It's the last episode of season 2! To wrap up a great season we sat down in the studio with our contributor and shoestring traveller Abbey Christensen to talk about travelling on a budget. Abbey has just travelled through Portugal, Spain, Franc

Not Such a Lonely Planet

Aug 26th, 2019 25m 8s

This podcast is dedicated to the Lonely Planet, without which, the road of travelling off the beaten track would have never been paved.Pauli and Rhiannon met on the corner of Huntington Beach Rd in California, when they were in their early twe

Expat Life: Moving to NZ from Argentina

Aug 12th, 2019 34m 44s

This week we're talking to Emiliano about his spontaneous decision to move to New Zealand from his home country of Argentina. From not knowing where New Zealand was or knowing what a hostel was to travelling through Asia and moving his entire l

Film Travel: Exploring "Call Me By Your Name" in Northern Italy

Jul 29th, 2019 25m 22s

Have you ever watched a film so beautiful it made you want to book flights to that place immediately? For Mitch that film was Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino's 2017 coming-of-age drama set in northern Italy. After painstaking research, Mi

Road Tripping Europe in a Van

Jul 15th, 2019 31m 47s

Summer is in full swing and what better way to spend it than a road trip - whether it's California in a convertible, south east Asia on a motorbike or Europe in a van. This week we're talking to our contributor Ellyse who is currently travel

Travel for Wellness: Yoga Retreats, Travel after Redundancy and Travelling with Anxiety

Jul 1st, 2019 26m 30s

Ever found yourself lost in life? Suddenly after a job ends unexpectedly, or as a result of a break up, you simply don't know what to do next. It's not uncommon, and in fact many people find travelling aimlessly for a while can recharge the bat

Cultural Travel

Jun 17th, 2019 27m 7s

For those of us who travel, experiencing the local culture of a place is what appeals most. As the European Summer rolls in, so does the festival season. There's pretty much a festival for whatever happens to be your passion - whether it's a Go

Transformative Travel

Jun 3rd, 2019 17m 50s

Travelling is something that can take you on a journey and change your perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, of yourself and the world we live in. Many people start as one person and become another as they move from a high school or university gr

Student Exchange Life in Adelaide

May 13th, 2019 23m 45s

For our last Travltalking episode of the season we'll be hearing from Arianna, a Brit on a student exchange at the University of Adelaide. Hear what exchange life is like, her criteria for picking a place to study and her tips if you're interes

Alternative Travel - How to Get Off the Beaten Track

Apr 28th, 2019 21m 41s

A true traveller loves to get off the beaten track. In this episode we hear Rhiannon's account of being among the last to sneak in to the Buzludzha Monument - also know as the UFO - near Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.Yet a place doesn't have to b

Tips for a trip Down Under and Travelling in the EU Post Brexit

Apr 22nd, 2019 23m 49s

Have you always dreamed of a trip Down Under, but wondered the key things you need to know? Like - can you go to Ramsay St. Does it really exist? And how can you do the Blue Mountains in a day and see all the best views?In our first segment, w

Expat Life in Vietnam

Apr 7th, 2019 32m 4s

Ever considered packing everything up and starting life afresh in a new foreign country?Could you hack the culture shock and would you miss home?Find out what it's really like when Rhiannon muses on her own experiences living in Poland and In

How to Turn Travel in to Your Job

Feb 25th, 2019 25m 8s

Ever wondered how you could get paid to travel? Well there's so many ways you can...Find out from Gene, originally from LA, California who built and opened a hostel in Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, and a travel nanny from Australia, Ellyse who gets p

What It's Really Like to Travel Solo

Feb 14th, 2019 29m 32s

This Valentine's Day we are releasing a special Travltalking podcast episode to celebrate the solo traveller!Who needs a date when you've got the world as a travel partner!?We challenge the misconceptions about solo travel - that you'll get l

Moving to London

Feb 11th, 2019 29m 29s

How does it really stack up to move your life from New Zealand or Australia to London, as a professional? Is it easy, what do you need to know before you come and can anyone do it?We hear from Shiv, who left his job at Deloitte behind to try h

Go Your Own Way

Feb 1st, 2019 26m 22s

Welcome to Travltalking, hosted by Rhiannon Monks, the official podcast of Travltalk.Each week we'll be exploring the different sides of alternative travel from those who have been there and lived to tell the tale. In our first episode we are