Podcast appearances and mentions of Tony Wheeler

You would struggle to find anyone better travelled than Tony Wheeler. As the Co-Founder of Lonely Planet, he has been to over 170 countries, and still has more on his travel bucket list.But, having sold the company that he and his wife Maureen spent decades building up, do guidebooks still serve a purpose for the modern day traveller?And what countries would he never go back to?Tony Wheeler joins guest host Tom Dunne to discuss.

Installment three of our Hurricane Helene series. Joining us for this episode is System Operations Manager, Tony Wheeler.

Imagine traveling the world with nothing but a backpack, turning your passion for discovery into a business empire, and selling it for $115 million.  That's exactly what Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, did.  In this captivating interview, Tony shares how he and his wife Maureen went from writing travel guides on kitchen tables to creating one of the most iconic travel brands in history.  If you love stories of adventure, entrepreneurship, and the bold steps it takes to follow your passion, this is a must-watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Inspired By Tony Wheeler AO, Co-Founder of Lonely Planet travel guides. Long before Google… Tony and Maureen Wheeler enjoyed extensive travel together from the early 1970's on. People would ask them of their experiences and there was very little available in the way of comprehensive travel guides. They began to fill an unrecognized market by writing their first travel guide and going on to establish Lonely Planet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inspired By Tony Wheeler AO, Co-Founder of Lonely Planet travel guides. Long before Google… Tony and Maureen Wheeler enjoyed extensive travel together from the early 1970's on. People would ask them of their experiences and there was very little available in the way of comprehensive travel guides. They began to fill an unrecognized market by writing their first travel guide and going on to establish Lonely Planet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm sitting down with Tony Wheeler, the co-founder of Lonely Planet who revolutionised travel guides with his iconic 1970s journey, Across Asia on the Cheap.Tony has now completed a dream trek through southern England, walking the entire length of the River Thames, from its source to the heart of London.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Wheeler is one of the most recognisable names in travel, and anyone who's ever used a Lonely Planet guidebook will have read the story on the last page about how he and his wife Maureen wrote and published their first guidebook, Across Asia on the Cheap, on their kitchen table in 1973, finally selling the Lonely Planet behemoth in 2011. He talks about counting countries, flying with carry-on only, his favourite country and the art of travel, tonywheeler.com.au Also, do North Americans have the world's friendliest accents? And the world's best car-free cities; The world's (allegedly) friendliest accent, minimumdepositcasinos.org Car-free cities comparethemarket.com.au/travel-insurance/features/best-car-less-cities/ What Tony Wheeler's reading now: Dust On My Shoes by Peter Pinney The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theworldawaits/message

After a disappointing end to last season, Maryland men's lacrosse is looking to rebound in 2024. The Terps return multiple top scorer and veteran standout Eric Malever, who joined IMS Radio's Larry France and the best writer on the Terps lax beat, InsideMDSports.com's Tony Wheeler, to preview the upcoming Terps season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lonely Planet guidebooks have been the so-called “backpacker's bible” for 50 years, ever since Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen self-published a guide based on their own adventure driving across Europe and Asia. Tony tells Matt Galloway about the joys of travelling off the beaten path, and how the name for the iconic books actually comes from a misheard lyric.

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That magical time of year has arrived for college lacrosse fans, and Maryland is a high seed as usual. But this year's Terps have faced far more challenges than last season's national champs. So what should you make of their seeding, potential matchups and chances of making a deep run? Local and national lacrosse expert Patrick Stevens and Terps beat writer Tony Wheeler join IMS Radio to break it all down. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why wait 90 days to have sex!!!!!!! Workplace Discrimination Linked to High blood pressure Works place violence on the rise since covid Our Special Guest Quinton Willis, Tony Wheeler & Mrs. V (A Few Minutes of Positivity with V)

