Travel With The Backpacking Housewife

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - shares one remarkable day and five truly wonderful experiences in Cairo Egypt and asks what immediately comes to your mind when you hear someone mention Cairo? Is it current news and modern politics or ancient Egyptian history and amazing artefacts? Janice says: "For me, Cairo is not so much a sprawling modern capital city, but a wistful and immersive meld of imagined adventuring and bold exploration with its famously rich history and ancient splendour. "

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - visits San Francisco California. Janice says: "I want to share with you our fabulous itinerary so that if you can manage a weekend or a two-day break in San Francisco, you can waste no time in having fun and amazing experiences."

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - shares her experiences of  Las Vegas and her first-timer tips for 4 days and 5 nights of fun in Vegas including a wedding at the Graceland Chapel and a Grand Canyon bucket list road trip via Route 66!

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - shares her experiences of New Orleans.  Janice says "It was a fateful meeting and the recommendation of legendary jazz and blues music and the promise of fabulous Cajun food that drew us to New Orleans. Join me in this episode in which I share with your our insider's 'hit list' for the best of the Big Easy!"

In this episode, Janice Horton - the Backpacking Housewife - takes a  classic American Road Trip. Janice says "Join me on one of the most exciting road trips - the one hundred and sixty-five-mile road trip from Miami to Key West on Overseas Highway also known as US Highway One - by Greyhound Bus!

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - talks about her scary experiences while travelling. Janice says "I wouldn't be being entirely honest to only tell you about the great things that have happened to me travelling the world. But it's certainly not my intention to put you off travel – it's the opposite – I want to encourage you to accept your fears as they are completely natural and normal - and that there's a lot you can actively do to keep yourself safe while travelling."

In this episode, which is a continuation of last week's podcast, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - talks about her greatest experiences while travelling. Janice says "My 10 greatest travel experiences are all about feelings and emotions rather than locations and destinations and each one of these travel experiences has been chosen for the mind-blown pinch me kind of feeling each evoked."

In this episode, Part 1 of 2, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife -  talks about her greatest experiences while travelling.  Janice says "My 10 greatest travel experiences are all about feelings and emotions rather than locations and destinations and each one of these travel experiences has been chosen for the mind-blown pinch me kind of feeling each evoked." 

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - looks at buying travel insurance to cover you for any unforeseen medical expenses or financial losses while travelling. Finding the best travel insurance policy when you are over 50 years old can be difficult and confusing, especially true since the Coronavirus pandemic, but travel insurance is something we can't afford to travel without at any age. Janice says: “Let's look at travel insurance for senior travellers.”

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - takes a look at new and emerging travel news updates for Summer 2021 and beyond and asks the question: What are the emerging travel industry trends for the future of travel? Janice says "There is a lot of talk of a ‘New Normal' for travel in the ‘New Future' but what will it look like?"

Travel agents are reporting half of UK bookings are people wanting to visit Scotland this year.  Of course, that's fantastic news for Scotland and for the Scottish Tourist Industry. However, in Scotland, there are concerns that with more people visiting there is also more potential for littering.  In response, a campaign called Scotland Is Stunning has been set up by Zero Waste Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Government. In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife, talks with Claire Munro from Zero Waste Scotland about the initiative, backed by comedian Jane Godley, which aims to encourage people who visit Scotland to bin their litter or to take it home. 

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - shares her top reasons to marry or to renew your wedding vows in Scotland and looks at romantic Scottish venues for both modern and traditional Scottish weddings. Janice says: "Wedding fever is once again in the Scottish air with the Scottish Tourism Alliance enthusiastically reporting a steady trend in overseas couples still very interested in choosing Scotland as their wedding destination for 2022 and beyond when restrictions have been fully lifted. So, right now is the perfect time to  plan your romantic wedding in Scotland!"

