MTP8: Creating a Life to Travel More, Spend Less, & Be More Adventurous w/ Matt Wilson
Release Date: 09/22/2020
This Week in Travel News 1: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Real ID, Best in Travel 2023
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This Week in Travel News episode 1 on The Millennial Travel Podcast with Matt Wilson: Happy Cyber Week Millennial Travel Podcast listeners! A big part of my job as CEO of is reading the travel news and analyzing where the industry is going, so I'm here to bring you all the top stories. Updates from Under30Experiences: - launch! Group travel in your 30s and 40s! -! 2-4 week co-working adventures. Let's kick it off with Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals... - Afar Media had Your Ultimate Guide to Black Friday and Cyber Monday Travel Deals - 🇮🇸 Iceland’s Play Airlines ...
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MTP30: From Brooklyn to Haiti to 57 Countries with Dr. Anne Desrosiers
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Dr. Anne Desrosiers is an entrepreneur, educator, and philanthropist from Brooklyn, New York. Anne is someone who I'm lucky enough to call a friend. She is an OG Under30Experiences traveler who I got to know on our trip to Iceland. Anne is Chief Experiences Officer at . She writes a fantastic blog and always keeps it real with her readers... the true Brooklyn way! She is founder of The World is Your Oyster, TWIYO's (pronounced Twee-yo) mission is to inform and transform urban youth into cognizant and adept leaders of tomorrow through distinct cultural, service, and...
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MTP29: Plus-size Travel with Blogger Jeff Jenkins of Chubby Diaries
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Jeff Jenkins is an award-winning content creator and travel journalist, also Founder of Chubby Diaries and Co-founder of Black Travel Alliance, and has sat on The Points Guy Advisory Panel. He has created a community that encourages and motivates plus-size people to travel the world. Jeff is helping plus-size people and Black people feel represented in the travel industry. In this episode, we talk about his blog, Chubby Diaries, and his three pillars of inclusion including accessibility, comfort, and community. Jeff talks about how important it is to see people like himself traveling, in order...
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MTP28: Travel with Meaning with Mike Schibel of the Travel with Meaning Podcast
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Mike Schibel was born and raised in Pacific Palisades, California, and was exposed to stunning travel destinations from my crib! When he was five, his Grandparents gushed about a recent trip to Egypt and after seeing those Pyramids, he knew I had to travel! As a Junior at the University of Arizona, Mike was ready for something new. He spent a semester abroad in London, exploring Europe, Scandinavia, and North Africa. Mike stepped way outside my comfort zone and tried new things. All roads led back to LA and the Entertainment industry post-college. For a decade, he...
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MTP27: Explore US National Parks and Find Your Zen with Under30Experiences Trip Leader Jill Johnson
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Jill 8pK9nwhyuxDlKt6VsA47Johnson grew up in North Jersey and began camping with her parents before she could walk. After receiving her Master’s in Special Education she moved to California and explored all it has to offer: deserts, sequoias, mountains, beaches, valleys, and SUNSETS. Jill has since backpacked Central America and the Pacific Northwest along with various other national parks. If you don’t find her in the forest she will likely be swimming in the ocean, stretched on a yoga mat, or snuggling with her own, or random strangers’ dogs. She is always ready for the next...
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MTP26: Take Happier Vacations with Scott Keyes of Scott's Cheap Flights
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Scott Keyes is a two time Millennial Travel Podcast guest and needs no introduction as the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights. Today, he comes back to chat about his new book Take More Vacations: How to Search Better, Book Cheaper, and Travel the World. In case you don’t know Scott… Scott Keyes is the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights, a travel platform with over two million members around the world. It’s been called “the travel world’s best-kept secret” by Thrillist and received praise in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. Prior to becoming a...
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MTP25: How to Move Abroad with David McNeill of Expat Empire
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David McNeill is the founder of Expat Empire. He is focused on inspiring people to move abroad and showing them how to do it. In addition to producing books, podcasts, blog posts, meetup events, and more, Expat Empire offers personalized consulting services to give everyone the opportunity to achieve their international dreams. David started Expat Empire because he has a genuine passion for living abroad. He left the United States in 2014 and has since lived in Tokyo, Berlin, and Porto. In this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast I discuss with David McNeill: How he found his first job...
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MTP24: Solo Travel Guide to Asia
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Matt Wilson is Co-founder and CEO of Under30Experiences, and the author of . Today Matt shares his experience traveling the world for the last decade in MTP24: Solo Travel Guide to Asia. Read the full article: https://www.under30experiences.com/blog/solo-travel-destinations-in-asia Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @
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MTP23: Solo Travel Guide to Europe
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Matt Wilson is Co-founder and CEO of Under30Experiences, and the author of . Today Matt shares his experience traveling the world for the last decade in MTP23: Solo Travel Guide to Europe. Read the full article: Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @
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MTP22: South America Travel Guide
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Matt Wilson is Co-founder and CEO of Under30Experiences, and the author of The Millennial Travel Guidebook. Today Matt shares his experience traveling the world for the lsat decaide in MTP22: Solo Travel Destinations in South America. Read the full article: https://www.under30experiences.com/blog/solo-travel-destinations-in-south-america Reach out to Matt on Instagram: @mattwilsontv
info_outlineMatt Wilson is Co-founder and CEO of the travel company for people ages 21-35 Under30Experiences, and author of The Millennial Travel Guidebook. Under30Experiences has been named number 801 on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America and number 198 on Financial Times 1000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Companies.
Matt was formerly the co-founder of the media site Under30CEO (Acquired 2016) and is the Host of the Live Different Podcast on business, travel, health, and performance. He has interviewed everyone from NBA Legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar to the President of Starbucks. Matt's writing is published in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and The Huffington Post, and he is part of the invite-only Young Entrepreneurs' Council (YEC) comprised of the world's most successful entrepreneurs 40 and younger.
Matt is a shareholder of the Green Bay Packers. He hosts yoga and fitness retreats in his free time and his personal mission is to help people live more adventurous lives.
In today’s episode we turn the tables and James Boobar of Alitpassage interviews Matt to talk about The Millennial Travel Guidebook.
Discussed in this episode of The Millennial Travel Podcast:
- The future of travel and Under30Experiences during COVID-19
- How Elon Musk’s gigafactory will affect Austin, Texas
- Transitioning from New York to Costa Rica and Turkey where both Matt and James lived as expats
- How Under30Experiences started in Iceland
- How travel gives people a better understanding of what they want in life
- How the Millennial Travel Guidebook is more about life, making sure peoples dreams do not get “deferred”
- How people can get over their fear of traveling and have difficult conversations with loved ones
- How globalization affects the travel experience, and why you may want to consider seeing experiences outside what you can find at home.
- Why to stop being busy and start living!
You can find all the links and show notes on millennialtravelpodcast.com
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