Elisa Talentino"Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino"Dal 18 al 22 maggio 2023https://salonelibro.itElisa Talentino ha disegnato l'immagine guida del Salone del Libro 2023.https://elisatalentino.comAttraverso lo specchio è il titolo di questa edizione! Un omaggio all'universo meraviglioso di Lewis Carroll che invita i lettori e le lettrici a saltare dentro nuovi mondi, sempre attenti al presente ma con la testa tra le pagine.Elisa Talentino è un'artista che lavora con grafica d'arte, pittura e illustrazione. Il fulcro del suo lavoro è l'immaginario femminile e quasi tutte le sue opere sono immagini di donne. Donne dai capelli rossi come i suoi, donne che lottano con serpenti, che baciano e amano, donne forti e libere.La sua tecnica principale è la serigrafia e il suo stile pone le protagoniste al centro della tavola, dove gioca poi con i vuoti e con figure inesistenti ma percettibili: il “c'è e non c'è” è un filo conduttore sempre presente nel suo lavoro.Progetti e pubblicazioniNata a Torino nel 1981, proprio nel capoluogo piemontese e in collaborazione con Paolo Berra nel 2009 dà vita al laboratorio di stampa d'arte INAMORARTI, con cui porta avanti un progetto di illustrazione, grafica, editoria indipendente e serigrafia artistica.Nel 2013 Elisa Talentino pubblica con Print About Me, nell'edizione Micro-Press, il libro d'artista Le jardin d'hiver, con cui viene selezionata nel 2014 per il premio Ilustrarte – Biennale Internazionale dell'Illustrazione per l'Infanzia di Lisbona – e nel 2015 per la mostra degli illustratori Children's Book Fair di Bologna. Il libro riceve inoltre la menzione d'onore Lidu Art Books per la stampa d'arte nel 2014. Nello stesso anno presenta a BilBOlbul – il Festival internazionale di Illustrazione e Fumetto di Bologna – il suo ultimo libro, Bendata di Stelle, pubblicato da Inuit Editions in collaborazione con Hamelin.Le sue opere sono esposte a Berlino, Londra, Parigi e Barcellona.Paese ospite sarà l'Albania e regione ospite la Sardegna."Davanti allo specchio - ha spiegato il direttore editoriale Nicola Lagioia - ci sono due figure mitiche, Narciso, e oggi c'è tanto narcisismo, e Alice, che ha la forza, la capacità e l'immaginazione di attraversarlo, e oggi abbiamo bisogno di trasformare la realtà. E il Salone è luogo di trasformazione della realtà".L'annuncio è arrivato nel corso della prima conferenza stampa, ospitata nel grattacielo di Intesa San Paolo e alla quale hanno partecipato il presidente della Regione Piemonte Alberto Cirio, il sindaco di Torino Stefano Lorusso, il presidente dell'Associazione Torino Città del Libro Silvio Viale e il presidente della Fondazione Circolo dei lettori Giulio Biino."Il Salone è un luogo di pluralismo, di libertà, che va oltre le persone, oltre le maggioranze politiche dei momenti - ha dichiarato Cirio nel suo intervento - Non ha un colore politico, i colori del simbolo lo dimostrano, li ha tutti e non ne ha nessuno. Questa è la logica con cui vogliamo, e abbiamo voluto in questi miei quasi quattro anni di governo regionale, approcciare il rapporto con il Salone. Che ci sia qualche polemica è naturale, non spaventiamoci, ma teniamo la barra ben dritta e ferma, perché il Salone è più prezioso di tutto e tutti. Ha superato tante difficoltà, ma è rimasto sempre molto ben ancorato a questa città e a questo territorio e sono certo che questa edizione sarà altrettanto di valore, di successo e di sostanza, ma anche glamour, pop e rock, che è la logica di un Salone che davvero vuole parlare a tutti".Lagoia ha poi rivelato che "a inaugurare il Salone sarà una grande scrittrice, quella che tutti i festival vorrebbero in un momento storico come questo, non con la guerra ma con l'invasione dell'Ucraina, Svjatlana Aleksievic". Fra i nomi anticipati in attesa del programma completo, che sarà diffuso ad aprile, Peter Cameron, Mark Z. Danielewski, Virginie Despentes, il Premio Nobel per la Letteratura Wole Soyinka, che porterà il nuovo romanzo “Cronache dalla terra dei felici” e Tony Wheeler, fondatore della Lonely Planet, che festeggerà i 50 anni della guida. Fra gli ospiti italiani, Alessandro Barbero, Amanda Lear e Federica Pellegrini.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

On Australia Day – a time of contemplation more than celebration these days – I've sought advice on three great travel options from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet.This podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Sign up for it here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Commonwealth Games having closed this week we look back on a fantastic 2 weeks and pull out some of our highlights from Birmingham. We are joined by England international Squash player, Tony Wheeler, who shares his experience of watching the men's & women's squash finals - as well as other members of his family seeing English success in Hockey and Gymnastics (we believe that Team England should fly the Wheeler's out to Adelaide in 4 years' time as gold medal good luck charms!). As football's Premier League season gets under way our Football Correspondent Billy Carr offers his predictions for the season - Top 4, Bottom 3, Golden Boot and Manager Sack Race are amongst Billy's tips- always a perilous pastime given this show's extremely mixed track record with previous predictions!

Mason sits down with Inside MD Sports reporter Tony Wheeler to talk about the Terps championship 

In this episode, we're off to Myanmar. Also known as Burma, this southeast Asian country offers scenic beauty, cultural riches and deep spirituality. Sadly, it is also a place that has endured the world's longest running civil war and successive military coups including one in 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government. Before the latest military take over, British expat Dominic Horner was teaching English in Yangon and writing for local publications as well as filing stories for Lonely Planet and the Independent. He's a passionate advocate for wild swimming and in his love letter, recorded before he left Myanmar in 2021, Dominic shares some of his adventures as he sought out some of the Golden Land's best water holes. Also in this episode we hear from award-winning, Yangon-based blogger Su Wai Phyo; journalist, author and Myanmar expert Jessica Mudditt; and Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet Publications whose travels in Myanmar span five decades. 01.48 – A Love Letter to Wild Swimming in Myanmar by Dominic Horner. 10.08 – Su Wai Phyo, lifestyle and travel blogger based in Yangon. 19.25 – Jessica Mudditt is a journalist who lived in Myanmar between 2012 and 2016 and is the author of Our Home in Myanmar, Four Years in Yangon. 28.38 – Tony Wheeler, founder, along with his wife Maureen, of Lonely Planet Publications. After selling the company in 2011, they set up the charitable foundation Planet Wheeler which supports various projects in Myanmar. Episode producer: Simon Richmond Presenters: Belinda Dixon & Simon Richmond Sound editing: Doug Murray Co-producers: Kate Armstrong, Doug Murray & Tasmin Waby Theme Music Instant by Nettson Feeling that wanderlust? Longing to hear more Love Letters from locals? Please subscribe and give your rating for our podcast, it makes an enormous difference to our listenership. Follow us for travel updates on Instagram and Facebook.

