That's the Ticket!

In this episode we talk about 5 things we learned from travel about people and culture, and about ourselves. What can you learn when you get out of your own bubble and meet other people from different bubbles? Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

We are really feeling the love for animals in this episode! Nate from the website, blog, and podcast “2 Traveling Dogs” joins us to tell us all about the adventures that he, Rachael, and their 2 dogs Peanut Butter Brickle and Digby Pancake take in their RV. In this episode, he tells us about where they are in the world right now and how they're surviving the pandemic, what Brickle and Digby's personalities are like, and why rescuing dogs is the most rewarding way to bring a dog into your life.  Find all things 2 Traveling Dogs at their website. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Ray Blakney is probably like every other award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey and lives in Mexico that you know. When he is not travelling, he bootstraps 6 and 7-figure online businesses. Most of this was done from home in his superman pajamas. In this episode Vanessa and Rinat gather with Ray for an energetic talk. Ray Blakney can be found at livelingua.com and podcasthawk.com Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Ever thought of using house sitting, or pet sitting, to increase your travel budget? Sam and Veren from the podcast and website Alternative Travelers found a creative way to travel. They travel to places where they find (online of course) people who need house sitting. It requires some preparation, but also flexibility, and a love for animals. They're going to tell us all about it! (Plus, they give us their best travel tips for vegans!) Find Sam and Veren and their great podcast and blog at https://www.alternativetravelers.com/ Make sure to also check out their books! Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser.   Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Tattoos from Italy, parts of the wall from Berlin and toilet paper from Vegas, these are the kind of souvenirs that we and our guests have brought home from our travels. Every souvenir brings with it its own unique memories and feelings that will stay with us after we get back home. (Yes, even that toilet paper from Vegas!)  Find our friends featured in this episode! Drive With Us Podcast by Bhavneet and Taranjit Flying Smarter Podcast by Andrew  Not Another X-Files Podcast Podcast by Carolyn and Vanessa Wayward Pineapple Creations by Julia (crochet) You Globe Girl Podcast by Ro and Sara What kind of memories do you take home with you when you travel? Tell us at our social media links below! Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Our friends Emily and Kelley from the podcast Wining About Herstory are continuing the story of Juliane Koepcke with us in this episode. Juliane fell 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) from the sky when LANSA flight 508 literally fell apart in 1971 over the Peruvian rainforest. In the second part of her story, Emily and Kelley tell us about her incredible survival and how she lived to tell the tale, write a book, earn her PhD, and study mammalogy. Her story is inspiring, fascinating, and truly a miracle. Find part 1 here! Find all things Wining About Herstory at their website. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

In this two-parter episode, Vanessa and Rinat welcome their friends Emily and Kelley from the podcast "Wining About Herstory" to tell us about Juliane Koepcke and her harrowing but inspiring story of survival in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest after the LANSA flight 508 plane crash. Just imagine you've crashed in the rainforest after plummeting 3,000 meters from the sky, you have no food, and you've lost your glasses. (Plus, Rinat gets a lesson about fruitcakes!) Just wait until you hear what Juliane Koepcke did, and tune in for our next episode in 2 weeks to hear the rest of the story! Find part 2 here! Find all things Wining About Herstory at their website. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Our podcaster friends Cassie, Cyndi, Heidi, and Meg are back to tell us more about their travels! This time, we hear about their travel philosophies and why they think travel has value for them. Plus, we share our own thoughts and stories on the same themes. Find our podcaster friends and their projects! Cassie's Podcast: Podtrificus Totalus Cyndi's Podcast: Demiworld Heidi's Podcast: Vibrant Visionairies Meg's Projects: Indoorswomen Podcast, Pod Appetit, and Red Tea (book) Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

What is it like to be caught in Japan during a typhoon? Or maybe to take a ride with a Tuk-Tuk and be dropped off in the middle of the highway? Or just walk in a dark alley in Latvia? In part 1 of this episode, our podcaster friends Meg, Heidi, Cassie and Cyndi tell some frightening stories from their travels - and also a funny one (wait till the end!) In our next episode (Part 2) they will tell us more about their travel philosophies and what is the value of travel for them, so stay tuned! Find our podcaster friends and their projects! Cassie's Podcast: Podtrificus Totalus Cyndi's Podcast: Demiworld Heidi's Podcast: Vibrant Visionairies Meg's Projects: Indoorswomen Podcast, Pod Appetit, and Red Tea (book) Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Vanessa and Rinat take a short trip to the future in this episode, not before talking a little bit about our current and recent travel (Vanessa is talking with us from Ottawa!). We talk about what the future of travel will bring, in the short term and in the long term. We are curious about how airports and flights are going to change, but we also imagine some exciting changes in technology. Check out the resources we mentioned in this article: 11 Ways the Pandemic Will Change Travel iTranslate app The Future of Business Travel After COVID-19 Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

