Sammut
Daniel Sammut is a Brand and Digital Product Designer based in Sydney, Australia. When he’s not crafting new brand identities, you can find him skiing the slopes of Japan and finding the next best spot to kick back and relax in Europe.
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An Inside Look at a Backpack Reviewer’s Favorite Gear and Travel Destinations – With Bo Ismono
Bo Ismono is a Film Editor and YouTube Backpack Reviewer. Here, he shares how the GORUCK GR0 started his backpack reviewing journey as well as his favorite travel destinations and more.
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Capturing Unique Views Around the World – With Taylor Gilmore
Taylor Gilmore is a Los Angeles based photographer traveling to far corners to capture unique views around the world. He utilizes both digital and film, while perfecting the art of wood working in his free time.
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How to Embrace Change & Find Balance While Traveling – With Kelsey Reinke
Kelsey Reinke has diligently practiced embracing change and finding balance in an on-the-go lifestyle. Here, she shares some tips on ditching the list ticking mentality and balancing personal wellness while traveling.
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How To Stay Inspired As a Professional Creative While Traveling – With Lauren Ronquillo
Lauren Ronquillo continues to find inspiration through traveling the world as a professional creative. While seeking beauty in the quiet moments, she takes time to find reminders that we are all interconnected.
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Empowering Change & Embracing New Cultures – With Natasha Brownlee
Natasha Brownlee has traveled the world to empower change, embrace new cultures and find adventure. Here, she shares some tips and her personal favorite travel items!
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How to Balance Health and Travel – With Hunter O’Brien
Hunter O’Brien travels the world while running his own business creating content for fitness publications, the fashion industry, and more. Here, he shares tips on mastering the art of staying healthy while on the road.
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The Endless Search For The World’s Highest Quality Tea – With Russell Smith
Russell Smith has been filling his passport in search of the best high quality tea. He’s cycled from Thailand to China and always travels with tea — always.
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Making the World Your Office – With Teri Potts
Teri Potts has made the world her office. After deciding a “proper” job wasn’t for her, she followed her passion to create her own travel agency, TL Travel, where she continues to follow and share her passion everyday.
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Traveling as a Minimalist by Bike – With Jessie Beck
Jessie Beck has called many countries home— stretching from San Francisco to Madagascar. She prefers to travel the world with her bike and is the founder of Eat Bike Travel.
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Making Music While Living Nomadic – With Becca Liebert
Becca Liebert has traveled from Brooklyn to Berlin and more in order to follow and rediscover her passions. While working remotely as a freelance graphic designer and art director, she also produces her own music.
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Jet-Setting – With Jackie Austin
Jackie Austin works for an airline during the daytime and flies to Paris on the weekends. She has mastered the art of standby flights, dodging tourist season and making the most of short travels.
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How to Travel Slow as a Photographer – With Laura Ivanova
Laura Ivanova is a wedding and portrait photographer who’s passport is always ready for new adventures. She enjoys finding time for slow travels around the globe in places such as Bali and Budapest.
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20+ Countries and Countless Photos – With Jessica Latone
Jessica Latone is a Toronto and Vancouver based photographer that’s learned a thing or two about travel on the road. She captures “lovely bits” from Iceland to Croatia & more.
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Part-Time Digital Nomads Natalie & Thomas
Natalie Avalos and Thomas Brown’s graphic design & computer programming skills enable them to work remotely and live as part-time digital nomads.
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Blending Work & Travel with Tara Lilly
Tara Lilly used to worry that she would have to give up traveling in pursuit of a career, but she’s figured out a great way to blend the two together.
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A Travel & Food Vlogger’s Tips for Solo Female Travel: TJ Lee (CupofTJ)
Solo female traveler and vlogger TJ Lee (CupofTJ) walks us through her favorite travel gear, tips & tricks, and her three favorite backpacks for travel.
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“Always A Friday” Share Their Travel Tips
Rebecca and Nathan of “Always A Friday” are two twenty-somethings from the UK who left their job last year and have been traveling the world ever since.
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Lessons Learned From 4 Months with 1 Pack: Matt Hayto
Matthew Hayto is a seasoned Product Manager and world traveler. He shares with us his top three travel items and ideas on how to do more with less.
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5 Travel-Friendly Creative Tools with Lauren Hom
Lauren Hom—a creative illustrator, letterer, and digital nomad—shares 5 travel-friendly creative tools she uses to keep creating while traveling.
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Touring Bluegrass Bass Player: Alastair Whitehead
Alastair—a laid-back bluegrass bass player—talks to us about his life on the road as a traveling musician that also carries fly fishing gear on the road.
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Taking 1.2 Flights Per Week with Tam Le
Tam is an expert when it comes to perpetual travel. She takes—on average—1.2 flights per week. Plus, she teaches us how cạo gió can cure a common cold.
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Jono Lee: Straightforward Advice on Gear & Travel Apps
Jono Lee still lives his life on the road after one year with Remote Year. Here, he shares his straightforward advice on gear, apps, and travel gotchas.
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Roxanne Ravago: Living Worldly Mini-Lives
Roxanne Ravago’s life is always a work in progress, but she shares a snapshot of the principles she uses to guide her life, travel, and digital nomadism.
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Jon Massmann: Traveling Light as a Meditator and Teacher
A meditator & teacher shares his best travel gear including the Peak Design Everyday Backpack and a guitalele his travel friends carve their names into.
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Katherine Conaway: A Digital Nomad with 6 Years on the Road
Who would have thought a bathrobe would be a top item for a traveler of 6 years? Katherine Conway shares her top travel tips & tricks with us.
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Shayla Christine: A Full-Time Traveler of 2+ Years
Shayla Christine, a long-term traveler of 2 years, shares her travel tips and tricks in video format for this week’s Travel Styles segment.
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Tiago Almeida: Living Life Out of One Bag
Tiago Almeida, a front-end developer working on a product that he loves while traveling the world shares his travel tips and strategy for one bag travel.
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Heidi & John Hakala: Nomadic Trailer Travelers
Heidi & John Hakala are a husband & wife writer, blogger, and full-time adventurer team. They share their favorite travel gear and tips with us.
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Phil Oliver: Jeep Driving Drifter & Zen Photographer
Phil’s love of travel began with annual family vacations and since then, it has taken him far and wide. His tips are great for well-experienced travelers.
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Samantha Schaible: Country-Hopping Digital Nomad
At age 25, Samantha decided to break the monotony of her routine and explore the world. She shares her favorite gear and travel tips in this interview.
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Dan Taylr: Eco-Conscious Industrial Designer
Traveling through Southeast Asia and avoiding typical tourist destinations, Dan Taylr walks us through his favorite gear and some travel tips.
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Frances Beatty: Wanderer & Wedding Photographer
Frances Beatty shares her favorite travel tips with us including how she chooses travel camera gear—plus—a nice tip to brighten the day of airline staff.
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Francis Villanueva: Engineer & Gadget Minimalist
Minimalist travel tips, USB-based gadget charging, and a strategy for warming up a cold airplane-food-bread-roll at 40,000 feet with Francis Villanueva.
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Jesi Hoolihan: Business Trip Titan
A manager who travels for work more than half the year, Jesi shares her tips on staying balanced and looking sharp while on the move (plus her favorite travel item that always saves the day before a big meeting).
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How a UX Director Travels: Sasha Tsimbler
Sasha Tsimbler, a UX director shares his top travel items with us, as well as a couple tips he’s picked up along his travels in this week’s Travel Styles.