How lucky am I that I get to chat with people like Tony Wheeler who, along with his wife Maureen, created the Lonely Planet guidebook company and spent decades exploring countries, cultures and cuisines. Apart from realising how boring my life is, I loved chatting with this much-loved and world-renowned travel writer. Enjoy.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss how drugs have influenced travel and tourism: Amsterdam, L.A, the Hippy Trail, the Green Tortoise and more recently, Breaking Bad and Ozark. Plus a health warning about medicines that are considered illegal drugs in some parts of the world. Many thanks to Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet publications, for his contribution.

This week, we're bringing you a conversation with Lonely Planet co-founder Tony Wheeler! Tony joins the show to tell the story of the company's founding and to talk about how guidebooks have changed the way we travel. He also reminisces about the “Hippie Trail” across Asia in the 1970s and tells us about the strangest place he's ever been. Plus, listen up for our latest language lesson, in which our producer Artemis learns a beautiful and meaningful phrase in Czech. Next week, we'll be off for a quick Spring Break! We'll be back on April 7 with the penultimate episode of Season 2. Thank you so much for listening! Resources Tony Wheeler's website Tony and Maureen Wheeler's book, Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story

For this first episode of series two, I chatted with the German writer Stephanie Schulz, a long-term resident of Mallorca. Stephanie and her British author and photographer friend, Mark Julian Edwards, worked collaboratively to create the recently published book Faces of Mallorca, published in four languages by Triangle Books of Barcelona.The sumptuous book features Mallorcan people from all walks of island life - their stories told in words and images by Stephanie and Mark.  It's been endorsed by some prominent people, including Andreu Serra, Tourism Minister for Mallorca, and Tony Wheeler, founder of The Lonely Planet guides. Stephanie reveals how the project came about, how the collaboration worked, some of the Mallorcans she interviewed for the book, and what's next for her and her creative friend, Mark.  Find out more about Faces of Mallorca on the website here. Faces of Mallorca is also on Facebook & Instagram. The book is available internationally from  Amazon and most bookstores in Mallorca. Thanks to Ca n'Alexandre hotel in Palma, where we recorded our conversation.My novel Daughter of Deià - set in Mallorca - was published in September and is  available on Amazon here. 

This week we discuss the change in management at Spurs with returning guest Brian McDermott, who also talks to us about his excitement at being appointed the new Head Coach of Featherstone Rovers rugby league club and his plans for the new season. Our very first Local Hero is Tony Wheeler, who has not only played and coached in a number of sports, but also became an England Squash International at the age of 65.

#TheHowieGames | In 1973, Tony Wheeler, alongside his wife Maureen, founded the enormously successful travel guide business, Lonely Planet. Since then, millions of budget travelers have used the guides to travel the globe.  With Australia and the world finally opening up again after covid, there's no better time to have an episode based around travel, adventure, and the thrill of not knowing what's around the next bend. Plus, some weird sporting events, and how to build a mega business starting with less than 20 bucks to your name.  Here's to a road less traveled with Tony Wheeler. ❤️ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#TheHowieGames | In 1973, Tony Wheeler, alongside his wife Maureen, founded the enormously successful travel guide business, Lonely Planet. Since then, millions of budget travelers have used the guides to travel the globe.  With Australia and the world finally opening up again after covid, there's no better time to have an episode based around travel, adventure, and the thrill of not knowing what's around the next bend. Plus, some weird sporting events, and how to build a mega business starting with less than 20 bucks to your name.  Here's to a road less traveled with Tony Wheeler. ❤️ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#TheHowieGames | Tony Wheeler, founder of travel guide business Lonely Planet, has got to be one of the most travelled blokes on the planet.  A perfect basis for a ripping player profile!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Key Links How Many Countries Are There In The World video Support Counting Countries at Patreon The new Counting Countries Merch Store Thank you to my Patrons…Phillip Jones, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Thor Pedersen, Steph Rowe, Adam Hickman, Bisa Myles & Ted Nims. Be the first on your block to sport official Counting Countries apparel!  You can purchase them today on Amazon. And now, you can listen to Counting Countries on Spotify! And Alexa! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts today! And write a review! Check out our friend: Large Minority.  They organize international rallies around the world, including Sri Lanka, Cambodia, the Philippines, and the Amazon.  And watch my full-length documentary in Cambodia when I traveled with Large Minority.   I met Ted at a small travel meetup in Boston a couple of years ago, but knew him prior to that as one of my patrons for Counting Countries.  We both have homes in Chicago and we also connected a couple times in the Windy City.  We met up in late June for lunch and then retired to the Counting Countries Studio to record this podcast.  After I speak with Ted we will hear from Nick Butter once again at the end of the podcast, a guest from earlier this year.  Nick founded the 196 Foundation.  This is a charity inspired by his trip around the world.  I will let Nick explain how this all works during our conversation.  But I will add that I have become a supporter of the foundation.  And I am now one of 500 plus people who have joined together in this project.  I imagine everyone of us is inundated with multiple offers to donate or support one cause or another.  It can become overwhelming but nonetheless I would suggest to take a moment and to check out his website to learn more.  My patrons will hear more of the interview with both Ted and Nick than you will.  AKA as exclusive content.  Thanks to Phillip Jones, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Steph Rowe, Ted Nims, Bisa Myles, Thor Pedersen, and Adam Hickman for supporting Counting Countries. They help pay for the production of this podcast.  You can support this podcast by going to Patreon.com/CountingCountries.    Ted shares how his collection of stamps propelled him around the globe.  Like many other 193ers, he likes to collect and create lists.  Country Counting can be another outlet for this passion.  Ted shares many of his experiences including cutting his trip short in Socotra during the beginnings of Covid.  And also a big thanks to Tony Wheeler for doing the guest introduction. Ted and I met up for incredible hamburgers at Lux Bar and then recorded this episode in the City of Big Shoulders.  Please listen in and enjoy. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts today!! About Counting Countries Counting Countries is the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who've spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to every country in the world. Fewer people have traveled to every country in the world than have been to outer space. Theme music for this podcast is Demeter's Dance, written, performed, and provided by Mundi. About GlobalGaz Ric Gazarian is the host of Counting Countries. He is the author of three books: Hit The Road: India, 7000 KM To Go, and Photos From Chernobyl.  He is the producer of two travel documentaries: Hit The Road: India and Hit The Road: Cambodia.  Ric is also on his own quest to visit every country in the world. You can see where he has traveled so far and keep up with his journey at GlobalGaz.com. Well…that depends on who you ask! The United Nations states that there are193 member states. The British Foreign and Commonwealth office states that there are226 countries and territories. The Traveler's Century Club states that there are329 sovereign nations, territories, enclaves, and islands. The Most Traveled Person states that there are949 unique parts of the world. The Nomad Maniadivides the world into 1301 regions. SISO says there are3,978 places in the world. Me? My goal is the 193 countries that are recognized by the UN, but I am sure I will visit some other places along the way. An analysis of these lists and who is the best traveled by Kolja Spori.  Disclaimer: I will earn a fee if you order from Amazon/Agoda. Or book a trip through G Adventures.  PS  Thanks!   ----- Produced by Sonorous Lab Studio

