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What is Egypt’s local currency and what is it really worth compared to foreign currencies like the US Dollar, Euro, or British Pound? What’s a fair price to pay for various products and services in Egypt? How much cash should you bring to Egypt
Blindly following ChatGPT and new travel planning tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) might be ok for travel in places like North America and Western Europe, but this tactic can cause you to run into some big trouble on the ground in pl
An announcement of the new video podcast episode that’s all about the latest updates on the Grand Egyptian Museum. The full video episode can be found at: https://YouTube.com/@TheEgyptTravelChannel And make sure you subscribe to this new YouTub
Prolific travel writer and globetrotter, Whitney O’Halek of www.QuickWhitTravel.com, and I sit down over lunch in Luxor to chat about her impressions of Egypt before and during her extensive first trip around the country with her husband, Steve
Ashely and her father just finished spending over 3 weeks in Egypt exploring nearly every corner of the country together. In this super detailed guest interview episode, Ashley talks about her pre-trip research and planning, their impressions o
Did you know that “Egypt” wasn’t the real name of this country in ancient times, and it still isn’t even in modern times? Nope, that’s one of the many misconceptions about the country we call Egypt today (Can a country actually catfish people?)
No one in the West has quite the iconic stature that singer Umm Kulthum has across the Arab World. To compare her to only one of the most famous Western singers in history is to drastically underestimate her star power both in the past and in t
On the heels of Egypt’s latest globally televised cultural spectacle in Luxor for the opening of the Avenue of the Sphinxes, John dives into the history and significance of Egypt’s newest open-air monument to re-pen to the public. For more trav
In a departure from travel advice, John shares the history of the Rosetta Stone and story of the talented linguist whose rare genius was finally able to decipher the mysterious language of ancient Egypt via the clues embedded within the Rosetta
John’s analyzes the latest drip of reliable intel regarding a possible precise opening date for the Grand Egyptian Museum, plus he shares a private, password-protected link to our professional Arabic-to-English translation of the actual intervi
John reviews some common pitfalls in Egypt trip planning and discusses what a realistic itinerary draft incorporating some of Egypt’s top sites and cities – and one that won’t drain you to the point of exhaustion – will look like. Please feel w
In this latest episode – and first video episode – of the Egypt Travel Podcast, John updates viewers on this latest trip back to Egypt post-pandemic in June and July of 2021, talks about new infrastructure projects in Cairo and Giza and restaur
Happy Ramadan, all!! Traveling to Egypt during Ramadan requires a few logistical changes, but offers a unique experience that you won’t encounter any other time of year. In this episode, John talks about what Ramadan is all about, what changes
Another timely update on what it’s like to travel to Egypt as a tourist on the tail end of the Covid pandemic as global travel is finally opening back up. John interviews Egypt Elite client Braden, who just returned from a long-delayed trip to
Note: This episode was recorded on April 2nd about a live event on April 3rd. A quick timely update on an historic event scheduled for today, April 3rd, 2021 at 6pm local Cairo time. Listen to this quick update episode ASAP to get the details o
Continuing the journey around Egypt that we started in part 1 of this episode, we pick up in Luxor and switch from ancient sites to fun things to do here. Then we head over to the Red Sea continuing on the same topic, then make our way over to
As travel resumes and picks up again, Egypt is unveiling lots of new attractions that will be new even to those who have visited Egypt before. Even without these new openings (which include several new museums and lots of new infrastructure), t
Get ready! John takes you through what to expect when planning post-Covid travel to Egypt, including warnings about insanely overpriced branded trips, what those trip should really cost, and how to take advantage of the post-pandemic travel dow
Egypt historically has experienced a major shock to its economy and its tourism industry about every 10 years for the past half-century or so, so Egyptians are used to dealing with – and bouncing back from – a crisis, and Covid-19 is no excepti
John sits down with Egyptian photographer Ahmed Wahba to talk about some of his favorite unspoiled and emerging places to visit in Egypt, including the North Coast, Marsa Alam, Soma Bay, and the White Desert. Ahmed’s amazing photography showcas
In this long-awaited episode all about the Grand Egyptian Museum, which includes a few surprises, John covers the history of this monumental project and then carefully and thoroughly dissects the latest information about the new museum’s expect
A brief new episode to update listeners on a few important topics related to travel to Egypt and our ongoing efforts to support special projects in Egypt. Please feel welcome to reach out to me at [email protected] for help planning your trip
This is a very special episode of the Egypt Travel Podcast in which we’re launching a fundraising campaign to help support a remarkable program for blind girls and young women in Egypt. Go to www.EgyptTravelBlog.com/LightAndHope to learn more a
This 15th episode was originally released on July 7th of 2019. However, since the hotel scene in Egypt has changed so much since then, the recommendations that were in this old episode have been updated several times since its original release.
Many people rely on Trip Advisor for doing their due diligence before a big international trip. While it may be fantastic for many other destinations, Trip Advisor is notoriously horrendous for planning travel to and around Egypt. In this episo
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