This time, we're continuing our conversation with Zack Giffin from “Tiny House Nation” (on Netflix and FYI). We pick up where we left off and focus on Zack's worldwide travels for skiing and other projects, as well as what spurred him to live a minimalist life and seize every moment and every day. You'll also hear a little bit about the little community Zack and Vanessa grew up in as neighbours! Check out the resources we mentioned in this episode: Tiny House Nation on FYI Network Tiny House Nation on Netflix Zack's website Zack Rabbit Tool Company Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

We enjoyed having Zack Giffin on the podcast for part 1 of a small talk on small houses (or - “Tiny Houses”). You may know Zack from “Tiny House Nation” on Netflix, as he is one of the co-hosts of the show! And he is “kind of a big deal” in the tiny house world. We talked with Zack about minimalism, about the needed change in housing as society makes a shift away from the conventional nuclear family structure, and about choosing experiences over possessions. Zack also tells us about his personal choice of living in a tiny house to be able to ski almost full time. Can you imagine packing all that you own into a tiny house on wheels and turning your life into every skier's dream?  Please excuse any audio flubs in this remotely recorded interview. Check out the resources we mentioned in this episode: Drop City, Colorado Mount Hermon, Israel Tiny House Nation on FYI Network Tiny House Nation on Netflix Zack's website Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

We're back with a second episode to talk about gamification and travel with Yu-Kai Chou. This time, we have a question from a listener, Paul from Edmonton, who is a camp guide in Canada. Yu-Kai suggests a fun way to gamify activities for him. More for grown ups, we also discuss with Yu-Kai how to use gamification to overcome hesitancy when trying new things when we travel. And finally (make sure to listen for this one!) Yu-Kai tells us how he gamifies his own life and gives us a recipe that you can use to gamify your own! Enjoy. Please excuse any audio flubs in this remotely recorded interview. Check out the resources we mentioned in this episode: Geocaching Lifestyle Gamification by Yu-Kai Chou Octalysis Framework Yu-Kai's TED Talk (“Gamification to Improve Our World,” 2014) Yu-Kai's Website Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Yu-Kai Chou is a renowned figure in gamification and we're excited to have him on our podcast. We talk about the core drives that are the basis for what makes games fun for us and how these core drives are related to travel. It turns out, these drives are prebuilt in travel and you can use your awareness of them to gamify your travel! We cover road trips, hiking, and other types of travel and how to make them more fun. This is part 1 of our interview with Yu-Kai and part 2 will be released for our next episode. Please excuse any audio flubs in this remotely recorded interview. Check out the resources we mentioned in this episode: Yu-Kai's TED Talk (“Gamification to Improve Our World,” 2014) Octalysis Framework Yu-Kai's Website Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (book) Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Alyssa Greene, a therapist and a blogger, joins us on our podcast for an intimate talk about core values and how you can plan your travel according to your values. We talk about identifying your values, what you can do when you travel to practice them, and how this can help you build your self esteem and confidence. Alyssa also shares with us her own stressful experience at Charles De Gaulle airport as evidence for travel being a confidence booster. We enjoyed our talk with Alyssa and we hope you'll enjoy it too! Find Alyssa's blog posts on Dame Traveler. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Instagram.  Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website at www.thatstheticketpod.com Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

In this episode, you can get to know your hosts a little! Vanessa and Rinat introduce themselves, where they are from, and where they have traveled, but most importantly - they tell us why they are doing this podcast and what travel means for them. Plus, three guest podcasters quickly tell us their perspectives on the meaning and value of travel in their lives.    Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

