Traveling Today: What You Should Know
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Aired on May 16, 2022
Today, Tim talks about the things we should know about traveling today, especially, if we plan to travel for extended periods of time. As Tim says, “we can’t just wing it anymore.”
Making Up for Lost Time
[02:54]
Tim is trying to make up for the last time he went to South America. He will be going to multiple continents later this year. Traveling to Southeast Asia is still a big development for him because the whole continent is closed. He wants to go to SEA because it is a budget travel paradise. Even though it is still COVID-19, people can go out again. People are starting to make up for the lost time and taking the money they saved and using it for experiences.
Travel Insurance
[04:05]
Tim says that we used to be able to just hop on a plane with a passport and go. Now, you got more paperwork to deal with and forms you have to upload and maybe vaccination proof and test. One thing that’s changed his mind that might require more money is you might have to have travel insurance to even get into the country. It usually includes flight cancellation insurance or if your luggage gets lost on top of all the medical. Some countries require it because of the medical aspects. If you don’t have an expat policy, you’re going to need to pick up travel insurance and pay attention to the minimum coverage that you need from a medical standpoint.
The Travel Writers
[05:26]
Last year was a feast and famine for a lot of people. From a destination side that places people could road trip to in the US, some of them had a record year last year during this pandemic. People were looking for places they could drive to, where they could stay in their bubble, and places where they could be outside. The destinations that offered benefited, and then at the same time, travel writers who focused on domestic travel and road trips and outdoor activities did much better than those who were mostly writing about international travel.
Traveling for an Extended Period of Time
[06:49]
Tim’s pandemic project was his second edition of A Better Life for half the price. Nobody was going anywhere. Tim did a lot of interviews with expats and put that out at the end of 2021. One thing that’s changed during that a lot more people have remote jobs than there used to be, including corporate jobs where people used to commute to an office. Now, more of those are remote. Tim says that they should be because maybe you come in once a quarter and everybody meets, but you don’t need to be together.
Tim’s Soul Country
[13:56]
Tim loves Mexico because he has a house there, and he spends a lot of his time there. He has been to Peru five times and would come back in a heartbeat. Choosing between the two has always been hard for him because he constantly comes to new places. He says that it’s always hard to answer, and different places have different things to love. If you’re a beach person, that’s different from if you’re a mountain person.
A Drink with Leonardo da Vinci
[15:15]
More about Tim Leffel
Tim Leffel is the editor of Perceptive Travel’s narrative web publication, named “best online travel magazine” by the North American Travel Journalists Association and “best travel blog” by SATW. He has contributed to more than 50 publications as a freelancer and runs five online travel magazines and blogs as an editor/publisher. Tim has just launched the NOMADICO newsletter with Kevin Kelly of Wire Magazine.
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