Unpacked Travel Podcast - Travel Entrepreneurs

Meet Nathan Aguilera, a flashpacker, foodie, photographer, and travel blogger. Nathan runs the very popular Foodie Flashpacker website that helps people all over the world find great restaurants and discover new dishes. In this episode, we chat about how the pandemic has affected travel blogs, Nathan's favorite cuisines, how he makes money from his blog, what influencers get paid, how he simplified his business, and the pros and cons of monetizing a blog with ads. Click here for Full show notes Links & Resources Foodie FlashpackerNathan's InstagramThe Foodie Flashpacker Facebook page Places mentioned: Sofia, bulgaria - Read Nathan's guide to where to eat in the cityVarna, BulgariaSpainTbilisi, GeorgiaBora BoraMexicoItalyIceland'sAzores, PortugalMadeira, Portugal Nathan's Top 3 Bulgarian dishes: Tarator - Bulgarian Cold Cucumber SoupShopska saladBulgarian Banitsa Other Links: Mediavine Trellis - a fast WordPress theme for food and travel blogs.Grow.me - Mediavine's user engagement suiteAweber - email marketing softwareA flashpacker definitionA Digital Nomad definitionReddit - One of the internet's most visited websites. Find niche forum discussions on every topic imaginable.WordPress themes for Travel blogsTravel writing & SEO - an opinion pieceHow to start a travel blog 

Travel entrepreneur David McNeill runs Expat Empire and currently lives in Portugal. His company helps expats get residency in another country, handle taxation, and find housing and work. Full episode show notes David has been living just outside of Porto for several years with his Japanese wife. He previously lived in Japan and Germany and has traveled extensively. David is originally from the United States and mostly works with US expats.

Today's podcast interview is with the founder of Spotted By Locals, Bart van Poll. Learn how Bart took an idea and turned it into a network for local experts to share their best tips. The blog and community Spotted By Locals is a great resource for travelers. Tips in their city guides are written by locals who actually live in these cities. Bart, who is originally from the Netherlands, will explain how he monetized the Spotted By Locals website and made it profitable. For most people, just starting such a website is difficult, but making money from it is even more challenging. Bart succeeded in this. Full Interview Show Notes We discuss emerging locations, overtourism, Bart's favorite destinations, how he travels, and his thoughts on Google getting into the travel space. It is the future: emerging destinations that have avoided over-tourism. People are looking to finally go do something else and the pandemic has helped in that way.

Jason Moore is the founder of two popular websites and podcasts, Zero to Travel and Location Indie. He's an all round great guy, superb interviewee (and interviewer by the way) and has a lot to say about the future of travel and where we can all make a difference. Jason is passionate about helping people grow businesses online, whether they be travel-related or not, but most of his audience are digital nomads or travel fans. His community is made up of like-minded individuals who all value self-actualisation and freedom over status and money.

If you've ever wanted to get into the world of travel and adventure tours, this interview will give you some insights into how it's done. If you're interested in visiting emerging destinations but you don't fancy going it alone, check out the fascinating parts of the world that Sam's company, YellowWood Adventures, visits. Sam talks about staffing, marketing channels, marketing tools, and how the business developed

Nate Hake is the founder of Travel Lemming, a blog about emerging destinations and travel trends. Nate started the blog as a hobby but has since taken it full time and lives as a digital nomad.

The Portugalist is a blog about travel and living in Portugal. James Cave founded the blog in 2016 to create travel content for people interested in visiting the country's many tourist attractions. But over the last few years, there has been a shift towards helping people who want to move to Portugal on a short-term or long-term basis.

Peter Santenello is a YouTube travel video creator. His videos focus on the people that live in less-visited countries. He travels to places that are generally misunderstood in the West and documents the lives of regular people. It's less a travelog and more a way to show the humanity on the streets of countries that are poorly represented around the world.