Welcome to this Awesome Australia Destination Special. Together with much loved guests including Rick Stein, John Torode and Dynamo, we'll be heading on an Australian adventure across the country, revealing favourite spots, hidden gems and top tips. It's wanderlust, guaranteed! It's June 2021 right now, and unfortunately that means that for most of us travel is currently extremely restricted. So now's the time to plan your next big bucket list trip - and for me, Australia is top of the list. From the wilderness of The Kimberley, to the red rock of Uluru, Kangaroo Island, Sydney, Melbourne and more, I hope this episode inspires you to visit when we are all able to travel easily again. Destination Recap:The Kimberley, WAThe King George Falls, The Kimberley, WAAdelaide, SACoober Pedy, SAAlice Springs, NTTorres Strait Islands, QLDSydney, NSWWolgan Valley, The Blue Mountains, NSWMelbourne Lane Ways, VICFederation Square, Melbourne, VICQueensland Coast, QLDWestern Australian wildlife trifecta, WANingaloo Reef, WAKangaroo Island, SAUluru, NTThank you to John Torode, Rick Stein, Rachel Khoo, Peter Grunert, Tony Wheeler, Dynamo and Phoebe Smith for being a part of today's episode. For more information about planning your own trip to Australia head to australia.comIf you're enjoying the podcast, then it would wonderful if you could leave a rating or a review - it really makes a big difference because it helps other people to discover the podcast. To hear future episodes as soon as they are released just search for The Travel Diaries on your podcast app of choice, and hit subscribe. To find out who's joining me on next week's episode, come and follow me on Instagram, I'm @hollyrubenstein - I'd love to hear from you. If you can't wait until then, there's always the first four seasons to catch up on, from Michael Palin to Rick Stein, and Sir Ranulph Fiennes to Dev Patel. Thanks so much for listening, and I'll be back in a couple of weeks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1973 Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen founded Lonely Planet Publications and went on to publish hundreds of popular travel guides. Prior to pandemic restrictions Tony was one of the world's most well-traveled people. He's used his extra free time to contribute to 100% Pure Future: New Zealand Tourism Renewed, which imagines a new, more sustainable, phase of tourism in Aotearoa.

In 1973 Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen founded Lonely Planet Publications and went on to publish hundreds of popular travel guides. Prior to pandemic restrictions Tony was one of the world's most well-traveled people. He's used his extra free time to contribute to 100% Pure Future: New Zealand Tourism Renewed, which imagines a new, more sustainable, phase of tourism in Aotearoa.

