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Title: Travel Like a Billionaire: The 90% Off Secret to a First-Class Lifestyle with Eli Facenda In this conversation, Eli Facenda shares insights on maximizing travel experiences through strategic use of points and credit cards. He discusses his nomadic lifestyle, the entrepreneurial journey that led him to travel hacking, and the importance of understanding the value of different points systems. Eli emphasizes the need for a structured approach to travel, focusing on maximizing points, optimizing travel upgrades, and effectively using credit cards to enhance travel experiences. The discussion also touches on the significance of having a clear strategy for business owners and how to navigate the complexities of travel rewards. In this conversation, Eli Facenda shares his expertise on maximizing travel experiences through strategic use of points and credit cards. He discusses the importance of community in travel planning, innovative solutions for entrepreneurs, and his personal journey in the travel industry. Eli emphasizes the significance of experiential wealth and actionable steps listeners can take to enhance their travel experiences. Links to Watch and Subscribe: https://youtu.be/c7QqSscsajc Bullet Point Highlights: Seth and Eli kick off with casual banter about van life, audio gear, and the nomad lifestyle. Eli shares his background going from broke entrepreneur to travel-hacking expert. He explains how he got obsessed with using points after a free trip to Thailand changed his mindset. Eli now helps entrepreneurs take $20K–$50K luxury trips for 90% off using credit card points. His 3-part system includes maximizing points, optimizing travel perks, and redeeming for bucket-list trips. He gives a real-world example of booking a $20K ANA business class flight to Japan for just $12. Seth dives into a real-life org structure and Eli explains how points flow to the guarantor, not the LLC. Best practice: 2–3 business cards and 2–3 personal cards tailored to your biggest spend categories. Eli introduces his new “DreamTrip Alert System” that delivers full trip itineraries at massive discounts. In the Million Dollar Monday segment, Eli shares how he made, lost, and remade his first million. His next million will come from scalable digital products and a wider reach through content and community. What makes Eli top 1%: He walks the walk, traveling the world and running a business around it. His #1 tip: Pick your dream trip, put it on the calendar, and commit, then let the how figure itself out. Transcript: Eli Facenda (00:00.059) What's up, Seth?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:01.43) Yo, what's going on, brother?   Eli Facenda (00:03.237) How we doing, man? How we doing?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:05.141) Excellent man, what's happening?   Eli Facenda (00:06.893) Not much. you, how's the audio coming through here?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:11.032) Sounds good, sounds good.   Eli Facenda (00:12.547) it clean? Okay, because I'm, it's basically we're in the middle of a Nomad trip here, so I normally have like a, like a shirt mic like you have, but on the road I haven't had, so I haven't had to test this yet, but I figured the DJI's are pretty solid, so I wanna make sure it's actually coming through decent.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:16.962) Okay.   Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:26.732) Nice. Yeah, no, it sounds good. Sounds good, man.   Eli Facenda (00:29.425) Okay, cool, awesome. Awesome Dave, we'll get to connect with you.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:33.802) Yeah, brother definitely, so I don't butcher it. How do you pronounce your last name? Facenda, okay, cool. Cool Awesome, man. Yeah, we've we've crossed paths on social media. I think or maybe our va's have crossed paths who knows   Eli Facenda (00:39.077) for sender. Yep, yep.   Eli Facenda (00:47.663) Yeah, think that was where, yeah, think we were initially connecting, yeah, totally. Instagram, I think, was the place. Yeah. Because you're out in California, right? Nice, I'm in West Palm right now. And I mean, normally based in Austin, but we're in the middle of a like, six to eight month nomad adventure. And so we are, we're on the road here, and we go to Europe in a few weeks for like the next several months.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (00:53.42) Yeah, nice, nice, where you at right now? Yep, San Diego.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:10.446) Sweet dude.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:17.166) That's awesome dude, awesome, awesome. Love it man, that's a long time. So we did last May we did, man it's been like a year, geez. We did like 30, 33 days in a van trip. So we took our van up through Wyoming into Montana and into Canada. That was a long time for us, but 68 months. Right, yeah.   Eli Facenda (01:18.117) Yeah. Yeah. Thank you, man.   Eli Facenda (01:33.455) Nice.   Eli Facenda (01:37.465) sick. Yeah, well vans are intense too. You know, I haven't done van life but my fiance, she did that before and it was like a lot for her. But yeah, so totally depends on the way you're traveling as well. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (01:47.266) Yeah.   Nice, nice. Cool, man. Just give you a quick rundown. our audience, my audience is typically, so it used to be passive investors, right? So it used to be the passive income attorney podcast. I think when we might've tried to schedule before and that was for investors. So accredited investors trying to get them to invest in my commercial real estate deals, that sort of thing. But now I've rebranded to raising the bar, which is more geared towards active investors and entrepreneurs and folks like that. So still,   Eli Facenda (02:10.619) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (02:19.982) Still, I'm sure your clients, wealthy folks that are starting businesses, that have businesses, that are raising capital for real estate or private equity or other types of businesses, that sort of thing. And then we'll do about, we'll do it a little on the shorter side. So we'll do about 30 minute interview, probably at the longest. And then we'll kind of just close that out. And then I do two little smaller sections that I break down into like little five minute episodes. One is a million dollar.   Eli Facenda (02:25.403) Totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (02:49.622) Monday I put that in the notes and it's basically just like real quick, like how you made your first million dollars, how you made your last million, how you plan on making your next million. then, yeah, and then the last one is the top 1%. Basically just kind of what separates you and makes you the top 1 % in what you do.   Eli Facenda (02:59.675) Cool. Yeah, I love it. It's great.   Eli Facenda (03:08.699) Okay, beautiful. And then as far as, is there any place you want me to point people that is connected to you or do you care if you're asking about that? I don't have any hard call to action kind of pitch thing, but it's more just like.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:19.916) No, man, whatever, it's up to you, man, whatever you want to do, whatever you, whatever call it action you want to use, if want to send it to your website or social media, whatever you want to do,   Eli Facenda (03:26.577) Cause you know what we do have, I can do this. We have a pretty cool playbook that's normally 150 bucks and I'm happy to give it to your listeners for free. So I could give them a code, just say what would be the best code for that?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:37.175) Okay, awesome.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:43.429) Um, just raise would probably be good. use that a lot for like call to action, like DME raise. So you could use a raise.   Eli Facenda (03:46.161) Cool. All right, so yeah, so I'll just say go to the website and just DM or just put in the code RAYS and you'll get it for free. But it's like a whole playbook on how to maximize points for trips. I've act like legitimately I've had someone buy it and within 48 hours he texted me a screenshot. was like, dude, I just saved 20 grand on a trip from your ebook. And I was like, wow, okay, it works. So it's good. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (03:57.07) Sweet.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:09.366) Nice, Cool. All right, man, well, we're already recording, so I'll just jump right in, and then if I need to add anything to the beginning, I'll do that later. And cool, man, yeah, we'll just jump right in.   Eli Facenda (04:14.129) Sweet. You're welcome.   Eli Facenda (04:20.27) Awesome.   Eli Facenda (04:24.913) Let's do it.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:27.444) Eli, what's going on, brother? Welcome to the show.   Eli Facenda (04:30.181) Thank you man, excited to be here and I we're going coast to coast today so this will be good.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:34.382) Absolutely, man. So we chatted beforehand, but I think you're tuning in on a road trip right now. So you're living proof of what you do, right?   Eli Facenda (04:44.065) Yeah, totally. are, well this part's kind of like a road trip. We're in West Palm Beach right now, but this is basically leg number two out of, we'll end up being probably an eight month nomadic adventure with me and my fiance and our little puppy. And so we're in West Palm Beach right now in Florida. We head to Europe in less than a month and we'll be bouncing around different parts of Europe for about four months roughly before we decide where we're gonna go next, which we're not exactly sure.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (04:58.904) Nice.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (05:12.28) That's awesome, man. Are you using all your hacks and secrets and travel tips that you put out there?   Eli Facenda (05:18.449) Absolutely, yeah, 100%. I mean, we just got back from a crazy trip to Japan. This was really cool. I run an entrepreneur mastermind. So we integrated our own trip around Japan around this mastermind event. So I had 53 people come out for like eight days. We went snowboarding in the mountains in Niseko in the Northern Park. And then we went down to Tokyo for the cherry blossoms. But for myself personally, to get there and back and do a lot of the hotels, we used points. We saved over 50 grand just on that portion of the trip. We then...   know, flew down to West Palm on points and then going over to Europe and a lot of the stays over there will also be leveraging the point strategies that I help clients use and then I talk about on social media and the stuff that we'll dive into today. But yeah, I like to be living proof of it because it's pretty awesome. It's something that's really impacted my life. I love doing it. And when I do it, I get to share it too. So has like a multiple benefit for everybody.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (06:06.648) That's awesome, man. I'm excited, dude. I'm excited to dig in here, because it's just for my own personal benefit and education, because I'm super stoked about this stuff, and I travel a lot with my fiance, or my fiance, my wife, and it's something I'm personally interested in as well. We've had past conversations too, so it's great to have you on, man. So just to start off, man, if somebody, you meet somebody in the street, they ask you what you do, how do you explain that?   in a sentence, right? Like without going into some crazy like tangent about all the awesome things that you do. Like what, how do you answer that question?   Eli Facenda (06:36.453) Yeah.   Eli Facenda (06:41.329) Sure, sure, Yeah, it really does depend on the situation, but I oftentimes will ask a couple questions because it makes it easier for people to understand. So usually it's like, do you have any big dream bucket list trip you've ever wanted to take? And they'll be like, oh yeah, Greece. I'm like, well, what we do is we help you get to Greece in business or first class, stay in five star hotels, have the trip of your dreams at about 90 % off. So that's kind of the tagline is take the trip of your dreams for about 90 % off.   I'll get into the whole point side of things, but some people don't know what points are, or some are really well studied in that world. So I just leave with the trip because that's usually what people want. They want to have the experience where it's you and your wife flying first class, sipping champagne on the way to Paris to go see the Eiffel Tower and the points and the credit cards. That's really the mechanism. That's how we make the experience happen. But at end of the day, what we want is the amazing memories, the beautiful experience, all that stuff. So I leave with the trip when I talk about it.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (07:37.848) That's awesome, man. Yeah, I mean, you're literally selling the dream, right? Like in marketing, you sell the dream or hit on a pain point. Like you are like the quintessential selling the dream. Like that's what everybody thinks about. So.   Eli Facenda (07:42.969) Yeah, exactly.   Yeah, Right. Well, it's funny because, you know, in marketing, they'll say like, sell the destination, not the vehicle, right? They'll be like, sell the outcome, not how you get there. And so we do that in our marketing. But then when you think about it, when people are taking a trip, what we are helping them do is make the vehicle to get to the destination part of the destination. Because really, when you travel well, and you do it in style, the flight becomes a part of the trip that you're excited for.   I can't wait to see the the drinks and the champagne and the food they're gonna have and how awesome the seat is and the movie selection, how big's the screen. At least for people that love to travel, it becomes a fascination of the trip, not just getting there. So that's a big difference maker when people start to go on these flights, and this is what a lot of our clients will say, and for me, it goes from flying economy to like, I'm counting down the hours to get off this freaking plane.   to like, we do another lap around the city? Cause like, I'd love to just hang out here longer, right? And like the flight attendants treat you really well. So yeah, it's a whole experience.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (08:49.314) That's awesome, man. Yeah, that's great. Was there a trip that you went on personally where you just kind of thought, man, I can turn this into a business, right? Like you're just enjoying it so much that you just were like, like the light bulb went off or how did this business spawn?   Eli Facenda (09:04.515) Yeah, there wasn't one trip that I made the connection between like, trip is awesome, let me start a business. But there was one trip that gave me the light bulb of, my God, I am obsessed with this, I need to learn everything I can. There was zero intention or thought about business that when it first started. And that'll take you back about 10 years. So was around 22 years old and I'm just coming out of college. And basically I'm in my mom's basement and I remember this really...   like heavy feeling because I went to a good university near New York City and all my friends went to Wall Street and they were making like six figures plus right out of school. And I had this like entrepreneurial bug. I was like, that's not for me. I don't want to sit in an office. I don't care if I can make a lot of money. I want to like play life on my terms, even if it means I'm making less. So at this point I have friends that are making tons of money, know, lots of disposable income and I'm making like 20 grand a year. I'm working four side jobs. I was trying to build a company. I remember getting this text.   And my stomach just dropped, because I was like, shit, I'm going to miss out on this incredible experience. was friends inviting me to go to Thailand. And I was like, if I don't figure out a better strategy of either how to make more money or figure something out, I'm not going be able to go on this trip. And I was like, damn, this is going to be just a life of missing out on experiences. Is that what it means to follow my dreams with entrepreneurship? It's like, I have to forego everything that my other friends are doing. And so was like, let me think about this differently. And I had a mentor that told me, you don't need more money, you need a better strategy. And he was talking about growing a business.   But for me, I was like, oh wait, there's this credit card point thing. What if I could figure that out? So I ended up piecing it together. I got a trip to Thailand for free. I had this amazing experience with some of my best friends. It's like still, you know, 13 friends in Thailand at age like 22, 23. Memories you don't get back. So was really grateful to have that. And then I came back from that trip and I got another flight a few, probably a year later to Europe in business class where it was a $6,000 ticket that I paid $6 for. Now after that one,   I came off that flight and I was like, I will read every blog, I will watch every YouTube video, I will learn everything about this because it meant I could travel the world and have this incredible lifestyle without having to go take a corporate job. So was like, I get to have my entrepreneurial dream and the travel I want without any trade-offs and I was like, this is amazing. So that was my first time I got hooked. It took me years of researching and reading blogs and websites and doing stuff for myself before I even had the thought of helping anyone else. I just became obsessed with it on my own.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (11:27.086) I love that you recognize you had the entrepreneurial bug early on, right? Before you got drugged down into the corporate ladder and then you got the golden handcuffs, we like to call it, and that sort of thing where it gets much, much harder to escape that gravity. I know for myself, it took a really long time. ended up going to, I went to med school, then I got my MBA, and then I went to law school, and then I worked in a big law firm, and it just took me all this time to figure out like, I don't want this.   Eli Facenda (11:38.405) Yeah.   Eli Facenda (11:49.201) Mm.   Eli Facenda (11:56.763) Right, well the social pressure alone of like everyone year round is going one way, it takes a lot of guts for you to zig when everyone else is zagging, like it's not easy to do. Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (11:57.015) And I think it's.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (12:06.648) For sure, for sure. Yeah, it's tough. It's tough, right? And especially when you see your friends making six figures right out of college, you're like, man, I could do that right now if I wanted to do it, but I don't want that. So it takes guts to be able to go out there and do your own thing.   Eli Facenda (12:21.873) Totally. And I think everyone has their own version of that still. There's even vert flavors of that today that are still existing for me where it's like, everyone's kinda going this way, but when I really get quiet and listen to myself, I'm like, yeah, you could do that, but you actually, what your soul or your heart really wants is to go over here. And so I've always just tried to listen to that more because I think about one of my North stars is, at the end of my life, I'm 80, 90 years old, I do the rocking chair test and look back, it's like,   What regret would I rather not have when I'm 90? I'd always rather be like I bet on myself than like I took the sure, you know, the well-paid path, which is the old cliche, but I think it's really true.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (13:01.004) Totally, I love that North Star, man. Have you ever asked ChatGBT to give you advice as your 80 or 90 year old self on your deathbed? It's great. Yeah. I love it, man. I love it. Yeah, it's great. It you great insight. You start reading, you're like, this is good.   Eli Facenda (13:07.409) Yeah, yeah, I actually created a custom GPT and it's my future me that coaches current me. yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah.   Right. Exactly. Yeah, totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (13:21.326) Awesome man, well let's get back kind of on the business of travel, right? So somebody comes to you, they do that introduction that we talked about, you get in a deeper conversation, they're super interested in it, they wanna learn more about these travel hacks and strategies, like where do they start? Where do you point them?   Eli Facenda (13:42.447) Yeah, so in terms of the process, I like to chunk it into three main buckets.   And it's important to have context around this game because if you don't, it just starts to feel like there's so many moving pieces and who has time for that and it's too confusing and then it becomes overwhelming and overwhelm just basically leads to an action. And then that is the person who's like, well, I just don't wanna do that, I'll just take a cash back card or I'll just stick to my Delta card, right? And so when you have the right context, you can start to understand the highest leverage moves to make and then you know really how to get the result you want with the least amount of effort. So that's what we focus on and specifically like I've worked with   probably over a thousand business owners now. And with business owners, investors and entrepreneurs, it's a different, the points game takes on a different context, right? Because usually the constraint we have to solve for is time and complexity. And if you work a nine to five, you know, after five o'clock, you've got hours for your night. But entrepreneurs, it's like every hour is kind of an asset that you can use. So it's a little bit different. So the three buckets are, the first one is to maximize the points that you earn. So this happens from getting the right cards and the right expenses.   because all of these different points are like currency, so you wanna earn the right type of points and then you wanna maximize the amount of them by getting the right cards and the right expenses. So that's the first piece and that's really, really key, because nothing else happens if you don't get that right. The second bucket is gonna be to upgrade and optimize your travel. So you've got domestic trips for a conference, are you getting TSA pre-check and clear, are you getting the best lounges, are you getting first class upgrades and free bags and hotel suite upgrades and free breakfast at the hotels and free wifi. Really it's just like,   There's all these opportunities available for people that are traveling domestically for work, for family events, you know, your kind of ordinary traveling might have. And what we want to do is we just want to enhance the quality of all of that and reduce all the headaches and annoyances by maximizing benefits on cards and status perks and all the kind of like little tactics that you can play. So that's the second thing that just makes your travel more comfortable. And then the third bucket, which is really the most important in terms of impact in your life and the most meaningful piece is to take your dream bucket list trips for 70 to 90 % off.   Eli Facenda (15:45.775) And so that's where you're gonna take the points you've accumulated. You're gonna use some strategies that I can break down here around transferring these points from the banks to the airlines and hotels, and you're gonna get these dream trips for literally a fraction of what they should cost if you're paying cash, or compared to if you were using your points through a site like Amex Travel or Capital & Travel or Chase Travel. Okay, so that's a mouthful, but those are the three. So maximize your points, get the best possible upgrades, and then take your dream trips for 90 % off.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (16:13.934) Yeah, dive into one of those little those connecting strategies there that you mentioned.   Eli Facenda (16:19.183) Yeah. Yeah. So I'll talk first about the cards. That's the order. This is the first mistake that most business owners and individuals are making is they're just getting random cards. They're like, well, I live in Dallas. Let me get the American card or live in Atlanta. So I'll get the Delta card or, whatever it may be. Or live in San Diego and I fly domestic. So I'll just get the Southwest card. Well, they don't realize is that again, these points, these points like currencies. And so if I told you, Hey, do you want 150 Mexican pesos or 150 us dollars for your couch that you're selling on Facebook marketplace?   you're obviously gonna take the US dollars, right? Because the currency is much higher. But with points, people don't realize that. So they might be racking up Hilton points or Delta miles or other points and miles that just aren't as valuable as other ones out there. And then they burn through them quick or they don't go as far. And they end up just basically sitting there being like, I feel like I should be getting more. This is the common thing I hear. I feel like this should be taking me further, but like it's not doing much. And so what we wanna focus on is bank points that are transferable. So certain banks,   have this ability to convert the points to the airline hotel loyalty programs. And what happens is the banks have a different way of pricing than the airlines do. And certain airlines and certain hotels have really good what we call sweet spots or opportunities for you to get the best possible deals. Okay, so when you earn these effective points, which the top ones I recommend are generally Amex, Chase, and Capital One, and there's a new program built actually is out where you can put your rent on a card with no fees and earn points, it's really cool. But when you get those right,   And then you look through your expenses and you say, what do I spend the most on? Is it groceries and dining and the personal side? Cool. There's a card like the Amex Gold that is specifically really good for those types of expenses. Then you look at your business. What do I spend a lot on? Is it ads and software and taking clients out for dinners? Great. The Amex Business Gold earns four points per dollar on those categories, but maybe it's you're spending a lot on flights for company travel, or maybe you have inventory you're buying, or you're paying a lot of contractors, or you have a lot of payroll. You want to assess where you're spending the most money.   and make sure you have the optimal card lined up for that type of expense. So I'll pause there, but that's kind of the first bucket. The other one is on using the points effectively, which I can talk about too, is pretty powerful. But that first one is really the linchpin. Because if you have a bunch of Delta miles and you want to go to Europe, I'll give an example actually one more before I kind of pause. There was an example recently I saw of a client and they wanted to go to Europe and we're looking at different options. This was from JFK to Amsterdam. If you have Delta miles,   Eli Facenda (18:43.547) The ticket for Delta One, this big awesome Delta Suite, was 320,000 miles. That's what Delta was charging to go from JFK to Amsterdam. It's really expensive amount of miles. But the same exact flight, like same flight number, same aircraft, everything, if you booked it through Virgin Atlantic, it was 50,000 miles. One seventh of the amount almost. It's really, really big difference. And so here's the kicker, right? If you have a Delta card, you only earn Delta miles, so you have to pay the 320,000.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (18:46.765) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:02.124) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (19:12.497) but if you had an Amex card that earned Amex points, so like the Amex gold or business gold, you could actually convert those points into Virgin to book the Delta flight because Virgin and Delta are partners, and you'd pay 50,000 points instead of 320,000. So this is the part where like, for people that kind of get this, they're like, whoa, and the other people are like, what did you just say? So I get it can be, it can be tricky for some people that are just getting to grasp it, but I want to make sure to lay out the whole game so people can understand really what's possible for them.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:34.764) Yeah   Seth Bradley, Esq. (19:42.329) Totally, totally. Yeah, it's just, mean, I'm sure people out there listening, it's both, right? Some people know these things exist, but they don't know the extent of it. And you're opening up their minds regardless, right? Like all the possibilities. I think most people are just like, sure, I need to find a great car that has a welcome offer of some sort. That's usually what people look at. And then they just try to pick, perhaps they take it a step further and they're looking to see like what they spend money on the most and they'll...   Eli Facenda (19:54.139) Tour then.   Eli Facenda (20:04.443) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (20:11.128) calibrate that card to that. But you're taking it step further because you know, it's kind of just opening yourself up to knowing all the possibilities, right? All these different connections, where to spend the points, where you can earn the points, those sorts of things. How thick is your wallet, man? Do you have, is your wallet like this and it's got 25 cards in it or what?   Eli Facenda (20:19.419) Totally.   Right. Yeah.   Eli Facenda (20:28.123) Haha   Yeah. Yeah.   Well, caveat this first by saying when we work with clients and we might do recommendations for people, I always recommend if you have a business, two to three personal cards and two to three business cards. That is a simple way to set this up. That's only four to six cards across both things. That's enough where you're really gonna get some serious ROI, but it's not so much that's really complicated. Some people are kind of curmudgeoned about it, like I only want one card. And I'm like, that's fine. There's no right or wrong in this. It's really preferential, but you should just know if you do that, you're gonna be leaving for most business owners that spend at least a few thousand a month.   that's gonna cost you tens of thousands of dollars of free trips a year. So I'm like, is your simplicity of having one card worth that much? If it is, great, but maybe having a second or third card doesn't add that much complexity. But if you get an extra $30,000 a year trip out of it, probably worth it, right? So that's the first thing. But to answer your actual question, so I have an entire thing called the Credit Man purse. It's like this portfolio binder, and it's just stacked with cards. I mean, I have over 40 credit cards, but I've been doing this for a long time, right? And there's like, here's the thing also with credit.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (21:28.28) Hahaha   Eli Facenda (21:34.041) A big question, a lot of investors, specifically people that are doing real estate or business owners, really want to their credit clean and we're huge advocates of actually not just keeping your credit score the same but improving it over time. And when you get business cards, they don't show up on your personal credit report. Okay, the vast majority. The inquiry will, but the actual card won't. And some banks, you can actually get multiple cards with no additional inquiries. So like when we do a custom card plan for someone or when we're just recommending it, we're always saying like, make sure to look at which banks you already have relationships with.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (21:48.142) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (22:02.373) which ones you can get a soft pull from, the order matters of these card applications. But at end of the day, you just want a couple of specific cards that are really gonna be custom built for you, and you don't have to go crazy with it. If you get excited and you're like passionate about it, you can get 10, 15, 20 cards over the course of several years, and if you do it right underneath your businesses, it's not gonna drop your personal credit score. Your personal credit score will actually go up over time.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (22:26.314) Mm-hmm. That's a good hack, man. I'll get I'm put you on a spot a little bit. I'm gonna explain like what what I see a lot of the people that are probably listen to this show have in place structured wise like organizational structure and it's kind of similar to mine. Mine's probably a lot more complicated, but just to keep it simple, you know, there might be a parent company, right? Like this overhead parent company that owns everything. So let's let's call it parent company, right? And then below the parent company, the parent company owns, let's say a management company.   This management company probably manages funds, manages properties, manages equity for investors, that sort of thing. And then they also might have these other businesses, right? Like it just depends on the person. Like for instance, I own gyms and some other, my law firm, things like that. So they might have these own individual operating companies that owns a gym or owns another business or does these other things. you know.   Eli Facenda (22:55.889) Mm-hmm.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (23:20.066) Based on that structure, so you've got a parent company, you've got a, let's call it an equity management or fund management or property management company, and then you've got kind of this other operating business. How would you structure, what credit cards I guess would you kind of recommend? Not necessarily specific ones, but like, do they need one for all three or, yeah, how would you think about that?   Eli Facenda (23:27.301) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (23:36.593) Yeah, yeah, but how would you think about that? Yeah, totally. I mean, it's a super common question. Like this is exactly the kind of clientele that we work with all the time where they're like, are you sure this is gonna work for me? I have four rental properties, two companies, one holding company. I have an investment thing. I have this thing over here. It's like, yeah, it all works. So simple is the key. So it's always a spectrum too. Like some people are, again, really minimalist with like what they want. we always, like when we're doing this for a client, we custom build it. But.   The real recommendation there is we wanna, again, assess which of these companies are actually generating the highest amount of spend. And those are the ones we wanna start with first in terms of cards and really optimizing. Now, if you have a bunch of different companies and they all have a bunch of spend, the first key thing to know is that the points will go to the business owner, the person who personally guaranteed the card, not to the business. So there's no business points account. It's underneath your name, even if it's underneath the LLC.   So the points go to you. So if you have like six different companies and you have like three Chase cards and three Amex cards, all of those three Chase cards and all of those three Amex cards are gonna basically funnel up to your account, okay? So that keeps it simple in terms of how you can think about accruing these points. They're not gonna be scattered everywhere where you can't use them. So that's good to know. Same with the airlines, right? doesn't matter if it's an airline or a bank card. So that's the first thing. For these management companies, usually lot of them don't have much spend.   So what we'll tend to do is just get one card that is like a catch-all card. And so this would be a card that we want to have earn around 1.5 to two points per dollar spent. Because what we've done is we've taken the floor of what you're gonna earn on your everyday spend and we just increase it by 50 to 100%. Okay, so like let's say a parent company is used for some client meetings and some basic legal and admin stuff and it's like 1,500 bucks a month just to do upkeep and normal stuff like that.   and it's not a crazy amount of different categories to spend. You're not running ads, you don't have that much software, there's not really a lot travel happening with it. But if that's the case, then what we wanna do is get a card, maybe like the Chase Inc. Unlimited, which earns 1.5x on everything, and we'll say, look, we're gonna keep this simple. That holding company doesn't have a lot of points earning power, so let's make sure we get a card on it just to earn, but we don't wanna like go crazy and get a bunch of cards and try to maximize every dollar. But this company that owns four different gyms and spends...   Eli Facenda (25:52.369) 50K a month on equipment and advertising and payroll and all this stuff, that's the company where we wanna look to get maybe two or three cards that are specifically aligned with that business to spend because that is where you as an entrepreneur, as an owner, are gonna be generating the most return. It's gonna be from that one entity. So I hope that breaks it down in a way that makes sense, but this is also where, again, having your cards across two to three main banks will keep it relatively simple because even if you have four different entities, if it's under one Amex login, that makes it nice and easy too.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (26:22.53) Totally, totally. Awesome, man. I knew you could handle that. Easy, easy peasy. Cool, man. Let's go to number two, right? Using the points effectively. You kind of touched on a little bit of that strategy, but let's jump into that.   Eli Facenda (26:26.682) Easy basic.   Eli Facenda (26:32.709) Yeah, yeah, so the second thing was optimizing the upgrades and all that. I'll cover that one really quick. If you're going through the airport and you don't have TSA PreCheck and clear and lounge access, you're missing out on some really easy perks that will just make your life way more enjoyable. So that's the first thing. There's a lot you can do with hotel upgrades and status. So like when I travel and go to Miami tonight for a conference, I have status at Hyatt. I'm staying at Hyatt for two of the nights down here.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (26:39.628) Okay.   Eli Facenda (27:02.225) I probably would get upgraded to a suite that's worth like thousand to 1500 bucks a night because I know how to use the suite and I certificate, it's my globalist status, I know how to message the hotel the right way. So there's some strategies there where if you do that, whenever you're traveling, you just get a much better experience. You get early check-in, late check-out, the free suite upgrade, much more spacious room. A lot of times they have lounges at the property like when we were in Tokyo, a bunch of us stayed at the Grand Hyatt there. They had a beautiful lounge overlooking the city. They had breakfast every morning.   They had drinks all day. They had a great lounge area. We actually had a mastermind session in there and they like a 15 person breakout room for us to go to. It cost us $0 to use it. They had afternoon drinks and stuff like that. So these are just the things that make your travel much better. So small tweaks that over time just again, make it a much more enjoyable experience. But that bucket on how you use your points, this is one of the most critical pieces. And I've already kind of alluded to it with that Delta One example, but   I'll share another one. So on the way to Japan, right, we flew ANA business class. This is all Nippon. It's one of the premier airlines in the world for international business class travel. They actually have a seat called The Room because it's so spacious and big, your own big sliding door. They have like an omakase menu. You've got ramen, champagne. It's like really, really good. Amazing sake and green tea and all this good stuff.   It was like an incredible way to fly and you know, it's an 11 hour flight and I didn't sleep a wink because I was just eating the whole time. But here's the deal, right? So that flight for my fiance and I, it would have been $20,000 for the two of us. It's 10,000 a piece. Okay, San Francisco to Tokyo. We're going in peak season, mind you. So I have three options to book that flight. I pay cash for it, which you know, I do decent in business, but I'm not dropping 20 grand on flights.   just to get to Japan, like that's out, that's way out of my bucket of what I would ever want to do. The second option, I go to the bank site. Okay, so again, if you have AMEX points, a lot of people have AMEX cards, like the platinum or the gold card, and this is a good start, but when you go to the bank site, each point is worth one penny. Okay, this is the baseline value of a point. So what happens is if you go to AMEX travel, they'll say, okay, this flight would cost, let's call it 20 grand. So 20 grand times one cent for each point equals 2 million points.   Eli Facenda (29:20.977) So my second option would have been to go to Amex's site and pay two million points, which I don't even have. Okay, so I'm like, that wouldn't have even worked, but that's what most people are doing at use points. They're going directly to the bank site and they're booking using Amex travel and they're getting absolutely screwed. Okay. There's kind of, and then there's a third option, which is to go through the airline site. So there's like three A and three B. Three A would be like, again, you only have Delta miles and you're kind of screwed going just to Delta. I don't recommend that. But the last option is what we did.   which is where we had Amex points and Chase points, and I looked at my different options and I said, okay, what are the best partner airlines I can book through to get to Japan? Well, it turns out, ANA is a part of the Star Alliance, okay? United is also part of that alliance. Chase and United have a partnership where I could convert my Chase points into United miles. When I looked that up, I ended up finding the deal and there's ways you have to kind of search this and track it, but that same flight that would have cost me two million points,   through Amex or Chase travel directly cost me 220,000 points to transfer from Chase to United. And I paid $12 out of Okay, so $20,000 flight, I paid 12 bucks. But how did I do it? I had the right points first. I had enough of them because I had the right cards and the right expenses. I knew how to search for this flight. And then I was able to transfer these points from Chase into the airline. So the hardest part of this entire process   Seth Bradley, Esq. (30:30.402) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (30:49.413) is figuring out the points transfers and which partners are the right ones for certain airlines. That gets very nuanced and complicated. It's kind of like, you know, if you were talking to a CPA and someone's trying to explain how like the Augusta rule works, whatever, and like the CPA pulls up like the tax code and is like unveiling this long list of tax jargon. The average person is just like, what, just like tell me how to do it, right? That's kind of the same thing here. There's a lot of different like angles and transfer partners and bonuses and.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (31:12.43) Right.   Eli Facenda (31:17.689) alliances and partnerships and it gets kind of complicated but that's how it works.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (31:22.434) Totally, totally. So let's talk about that. how do you help people keep track of that or learn that or execute, I guess, on these strategies?   Eli Facenda (31:32.241) Sure, yeah, so for us, our company really has two main levels to it. So we have a community-based level where it's like you're just getting the fast track, you're getting help from experts. So I'm really good at this, but I'm more of an entrepreneur than a points nerd. So as I built this, initially I was the one on the phone with all the clients, walking everyone through it, and then I built a team. So I found basically some of the other points nerds in the world that I was mind blown by. I knew them from social media and just seeing their stuff, and I was like, that person has their stuff. So I brought them onto the team.   And so our clients will interact with both me and them inside of our community, but it's not just points. We're also providing really cool travel experiences. So for example, I posted this, but I'm going kiteboarding in Egypt in June on this epic like entrepreneur kiteboard trip where it's 40 entrepreneurs going to learn how to kiteboard together and masterminding on one. And so I'm attending, I sent it out to our clients and I said, Hey, if you want to come on this, our team will help you plan the flights out there on your point so you can get business class on the way out.   So I like to, because ultimately I wanna help people, my mission is to help people create more experiential wealth in their life. There's financial wealth, and a lot of people accumulate dollars, but they're not turning it into experiences. So I'm like, let's create more experiential wealth, and the points are the way to justify it. So we have that community level where you get access to our team, there's calls you can jump on, ways we help you plan trips, and then we have the done for you services, where we basically just handle it for you. That's more like, think of like a travel agency on points for entrepreneurs.   That's more of what that is. And in there we'll do the custom card planning and map out what cards you need based off of what your specific spends are and stuff like that. So we do some pretty deep intake. And we kind of are almost like a travel agent. It's a little bit different in some ways, but that's basically the two levels in how we help people.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (33:12.29) Great, man. I love how you build in the experience, right? Like that's part of it. Like that's what you're teaching anyway. So it's like, it's not like, hey, join this, join this group and then we'll talk about all these things. You're actually doing it. You're actually inviting them to execute on what you're teaching so that they can see it in motion and then they can continue to do it and experience life at a different level.   Eli Facenda (33:32.497) Absolutely. Yeah, I mean, like, I really love it too. like, I'm like, everyone that works with us is really, usually a pretty cool person. Like, if you're an entrepreneur and you have the guts to build your own business, and then you wanna travel the world, like by nature of that, you're already probably a pretty cool person. Like the majority of people that are doing that, I think well-traveled people are some of the most interesting people. If you want the best stories in life, like, someone who's traveled the world is gonna have some stories for you. And so when you combine those two, it's like, these are people I wanna hang out with anyways. So like, I'm going on a trip to Egypt. I'm like, come with, like.   Whoever in the community wants to come, let's have a party, let's go do it. So it's great thing.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (34:04.994) That's great. Awesome, man. How are you raising the bar in your life and your business right now? Like what are you doing to build your business further, building off of some of the things that you're offering right now? Where are you taking it to the next level?   Eli Facenda (34:18.833) Yeah, so we have a new project we're rolling out inside of our community, which I'm really excited about, which is even just in our lower tier membership, and it's called our DreamTrip Alert System. So what this is, is when people come in, this has never been done before in the world of points and miles or travel at all. So we're the first to do this, which I'm really excited about. So let's say you were to sign up. You're gonna come in and give us your DreamTrip destinations, the seasons or windows that you could go, the points you have, your home airport, all this stuff.   and our team is going through and we're not just finding you like a flight, because there are different alerts out there that'll be like, hey, we found a flight. And it's like, cool, one way from LA to London, but like, what am I gonna do when I'm there? Where am gonna stay? How am getting back? Right, it's like part of the puzzle, but it leaves a lot on you to figure out. And for our clients, most business owners and entrepreneurs, investors, they're too busy to piece all that together. So they're like, well, cool, that doesn't really help me. So we decided to do, we said, what if we...   just basically sent people like a mystery subscription box of their dream trips. And so when you come in and you fill that out, we gather it. And then a couple times a month, we're gonna send out alerts where it's like a 30, 40 or $50,000 type trip, somewhere incredible in the world. We're talking Greek islands, Amalfi Coast, Japan, New Zealand, African safaris, Maldives, Bora Bora, places like that, business and first class flights, five star hotels, four pennies on the dollar. So these are like, we get $40,000 trips where people will end up paying a thousand bucks, 1500 bucks, two grand out of pocket.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (35:25.389) Mm-hmm.   Eli Facenda (35:44.337) And so we're gonna send the entire trip to you. So it's like the flights, the hotels, the entire step-by-step booking, the recommendations on the ground, the entire experience. And so we're sending those out so people come in, they tell us when, where, like the things they wanna do, and then they're just gonna get these alerts where it's like every month they're gonna be like, you you're sitting there with your wife, hey babe, you wanna go to Bora Bora in like June? It's gonna cost us like 800 bucks and it would be a $30,000 trip. It's like that's what I want. That's what I wanna create. So that's us raising the bar in the industry and in our business.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (36:06.35) you   Eli Facenda (36:13.615) I'm very excited, it's brand new for us, so I'm just pumped to see that continue to roll out, because it's, for me the mission is to help people live with experiential wealth in the form of travel. And so, usually there's some barriers that get in the way. There's time, there's planning, and then there's cost. And what we're trying to do is eliminate as many of those barriers as we can to make it just easier to say yes to the trip.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (36:34.252) Yeah, man, sign me up, dude. Sign me up. I feel like you've got to get both significant others on your list, right? So they both see it and whoever's like the person is like, we've got to do this, you hit both of them and then they convince the other one to do it.   Eli Facenda (36:36.625) All right.   Eli Facenda (36:49.477) Yeah, right. Yeah, exactly. There's usually one. There's usually like sometimes it's the husband's on the call and he's like, dude, I don't know where we ever travel. Like I'm gonna pay for this, my wife's gonna do everything or it's the opposite where the guy's like, you know, she just shows up and I tell her where we're going. And so like that's my relationship. I'll be like, you know, it's my industry, my passion. I'm like, we're going here and then here. And she's like, tell me where to be. And she just has no idea where we are and she just loves it. And I'm like, I like planning. So, you know, but it's different for everybody.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (37:11.736) Yeah.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (37:17.144) For sure, for sure, man. All right, brother, this has been incredible. Tell our audience where they can find out more about you, where they can get involved with all the things, all the incredible things that they've heard on this show. Throw it out there,   Eli Facenda (37:28.859) Totally. Yeah, a couple of main places. So the first thing I'll share is that we have what I call the CEO Points Playbook. This is something I custom built. Took me a long time, and this was not a Chad TBT prompt. Like, I really built this on my own. And it is like a 30 to 40 page playbook that any business owner or entrepreneur can use to really maximize their travel experiences, get better bucket list trips, figure out the right cards for them. And it's normally 150 bucks, but if you go to freedomtravelsystems.com   forward slash playbook and you put in the code RAYS, you're gonna get it for free. Okay, so anyone listening, it is free for you. And so that's gonna be freedomtravelsystems.com forward slash playbook and then use the code RAYS, maybe we can put it in the show notes. And so that'll be the first thing. Second place is if you're like just want done for you services, just take off that forward slash and go to freedomtravelsystems.com. can talk to myself and one of the team members. And the last place, I hang out on Instagram and post a lot there, that's where we connected.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:14.049) Absolutely.   Eli Facenda (38:27.595) And that's where I'm sharing the most like behind the scenes and as I'm booking this stuff, as I'm planning it, as I'm showing like what our clients are doing, you get to see more of the visuals and the fun and come along for the ride. And so I love engaging on Instagram as well.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:40.27) Great. Thanks Eli. I really appreciate you coming on the show,   Eli Facenda (38:43.973) Thanks Seth, appreciate you having me on.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (38:45.806) All right, brother, talk soon.   All right, sweet dude. Nice. Yeah, right around 30 minutes. Let's see. Yeah, we'll just jump into these last few questions here.   Eli Facenda (38:51.748) Awesome.   Eli Facenda (38:55.205) Perfect.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (39:03.862) Welcome to Million Dollar Monday with Eli Fisenda. Let's just jump right in. Hey brother. Yeah, how did you make your first million?   Eli Facenda (39:09.243) Let's do it.   Eli Facenda (39:13.499) So I actually made my first million in a tour company. Now I made the first million, I didn't get to keep the first million, but what we were doing, we were running sports trips all over the world. This is actually part of how I fell in love with the travel industry and the work that I now do with points. And ultimately what we were doing, we were creating these international tour packages for youth sports teams and families to go on these international tours. think of like a 14 year old baseball team in your, you're in San Diego. We'd like do a selection of kids.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (39:19.694) Sure.   Eli Facenda (39:41.329) from that area and the families would come and they would go to Japan or Italy or wherever and travel for 10 days, experience the culture, have an educational tour and also play the local teams. So we did that in a variety of sports, ice hockey and baseball and lacrosse and all these different sports. And we were growing a lot and then that was ramping right until COVID and that just decimated the entire business. we took us about two years to get to a million and then we started to double almost every year for a few years and that was like.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:02.432) Mm.   Eli Facenda (40:09.399) Really, really tough break at COVID, but that was the first million.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:11.63) COVID man. Nobody saw that coming. mean.   Eli Facenda (40:13.881) No, definitely, you know, group, large, large group sports international travel was like the worst potential. Like you can't go overseas and you definitely can't do it with 60 people. So was, was a brutal industry to be in.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:25.506) Right? Yeah, there were certain sectors that just, I mean, there was nothing you could do. We opened up our first gym actually two weeks before COVID hit in 2020. we had our, us like two years to open and then our grand opening. And then we had a bunch of free clients in those first two weeks. And then they ended up being free clients for about a year because we couldn't charge them. Cause we couldn't get them back in the gym. We're doing online workouts and all that kind of stuff is insane.   Eli Facenda (40:36.817) Ugh.   Eli Facenda (40:47.696) Wow.   Eli Facenda (40:53.337) And that's like where the true entrepreneurial muscles are definitely strengthened in times like that though. mean, like the people that bounce back and figure it out, like you just have a new sense of confidence of like, you know, I can handle anything.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (40:54.22) But hey, we adapt,   Seth Bradley, Esq. (41:06.764) Yeah, man. I mean, you pivot, right? Like I actually ended up launching my first podcast during during COVID because I was stuck inside and it was like, all right, let's let's do this. Let's get on Zoom and interview people and all that kind of stuff, man. So that leads us right to the next question. And how do you make your last million? How do you make that transition?   Eli Facenda (41:12.859) Cool.   Nice. Cool. I'll it.   Eli Facenda (41:24.143) Yeah, so the last million that I made was in the current business that I have. so essentially what we've been doing there for about four years now is helping entrepreneurs maximize their travel on credit card points. So helping them get their dream bucket list trips, these 30, 40, $50,000 trips all over the world for about 90 % off by leveraging credit card points. And we've traditionally had some pretty high ticket services. I mean, not crazy expensive, but like, you five, 10, 15 K and that range has been the main main service. And so,   We cracked our first million about two years in, so that was 2020, 2024 actually was the first year we made a million there.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (42:00.526) Awesome man, awesome. How about your next million? Where are you scaling to?   Eli Facenda (42:04.305) Yeah, so the next million I wanna make is the same business. love what I do, I really enjoy it. And what I wanna do is do it in a more community oriented and lower ticket way. So I wanna have bigger reach, more digital products, more of the community, more affiliate services and stuff like that. And I'm really excited about kind of cracking the code on that, because we've done it decently with the higher ticket stuff, more agency level, service level stuff, which is great. And we're still cranking on that, we're gonna keep growing it. But I really wanna see what we can do with...   So the lower ticket stuff, creating awesome stuff on YouTube that leads to different channels and distributions there. So that's the next million and same business, just different type of money.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (42:41.57) I love it man, yeah, that's kind of opposite of how some people approach it, right? You usually start with a lower ticket and then you have to build up that base before anybody will give you, you know, higher, pay for that higher ticket product, but you're kind of working backwards because you want to help more people.   Eli Facenda (42:56.677) Totally, exactly, yeah, and there's a limit. mean, what we do in the high ticket is incredible, but it really is a specialized skill. Like you think about like a bookkeeper or an accounting firm or something, like there's like a million bookkeepers. There's like 50 people that know points and travel to the level that I need them to know it to really serve clients with the highest level. So there's a real limit on the ability to scale that. And so it's also just like, we wanna be able to do really quality work for less people, but then serve more people with the other stuff too.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (43:25.368) Totally, totally.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (43:29.518) Cool, let's jump into the next one dude and we'll wrap up. Eli, you're clearly in the top 1 % of what you do. I don't even know if there's that many people out there that do what you do at all, period. So clearly in the top 0.0001%, what is it about you that separates you from the rest of the field?   Eli Facenda (43:49.701) I think it's our ability to actually live what we preach. This is something where, you know, there are other fantastic people that talk about credit card points, but very few of them are actually business owners, like that's who we serve, and very few of them are actually traveling in the way that they're trying to help people travel. So we've done both. I've built multiple businesses, so I understand the psychology and the relatability of how you wanna think about travel and points and the various stresses in your life, the limitations on time and complexity. And I also,   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:06.062) Hmm.   Eli Facenda (44:20.636) What just happened?   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:22.998) I'm not sure. We can splice it together, but let's see. Lost the video.   Eli Facenda (44:26.748) Let me see here. Did my camera die or something?   Bizarre. second.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:36.076) Yeah, weird. Never had that happen.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:42.038) Not a big deal, we can splice it together, but let's see if we can get your camera working again.   Eli Facenda (44:46.992) Don't see my camera get help. Is the audio coming through okay? Did it switch over there to my MacBook from the other one? Or it sounds the same.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:51.564) Yeah, I can hear the audio.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (44:57.806) I don't know. All I see is like a car. It's like I don't know. It's a card with a symbol on it I wonder what that is that riverside or is that your symbol? I can't be your symbol   Eli Facenda (45:06.556) weird. Get help.   Eli Facenda (45:12.006) Let me see.   trying to check this out.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:19.458) We can also just finish it with audio.   Eli Facenda (45:23.556) Is it, Dude, I don't know what's going on. Sorry about that. I've never seen...   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:28.654) no worries, dude. We can just finish it with audio anyways.   Eli Facenda (45:31.63) New recording track created the participants have been recorded.   Issue device struggling to record. High load on your device. Try closing all other apps. Give me one second. I don't have any apps open. That's really weird.   Eli Facenda (45:53.126) Yeah, I don't know man. I apologize. I Okay, well yeah   Seth Bradley, Esq. (45:57.219) you're good, We'll just finish an audio and then I'll pull up for the video. I'll just black screen to a logo or something. So all good. I don't exactly know where you're at. If you want to start that sentence over.   Eli Facenda (46:04.048) Okay, cool.   Eli Facenda (46:07.866) Yeah, I'll just, I'll say, I'll just start. So yeah, so not only have we really walked the walk with actually living what we preach, but we also understand that psychology of what it's like to be a business owner, your limitations on time and complexity and all that stuff. And because we're talking about travel, people also want to know like what's actually in store for me in this destination. I've been to 50 countries now and my business partner has been to almost 100.   We have other team members who are all over 30, 40, 50 countries. So we've been to a lot of the destinations around the world that we're advising people to go to. So we know the ins and outs, best places to stay, hidden gems, top restaurants, stuff like that, that really add another layer of personalization and true experience into the service. So I think those are the things that really make us most credible in this space.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (46:57.506) Dude, it's so important, right? Like there's so many, you know, there's so much content out there now. There's gurus and coaches and mentors, whatever you want to call them. Like the ones that are truly valuable and that people should pay attention to are the ones that are actually practicing what they preach, right? The ones that aren't just selling you education or aren't just selling you a product. Like they're actually, they've done what they're selling and they continue to   enjoy or do what they're selling.   Eli Facenda (47:28.635) 100%, yeah, if you're a living embodiment of what you do, it makes it that much easier to communicate it and sell it because you just are the thing you're selling.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (47:38.764) Yeah, absolutely. What's one thing someone listening could do today to get 1 % closer to their dream life?   Eli Facenda (47:45.089) One thing that would be the easiest is to spend 30 minutes, go on Instagram, go on your favorite social media site, go on some travel blog site, look for your dream destination, then pull up your calendar and put a time on the calendar where you're committing to go. One of my favorite quotes is from Tim Ferriss, I forget the exact quote, but basically the idea is that if you don't schedule your fun first, it won't happen.   because your business and your life will take up as much space as you allow it to. So most people find that I'll take the trip when it's convenient. I'll take the trip when I have more time. That time is never coming until you make it a priority. So the one thing they can do to get closer to their dream life is to just make a more bold commitment to putting the time on the calendar and be like, I am going and make some sort of investment, whether you're telling someone, whether you're putting some money down, whether you're learn the point stuff, that's gonna be the biggest leverage you can make.   to make sure that you actually follow through on taking these trips and then you'll find how to get there on points if you need to from there.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (48:50.766) 100 % man, gotta put it, people, entrepreneurs, people like us, we work in all the time, you've gotta put it, put it in your schedule. You've gotta block it out, commit to it.   Eli Facenda (48:59.821) Absolutely, 100%.   Seth Bradley, Esq. (49:04.554) Alright dude, I think we got it wrapped up, man.   Eli Facenda (49:05.743) Beautiful. Awesome, Dan. Well, this was super fun and I apologize agai

