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 Under30Experiences 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: 
-Over30Experiences launch! Group travel in your 30s and 40s!
-Digital Nomad Trips! 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 
 - 🧳Away Luggage
 - 🎒Osprey Backpacks
 - 🎿Backcountry
 - 🌋Cotopaxi
 - 🧗🏼‍♂️REI 
 - 💚Under30Experiences 

- The Points Guy did a roundup of the Best Black Friday Flight Deals
 - 🍀@aerlingus
 - 🍁@aircanada
 - 🇵🇫@airtahitinui
 - 🐻@alaskaair
 - 🇺🇸@americanair
 - 🇭🇰@cathaypacific
 - 🇪🇸@iberia
 - 🇮🇸@icelandair
 - 💙@jetblue
 - 🇶🇦@qatarairways

- The Millennial Travel Guidebook: Escape More, Spend Less, & Make Travel a Priority is on sale for just 99 cents on Amazon!

- The travel restrictions have been lifted across Latin America
 - Peru
 - Ecuador
 - Guatemala
  - They all had testing or vaccine requirements and that was hurting the travel industry big time. 
  - Lots of friends
  - We're thrilled to get to be back at places like Cusco, Machu Picchu, Galapagos, Quito, Tikal

- Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2023 is out...
- 🏆The winners across 5 categories are: 
- 🍝Eat: Lima, Peru, Umbria, Italy, Fukuoka, Japan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Montevideo, Uruguay, & South Africa
- 🥾Journey: Nova Scotia, Canada, Bhutan, Parques Nacionales Naturales, Colombia, Istanbul to Sofia Train, Western Australia, & Zambia. 
- 🫂Connect: Accra, Ghana, Albania, Sydney, Australia, Guyana, Boise, USA, & Alaska, USA. 
- 📚Learn: New Mexico, USA, El Salvador, Dresden, Germany, Marseille, France, Manchester, United Kingdom, & Southern Scotland. 
- 🏖Unwind: Dominica, Halkidiki, Greece, Jamaica, Jordan, Malta, & Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

-  Less than 6 months until Real ID Requirements start for air travel in the USA!