The much-loved Lonely Planet brand once represented a trusty book to help us navigate our holiday destination. As the internet took over, the company has been challenged to defy a slow death, forcing it to pivot multiple times with new owners and is now taking on its biggest battle of all, with much of travel grinding to a halt.Chris Zeiher is the Lonely Planet's Asia-Pacific spokesperson who has worked with the company for 15 years. He has been with the organisation since its first pivot when Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler sold most of the business to the BBC.Quotes From Episode"The interesting thing for us is that the general public have put much more of an emphasis or belief back in printed products.""It's those kind of ventures that we want to surface and showcase to people and say, there are these crazy, creative, excellent individuals out there giving a really fresh take on the way that they delivered their product. And it makes a real reason to visit."-Chris ZeiherDon't miss:- Slow travel and mind-shifting experiences- How to impress the Lonely Planet to get a writing gig- Going digital with a publishing brand- Book sales are increasing during the pandemic- Chris's best assignment with Lonely PlanetConnect with Chris ZeiherInstagram: @the_cjzeiherTwitter: @chriszeiherBooks mentioned:Gourmet Trails Australia & New ZealandThe Perfect ShotBradley Cooper as a travel host Connect with Upon Arrival:Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

To help draw up a shortlist of worthy contenders, we are joined by Sarah Baxter, Charlotte Hindle, Alec Webb and Tony Wheeler. Would you believe that someone proposed The Sound of Music? Do send us your own suggestions to our new Twitter destination, @youshouldhavebe1

What does this New Year have in store for tethered travellers? And If we are allowed to get away, how much of the travel industry will still be functioning? Our guest this week, having an educated guess at what might happen, is Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet guidebooks. Find out about Tony and his travels at www.tonywheeler.com.au

Worldwide travel will never be the same again.That's the message from the co-founder of Lonely Planet who's contributed to a book on the future of New Zealand tourism.Tony Wheeler, who has contributed to 100% Pure Future: New Zealand Tourism Renewed, told Francesca Rudkin Covid-19 has been a monster change for the travel industry, and when the world opens up again we are likely to look back and see all of the things we did wrong with tourism."Some of them we don't want to go back to, we don't over-tourism.European cities don't want the big cruise ships sailing into Venice anymore, they don't want Barcelona being a place where, if you're a local, you can't get down the street."Wheeler also thinks people will be much warier about international travel even when the pandemic is over.LISTEN ABOVE

Nicholas Kontis was born on one of the most breathtaking islands in the world, Santorini, Greece, and brought up in America's culture capital of San Francisco. Nick developed a passion for travel at a very young age, going back and forth between San Francisco and Athens, Greece during summer vacation. It would be an exploring trip around the world at age 24 that would end up being a life changing experience. Subsequent to travelling by car, train, plane, bike, boat and hitchhiking all through the globe, it was this trip of a lifetime that drove Kontis to a long-lasting affection for travel as well as to a career in the travel industry. Nick has been featured as a guest speaker on both radio and television. He has been mentioned by Lonely Planet's Tony Wheeler as an airfare master, and often alluded to as the "father of around the world airfares." Arthur Frommer once said, "If Jules Verne were alive today he would use Nick Kontis to go around the world in 80 days."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.

Lonely Planet is a guidebook publishing empire that has shaped the travels of millions of people around the globe. Today's guest is the founder of Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler. He has been described by The New York Times as ‘the trailblazing patron saint of the world's backpackers and adventure travellers'. It all began when Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen embarked on an overland odyssey driving a banged-up old car along the ‘Hippie Trail'; a popular route for free-spirits in the 1960s and 70s from Europe to Freak Street in Kathmandu. The Wheelers eventually arrived in Australia with only a few cents left in their pocketsLittle did they know when they set off, that their adventure halfway across the world would take them on a much bigger journey from printing the first Lonely Planet pamphlet ‘Across Asia on the Cheap' in 1973 to building a multi-million-dollar travel publishing giant.TONY WHEELER'S CULTURE GUIDESpace Captain (1970 song) by Jo Cocker ("Once I was traveling across the sky, this lovely planet caught my eye")Arabian Nights (1974 film) by Pier Paolo PasoliniDESTINATION INSPIRATIONSocotra, YemenKarachi, PakistanThe BahamasLondonIranAfghanistanFreak Street, KathmanduBangkokSingaporeKuta, BaliWestern AustraliaPaddington, SydneyTehran, IranShiraz, IranIraqSiggy's, Kabul, AfghanistanPyongyang, North KoreaAshgabat, TurkmenistanThe Falkland IslandsCartagena, ColombiaCiudad Perdida, ColombiaPlovdiv, BulgariaAntarcticaThe Himalayas, NepalThe Australian OutbackMontevideo, UruguayYou can find more of Tony's travels at tonywheeler.com.auIf you enjoyed this episode, please be sure to subscribe, rate and review so others can discover this podcast as well. If you're looking for some more travel inspiration, you can find me on Instagram @escape.artist.podcast or visit www.escapeartistpodcast.comSee you next week for another episode of The Escape Artist!Xx Edwina(Music by the talented Giselle Rosselli) Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Wheeler on Making the Planet Less Lonely With excerpts from Joe Cocker's song Space Captain from the album Mad Dogs & Englishmen.

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Today, I’m joined by a legend of the travel world. Back in 1972, Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen, decided to drive from London through Asia, and all the way to Australia on what was known as the Hippie Trail. Along the way, they realised there was a real shortage of information about the countries they were visiting, and so they decided to write a guidebook together. That was the now seminal Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, and from there, Lonely Planet was born. Lonely Planet went on to become the world’s largest travel guidebook publishers, selling hundreds of millions of books. I’m sure all of us have a well leafed Lonely Planet guide on our shelves, that has been a trusty companion on our travels. Tony and Maureen now live in Melbourne, Australia, so I was very lucky to grab some time with Tony when he was over in London at the beginning of the month.We spoke before the Coronavirus became a global pandemic - although you’ll hear that it had impacted his travels on the way to get here.It’s a very frightening time for all of us across the globe, a time when travel suddenly feels so out of reach. I hope this episode acts as a bit of escapism, some light relief, that will transport you to the weird and wonderful corners of the world that make up Tony’s travel diaries. From Bulgaria and Turkmenistan, to Armenia and…The Maldives. I hope you enjoy it.Destination recap: Plovdiv, BulgariaHippie Trail driving from London to AustraliaAshkabad, Turkmenistan Karachi, PakistanKarakoram Highway, Pakistan Nassau, BahamasSan Francisco, California, USASumba, IndonesiaArmeniaIstanbul, TurkeyThe Pudding Shop, Istanbul, Turkey Göreme, TurkeyBamiyan Buddahs, AfghanistanTorres Strait, AustraliaErub Island, Australia Melbourne, Australia Ravenna, ItalyThe MaldivesSocotra, Yemen YemenJamaicaThank you so much for listening today. If you haven’t yet left a 5 star rating or a review, why not do so now! Your support is so greatly appreciated and most importantly, helps others to discover the podcast. Don’t forget you can listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher and pretty much all other podcast apps. To find out who’s on next week’s show come and find me on Instagram, I’m @hollyrubenstein I’d love to hear from you.And visit TheTravelDiariesPodcast.com for everything podcast-related.This is episode was produced by Holly Rubenstein See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we have the Co-founder of international guide book company - Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler AO.  Tony joins us to talk all about his new book Tony Wheeler's Islands of Australia. Australia has 8000 islands, I had no idea Australia had so many. We talk about some of Australia's amazing islands and how you can get to visit them. He also talks a bit about Australian history, did you know we had a pirate? I ask Tony to talk a bit about his previous travel's and how Lonely Planet started too. To find out more about Tony please visit his website https://tonywheeler.com.au/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all other enquiries please email withyoueverysteppodcast@gmail.com Instagram @withyoueverystep Facebook   @withyoueverystep Twitter      @withyoueverystp  

As the co-founder of Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler has inspired generations of intrepid travellers to explore the four corners of the planet. But in an age where travel is more accessible than ever, what does it really mean to have been ‘everywhere’? Join Tony as he reflects on the most accomplished adventurers he knows, the unticked destinations on his wish list, and the challenges and rewards of visiting some of the world’s more remote and difficult destinations.

Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Tony Wheeler, most famed for being the co-founder, along with his wife Maureen, of the Lonely Planet guide book empire. He gave a keynote address at the conference attended for the Australian Society of Travel Writers and I had the chance to chat with him later that day, and asked him if he'd like to be a special guest on The Thoughtful Travel Podcast - and luckily for all of us he said yes! In this conversation we talk about all kinds of travel-related stories, some fun and some serious. I ask Tony what he's learnt from his travels over the years, whether his children also have the travel bug and all about his keen interest in modes of transport. We also talk about two of his book projects including his most recent one, Islands of Australia. The wonderful members of the Thoughtful Travellers group on Facebook also chimed in with some questions, which led Tony and I to chat about why he mentioned the Maldives as a place he wouldn't return to, and we also discussed the "Lonely Planet effect" - what happens when a small tourism business gets overrun after being mentioned in a guide book. All of that, as they say, and more! It was a great pleasure to chat with Tony and I hope you all enjoy listening! Links: Tony Wheeler - https://tonywheeler.com.au Tony's Bad Lands book - https://amzn.to/34gpsHC  Tony's Islands of Australia book - https://www.booktopia.com.au/tony-wheeler-s-islands-of-australia-tony-wheeler/book/9780642279477.html  Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/163

Gold is the foundation of most economies around the world because it keeps its value. This consistency can in fact be traced back to Roman times. And Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, takes you to some of the world’s most interesting tourism destinations.

Co-founder of Lonely Planet, Tony Wheeler, has inspired generations of travellers to explore the four corners of the planet. But in an age where travel is more accessible than ever, what does it really mean to have been ‘everywhere’?

Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s six-month trip along the ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1972 led to Across Asia on the Cheap, the very first Lonely Planet guidebook. The company grew to become the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher and today has close to 150 million books in print in English as well as digital versions and a busy website. Despite the completion of the sale of the company in 2011 Tony still contributes to their publications, most recently Epic Drives and the new edition of The Cities Book. The Planet Wheeler Foundation, with more than 50 health and education projects in the developing world, the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing & Ideas in Melbourne and his position on the board of the California-based archaeological organization Global Heritage Fund also keep him busy. Recent travels have included visits to the rising-sea-level-threatened Pacific nation of Kiribati, Reactor 4 at Chernobyl 30 years after its meltdown and a reprise of his Hippie Trail adventures along the Silk Road, now part of China’s major One Belt One Road development.

Welcome to Escape with Simon Calder, this is the podcast that takes your to the four corners of the world. This week we're delighted to announce that we're joined by Tony Wheeler, the co-founder alongside his wife Maureen, of Lonely Planet Travel Guides. Tony has been to a fair amount of dangerous places in his time and therefore he will be conducting a masterclass on the bad lands, how to travel safely in dangerous places from North Korea to Iraq. We'll also be talking how to spend 48 hours in Melbourne, as well as Ryan Air Pilots and their threat to go on strike... Contact Simon: Twitter @SimonCalder Instagram @simon_calder 0:01:07 Lonely Planet Travel Guides - https://www.lonelyplanet.com/ 0:10:17 Melbourne Australia :flag-au: - https://goo.gl/maps/ns4wHHb6s145Jk99A 0:11:10 London Melbourne - https://www.google.com/flights?lite=0#flt=/m/04jpl./m/0chgzm.2019-09-14*/m/0chgzm./m/04jpl.2019-09-28;c:GBP;e:1;sd:1;t:f 0:13:20 Quest Flemington Central - https://www.questapartments.com.au/properties/vic/flemington/quest-flemington-central/overview 0:13:30 Adelphi Hotel Melbourne - https://adelphi.com.au/ 0:13:40 Adelphi Hotel pool - https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/image/4516380-3x4-460x613.jpg 0:14:25 Melbourne YHA - https://www.yha.com.au/hostels/vic/melbourne-hostels/melbourne-central-hostel/?gclid=CjwKCAjwzJjrBRBvEiwA867bykgIZTDk3HY-RiuU2GeLyj6WADH9AhoPMTaOuZA0YkOAGyw6nhPvJxoCLlQQAvD_BwE 0:15:40 Queen Victoria Market - https://qvm.com.au/ 0:16:50 Lygon Street - https://goo.gl/maps/MJhwo75nNi9SXCg49 0:17:00 Flinders Lane - https://goo.gl/maps/rjDz8VxEfYfUM94EA 0:18:00 Terracotta warriors - https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/terracotta-warriors-cai-guo-qiang/ 0:18:55 The Wheeler Centre - https://www.wheelercentre.com/ 0:19:25 Victoria State Library - https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ 0:20:05 Hanging Rock - https://goo.gl/maps/GszFM2Be3tEyKN5X9 0:20:10 Anti Gravity Hill - https://goo.gl/maps/JnmdxuUPtJRUZeEg8 0:21:45 Badlands - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badlands-Tourist-Lonely-Planet-Literature-ebook/dp/B004MYH1JI/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=badlands+tony+wheeler&qid=1566986615&s=gateway&sr=8-2 0:25:35 Darklands - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheelers-Lonely-Planet-Travel-Literature/dp/174321846X 0:26:05 Japan Rail Pass - https://www.thetrainline.com/deals-discounts/rail-passes/japan-rail-pass 0:26:50 Ryanair Pilots Strike - https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ryanair-flights-strike-pilot-latest-update-2019-a9046236.html 0:27:40 Virgin Family Ticket - https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/family-offer

An avid collector, Tony Wheeler's hobby inadvertently led to the creation of Lonely Planet travel guides. In the 70s he travels with his wife from Great Britain to Australia over land. Once they arrive Down Under, everyone wants to know how they did it. After filling pages and pages with travel tips, they wondered if there wasn't a better way to share their knowledge.

The aviation industry is one of the world's biggest contributors to climate change - but does a social movement begun in Sweden now threaten to stigmatise air travel? It's called "flygskam", and Manuela Saragosa speaks to one of its originators, Susanna Elfors, whose tagsemester Facebook page helped convert her fellow Swedes to the environmental virtues of train travel. Meanwhile John Broderick, professor of energy and climate change at Manchester University explains just how big a carbon footprint an individual long-haul flight can have. The movement is already having an impact on Scandinavian travel habits, and threatens to go worldwide. So what does the industry make of it? We ask Michael Gill of the International Air Transport Association, as well as Boet Kreiken of Dutch airline KLM, which is already calling on its customers to "fly responsibly". Plus Manuela asks Tony Wheeler, founder of the Lonely Planet guidebooks that first popularised travel to exotic corners of the globe, whether he feels guilty about having enabled the casual flying culture. Producer: Laurence Knight (Picture: Aeroplane vapour trails; Credit: yellowpaul/Getty Images)

Tony Wheeler co-wrote the first Lonely Planet book in a Sydney garage, with just 94 pages and hand drawn graphics, he went on to create a publishing empire, inspiring travelers from around the world.Explore your boundaries and discover your next adventure with The World Nomads Podcast. Hosted by Podcast Producer Kim Napier and World Nomads Phil Sylvester, each episode will take you around the world with insights into destinations from travelers and experts. They'll share the latest in travel news, answer your travel questions and fill you in on what World Nomads is up to, including the latest scholarships and guides.World Nomads is a fast-growing online travel company that provides inspiration, advice, safety tips and specialized travel insurance for independent, volunteer and student travelers, traveling and studying most anywhere in the world. Our online global travel insurance covers travelers from more than 135 countries and allows you to buy and claim online, 24/7, even while already traveling.The World Nomads Podcast is not your usual travel Podcast. It's everything for the adventurous, independent traveler.

In 1972, Maureen and Tony Wheeler bought a beat-up car and drove from London "as far east as we could go." They wound up in Australia, by way of Afghanistan, India and Thailand. Their notes on how to travel on a shoestring became a book, which grew into Lonely Planet — the largest travel guide publisher in the world. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," an update with Melanie Colón, a frustrated renter who created an easier way to communicate with noisy neighbors, called Apt App. (Original broadcast date: May 8, 2017)

Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler in conversation with Bill Colegrave

In July 1972 Tony and Maureen Wheeler set off on the holiday of a lifetime travelling from London to Sydney in Australia . The book they wrote when they returned was the first Lonely Planet travel guide. The series helped thousands of young travellers to make their way around the world on a budget. Farhana Haider has been talking to co-founder Tony Wheeler. (Photo: Maureen and Tony Wheeler. Credit: Lonely Planet)

In July 1972 Tony and Maureen Wheeler set off on the holiday of a lifetime travelling from London to Sydney in Australia . The book they wrote when they returned was the first Lonely Planet travel guide. The series helped thousands of young travellers to make their way around the world on a budget. Farhana Haider has been talking to co-founder Tony Wheeler. (Photo: Maureen and Tony Wheeler. Credit: Lonely Planet)

In 1972, Maureen and Tony Wheeler bought a beat-up car and drove from London "as far east as we could go." They wound up in Australia, by way of Afghanistan, India and Thailand. Their notes on how to travel on a shoestring became a book, which grew into Lonely Planet — the largest travel guide publisher in the world. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how 15-year-old Michael Mendicino, with help from his mom, took a teenage trend and turned it into a board game called Bottle Flip.

A tale of family adventure from the founder of Lonely Planet and a man has a run in with some Howler monkeys in Nicaragua. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Sue is in the studio with expert traveller, Tony Wheeler. Founder of Lonely Planet, he talks us through his amazing career and the music that accompanied him along the way

Tony Wheeler. When Tony and his wife arrived in Sydney in 1972 after a six month trip through Asia from Europe toward Australia, they decided to start Lonely Planet Publications to publish the story of their journey - Across Asia on the Cheap. From those humble beginnings, Lonely Planet Publications has grown to become the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher with more than 500 titles in print and over 400 staff around the world. In 2011, Tony completed the sale of Lonely Planet, and though he doesn’t have a formal role in the company, he still keeps busy writing books such as Tony Wheeler’s Dark Lands.    Lets listen into Tony wheeler interviewed by our Startup Grind Melbourne Chapter Director.    Startup Grind is Brought to You By:    Soylent: Easy, sustained energy that goes where you go. Learn more at Soylent.com

Chat with the founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook series Tony Wheeler, a man who influenced how a generation (or two) of people move about the world

Chat with the founder of the Lonely Planet guidebook series Tony Wheeler, a man who influenced how a generation (or two) of people move about the world

Media Network broadcast several radio safari's during its 20 year run. Looking back on them now they provide an illustrated time capsule of what (radio) broadcasting was like in several countries in the latter part of the 20th Century. Perhaps this one is the earliest. This was an illustrated radio documentary I made about Indonesian radio broadcasting, based on a holiday trip I took in 1988. I recall taking an ICF2001D and a Walkman Professional so as to capture sound effects of the train journey and do some off-air recordings with the radio. I thought the programme was lost, but while going through a box of old cassettes in July 2019 I discovered a copy of the original programme, which actually survived better than the original reel-to-reel. So I have reposted it here again. The sounds of RRI in English, especially on the local stations was something out of a living radio museum. I realise that the book "South-East Asia on a shoestring" by Tony Wheeler which I mentioned in the programme, turned into the Lonely Planet Guide. Enjoy.   

In 1972, Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen were living in London, where they had just finished their studies. They decided to take a year off to travel around the world, with the intention of "getting travel out of our systems," Wheeler said. The journey that was intended to cure them of the travel bug did just the opposite. In late 1973, they launched Lonely Planet Productions, with Tony's first book, "Across Asia on the Cheap."

Sono passati quarant’anni da quel viaggio partito da Londra su un minivan e dalla pubblicazione della loro prima guida. «Che strada avete fatto per arrivare in India dall’Afghanistan? Non avete preso malattie? Come hanno fatto due ragazzi rimasti con ventisette centesimi in tasca a viaggiare ancora per sei mesi?» sono le domande che hanno spinto Tony e Maureen Wheeler a fondare la Lonely Planet. In un dialogo con Gabriele Romagnoli, viaggiatore e osservatore attento delle diverse culture, Tony Wheeler racconterà la sua storia di giramondo instancabile e quella della guida che ha rivoluzionato il concetto stesso di guida e di viaggio, di come sia diventato, da ventenne senza soldi ma con la passione dell’esplorazione, proprietario di una società miliardaria, sempre con la stessa curiosità e amore: «tutto quello che devi fare è decidere di partire e la cosa più difficile è fatta. Quindi parti». Traduzione Marina Astrologo

Catherine Bott talks to Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet about the extraordinary travels of Thomas Coryate. Coryate was an English eccentric who as well as being credited with introducing the table fork and the umbrella to England, journeyed to Venice and back mainly on foot, and whose travel writings provide music historians with invaluable details of the activities of the Venetian school. First broadcast in July 2011.

Tony Wheeler, founder of what has become the world's largest travel empire, Lonely Planet, shares some of the tales that he chronicles in his new book, "Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story." Rick compares notes with Tony as he recalls the early travel adventures that formed the foundation of a pre-eminent publishing house known for helping independent travelers find their way through even the smallest and thorniest of countries. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Tony Wheeler's company writes guidebooks for practically every country on the planet -- including some that get very few visitors. On top of that, he's written up his latest adventures to some of the most dubious destinations in "Bad Lands: A Tourist on the Axis of Evil." The head of Lonely Planet publications tells us what he found in Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya, Burma, North Korea, Cuba, and Albania on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.