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In this episode of Com d'Archi, meet Kevin Alter, an American architect and inspiring figure at the helm of Alterstudio, an agency based in Austin, Texas. Through a rich, sensitive, and generous conversation, he shares his dual vocation as a builder and teacher, revealing a vision of architecture as an everyday art, a dialogue with place, and a profoundly human act.Steeped in modernism, his approach aims to create fair living environments that resonate with the landscape, the seasons, and the people who use them. At Alterstudio Architecture, each project is the result of passionate, meticulous, and context-driven teamwork, whether in Texas or faraway places like Niseko. This collaborative approach, combined with rigorous design and a keen eye for detail, shapes spaces that illuminate everyday life.Kevin Alter also talks about his admiration for the elegance of French architecture, his love of books, craftsmanship, fashion, and his optimism. Far from formalism or pure technical performance, he advocates a generous architecture, guided by listening, respect for others, and the desire to collectively elevate our living environment.Between aesthetic demands, educational commitment, and unapologetic humanism, this portrait of an architect in search of accuracy offers us a rare insight into the DNA of a studio deeply rooted in modernist ethics... and humanity.Teaser image © alterstudioSound engineering : Ali Zogheib____If you like the podcast do not hesitate:. to subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes,. to leave us stars and a comment :-),. to follow us on Instagram @comdarchipodcast to find beautiful images, always chosen with care, so as to enrich your view on the subject.Nice week to all of you ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Send us a textIn this fourth episode, we're joined by the legendary Richie Webb — a true snowboarding nomad with a story that starts on the dry slopes of the UK back in the '90s. From those humble beginnings, Richie carved his way to the rugged peaks of New Zealand, becoming a standout instructor at NZski. We dive into his journey through the SBINZ system, from student to trainer, and hear about his adventures teaching in the US, Italy, Austria, Japan, and beyond. With over 16 seasons under his belt, Richie now splits his time between the powdery backcountry of Niseko and the alpine vibes of Queenstown. Get ready for a deep dive into snowboarding life, culture, and wisdom from one of the sport's most passionate mentors."This episode is sponsored by snowboardteacher.com. Use the link below for 15% off the self study program.https://www.snowboardteacher.com/?affcode=374473_ar81c2syWe had also partnered up with BASI. The British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI) is a UK based membership association responsible for the training and licensing of snowsport instructors and coaches. If you have had a Ski/ Snowboard lesson in the UK, chances are you were taught by a BASI qualified instructor. If you teach snowsports or are interested in teaching then visit the BASI website for courses at https://www.basi.org.uk/ .Enjoy the episode, leave some feedback and contact us at snowboardinstructorpodcast@gmail.com or pop us a message on Facebook or Instagram.If you like what we do Support us @ https://buymeacoffee.com/snowboardinstructorpodWatch and RideWatch and ride is a online snowboard school that allows you to take you snowboarding to new heights.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

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Our show is best watched on YouTube here: https://go.www.letsgettothepoints.com/Australia_Japan_Travel In this video, we cover everything from flights to hotels to activities to help you plan the perfect vacation! Come with us as we enjoy the Australian Open, ski in Niseko, have fun at the night markets in Taipei, and eat ramen in Tokyo. Credit Card Links: http://go.www.letsgettothepoints.com/CreditCards Sign up for our newsletter: https://go.www.letsgettothepoints.com/JoinOurEmail Join the waitlist for our Elevate community: https://letsgettothepoints.com/elevate/ Website: https://www.letsgettothepoints.com/ Email: letsgettothepoints@gmail.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/letsgettothepoints/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@letsgettothepoints EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL DISCOUNT CODES: https://letsgettothepoints.com/tools/ Seats.aero: Award Flight Search Engine Use Code: LETSGETPRO for $20 off the first year https://seats.aero/ Sign up for Award Email Notifications from Straight To The Points Use Code: LGTTP20 for 20% off the annual plan https://go.www.letsgettothepoints.com/StToThePoints Travel Freely: The FREE site we use to stay organized and track our 5/24 status https://my.travelfreely.com/signup?bref=lgw CardPointers: Save Money and Maximize Your Spend Bonuses https://go.www.letsgettothepoints.com/CardPointers MaxMyPoint: Hotel Rewards Checker Use Code: LGTTP for 20% off the first year of your Platinum Subscription https://maxmypoint.com ON TODAY'S SHOW: 0:00 Opening 2:05 Australian Open: The Tennis 5:30 Marriott Moments: Lounges at Special Events 8:25 Flying to Australia: EVA Air and Singapore Airlines Business Class 9:58 Grand Hyatt Melbourne 12:40 Qatar Airways A380 First Class 14:35 Flying to Japan: Booking Japan Airlines A350 Economy with AA miles 15:50 Caption by Hyatt Namba Osaka 16:16 Park Hyatt Niseko 19:41 Park Hyatt Kyoto and Hyatt Place Kyoto 23:38 Hyatt House Tokyo Shibuya 28:24 Flying to Paris: Air France Business Class 30:00 Flying to Hong Kong: Air France A350 Business Class 32:13 Grand Hyatt Hong Kong 36:00 Flying to Taiwan: Cathay Pacific Business Class 36:54 Shangri-La Far Eastern Taipei 37:34 EPISODE Daan Taipei, JDV by Hyatt 42:06 United Airlines Premium Economy 46:39 Flying to Japan for the Weekend 48:25 Japan Airlines A350 Business Class 55:50 Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills 59:13 ANA Flying Honu A380 First Class 1:02 Giveaway: Join Our Newsletter Disclaimer: The content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Advertiser Disclosure: This video may contain links through which we are compensated when you click on or are approved for offers. The information in this video was not provided by any of the companies mentioned and has not been reviewed, approved, or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities. Offers are current only at the time of the video publishing date and may have changed by the time you watch it. Let's Get To The Points is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as CardRatings. Let's Get To The Points and CardRatings may receive a commission from card issuers.This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers. Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. Opinions expressed here are the author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, hotel, airline, or other entity. This content has not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of the entities included within the post. The content of this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available.

Send us a textR32 EV, HKS ZERO-R, CHRNCLS x Exceed, Niseko, Okinawa, This trip was amazing! We discuss Tokyo Auto Salon and what was different this year compared to last, Seeing the Tokyo Drift Veilside fortune NSX, Visiting Okinawa and Hokkiado. We ate local cuisine, spent time with TommyFyeah, put 2,000KM on our R34 GTR and more!Listen along to get inspiration for your own Japan trip!Got questions?RHDGUYS@GMAIL.COMSocials - @RHDGUYS - @BLUNTGARAGEMerch - http://RHDGUYS.COM

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: Snow, Friendship, and New Year Revelations in Niseko Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ja/episode/2025-01-20-23-34-02-ja Story Transcript:Ja: 積もる雪が光る朝、ニセコの美しいスキー場でカイト、ユミ、そしてアキラは新しい一年を迎えました。En: On a morning when the piled-up snow glistened, Niseko's beautiful ski resort greeted Kaito, Yumi, and Akira as they welcomed the new year.Ja: 空気は冷たくても、その場の活気に皆の心は温かくなります。En: Despite the chilly air, the vibrant atmosphere warmed everyone's hearts.Ja: この冬、彼らは一緒に過ごし、友情を深めることを楽しみにしていました。En: This winter, they looked forward to spending time together and deepening their friendship.Ja: カイトは挑戦を愛するスキーヤーです。En: Kaito is a skier who loves challenges.Ja: しかし、最近友達との距離を感じていました。En: However, he has recently been feeling somewhat distant from his friends.Ja: 「この旅行で、友達との絆を強くしたい」と密かに思っていました。En: He secretly thought, "I want to strengthen my bonds with my friends on this trip."Ja: ユミは慎重で、いつも安全を重視します。En: Yumi is cautious and always prioritizes safety.Ja: 実はアキラへの想いを抱えていました。En: In reality, she harbored feelings for Akira.Ja: アキラはカジュアルな性格で、カイトの危険な滑り方を批判しつつも、ユミの気持ちには気づいていませんでした。En: Akira, with his casual personality, often criticized Kaito's risky skiing but was oblivious to Yumi's feelings.Ja: スキー場での一日が過ぎ、アキラが提案します。「そろそろ帰ろうか？」En: As the day at the ski resort came to an end, Akira suggested, "Shall we head back soon?"Ja: しかし、カイトは少し不安に感じつつも、「もう一本滑ってからにしようよ！」と言いました。En: However, Kaito, feeling a bit anxious, replied, "Let's go down one more run first!"Ja: その時、カイトは高度の影響で体調が悪化していることに気づいていましたが、それを隠していました。En: At that moment, Kaito noticed that the altitude was affecting his health, but he kept it hidden.Ja: 彼が山頂近くにたどり着いた時、急に眩暈を感じ、雪の上に崩れ落ちました。En: When he reached near the summit, he suddenly felt dizzy and collapsed onto the snow.Ja: ユミとアキラはすぐにカイトを助けに駆け寄りました。En: Yumi and Akira quickly rushed over to help Kaito.Ja: ユミは応急処置を施し、安心させるように笑顔を作りました。「大丈夫だよ、ゆっくりしてね」と優しく言いました。En: Yumi administered first aid and, putting on a reassuring smile, gently said, "It's okay, just take it easy."Ja: アキラも手助けをしながら、カイトに言いました。「君の冒険心は素晴らしい。でもこれからは、みんなのことも考えようよ。」En: While also assisting, Akira said to Kaito, "Your adventurous spirit is admirable. But from now on, let's consider everyone as well."Ja: 彼の言葉には友情の想いが込められていました。En: His words were filled with the spirit of friendship.Ja: 彼らは無事にロッジに戻り、ユミはカイトの看病をしました。En: They safely returned to the lodge, and Yumi took care of Kaito.Ja: その夜、小さな炉の火が暖かく揺らぎ、ユミはアキラに向かって思い切って言いました。「実は、あなたのことが好きなんです」。En: That night, as the small fire in the stove flickered warmly, Yumi mustered up her courage and said to Akira, "Actually, I like you."Ja: アキラは少し驚き、しかし微笑んでユミの手を優しく握りました。「ありがとう、僕も君のことを大切に思ってるよ。」En: Akira was somewhat surprised, but smiled and gently held Yumi's hand. "Thank you, I cherish you too."Ja: そして、友達三人はこの経験を通して学びました。En: Through this experience, the three friends learned something valuable.Ja: カイトは友情の大切さを、ユミは勇気を、アキラは仲間への感謝の心を。En: Kaito learned the importance of friendship, Yumi gained courage, and Akira developed a sense of gratitude towards his companions.Ja: 新しい年が始まり、多くのことを得た彼らの絆は、一層深まりました。En: As the new year began, their bonds strengthened even more, enriched with many lessons.Ja: 静かな雪景色の中で、温かい友情の灯は、いつまでも消えることなく輝いていました。En: In the quiet snowy landscape, the warm light of their friendship shone brightly, never to fade.Ja: 新しい一年は、彼らにとって特別なものとなりました。En: The new year became something special for them. Vocabulary Words:glistened: 光るpiled-up: 積もるchilly: 冷たいvibrant: 活気atmosphere: 場challenged: 挑戦somewhat: 少しbond: 絆cautious: 慎重prioritizes: 重視harbored: 抱えていましたcriticized: 批判oblivious: 気づいていませんsummit: 山頂altitude: 高度dizzy: 眩暈collapsed: 崩れ落ちましたadministered: 施しreassuring: 安心させるadventurous: 冒険心admirable: 素晴らしいconsider: 考えようcompanions: 仲間flickered: 揺らぎmustered: 思い切ってcherish: 大切に思ってるgratitude: 感謝enriched: 得たlandscape: 雪景色bonds: 絆

Send us a textEpisode 40 takes us to Japan's northern island of Japan to speak with John Greiner, founder of Iwanai Resort. Blessed with Hokkaido's legendary powder and without the crowds of nearby Niseko, Iwanai is regarded as Japan's best cat skiing and snowboarding mountain. While the lower resort is open to the public, it is Iwanai's cat operation which has put it on the map as Japan's best. Mount Iwanai stands 1086 metres / 3562 feet above sea level and offers a diverse range of terrain including open bowls, old growth trees and retired courses of a consistent pitch of 20° to 40°. The cat operation is limited to 24 seats per day with the option of renting out a cat for private use. Delivering guests an average of around 4700 metres vertical of untracked powder each day, their goal is to give skiers and boarders the best day of their lives. John and I discuss the resort and cat operation in detail along with why Hokkaido's powder is rated so highly in the first half of the interview, before discussing the village and accommodation, reasons to visit Iwanai in green season and more in the second half of our chat. For more information, visit Iwanai's website or follow them on Instagram and Facebook.Outland Japan is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Peter Carnell - a freelance tour guide based in northern Nagano – that transports you to rural, regional and the wilds of Japan in pursuit of stories that lie outside the neon hum of Tokyo and golden trimmings of Kyoto. Stories of travel, life and culture beyond the big cities. Follow the show on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Please note, prior to October 2024, Outland Japan was named Snow Country Stories Japan.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 24. It dropped for free subscribers on Dec. 1. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:What There's a good reason that the Ikon Pass, despite considerable roster overlap and a more generous bucket of days, failed to kill Mountain Collective. It's not because Mountain Collective has established itself as a sort of bargain Ikon Junior, or because it's scored a few exclusive partners in Canada and the Western U.S. Rather, the Mountain Collective continues to exist because the member mountains like their little country club, and they're not about to let Alterra force a mass exodus. Not that Alterra has tried, necessarily (I frankly have no idea), but the company did pull its remaining mountains (Mammoth, Palisades, Sugarbush), out of the coalition in 2022. Mountain Collective survived that, just as it weathered the losses of Stowe and Whistler and Telluride (all to the Epic Pass) before it. As of 2024, six years after the introduction of the Ikon Pass that was supposed to kill it, the Mountain Collective, improbably, floats its largest roster ever.And dang, that roster. Monsters, all. Best case, you can go ski them. But the next best thing, for The Storm at least, is when these mountain leaders assemble for their annual meeting in New York City, which includes a night out with the media. Despite a bit of ambient noise, I set up in a corner of the bar and recorded a series of conversations with the leaders of some of the biggest, baddest mountains on the continent.Who* Stephen Kircher, President & CEO, Boyne Resorts* Dave Fields, President & General Manager, Snowbird, Utah* Brandon Ott, Marketing Director, Alta, Utah* Steve Paccagnan, President & CEO, Panorama, British Columbia* Geoff Buchheister, CEO, Aspen Skiing Company, Colorado* Pete Sonntag, VP & General Manager, Sun Valley, Idaho* Davy Ratchford, General Manager, Snowbasin, Utah* Aaron MacDonald, Chief Marketing Officer, Sun Peaks, British Columbia* Geordie Gillett, GM, Grand Targhee, Wyoming* Bridget Legnavsky, President & CEO, Sugar Bowl, California* Marc-André Meunier, Executive Marketing Director, Bromont, Quebec* Pete Woods, President, Ski Big 3, Alberta* Kendra Scurfield, VP of Brand & Communications, Sunshine, Alberta* Norio Kambayashi, director and GM, Niseko Hanazono, Japan* James Coleman, Managing Partner, Mountain Capital Partners* Mary Kate Buckley, CEO, Jackson Hole, WyomingRecorded onOctober 29, 2024About Mountain CollectiveMountain Collective gives you two days each at some badass mountains. There is a ton of overlap with the Ikon Pass, which I note below, but Mountain Collective is cheaper has no blackout dates.What we talked aboutBOYNE RESORTSThe PortfolioBig SkySunday RiverSugarloafTopicsYes a second eight-pack comes to Big Sky and it's a monster; why Sunday River joined the Mountain Collective; Sugarloaf's massive West Mountain expansion; and could more Boyne Resorts join Mountain Collective?More Boyne ResortsSNOWBIRDStats: 3,240 vertical feet | 2,500 skiable acres | 500 inches average annual snowfallTopicsThe new Wilbere lift; why fixed-grip; why 600 inches of snow is better than 900 inches; and how Snowbird and Alta access differ on the Ikon versus the Mountain Collective passes.Wilbere's new alignmentMore SnowbirdALTAStats: 2,538 vertical feet | 2,614 skiable acres | 540 inches average annual snowfallTopicsNot 903 inches but still a hell of a lot; why Alta's aiming for 612 inches this season; and plotting Mountain Collective trips in LCC.PANORAMAStats: 4,265 vertical feet | 2,975 skiable acres | 204 inches average annual snowfallTopicsPanorama opens earlier than most skiers think, but not for the reasons they think; opening wall-to-wall last winter; Tantum Bowl Cats; and the impact of Mountain Collective and Ikon on Panorama.More PanoramaASPEN SKIING COMPANYStatsAspen MountainAspen HighlandsButtermilkSnowmassTopicsLast year's Heroes expansion; ongoing improvements to the new terrain for 2024-25; why Aspen finally removed The Couch; who Aspen donated that lift to, and why; why the new Coney lift at Snowmass loads farther down the mountain; “we intend to replace a lift a year probably for the next 10 years”; where the next lift could be; and using your two Mountain Collective days to ski four Aspen resorts.   On Maverick Mountain, MontanaDespite megapass high-tides swarming mountains throughout the West, there are still dozens of ski areas like Maverick Mountain, tucked into the backwoods, 2,020 vertical feet of nothing but you and a pair of sticks. Aspen's old Gent's Ridge quad will soon replace the top-to-bottom 1969 Riblet double chair that serves Maverick now:On the Snowmass masterplanAspen's plan is, according to Buchheister, install a lift per year for the next decade. Here are some of the improvements the company has in mind at Snowmass:On the Mountain Collective Pass starting at AspenChristian Knapp, who is now with Pacific Group Resorts, played a big part in developing the Mountain Collective via Aspen-Snowmass in 2012. He recounted that story on The Storm last year:More AspenSUN VALLEYStats* Bald Mountain: 3,400 vertical feet | 2,054 skiable acres | 200 inches average annual snowfall* Dollar Mountain: 628 vertical feetTopicsLast season's massive Challenger/Flying Squirrel lift updates; a Seattle Ridge lift update; World Cup Finals inbound; and Mountain Collective logistics between Bald and Dollar mountains.More Sun ValleySNOWBASINStats: 3,015 vertical feet | 3,000 skiable acres | 300 inches average annual snowfallTopicsThe Olympics return to Utah and Snowbasin; how Snowbasin's 2034 Olympic slate could differ from 2002; ski the downhill; how the DeMoisy six-pack changed the mountain; a lift upgrade for Becker; Porcupine on deck; and explaining the holdup on RFID.More SnowbasinSUN PEAKSStats: 2,894 vertical feet | 4,270 skiable acres | 237 inches average annual snowfallTopicsThe second-largest ski area in Canada; the new West Bowl quad; snow quality at the summit; and Ikon and Mountain Collective impact on the resort.The old versus new West Bowl liftsMore Sun PeaksGRAND TARGHEEStats: 2,270 vertical feet | 2,602 skiable acres | 500 inches average annual snowfallTopicsMaintaining that Targhee vibe in spite of change; the meaning of Mountain Collective; and combining your MC trip with other badass powder dumps.More Grand TargheeSUGAR BOWLStats: 1,500 vertical feet | 1,650 skiable acres | 500 inches average annual snowfallTopicsBig-time parks incoming; how those parks will differ from the ones at Boreal and Northstar; and reaction to Homewood closing.More Sugar BowlBROMONTStats: 1,175 vertical feet | 450 skiable acres | 210 inches average annual snowfallTopicsWhy this low-rise eastern bump was good enough for the Mountain Collective; grooming three times per day; the richness of Eastern Townships skiing; and where to stay for a Bromont trip.SKI BIG 3Stats* Banff Sunshine: 3,514 vertical feet | 3,358 skiable acres | 360 inches average annual snowfall* Lake Louise: 3,250 vertical feet | 4,200 skiable acres | 179 inches average annual snowfallSunshineLake LouiseTopicsThe new Super Angel Express sixer at Sunshine; the all-new Pipestone Express infill six-pack at Lake Louise; how Mountain Collective access is different from Ikon access at Lake Louise and Sunshine; why Norquay isn't part of Mountain Collective; and the long season at all three ski areas.SUNSHINEStats & map: see aboveTopicsSunshine's novel access route; why the mountain replaced Angel; the calculus behind installing a six-person chair; and growing up at Sunshine.NISEKO UNITEDStats: 3,438 vertical feet | 2,889 skiable acres | 590 inches average annual snowfallTopicsHow the various Niseko ski areas combine for one experience; so.much.snow; the best way to reach Niseko; car or no car?; getting your lift ticket; and where to stay.VALLE NEVADOStats: 2,658 vertical feet | 2,400 skiable acres | 240 inches average annual snowfallTopicsAn excellent winter in Chile; heli-skiing; buying the giant La Parva ski area, right next door; “our plan is to make it one of the biggest ski resorts in the world”; and why Mountain Capital Partners maintains its Ikon Pass and Mountain Collective partnerships even though the company has its own pass.More Valle/La Parva JACKSON HOLEStats: 4,139 vertical feet | 2,500 skiable acres | 459 inches average annual snowfallTopicsThe Sublette lift upgrade; why the new lift has fewer chairs; comparisons to the recent Thunder lift upgrade; venturing beyond the tram; and managing the skier experience in the Ikon/Mountain Collective era.More Jackson HoleWhat I got wrong* I said that Wilbere would be Snowbird's sixth quad. Wilbere will be Snowbird's seventh quad, and first fixed-grip quad.* I said Snowbird got “900-some inches” during the 2022-23 ski season. The final tally was 838 inches, according to Snowbird's website.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 79/100 in 2024, and number 579 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Have you heard of a condominium hotel or condotel? As the name may imply, it is a condominium that operates as a hotel, which you could own because units within the hotel are individually owned and managed for you. Hannah Yulo Luccini, CEO of Hotel101 Global, tells us a bit more about how such projects work and how it is different from traditional time-shares with their Condotel project in Niseko, Japan.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

今週は毎年恒例のニセコグラベルに参加してきた模様をお届けします。 現地収録がほぼ出来ておらず、アフタートークのゲストとしてリュウタ君を招いてお話ししました。 毎年参加しても楽しいニセコグラベルの模様を、お耳でお楽しみください。 NISEKO GRAVEL：https://nisekogravel.com/ 番組公式Twitterあります。情報などはフォローしてチェックしてください→⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/radio_rueda⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 番組のご意見ご感想はTwitter & instagramにてハッシュタグ( #radiorueda )またはメールアドレスradiorueda.758@gmail.com まで忖度のないお言葉を頂ければ幸いです。 番組公式Patreon始めました。 番組は無料で聞いていただけますが、もし応援していただけるのであれば月額1ドル・3ドル・5ドル・10ドルと4つのコースをご用意しております。 パトロン限定コンテンツ音源や記事などを公開しておりますので一度ご覧いただき、投げ銭のお気持ちでご支援頂ければ幸いです。 リンクはこちらからでも！⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/radio_rueda

From pouring drinks to piloting planes, Tyler Wyman's journey from hospitality to aviation is nothing short of extraordinary! Tune in as he shares the realities of changing careers in his late thirties, the financial strategies he employs to fund flight school, and the invaluable connections he's making in the aviation world. So if you're considering a career in aviation, this episode is a must-listen.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE Insights into transitioning to a new career path later in life Practical tips on managing the financial aspects of pilot training The importance of networking and mentorship within the aviation community Various paths within aviation training, including private ownership and flying clubs How to align a new career in aviation with personal life and family commitments   RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED ATP Flight School Destination 225° Cadet Pathway | Southwest Careers Five Flags RV Park 21.Five Podcast   ABOUT TYLER WYMAN Tyler is a results-oriented leader with a robust background in hospitality and customer success. His career has included improving operations at multiple businesses worldwide, most recently leading operations at a tech-based real estate start-up. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Tyler has lived and worked in diverse locations including Charleston, South Carolina; Garmisch, Germany; Niseko, Japan; and Park City, Utah.    His early career involved serving guests and ensuring customer success in the hospitality industry, from snowboarding instructing for U.S. soldiers to bartending for Sundance Film Festival attendees. His passion for leadership led him to thrive in roles as a General Manager and Director of Operations, where he guided and developed high-performing teams.   CONNECT WITH TYLER Website: Tyler Wyman LinkedIn: Tyler Wyman Email: twyman@wincre.com Phone Number: (435) 631-1897   CONNECT WITH US Are you ready to take your preparation to the next level? Don't wait until it's too late. Use the promo code “R4P” and save 10% on all our services. Check us out at www.spitfireelite.com!   If you want to recommend someone to guest on the show, email Nik at podcast@spitfireelite.com, and if you need a professional pilot resume, go to www.spitfireelite.com/podcast/ for FREE templates!   SPONSOR Are you a pilot just coming out of the military and looking for the perfect second home for your family? Look no further! Reach out to Marty and his team by visiting www.tridenthomeloans.com to get the best VA loans available anywhere in the US. If you're a professional pilot looking for a great financial planning partner for your retirement, tax, and investment, go to www.tpope.ceterainvestors.com/contact or call 704-717-9300 ext 120 to schedule a consultation appointment with Timothy P. Pope, CFP®. Be ready for takeoff anytime with 3D-stretch, stain-repellent, and wrinkle-free aviation uniforms by Flight Uniforms. Just go to www.flightuniform.com and type the code SPITFIREPOD20 to get a special 20% discount on your first order.

Hokkaido features on today's show, KC, Damon and Ryan talk to Ron from the Park Hyatt and find whats cool (literally) to do while in Niseko. We discuss tour news: low scores at the John Deere, preview this weeks Genesis Open, the European Tour says goodbye to Bernhard Langer,  Ryan learns how to to do a tempura, and lightening strikes in Tokyo during the Tokyo elections! This podcast is sponsored by Titleist Fitting in Japan:https://golf-in-japan.com/titleist-fitting-experience

Developerská firma Niseko z Prahy, která nedávno koupila část skiareálu v Bedřichově, chce lyžařské středisko dál rozvíjet. Pozemky koupila od Tělovýchovné jednoty Bižuterie. Firma tam chce postavit apartmány, proti kterým se ale brání obyvatelé obce.

Heute in unserem Japan-Podcast: Komplizierte Steuererklärungen für Ausländer, Übernachtungssteuer in Niseko, Expressbusse für Touristen, Japans schlechte Arbeitsumfeld für Frauen, geplante Gehaltserhöhungen überraschen, Streik bei unregelmäßig Beschäftigte, Netzwerfer gegen Amokläufer und ein neuer LDP-Skandal.

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode Forced head shave for transgender inmate a human rights violation: Osaka lawyers https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240312/p2a/00m/0na/007000c Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/44aa6f4888ea-japan-court-says-same-sex-marriage-ban-in-unconstitutional-state.html Space One rocket explodes immediately after liftoff in Japan【Videos】 https://soranews24.com/2024/03/14/space-one-rocket-explodes-immediately-after-liftoff-in-japan%E3%80%90videos%E3%80%91/ Opinion: Japan must reform its refugee and immigration system to avoid further tragedies https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240306/p2a/00m/0op/002000c School rules presuming black, straight hair perplex children with foreign roots in Japan https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240311/p2a/00m/0na/018000c Hokkaido's Niseko to introduce lodging tax of up to 2,000 yen a night https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/6007ac6157d0-hokkaidos-niseko-to-introduce-lodging-tax-of-up-to-2000-yen-a-night.html

Trượt tuyết ở Niseko, ghé thăm cánh đồng hoa ở Furano, đi chợ cá ở Hakodate, và thưởng thức các món ăn địa phương như miso ramen và thịt cừu nướng. Có gì thú vị ở hòn đảo Hokkaido phía bắc Nhật Bản?

Join Kat Shortsleeve on an exhilarating journey in the latest episode of the Shortsleeve Travel Podcast! From the snowy slopes of Niseko, Japan, to an impromptu solo adventure in Scandinavia right after graduation from Columbia Business School, Kat delves into the art of traveling to champagne destinations on a beer budget. Discover her unique experiences, from luxury horseback riding in Peru to the awe-inspiring Northern Lights and 24-hour daylight phenomena in Scandinavia. Whether it's exploring the world-class 'Japow' or navigating the vibrant streets of Stockholm, Helsinki, and Oslo, this episode is packed with tips, laughs, and insights on making the most of every travel opportunity. Don't miss Kat's personal anecdotes and practical advice on solo travel, embracing local cultures, and seeking out the extraordinary in the everyday.Instagram @katshortsleeveTik Tok @katshortsleeveYoutube Shortsleeve Travel with Kat Shortsleeve

Our kick off to season 2 is an in depth look at skiing with Niseko Japan with Kim Reichhelm. Niseko is a hidden gem located in the northern part of Japan's main island, Hokkaido. It's known for epic snow, unbelievable landscapes, and a ski culture unrivaled in the US and Europe. No matter your skill level, Niseko has something to offer.  Located in Hokkaido prefecture, 2.5hrs drive from Chitose Airport and the city of Sapporo. The area is comprised of 4 interlinked ski resorts. Averaging around 15m+ of snow each season, Niseko is famous for its wide open powder bowls, tree runs, and stunning views of Mt Yotei. Contact info for our guest Kim Reichhelm at Ski with Kim - https://www.skiwithkim.com/ email- info@skiwithkim.com Thanks and credit to the Grits for the music @Copyright 2023 Morgan Global LLC --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john--morgan/message

Buckle up for an exhilarating adventure in the Land of the Rising Sun! In this episode, we're heading to the snowy wonderland of Niseko, Japan. Nestled in the breathtaking Hokkaido region, Niseko is a world-renowned destination for winter sports enthusiasts, hot spring lovers, and nature enthusiasts alike. Join your host Laura as we delve into all things Niseko. From the pristine powder-covered slopes to the enchanting Japanese culture, we'll guide you through this magical destination, offering tips, insights, and local recommendations. Learn about the legendary Niseko snowfall that attracts skiers and snowboarders from around the globe, and hear firsthand accounts from winter sports aficionados about their unforgettable experiences on the slopes. We'll also discuss the variety of ski resorts, terrain parks, and off-piste adventures available to cater to all levels of expertise. But Niseko is more than just a winter sports haven. Dive into the rich cultural tapestry of the region, from savoring delicious Japanese cuisine to relaxing in traditional onsens (hot springs). We'll introduce you to local experts who will share their knowledge of the best places to dine, unwind, and immerse yourself in the local culture. Explore the beauty of Niseko's natural surroundings, including national parks, frozen lakes, and stunning vistas. We'll discuss activities beyond the slopes, such as snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and even the chance to witness the awe-inspiring winter festival of Sapporo Snow Festival nearby. Whether you're an avid snow enthusiast, a culture explorer, or someone seeking a unique winter escape, Niseko has something for everyone. Join us on this captivating journey to discover why Niseko, Japan, is an unforgettable destination for all seasons. Tune in to this episode of Driven Latinas and get ready to uncover the secrets of Niseko's winter wonderland! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drivenlatinas/message

We speak to an Australian couple, who are looking to buy a vacant land plot in Hokkaido, Japan, for the purpose of building and running a winter accommodation resort on it - what kind of research and due diligence is involved? Tune into the conversation and find out!

Welcome to another episode of LUEX FM. Our CEO, Tim Heising, delves into the pristine powder and ethereal beauty of Niseko, Japan, a skiing mecca that will leave you breathless and yearning for more. Join us as we venture into this captivating winter wonderland with an insightful chat with head guide, Stefan, from Rhythm Rides.

We discuss skiing in Roccaraso in the Italian Appenines, take a look at skiing in Hokkaido, Japan and look at the impact of climate change on La Plagne.   Iain was joined by Jen Tsang in La Plagne and podcast regular, Mike Richards in Niseko, Japan. SHOW NOTES Jen was on the show talking about La Plagne in Episode 99 You can read Jen's guide to La Plagne here Mike most recently joined us in Episode 165, discussing Madesimo Andy Butterworth (Kaluma Ski) reported from St Anton in Austria (3:30) Dave Burrows (SnowPros Ski School) has news from Villars in Switzerland (7:00) Jen updates us on the snow conditions in La Plagne (9:30)  Listen to Jen talking about the changes on the glacier in La Plagne in Episode 99 (13:45) Will summer skiing in Europe be affected by low snowfall this winter? (16:00) Ski racers have signed an open letter to FIS asking for more action on climate change (18:00)  Mike spoke from Niseko in Hokkaido, Japan (20:00) Rusutsu is one of Mike's favourite resorts (23:00) Lucy Aspen-Kean from Telegraph Ski & Snowboard recently visited Japan as well (26:00) Mike also recommends basing yourself in Furano (28:00) Roccaraso is in the Appenine mountain range in Italy (29:00) Naples and Pompeii are easy side trips to combine with the ski area Iain interviewed Bonaventura Margadonna, head of the Alto Sangro ski area (31:00) Fiona from Ski Abruzzo was Iain's translator (33:00)  Iain will report on the Carv in discussion with Al Morgan in Episode 171 (36:00) The GB Bobsleigh team picked up silver at the World Champs (37:00) Jasmine Taylor took her first podium of the season in telemark Charlotte Bankes won the Cortina World Cup in Snowboard Cross Kirsty Muir and Zoe Atkin took World Cup podiums in Ski Slopestyle & Big Air The Freestyle World Champs are on right now in Bakuirani, Georgia (38:00) FEEDBACK (38:30) I enjoy all feedback about the show, I like to know what you think, ideas for features so please contact on social @theskipodcast or by email theskipodcast@gmail.com.  Laura Hargrave: "Loved the feature on van life in Episode 167" Ian West: "Loved the refuge stay in Les 3 Vallees: you could tell you enjoyed it" Judy Matthews: "Keep the episodes coming, it's a wonderful listen and I have got a few of my friends hooked on it too" If you want to do something to help the show why not give us a review on Apple Podcasts. There are over 170 episodes to catch up with and 123 were listened to in the last week Are you one of our listeners in Iceland or El Salvador? (40:00) If you enjoy the pod, you can BuyMeACoffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/theskipodcast: @dwib: “Thanks for doing what you do. It's the highlight of the day when the pod goes up!” You can follow me @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast. Thanks to Les 3 Vallées for sponsoring the podcast.

Greetings from the "Land of the Rising Sun!" Today, Jason welcomes you all from Niseko, Japan! It's fitting that Jason and Neal talk about demographic collapse while visiting Japan because Japan is facing a drastic population decline.  A very big thank you as well to all who attended the Empowered Investor LIVE conference! And to all who missed it and/or want to have the video recordings, we will have those recordings available to you in about a week, so please stay tuned. You can purchased all of the event recordings HERE. And today Jason welcomes the 'mad scientist of multifamily' Neal Bawa of Grocapitus investments. They talk about how demography affects real estate, where the housing market is and where it might be headed and the factors affecting your investments. Neal is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $1+ billion-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization. The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that: We can only manage what we can measure. His second mantra is that: Data beats gut feel by a million miles. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 800+ investors.   Key Takeaways: Jason's editorial 1:22 Welcome to Niseko, Japan!  1:56 Demographic collapse 4:00 Overview of Neal's interview 4:58 Thank you to all who attended the Empowered Investor LIVE conference last January! Neal Bawa interview 6:08 Welcome Neal Bawa, Investigating blockchain and fractionalizing crypto 10:30 Outlook on the economy and the real estate market 16:06 Supply chain and the massive effects on inflation worldwide 20:43 Real estate, a very low-tech asset class; current state of 3D printing 25:44 Difficult to disrupt over-funded tech companies  27:53 The housing shortage and new household formations   Quotables: "If you want to have a country, you must have children." - Jason Hartman "Real estate is extraordinarily difficult to disrupt." - Neal Bawa   Mentioned: David Graeber, Debt: The First 5,000 Years Ivy Zelman   Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

What a wild World Cup group this was! Over the course of two hours during the last set of group matches, there were nine changes to the final table, and all four teams — Germany, Japan, Spain, and Costa Rica — occupied one of the two qualification spots at one point. After the final whistles blew, despite winning their match against Costa Rica, 4-time World Cup champions Germany were out. Despite losing against Japan, 2010's World Cup champs Spain were in. And Japan, the first team out of Asia, Africa or Oceania with multiple wins against former champions at the World Cup, reached the knockout stages in consecutive World Cups - another first. But how would the Footy Travelers' time spent with fans from these nations stack up? Would there be as much drama? Would VAR have to step in? Find out in the latest episode of the best podcast out right now (when it comes to sharing stories and experiences around footy travels, that is.)! Foot(y)notes: Germany If this website is any proof, Oktoberfest can be found in more than just Munich. Japan Here's a good pros and cons breakdown for the Hakuba vs Niseko debate.  Spain Yes! Spain has skiing. Here's a look at their ski resorts.  Costa Rica It's not all surfing and Imperial in Costa, check out this guide to all the rainforests in the land of Pura Vida.

Japan is Open for Tourism once Again. The host for this show is Stephen Zurcher. The guest is Eric Johnston. In today's show, we explore the reopening of Japan to foreign tourism once again after over two and a half years of nearly zero inbound tourism due to COVID immigration restrictions in the country. Foreign tourists, including many from Hawaii, are returning to Japan now albeit in still small numbers compared to 2019 when over 30 million foreign tourists came to the country. We explore the reopening of Japan with Eric Johnston who is Deputy Editor for the Japan Times, which is the most influential English-based new publication in Japan. Eric covers politics in Japan plus other topics including Hospitality. He joins us from Niseko in Hokkaido Japan, which is preparing now for the return of foreign tourists for the winter skiing season. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nDxMvBHydvswLNthwOl5QT Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com.

On 14/9/2022, Japan announced that it would fully reopen to tourists after more than two years of closed borders. To celebrate this event, along with humanity slowly learning to live with this new pandemic, I decided to record, edit and release a 90-minute podcast with two of my best friends and travelling companions to tell you “What you should and shouldn't do in the land of the rising sun.” This should spark the obvious counter-question in my intelligent and sceptical audience, “Why should I listen to you?”, to which I'll answer “All three of us have travelled to Japan twice with each stay lasting over a month, and during that time, we've zipped up and down the nation by shinkansen, car, ferry, and bus. Whether it is Kobe, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Sendai, Hiroshima, Sapporo. Yokohama, Nara… If you can name a city, we've been there. So, for all my travelling enthusiasts who want to know what stores we highly recommend, what events you should miss, what are the most beautiful castles in Japan, what is the most affordable way to travel the country, random Japanese facts, and tips, and much more… Stay tuned for a podcast full of tips and laughter! TIME STAMPS: (6:36) - Fuji-Q Adrenaline Park (14:45) - Robot Cafe Tokyo (17:00) - How long should you stay in a city? (19:35) - Amori & Hakodate (21:50) - Snowboarding in Niseko (25:00) - Sapporo (26:25) - Sendai (30:45) - The best shoes for the snow (36:40) - Should you go to the owl cafe in Tokyo? (40:45) - Thrift stores in Japan (42:00) - Yokohama (44:00) - Akihabara: Anime Capital (47:45) - Eating the hottest level of curry (50:00) - Ueno Park in Tokyo (53:20) - Airbnb Tours (56:30) - How to travel around Japan (59:00) - Osaka (1:03:15) - Spas and onsens (1:05:20) - Mount Koya near Osaka (1:08:35) - Japanese food (1:13:50) - Kyoto (1:17:35) - Airbnb Tours (1:21:50) - Kobe, Himeji & Awaji Island (1:31:10) - Team Labs in Tokyo (1:34:20) - A summary of key advice

On 14/9/2022, Japan announced that it would fully reopen to tourists after more than two years of closed borders. To celebrate this event, along with humanity slowly learning to live with this new pandemic, I decided to record, edit and release a 90-minute podcast with two of my best friends and travelling companions to tell you “What you should and shouldn't do in the land of the rising sun.” This should spark the obvious counter-question in my intelligent and sceptical audience, “Why should I listen to you?”, to which I'll answer “All three of us have travelled to Japan twice with each stay lasting over a month, and during that time, we've zipped up and down the nation by shinkansen, car, ferry, and bus. Whether it is Kobe, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Sendai, Hiroshima, Sapporo. Yokohama, Nara… If you can name a city, we've been there. So, for all my travelling enthusiasts who want to know what stores we highly recommend, what events you should miss, what are the most beautiful castles in Japan, what is the most affordable way to travel the country, random Japanese facts, and tips, and much more… Stay tuned for a podcast full of tips and laughter! TIME STAMPS: (6:36) - Fuji-Q Adrenaline Park (14:45) - Robot Cafe Tokyo (17:00) - How long should you stay in a city? (19:35) - Amori & Hakodate (21:50) - Snowboarding in Niseko (25:00) - Sapporo (26:25) - Sendai (30:45) - The best shoes for the snow (36:40) - Should you go to the owl cafe in Tokyo? (40:45) - Thrift stores in Japan (42:00) - Yokohama (44:00) - Akihabara: Anime Capital (47:45) - Eating the hottest level of curry (50:00) - Ueno Park in Tokyo (53:20) - Airbnb Tours (56:30) - How to travel around Japan (59:00) - Osaka (1:03:15) - Spas and onsens (1:05:20) - Mount Koya near Osaka (1:08:35) - Japanese food (1:13:50) - Kyoto (1:17:35) - Airbnb Tours (1:21:50) - Kobe, Himeji & Awaji Island (1:31:10) - Team Labs in Tokyo (1:34:20) - A summary of key advice

How did Niseko operators cope during the years-long border closure? Does the declining home prices in Australia mean it's a buyer's market? Find out what the judges said.

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Thị trấn Niseko là một nơi nghỉ mát trượt tuyết đã trở thành nổi tiếng trên thế giới, trong đó có các khu vực trượt rộng … Lí do nên đi du lịch thị trấn Niseko Nhật Bản vào mùa hè Read More ». Xem chi tiết https://tokyometro.vn/li-do-nen-di-du-lich-thi-tran-niseko-nhat-ban-vao-mua-he-s261673-html/

In this episode, we welcome two LUXURY VOICES, Patrick Ohtani and Acme Wu, respectively Board Director and Marketing Director of Niseko Tourism. Formed in 2007 The Niseko Promotion Board is responsible for promoting the destination as an international, four-season destination with the goal of increasing overnight visitation. In our winter destinations series and following the recent Beijing Winter Olympics, we discuss with key skiing destinations in the four corners of the globe to understand their current situation and the future potential of Asian winter tourists for them. Joanne, Patrick and Acme will speak about Niseko, one of Japan, and the world, most renowned ski destinations. They will debate on the impact of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in the regional feeder market for Niseko, Niseko's unique features as a skiing and year round destination, and how to attract a growing community of Chinese ski fans. About this episode:Company Name         Niseko Tourism Company Website      https://www.nisekotourism.com/ About Infinite Luxury:LUXURY VOICES is a podcast curated by Infinite Luxury Group, a luxury Sales, Marketing, Communications specialist based in Asia. www.infiniteluxurygroup.com Follow us: LinkedIN      www.linkedin.com/in/infinite-luxury-a132271bInstagram    infiniteluxurymanifestoWeChat       InfiniteLuxury-jxm Contact us: WeChat       InfiniteLuxuryEmail           hongkong@infiniteluxurygroup.com Podcast available on iTunes, Spotify, online or wherever you listen to your episodes

On this episode, Ben and Burke take a look at things people thought were true about Japan and then found out weren't. Japan Today recently asked this as a question on their Facebook page, and people expressed surprise at things related to technology, food quality, treatment of foreigners and each other, and much more!Sponsors:Bearfoot BarLocated in downtown Sapporo, walking distance from the subway station. There are  variety of Japanese made craft bottled beers. A range of whiskeys and basic cocktails also available. Burgers and pub style snacks. Friendly English and Japanese speaking staff.  https://www.facebook.com/bearfootbarThe Red HouseLocated in the heart of Rusutsu Ski Resort, just cross the main road and it's behind the Seicomart Convenience store. The restaurant features a mix of Japanese, Asian fusion, and western Style dishes, including shabu-shabu with wagyu beef and Hokkaido wagyu beef steak. Open winter and summer, 12-3pm for lunch, 5-9pm for dinner, with prices ranging from under Yen 1000 to about Yen 5000. https://theredhouse.jp/Rusutsu LodgesOpen all year round. Located 5 minutes walk to the main Rusutsu Ski Resort Gondola. There are Japanese, Western, and apartment style rooms with breakfast packages available. There's a Japanese sento (public bath), two convenience stores less than a minute walk, ski room and tune up tables, plenty of free parking space, and summer BBQ packages available. Check out the website for more information and availability. http://rusutsulodges.comHokkaido GuideEstablished over 10 years ago, written by locals for locals and international tourists. The guide contains information on all types of businesses and locations around Hokkaido. There's information regarding all things Hokkaido such as sightseeing, nightlife, events, services, food and restaurants, entertainment, outdoor activities, and more. Currently offered in English and Thai, advertising space available. Check out website for everything you need to know about this beautiful prefecture. https://hokkaidoguide.comUse our Buzzsprout affiliate link to start your podcast today!Website:https://www.voicesinjapan.com/Follow us and check out our other content:https://twitter.com/voicesinjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/voicesinjapan/https://www.instagram.com/voicesinjapan/Get in touch:voicesinjapan@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/voicesinjapan)

In 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, Tommy Moe became the first U.S. male skier to win two medals in the same Olympics—one Gold, the other Silver. But Moe is much more than just one of the greatest downhillers in history; he is also a fun-loving free-skiing enthusiast and a pioneer of heliskiing in his adopted home state of Alaska. As someone who has skied just about everywhere for fun and sport, he's the perfect guide to lead us on a global adventure to the world's top ski destinations for 2022. Moe starts in Alaska, where he cofounded and co-owns the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge. Set in the Tordrillo range a 40-minute flight from Anchorage, the luxury wilderness lodge offers access to some of the most extreme skiable terrain on Earth. But the vast wilderness also offers a range of long, wide-open cruiser runs and everything in between. During summers, the lodge is an ideal base for fishing, rafting, and adventures by via ferrata—a mountain network system that, as Moe explains, opens up the thrills of rock climbing to people of all skill levels. For those interested in heliskiing, Moe's main advice is to do your homework. Research your options and make sure that whatever destination you choose offers the right slopes for your abilities. He also advises that you get in shape before your trip—you don't want to blow a week of heliskiing by getting injured or too worn out to make the most of it.  In addition to an epic heliskiing adventure in Alaska, Moe has some other ideas for where you should hit the slopes in 2022. Not surprisingly, he recommends his current hometown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Known as a skier's mountain—boasting 4,129 feet of pure fall lines with no traversing—the Jackson Hole Resort has long been a draw for experts. But Moe says the town has developed a broader appeal over the years, especially with the addition of new luxury hotels like the Four Seasons. A new hotel in Taos, the Blake, prompted Moe to ski New Mexico's premier resort a couple years ago—and he was blown away. Also in the U.S., he loves Whitefish Mountain Resort in his native Montana. Hopping over to Europe, Moe cites Val d'Isère, France, at the top of his list. During his many times racing in Val d'Isère—with its idyllic backdrop of a European town with stone and wood buildings, crepe shops, boutiques, and restaurants—he was drawn to it for more than its superb ski slopes. But his fondest memories are of hitting the powder with his teammates on days it snowed too much to race.   Moe talks with Bruce about St. Anton in Austria, Portillo in Chile, Las Leñas in Argentina, Revelstoke in British Columbia, and Niseko in Japan, which he says combines some of the world's best powder with a truly unique cultural experience. For destinations like Japan or Austria—or anywhere, for that matter—Moe stresses the benefits of skiing with a guide. Having the right person direct you will help you find the best runs for your ability and the right time of day to hit them—and can also keep you from getting lost and finding yourself in the wrong village far from your hotel! Following Moe's expert picks and advice, Bruce shares a few insights of his own: The Wallin Wrap-Up highlights some of the top hotels, trips, and more that we have to look forward to in 2022. ----------------------------------- Learn more about the podcast: https://www.curtco.com/travelthatmatters Hosted by: Bruce Wallin Produced by: AJ Moseley and Darra Stone Music by: Joey Salvia A CurtCo Media Production See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 It was cold in Japan last weekend. But thanks to the cold weather, many ski resorts were able to open with a good amount of snow. Recently, Niseko in Hokkaido has been gaining popularity around the world for its powder snow and excellent skiing. Well, this week is finally Christmas. Please listen to what kind of Christmas it is in Japan. クリスマス　イブ イルミネーション じゃあ、またね。

Diana Rivera is a professional winter sports trainer and examiner. She has dedicated half her life to the study and practice  of three different winter sports disciplines: ski, snowboard and Telemark. Her first season as a full-time professional was in 2001 in Sierra Nevada, Granada, Spain. She's also worked in France, Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and currently lives in Hokkaido, Japan. In 2020 she founded the educational platform We Telemark, which currently is making a movie production called Telemarkeras. The organization is currently based in Niseko, Japan and has their own set of rental telemark equipment they offer out during their free instructional lessons and clinics.

“Everywhere we are landing on water now [in Japan] is basically a first!” – Ben Kerr Originally from Sydney - Australia, Ben Kerr moved to Japan almost thirty years ago, to pursue his dream of racing motorcars up to formula 3. After having discovered one of the deepest and lightest powder snow in the world on the northernmost island of Hokkaido in the mid 90`s, Ben started his backcountry ski and snowboard operation next to the small town of Niseko, right at the foot of the magnificent Mount Yotei (which is of course a volcano). A short hop from mainland Honshu, Hokkaido's natural beauty offers spectacular views from the air with an extreme variety of different landscapes and of course the proximity to the sea. Having flown general aviation a little bit in Australia, especially with his dad, Ben recently discovered bushflying at its birthplace in Alaska and went on a mission to be the very first to import, register and fly not one but two Cub Crafters Xcubs in Japan… one on 31's AK bushwheels in 2018 and the second one on amphibious floats in 2020. Niseko Aviation [https://www.nisekoaviation.com/en/] was born, with its multilingual team having a passion for flying, snow skiing, cycling and promoting Hokkaido's natural beauty. As a full AOPA Japan member, Niseko Aviation goal is to grow the local general aviation community and promote backcountry and float flying in Japan also to international pilots. Since 2017, Ben and Niseko Aviation opened several airstrips in Hokkaido and have been pushing the exploration of Japanese fresh water spots all around the archipelago up to the point of being the very first to land a float plane on many rivers and lakes! … all of this in 2021! In this episode, Ben Kerr shares with us his love for Japan´s northernmost Island - Hokkaido, his dedication to grow the backcountry and float flying community in Japan as well as his constant search for new water spots all around the country. If you want to discover more content about Ben, go checkout this episode's page on our website: www.thestolcollective.com Music credits: “Slowly”, Amon Tobin – Supermodified, 2000 Cover Art: Ben Kerr

Dylan Butt drops by to talk about the early days, Chains from Glendhu Bay, Olly Brunton, Deano Johnston, Niseko in 1995, The world quarterpipe champs, Shamus Butt, US open carnage and so much more. That's right...this is only part 1!!

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Ginny is probably best known for her 2018 translation of "Convenience Store Woman," the bestselling novel by Sayaka Murata, which won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize when it was first published in Japanese in 2016. Like the original, the English translation was a bestseller, and the author and translator have collaborated again to translate Murata’s 11th novel, "Earthlings," which was published at the beginning of October. We hear from Ginny about the art of translation and why she thinks we should all be reading more books from other cultures. Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Elite Havens (http://bit.ly/nisekohaven) . This ski season, enjoy a 15% discount on Elite Havens' Niseko accommodations for bookings confirmed from now until Nov. 30, 2020, for stays between Dec. 24 and March 31, 2021. Enjoy an additional 5% off your next booking when you book now (http://bit.ly/nisekohaven) . Just mention the promo code JAPANTIMES to your reservation specialist. Terms and conditions apply. Read more: Reviews of new and classic books in The Japan Times Books section (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/books/) In "Convenience Store Woman," Sayaka Murata questions normality in modern Japan (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/06/09/books/convenience-store-woman-sayaka-murata-questions-normality-modern-japan/) (Nicolas Gating, The Japan Times) Sayaka Murata's 'Earthlings': Alienated misfits fight against the ties that bind (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/10/03/books/book-reviews/earthlings-sayaka-murata/) (Kris Kosaka, The Japan Times) Strong woman, soft power (https://glli-us.org/2018/05/26/strong-women-soft-power-by-ginny-tapley-takemori/) (David Jacobson, GLLI) Order a copy of 'Earthlings (https://granta.com/products/earthlings/) ' (Granta) On this episode: Ginny Tapley Takemori: Author profile (https://societyofauthors.org/translator-Profile?itemID=369) Oscar Boyd: Twitter (https://twitter.com/omhboyd) | Articles (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/oscar-boyd/) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oscar.boyd/) Announcements: Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/email-newsletters) and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/japandeepdive?lang=en) , and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: Sayaka Murata's "Convenience Store Women"

Damian "Hippy" Keyte joins Ben and Burke on the podcast. Originally trained as a Manufacturing Jeweller and designer, Damian (or Hippy, as he is known to his friends), has spent the past two and-a-half decades continuously retraining himself in a wide variety of creative trades. From an underwater film maker, to a carpenter and plasterer in both Japan and Australia, to having spent the last seven years at sea as a Merchant Sailor in the oil and gas industry, before finally settling down in Hokkaido, Japan to develop his own multi-discipline studio to bring all of his talents together in one place.We have such an interesting conversation with Damian and go into much more depth about all the things mentioned above and more, so enjoy the show!For more information about Damian's furniture business, Yoshitomo Design, check out his Facebook or Instagram pages.https://www.instagram.com/yoshitomodesign/https://www.facebook.com/stonesteelandwood/Podcast Sponsors:Bearfoot Bar 12 different types of Japanese made craft beers, both bottles and on tap. A range of whiskeys and basic cocktails also available. Tapas style menu and burgers. Friendly English and Japanese speaking staff. Open 7 days a week. Located in downtown Sapporo, walking distance from the subway station. Why not pop in for a drink if you are in town!https://www.facebook.com/bearfootbarRusutsu LodgesOpen all year round. Located 5 minutes walk to the main Rusutsu Ski Resort Gondola. There are Japanese, Western, and apartment style rooms with breakfast packages available. There’s a Japanese sento (public bath), two convenience stores less than a minute walk, ski room and tune up tables, free pick up available from the bus stop, plenty of free parking space, and summer BBQ packages available. Check out the website for more booking and availability.http://rusutsulodges.comHokkaido GuideEstablished over 10 years ago, written by locals for locals and international tourists. The guide contains information on all types of businesses and locations around Hokkaido. There's information regarding all things Hokkaido such as sightseeing, nightlife, events, serices, food and restaurants, entertainment, outdoor activities, and more. Currently offered in English and Thai, advertising space available.https://hokkaidogiude.comUse our Buzzsprout affiliate link to start your podcast today!Website:https://www.voicesinjapan.com/Follow us and check out our other content:https://twitter.com/voicesinjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/voicesinjapan/https://www.instagram.com/voicesinjapan/Get in touch: voicesinjapan@gmail.com

Type 2 is a podcast from Looking Sideways in association with Patagonia that explores the intersection between the outdoors, action sports and activism. This week’s guest is Alex Yoder, a snowboarder who is known for one of the best turns in the business and the series of thoughtful films he’s made in recent years about snowboarding in Turkey and Scotland. It was third time lucky for me and Alex - we had abortive attempts to record this episode in Portland and Niseko before finally jumping on Zoom to take care of it in time-honoured 2020 fashion. The timing was actually great, because Alex has just launched a new venture called Overview Coffee, an ethical take on coffee distribution. Overview sources its coffee from farms that prioritise environmental stewardship and is founded upon the principles of regenerative organic agriculture. For it’s proponents, regenerative organic agriculture offers an ethical vision for agriculture based upon a long-term approach to soil health, and a commitment to community and environmental sustainability; all of which which will become increasingly crucial if we’re to solve the many environmental issues we’re currently facing. That’s the thinking behind Overview, which for Alex is a kind of soft-power, pragmatic take on environmental activism - designed to educate people and encourage them to help create change with the consumer choices they make each week, which in the society we live in is still how most of actually get to exercise any influence or power. As you’ll expect if you’re a regular listener to Type 2, we also discussed Alex’s own story, including his passion for telling stories that sit outside the usual snowboard mainstream. The result is a thoughtful, wide-ranging conversation that provides plenty of food for thought on different forms of activism, and how we have more opportunities to create change than we might think. My thanks to Alex for a great chat - hope you enjoy this one. New episodes of Type 2 are released every four weeks through my Looking Sideways channel. Hear it by subscribing to Looking Sideways via ApplePodcasts, Spotify or any of the usual other podcast providers. Thanks to Ewan Wallace for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.

In this week's episode, I'm bringing you Part 2 of Exploring Off-the-Beaten-Path Japan where I am going to reveal my Top 10 Places in Japan beyond Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. I have personally visited each one of these places over 10 years of living in Japan and can guarantee that they will provide you with unique experiences when you make that dream trip to Japan. From the town where John Lennon spent his summers with Yoko Ono (and Bill Gates also has a house) to a place where a monk will take you on a nighttime tour of a cemetery (and then leave you there to find your way out), we are going into the quirky and lesser known Japan in this episode! Join me for Part 2 of Off-the-Beaten Path Japan travel in this solo episode and get even more inspired to visit this incredible country one day soon!    

In this week's episode of the podcast, I join forces with my former guest from Lesson 4, Chiara Terzuolo, and finally talk about one of my passions that I had in mind when I first started the podcast–off-the-beaten-path travel in Japan. Chiara and I have 24 years of experience traveling in Japan between the two of us and are going to move beyond Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima to discuss the places you've probably never heard of if you're only a casual Japan fan—from the delights of staying in a Japanese ryokan to a 1200 km hiking trail with 88 temples, being buried in a hot sand bath on the island of Kyushu, and scuba diving off of so islands so inaccessible that the only way there is to take a 24-hour boat ride (and is still technically part of Tokyo), we cover a lot of ground in Part 1 of our two-part series. For those of you who have ever dreamed of visiting Japan or would love to return to this incredible country to see more, you won't want to miss this episode!

On this episode of the Voices in Japan podcast, Ben and Burke are joined by Mike from New Zealand and Tomoko from Japan. While neither one of them is originally from Hokkaido, they are managing the Rusutsu Lodges (a pension-style accommodation at the Rusutsu Ski Resort.) Mike and Tomoko introduce the area, which is one of the latest ski mountains in Hokkaido to become a popular destination for overseas visitors, as it sits in a very scenic location next to Mount Yotei. At the same time, the coronavirus epidemic has been hitting the tourism industry pretty hard in Hokkaido in late February and March, so they also provide some insights into the current situation, and also talk about some of the reasons for the limited development in the area, including the mindset of Japanese business owners. Enjoy the show!Support the showWebsite:https://www.voicesinjapan.com/YouTubehttps://youtu.be/G78DxDtFl-wFollow us and check out our other content:https://twitter.com/voicesinjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/voicesinjapan/https://www.instagram.com/voicesinjapan/Get in touch: voicesinjapan@gmail.com

Full episodes info and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.com It can be funny how these episodes come together sometimes. You can spend months trying to arrange a meeting. Or you can randomly bump into somebody at the top of a backcountry run off the back of Niseko Annapurri, as happened with me and Lena in this case. It was the type of welcome coincidence that has characterised my friendship with Lena Stoffel over the last few months. So after our day in the backcountry, we arranged to sit down in Niseko the next day to record this episode. I was keen to speak to her about her life and career as a skier, snowboarder, surfer, photographer and film-maker. Like all pro athletes in this world, Lena is a traveller, and I admire the way she’s putting herself out there with her recent projects. It takes a certain of amount of creative courage to think beyond the usual trick porn and attempt to explore the cultural hinterlands of skiing, surfing and snowboarding, as Lena is. Her approach is now winning renown beyond the narrow horizons of our own little world. As you’ll hear, Lena is extremely humble, but as is so often the case, there’s a drive and creative ambition at work that is leading her onwards to ever more intriguing projects. I really enjoyed this one, recorded on a lovely, snowy, calm afternoon in Niseko. Hope you do too. Thanks to Matt Ward for the theme tune, and to my editor Fina Charleson.

Emma and Tennille give you the ‘must-haves’ to pack in your bags for the snow that will help you pack for warmth, convenience and ease. They explain what to look for when you purchase a helmet, goggles or pair of gloves and discuss when it’s better to invest in quality and when it’s ok to go for a cheaper option. They look at different ways to keep your entire body warm, talk about the layers underneath your outer layers and which items you can go without. They discuss different fabrics and brands including sustainable clothing brands turning plastic bags into snow wear.If you’ve enjoyed this podcast don’t forget to keep listening. In upcoming episodes Emma and Tennille discuss the hype about Niseko, they review different Japanese snow resorts, teach you valuable Japanese vocabulary to get you travelling confidently around Japan, how to stay healthy in the snow whether that be gluten-free, dairy-free, pizza-free and much more.In previous episodes they share tips on how to navigate long haul flights with toddlers and babies and discuss which Australian snow resort is better between Thredbo and Perisher.The girls have skied at 83 snow resorts between them and have fine-tuned their systems to maximise the best time in the snow.Don’t forget to give the girls a review on itunes. This episode is unbiased and impartial information and unsponsored by brands. If you would like to sponsor any further episodes get in touch by heading to www.lovingthesnowlife.com.au. Please follow us on social media we are lovingthesnowlife on instagram and facebook.

In Episode 42 Iain visits the London Ski & Snowboard Festival, while Jim checks out the Annecy 'equivalent' at the High Five Festival. There's interviews with Chemmy Alcott on racing weight, info on motorhomes, new lifts from Porsche and much more.  The Ski Podcast would like to thank Switzerland Tourism for their support. Show Notes We are delighted to announce our new partner: Switzerland Tourism There are new lifts by Porsche this winter in Gstaad and Arosa There is a Hublot lift in Zermatt Iain was at the London Ski & Snowboard Festival Sir Ranulph Fiennes was a bigger draw than Iain (who presented in the TalkZone about Ski Flight Free) Iain in the Talkzone Jim visited the High Five Festival in Annecy Iain interviewed Jamie Barrow at the London show about his record-breaking plans for 2020 We've previously interviewed Jamie a couple of times. You must listen to Episode 4, which covers his experiences in North Korea.  https://youtu.be/csoP8Didoi0  Iain spoke to Chemmy Alcott about the challenges for a professional skier in trying to hit 'racing weight'  You can listen to previous interviews with Chemmy in Episodes 24 and 25 Jim spoke with Hannah from Winterised, about motorhomes in ski resorts, a topic we covered in Episode 40 Frank Saffery kindly gave us this review (after listening to our feature on Japan in Episode 41)Having gone back and listened to all your backcasts. Also having lived my entire adult life in Japan it's good to have some exposure here. Thanks to 'sdstarr' from across the pond in the States, who gave us this 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: Michael Bury kindly send us this, also about Episode 41:Just sent the link to my son, Jack Bury he's off to Niseko for the season   We were also delighted to hear from Frankie at Inghams after Mike's comments on their Japan package: It was really great to listen to your Japan expert though – fascinating! Do note that our trips to Japan are of variable durations, so they can be longer that a 7-nights should guests prefer. In our 'Ask Jim & Iain' feature we tackled the question 'How do I spot a good looking helmet?' Safety and fit is more important than how it looks, but there was a divide on whether sunnies should be worn with a helmet!   The 'punter gap' issue was more clear cut Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss an episode You can also catch up with old episodes - in the last 30 days all 57 of our podcasts have been listened to, with over 30 people listening to Episode 1 Iain's favourite episode remains the feature on wolves in the Alps Thanks to all our listeners from around the world, including the Maldives, Japan, NZ and the USA ---- Coming up in Episode 43 - Part 2 of Jim's interview with Hannah from Winterised - Iain finds out about Laax, baby - Lots more… 

This week Emma and Tennille tackle the more challenging aspects of traveling with babies and toddlers over long distances by airplane and perhaps a connecting flight or connecting trip by train, bus or rental car to the holiday destination.They discuss what cabin bag works well, what to put in it, which toys and books work well, which medications, breastfeeding or bottle feeding accessories and technology items.They help you save your relationship by preparing both your mindset and expectations if travelling with a partner, what you need to finalise before you leave for the airport for departure and arrival at the other end.The girls will advise what clothes to pack in the hand luggage if arriving in the opposite climate, what is important to save in case of emergencies in terms of snacks, drinks and baby/toddler items and suggest some brands they personally love.If you’ve enjoyed this podcast don’t forget to keep listening. In upcoming episodes Emma and Tennille discuss the hype about Niseko, review different Japanese snow resorts, teach you valuable Japanese vocabulary to get you travelling confidently around Japan, how to stay healthy in the snow whether that be gluten-free, dairy-free, pizza-free and much more.The girls have skied at 83 snow resorts between them and have fine-tuned their systems to maximise the best time in the snow.Don’t forget to give the girls a review on itunes. This episode is unbiased and impartial information and unsponsored by brands. If you would like to sponsor any further episodes get in touch by heading to www.lovingthesnowlife.com.au. Please follow us on social media we are lovingthesnowlife on instagram and facebook.

In Episode 41 Iain finds out a women-only snowboard camp in Méribel, Jim talks to Mike about his adventures in Hakuba, Japan and we discuss why you should never ring a specialist travel agency if you're travelling on your own.  Show Notes Iain was at the winter edition of LISTEX We've chatted about Brexit in detail previously in Episode 8 and Episode 20 James Gambrill presented his research about UK consumers. You can view his slideshow with all the stats here The ‘Zuke' was one of the products pitched in the LISTEX Dragon's Den Iain interviewed Corinne Matthews (‘Cozza') about Ticket To Ride's Womens' Only Snowboarding Camp in Méribel This week's ‘Ask Jim and Iain' feature is a question about single travellers Neither of us recommend you ring a specialist ski travel agency Try Skiworld or Solos Holidays, or maybe join one of the Snowheads trips Hannah James enjoyed our feature in Episode 40 about motorhomes in ski resorts, especially as she's done a lot of it herself. You can check out her blog at www.winterised.com and we'll be interviewing her in a later episode. Jim interviewed Pod regular Mike Richards about Hakuba in Japan, which is now an Inghams destination Mike has previously been on the pod discussing skiing in Montenegro and Georgia  Frank Saffery asked on Facebook 'if you had some Japan features' – we did also cover Niseko in Episode 32 Danny Mayes asked if he could hear something about Andorra or the Pyrénées – we have featured the French Pyrénées in Episode 9 and Episode 33 and Iain is travelling to Cauterets in February Thanks to Zeid for his kind comments: "Thank you so much for creating this podcast" The London Ski Festival runs from 24-27 October Jim and Iain would love to read ‘My Story' by Eddie the Eagle, but only if it's less expensive than £100

Honey works better than vinegar in attracting people and their cooperation.  We know that, so why do we forget this at work.  We are short with people and too much occupied with our immense status and authority.  This is all vinegar. Others are not attracted to this approach.  We need to work on our people skills if we want to have influence and get cooperation.  How do we do that? Welcome back to this weekly edition every Tuesday of "THE Cutting Edge Japan Business Show" I am your host Dr. Greg Story, President of Dale Carnegie Training Japan and best selling author of Japan Sales Mastery. We are bringing the show to you from our High Performance Center in Akasaka in Minato-ku, the business center of Tokyo. Why the Cutting Edge?  In this show, we are looking at the critical areas for success in business in Japan.  We want to help advance everyone's thinking so that we be at the forefront, the Cutting Edge, of how to flourish here in this market. Before we get into this week's topic, here is what caught my attention lately. There is an acute shortage of delivery drivers in the transport business that is impacting companies like Amazon and Rakuten.  According to the Ministry of Health, labor and Welfare there were two point seven jobs for every driver application in June.  A separate government survey in two thousand and sixteen found that eighty three percent of transport companies were overworking their drivers.  This high demand situation has led to higher salaries, with the resultant costs increasing delivery rates.  Amazon and Rakuten have been moving their business to Japan Post which has increased its share to twenty percent, third after Yamato at forty three percent and Sagawa Express at twenty nine percent. In other news, the pickup in land prices has been fueled by the Bank Of Japan's monetary easing programs.  The gains have been particularly steep in the areas popular with tourists.  The booming tourist trade has pushed up demand for Hotels an shops that cater fir tourists.  Land prices in Ginza keep rising and Kyoto is also doing very well. The biggest jump was in Kutchan in Hokkaido, the location of the internationally popular Niseko ski resort. Last year the number of inbound travelers to Japan hit a record twenty eight point seven million.  The total this year topped twenty million in mid august and appears on course to exceed thirty million by year's end. The governments target is fifty million by twenty twenty. This is episode number fifty-five and we are talking about  Lead To Outperform The Competition Soredewa ikimasho, so let's get going. Harvard Professor Joseph Nye coined the term “soft power” to describe how nations can achieve their aims through persuasion and the ability to attract.  Our world bristles with nukes.  Testosterone fueled fighter pilots duel at supersonic speeds over rocky outcrop flashpoints.  Drones have 007 licenses to kill and volatile dictators strut, posture and provoke. Hmm…having a soft power alternative to World War Three sounds attractive.    Closer to home, can soft power in our businesses achieve persuasion and attract cooperation? There are plenty of testosterone fueled dogfights going on in the C-suites amongst colleagues and between Divisions.  Corporate leaders strut and posture, while middle managers whip the troops to do more, faster with less.  Power, status, authority, rules, regulations, contracts etc., keep people in line, but none of this engages them.  Time for some fresh thinking! Here are four soft power plays that persuade and attract the team to outperform the competition. Play One:  work on our communication.  The WHY of the vision as well as the what and the how need to be explained in ways that inspire the troops to care. We own the world we create, so include our people in creating the vision.  Plenty of corporate offices have elaborately framed Vision, Mission, Values statements that hardly anybody can recall.  How do you live it, if you can't remember it?  Well you don't and this is a failure of communication.  The Ritz Carlton Hotel chain became famous for having every shift start their day by re-visiting their WHY.  Good organisation creates good communication.  How hard is it to get all of your work units starting with a daily WHY recharge?  It takes a few minutes and costs almost nothing. Play Two:tap into the emotional wellsprings of engagement. Intention is important here. Following Douglas McGregor's Theory X, Theory Y staff motivation models, if we see our people as lazy, inept, untrustworthy then we have to ferret out their failures and fix them.  If we see our team as basically good, loyal people doing the best they can, then we can switch our gaze to becoming a “good” finder to recognise them, rather than to scold them.  So leaders need to take a Theory Y “happy pill” every morning before work and decide they will be finder of good work and praise it, rather than becoming a Theory X carping dud detector.  Try it for a week and see the difference. Find out more when we come back from the break   Welcome backPlay Three:emphasise “valuing your people” rather than parroting the “corporate values”.  Our global engagement survey, validated in Japan, showed that the feeling of being valued was the trigger point sparking inspiration, empowerment, enthusiasm and confidence.  Innovation is directly correlated to engagement, because if you don't care, why make it better? Communicating to each individual “you are valued” is using soft power. Play Four: ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Based on their hard skills credentials, supervisors believe they have super vision, so they can tell people what to do.  One brain's output, no matter how good, is still only producing a narrow sliver of ideas. Actually the further up the chain of command you fly, the more distant you become from the action and informed perspectives.  Engaging people in the front line, through valuing their input, produces outperformance. Don't miss it – the crowdsourcing of ideas from the team is a soft power play that pays off.    The end is nigh for those organisations who don't introduce Professor Nye's soft power play into their leadership armory.  As we say in Japan, “time flies like an arrow”, so let's all commit to going “soft” and persuading and attracting our way to success. Action Steps Start with the WHY before explaining the What and the How Become a daily Theory Xer, seeking out the positives in your people Ensure your people feel they are genuinely valued every time, all the time Become an “ask” rather than “tell” leader Commit to persuade and attract your way to success THE Cutting Edge Japan Business Show is here to help you succeed in Japan.  Subscribe on YouTube, share it with your family, friends and colleagues, become a regular. Thank you for watching this episode and remember to hit the subscribe button. Our website details are on screen now, dalecarnegie.com, it is awesome value, so check it out. In episode fifty six we are talking about How To Not Blow Your Acceptance Speech. Find out more about that next week. So Yoroshiku Onegai Itashimasu please join me for the next episode of the Cutting Edge Japan Business Show We are here to help you and we have only one direction in mind for you and your business and that is UP!!!

In this BONUS SHORT episode, Trace talks with the wonderful co-owners of the Gyu bar AKA the fridge door, Niseko Japan. The whiskey will blow your mind, the bar tenders are international, the jazz DJ's make it cozy and home like. Nothing like this place, hot cocktails and a great vibe. Hear Trace talk to the owners about why they opened it int he first place!

Gokul participated in the Niseko Classic race in Hokkaido, Japan. He talks about his experience at a UCI Grand Fondo race and what to keep in mind while doing such races. We also do a brief talk about Tour de France and Team Ineos's dominance. https://nisekoclassic.com/

Special guest Yumi joins the guys again to talk about the special 10 day Golden Week holiday. Does she like Golden Week? The Heisei era ends on May 1st and a new emperor will be crowned, beginning the new Reiwa era. Listen to some interesting Golden Week stories in Hokkaido and opinions about the long holiday.Conversation Highlights:Why is Golden Week a 10 day holiday this year?What do Japanese people think of the Emperor?Japanese people stressing out about the long holidayBen shares his most memorable Golden Week holidayThe new Reiwa era and what the name meansPeople getting confused with the Japanese eras and calendarThe most popular cherry blossom viewing spots in HokkaidoBarbecuing during Golden WeekBarbecuing on the beach during the summer time is a Hokkaido “thing”Making the most out of sunny days.Japanese words that became popular during the Heisei eraGolden week plansBen shares a memorable Golden week story about BurkeYumi shares her worst Golden week holidayThe negatives of Golden WeekYumi’s ideal Golden week would be to go to OkinawaIn Hokkaido, Golden Week is a bit different than the rest of Japan because the winter has just ended, meaning that it’s still a bit cold. However, this does not stop the locals from barbecuing down by the river and in the most popular spot, Maruyama Park. In fact, the purported reason for barbecuing in Maruyama park is for cherry blossom viewing, but because of the cold weather the cherry blossoms are not in full bloom, usually there are only a few trees with some level of bloomage. But Hokkaido people love to barbecue and come rain or shine, during Golden Week, it is guaranteed to be a party atmosphere in Maruyama Park. And to be honest, they don’t really care about the cherry blossoms! If you have a chance to visit Hokkaido during Golden Week, going to this park is a must!It is the first time for the Golden Week holiday to be 10 days long. And, many people are actually complaining that the holiday is too long. Especially, families with young children become stressed and “over-worked” entertaining their kids for 10 days. Some people would actually rather go to work because they can at least relax for a few hours a day! Furthermore, Golden Week is a time when everyone in Japan is on holiday, therefore there are so many people traveling in, out, and around Japan and the prices for travel and accommodation double and sometimes triple! So, it can be a bit of a nightmare travelling during this time, with many many people, including Yumi and the Voices in Japan Podcast hosts preferring to stay home to avoid the crowds during this hectic time.Website:http://podcast.voicesinjapan.comFollow us and check out our other content:https://twitter.com/voicesinjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/voicesinjapan/https://www.instagram.com/voicesinjapan/Get in touch: voicesinjapan@gmail.com

Ross Findlay is the director of NAC (Niseko Adventure Center), which provides a variety of outdoor activities and services in the Niseko area of Hokkaido, Japan. Ross moved to Japan in 1989 to work as a seasonal ski instructor, but moved from there into rafting, and then into developing an extremely successful tourism business in the area. Ross' success helped Niseko become the main international ski resort in Japan and his name and brand are synonymous with the region. We recorded the podcast at Jojo's, the cafe located on the second floor of NAC. オーストラリア人のロス・フィンドレーさんはNAC（ニセコ・アドベンチャー・センター）の代表取締役であり、日本の観光業における先駆者です。北海道のニセコでラフティングを中心に様々なアウトドアサービスを提供するビジネスを90年代の半ばに開始し、大成功を収めてきました。現在、ロスさんはビジネス界だけではなく、委員会への参加や政策提言などを通して地域社会にも大きく貢献しておられ、ニセコの顔にもなっています。 Time: 70 mins. (the entire episode is in English following Japanese intro) タイム：70分（日本語は冒頭の挨拶のみです） --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/miij/message

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This podcast is brought to you from Japan. Taz travels with his family and close friends Ryan and Tanya Mann, to Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto and Niseko. He also catches up with Benny Antoni, an Innisfail friend that moved to the Niseko area 14 years ago.

David Crofton and his wife met at a ski shop in Erina. Years later, the pair now own a luxury ski cabin in Niseko, Japan as a part of their property portfolio without knowing any Japanese.. In this episode of the Smart Property Investment Show, David joins host Phil Tarrant to unpack his portfolio and discuss their decision to buy a property in Japan after having seen it online.  David explains the transaction process, how they navigated the language barrier in terms of contracts and share the costs involved in owning the property - including the ones that he hadn’t considered such as “snow ploughing fees”. David also unpacks the rest of his Australian-based portfolio, the renovation of one of those properties and what he wishes he had done about building a granny flat. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on iTunes (The Smart Property Investment Show) and by following Smart Property Investment on social media: Facebook Twitter or LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email editor@smartpropertyinvestment.com.au for more insights!

Originally recorded in 2013, Riccardo Tossani, long time resident of Japan and Principle Architect of Riccardo Tossani Architecture, spoke in depth about his contribution in the building of Niseko, Hokkaido.

This week I talk with Elliot, an HR Manager from HTM Niseko. Things we cover: What he does, how he does it, how he started doing it, how you can also do it, and a lot about what it's like living in Hokkaido thrown in for good measure. Enjoooooy Right click here to download the MP3   [Follow james/ALTInsider: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube | Discord]   Things Mentioned in This Episode: HTM Niseko - Job Listings The Japan Podcast Network - Twitter - Facebook SOP Reviews - JET Hopefuls Facebook Group Join the ALTInsider Discord! - How to Get Set-Up JobsinJapan.com Niseko Skiing Video Niseko Pizza My Interview with Edzo Seafoods Hirafu Main Street at night Ending Song   Thing to Do: Check out the jobs at HTM Niseko! Discuss this episode on the ALTInsider discord:  

Teaching is a tool to help make this world a better place for everyone and today I am very lucky to have Mr. Barry Mernin on the show this episode. Mr. Mernin is a lifelong elementary educator. Before teaching overseas, Mr. Mernin spent 12 years teaching in the US. Now, at the time of this episode, Mr. Mernin has spent the past fifteen years teaching in Singapore, Japan, Jordan and Hong Kong. He is currently a teaching administrator at Hokkaido International School- Niseko, Japan. Mr. Mernin's professional mission statement is: “ I will provide a wholesome and upbeat environment for any and all students to succeed. I will teach students to learn to be content. I will demand that students care for the world around them as well as themselves. I will remember what it is like to be a child.” Mr. Mernin has a master's degree in Mathematics and has attended summer workshops with Columbia University's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, directed by Lucy Calkins. Mr. Mernin has also obtained a leadership certificate from the Principal's Training Center for International Educators. This interview touched me and I see why Mr. Mernin is really a professional educator who values lifelong learning and is constantly enhancing his craft. ABOUT GUEST:: Name: Barry Mernin Home nation: USA Current location: Niseko, Japan Mr. Mernin's personal were he writes about teaching and living overseas: Expat Teacher Man : https://expatteacherman.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Hokkaido International School: http://home.his.ac.jp/niseko/ Hokkaido International School NISEKO12 Aza Fujimi Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun Japan 048-1501 How To Contact Us Email: his.niseko@his.ac.jp THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! Thank you very much for taking the time to share this podcast. If you have any feedback, please leave a note in the comments section below or leave a voice message via our SpeakPipe voice message page. We would love to hear from you! If you enjoyed this please share it with your friends, family and co-workers by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates of our podcasts. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please help us spread the word and leave a review in iTunes by clicking here! Thank you for listening to Four Seas One Family. We are all the same and at the same time uniquely different!

Teaching is a tool to help make this world a better place for everyone and today I am very lucky to have Mr. Barry Mernin on the show this episode. Mr. Mernin is a lifelong elementary educator. Before teaching overseas, Mr. Mernin spent 12 years teaching in the US. Now, at the time of this episode, Mr. Mernin has spent the past fifteen years teaching in Singapore, Japan, Jordan and Hong Kong. He is currently a teaching administrator at Hokkaido International School- Niseko, Japan. Mr. Mernin’s professional mission statement is: “ I will provide a wholesome and upbeat environment for any and all students to succeed. I will teach students to learn to be content. I will demand that students care for the world around them as well as themselves. I will remember what it is like to be a child.” Mr. Mernin has a master’s degree in Mathematics and has attended summer workshops with Columbia University’s Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, directed by Lucy Calkins. Mr. Mernin has also obtained a leadership certificate from the Principal’s Training Center for International Educators. This interview touched me and I see why Mr. Mernin is really a professional educator who values lifelong learning and is constantly enhancing his craft. ABOUT GUEST:: Name: Barry Mernin Home nation: USA Current location: Niseko, Japan Mr. Mernin’s personal were he writes about teaching and living overseas: Expat Teacher Man : https://expatteacherman.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Hokkaido International School: http://home.his.ac.jp/niseko/ Hokkaido International School NISEKO12 Aza Fujimi Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun Japan 048-1501 How To Contact Us Email: his.niseko@his.ac.jp THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE! Thank you very much for taking the time to share this podcast. If you have any feedback, please leave a note in the comments section below or leave a voice message via our SpeakPipe voice message page. We would love to hear from you! If you enjoyed this please share it with your friends, family and co-workers by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Please subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates of our podcasts. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please help us spread the word and leave a review in iTunes by clicking here! Thank you for listening to Four Seas One Family. We are all the same and at the same time uniquely different!

 Discovering new cultural norms and comparing them to our own is one of the most fascinating parts of travel and the three guests on Episode 18 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast have all given this issue a great deal of thought as well. First up, Annalicia Lynn describes the cultural confusion she felt when she first moved to Taiwan to speak English. The assumptions she made about the culture based on her own experiences back in the States led her to some uncomfortable moments in her early days in Taiwan. Jeff Sandquist talks about cultural fusion and his experience of Scandinavian heritage as he grew up with in Minnesota, and what he found when he visited Norway and saw Scandinavian culture up close. In another case of cultural confusion, Glenn Shiell describes the issues facing the Japanese ski resort of Niseko with the growing numbers of Australians coming to ski during the Australian summer - and what happens when these Aussies don’t necessarily show quite enough cultural sensitivity. Links:  Annalicia Lynn of Yoga and Pilates Online - http://yogaandpilatesonline.com Jeff at Intentionally Wandering - http://www.intentionallywandering.com Jeff’s Intentionally Wandering podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/intentionally-wandering/id1002563000?mt=2 Glenn Shiell of Snowriders Western Australia https://snowriderswa.com Snowriders WA Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/snowriderswa/ 8 tips to avoid being a bogan in Japan this winter - https://snowriderswa.com/2016/05/04/tset-2/ Should experienced travellers go to Bali? - http://www.notaballerina.com/2015/02/should-experienced-travellers-go-to-bali.html Tweet me @amandakendle Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod Chat on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina Show notes at https://notaballerina.com/18

    In the past episodes of the LPP Japan series we were travelling around and skiing in the Northern Island of Hokkaido. We had based ourselves in Niseko, got a solid rental car and drove to several different areas all within a relatively short drive. For the skiing we were able to explore Niseko’s […] The post LPP Japan Series Part 4 – Nozawa Onsen / Fire Festival appeared first on Low Pressure Podcast.

          In LPP JAPAN Part 3 we go touring in the Kiroro backcountry and skiing at Rusutsu Resort which are both easily accessible by car from Niseko where we decided to make our home base. An old friend and roommate of mine from Whistler many years ago, Hiroyuki Nishio, or Jackie […] The post LPP Japan Part 3 – Satoshi (Sebastian) Tsukahara – Hokkaido Backcountry Guides appeared first on Low Pressure Podcast.

        We’ve settled into Niseko as our home base and as you heard in part one, Dave Gheriani finally got his skis back. Since then we’ve got to ski some really good days already. We hit Rusutsu Reosrt, which is only about a 45 min drive away and we got to shred […] The post LPP Japan Part 2 – Hokkaido Backcountry Club appeared first on Low Pressure Podcast.

Owner and chef of Sobatei Rakuichi in Niseko, Hokkaido. Tatsuru operates the 12-seat restaurant, considered one of the world's great soba houses, with his wife Midori. He mixes, kneads, and cuts all of the buckwheat to order. MAD4 opened with Tatsuru preparing and cooking noodles from scratch for a few lucky members of the audience. Listen closely to a master performing his craft. The session also features small bits of live commenting from MAD founder Rene Redzepi. http://www.thelakeradio.com http://www.madfood.co/symposium/mad4/

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The best bits of the week including our Snowies to Niseko winner, sesame street for adults and Renee Brack's Movie Juice!