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - advises what to pack and what to wear in Scotland when the weather is so notoriously unpredictable. Janice says: "Many visitors want to experience all that Scotland has to offer but must wonder what exactly they should pack in their suitcase or their backpacks. I'm sure my packing list for Scotland in all seasons will be helpful!" 

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - takes a light-hearted look at what you can do if you can't live your dreams of getting to Scotland as soon as you'd like but you want to practice feeling more Scottish. Janice says: " I feel qualified to tell you about all about the things you can do in Scotland as an incomer to feel more Scottish whether you are visiting Scotland or planning to make Scotland your new home."

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - shares with you her Top 10 Castles in South West Scotland. Janice says: "I know Scotland will be a top destination for many this year but some visitors to Scotland wrongly assume they need to go all the way up to The Highlands of Scotland to find fine examples of historic Scottish Castles and imposing Castle Ruins."

Scotland will be a top destination for many this year and so to inspire you further, in this episode - Janice Horton, otherwise known as The Backpacking Housewife - shares a secret and special place nestling deeply in the wildest of countryside amidst the heather-clad Lowther Hills in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Janice says: "It's a place with an incredible history and with astonishing treasures of real national importance. And yet, it's a sleepy and unassuming place, only appreciated if you know exactly where to look!"

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - looks at the new travel trends of mindful, slow, sustainable, and green travel, across all age groups in what she is calling the new and golden age of travel! Janice says: " If, like me, you've never thought that a two-week holiday was long enough and the concept of travel means even more to you now than it did before lockdown and you are more than ready to travel again, then I believe your wanderlust might have just shifted up a gear into wandermust!"

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife - helps you decide between the dilemma of packing a suitcase or taking a backpack on your travels. Janice shares her own considerable and sometimes painful experiences of battling with baggage as a (slightly) older person having travelled around the world twice, first with a suitcase and then with a backpack, and while in her late 50's / early 60's. Janice says: "I feel qualified to offer you my honest and tried and tested luggage tips and recommendations so that you won't ever have to suffer the burden, the expense, and the consequences of choosing and travelling with the wrong type of luggage!"

In this episode, Janice Horton - The Backpacking Housewife -  asks the question: have you ever wanted to take off and travel to explore the world (when it's safe to do so) and... would you actually do it? Janice shares her personal story about how she and her backpacking husband - finding themselves with an empty nest - decided to sell everything they owned 7 years ago and go off to travel and have adventures around the world - how and why they did it and if they have any regrets in light of the pandemic. Sharing travel tips and offering inspiration along the way, to all those who might harbour dreams of just taking off to travel and explore the world in their midlife and beyond, in what Janice optimistically calls The Golden Age of Travel.

If you needed encouragement to travel more in your 50's and 60's then you might be emboldened to know that senior travel is to become a post-pandemic trend with travel agents now promoting ‘Age-Friendly Tourism' as more older people than ever before are looking to prioritise travel in their lives. In this first episode, Janice Horton - otherwise known as The Backpacking Housewife - discusses these new trends being reported in the media and considers the subject of over 50's taking a work sabbatical to work remotely or even early retirement in order to travel.She also considered the merits of 'revenge travel' being all the rage due to the pandemic and the boom in boomer and empty nest travel and the 'selling it all to travel the world' method of the over 50's and 60's achieving long term travel. Bravely, she broaches the seldom-discussed subject of Travel Fear amongst people in their midlife and older who yearn to travel but feel worried or unsure and explains why you should never ever let that stop you from pursuing your dreams and planning for your New Future.  Janice concludes this episode by giving you 10 good reasons to embrace your golden years of travel! 

On Travel with The Backpacking Housewife podcast, Janice Horton, ex-housewife and empty-nester and now bestselling author and experienced world traveller, discusses dreamy destinations all around the world and the pros and cons of midlife and senior travel. Janice says: “Through my podcast and my website at The Backpacking Housewife Dotcom  I want to ENCOURAGE and INSPIRE all of us who DREAM of TRAVEL to start planning RIGHT NOW!"