In this episode, we (Rinat and Vanessa) have a discussion with Ted, Vanessa's co-host on The Multipod - a podcast for people who are multipotentialites. We talk about how we can travel when we are tied to our homes. Ted has been travelling for a few years now from home using Google Earth because he has two small children and he and his wife cannot travel with them in the same way they traveled before - with backpacking and road trips. Ted also tells us his travel history and his days as a tour guide in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, a few hours down the highway from us in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; which gave him the idea to potentially turn his Google Earth travelling hobby into virtual guided tours. We enjoyed our conversation and wanted to share it with you. Enjoy listening!   We mentioned some ideas for travelling from home. If you'd like to check out more ideas you can go to: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/101-ways-to-travel-without-leaving-your-house https://www.travelzoo.com/ca/blog/how-to-travel-without-leaving-home/ https://thepointsguy.com/guide/travel-from-home-virtual-experiences/ Check out The Multipod at https://theputtytribe.com/themultipod/   Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Martin Kerr is a musician and singer living in Edmonton, Alberta - the same location as co-hosts Rinat and Vanessa! We watched Martin's live stream concert during COVID-19 and we were inspired to have him on the podcast for an interview. We were curious to know how he continues to perform and write music during the quarantine and what inspired him to have an online live show. Plus, he tells us how he came up with his "Isolation Groove" song. Are you curious, too? Then listen to this episode! Listen to Martin Kerr's "Isolation Groove" and visit his website here. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

COVID-19 happened. Our travel plans are canceled. Our vacations are canceled. We cannot even imagine the next time we will be out of town. This is a great time to think about how to create an exciting vacation for ourselves in our own homes. Having a staycation without even going out in our own city to cafes, restaurants, or the movies. We have some interesting ideas for you, from just doing nothing at home to creating your own movie themed decorated home with special activities! Want to hear more? Download now! Listen to Martin Kerr's "Isolation Groove" here. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or on Podchaser. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

This episode continues our COVID-19 mini-series with some tips on how to make the best out of your quarantine. Want to move your body a little, keep your sanity and stay enthusiastically busy? We got some really good tips from our listeners on how to reach these goals, including useful apps and websites that you can use, but most importantly - practical caring human advice.  To us, the hosts of That's the Ticket!, a travel mindset is the optimal mindset to be in. It is challenging to think about how to apply a travel mindset to normal days, and even more challenging in these COVID-19 days. We encourage our listeners to think about how to apply a travel mindset even when it's not that obvious how to.  We gave you a ton of resources in this episode. Here's where you can find them, in alphabetical order: Podcasts: 6 Degrees of Wiki  Best of the WWEST  Bygones  Not Enough Spoons  Pod Appetit Podtrificus Totalus  Tea and Strumpets  Other links: Board Game Arena  CardzMania  CorePower Yoga  Dance Church  Julie Peters  Marco Polo Michael Averill Podchaser  POP Sugar Fitness YouTube Sandra Wickham  Shera Kelly  Udemy https://www.udemy.com/ Circle of concern and circle of influence (from a blog) Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Erica in Italy, Lindsay in Japan, Jennifer in Yukon, Raj in Mexico, Marcello and Outi in Switzerland, and Breawn in Colorado are all in the same boat of COVID-19 (along with the whole world). In this episode, we hear more stories and experiences of people around the world. Erica, Lindsay, Jennifer, Raj, Marcello, Outi, and Breawn share with us the atmosphere in their locations from their perspectives, and their own personal situations and thoughts in this COVID-19 pandemic. We hear stories of parents in different places, who have to worry about how to work when their kids are around, and people finding themselves in interesting situations, like a couple who had to move to a new country during the pandemic. We also hear a bit of Lindsay's perspective about the cruise ship that was stuck in Japan - it seems like we are all stuck in this together like the people on that cruise ship. We are all in the same boat! (Or should we say… cruise ship?) Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! For the article Vanessa references, please click here. Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Welcome to the first episode of That's the Ticket, hosted by Vanessa Hennessey and Rinat Ben Avraham! This podcast should normally be about travel, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we've changed the topic of the first episode. During the 18th and 19th of March 2020, Rinat and Vanessa received recordings from around the world by people who share what it is like for them to be in this current strange situation in their part of the world. You'll hear Erica in Italy, Anders in the Anland Islands in Finland, Melissa in Australia, Vanessa's dad Dr. Alan Shackelford, who is a medical doctor in the US; Katja in Germany, Julie in Brooklyn NY, and of course, Vanessa and Rinat in Canada. In this episode, you'll hear your hosts' thoughts and insights and those of their guests, as well as some hope, to help create a sense of global community for our listeners and for the people taking part in this project. We also hope you will subscribe and continue to listen in the future when we bring you our regularly planned programming. Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Music By: Dj Quads @ https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads