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237 Being a Tourist at Home with Jenny Herbert

237 Being a Tourist at Home with Jenny Herbert

FromThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast


237 Being a Tourist at Home with Jenny Herbert

FromThe Thoughtful Travel Podcast

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
May 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

You know I'm all about travelling more thoughtfully and purposefully - and you might find it strange that I'm talking in Episode 237 with the author of a book about *not* travelling!
Jenny Herbert's book "The Art of Being a Tourist at Home" is, as the title suggests, about how to get that travel feeling, and many of the benefits of travel, without straying far from your home turf, and certainly without hopping on a plane or landing on the doorstep of a community overcrowded by other tourists. I agree with her premises for not travelling, although I do think there is still an important role for thoughtful travel even in a world fighting climate change and pandemics.
In this interview with Jenny, we talk about some of her tips for gaining the benefits of travel in your hometown, when it might be okay to travel, how wonderful walking can be for getting some of the "travel feeling", whether you need to immerse yourself in a foreign culture to grow and how to carve out time for staycation-style travel.
Links:

Jenny Herbert’s book The Art of Being a Tourist at Home - https://amzn.to/3tcXnfX 
Ep 220 How Travel Really Helps Us Understand the World - https://notaballerina.com/220
Ep 140 Being a Thoughtful Traveller in Denmark: Pre-Trip Thoughts - https://notaballerina.com/140
Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/237
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Released:
May 3, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.