Zero To Travel Podcast

Zero To Travel Podcast

✈️ The Zero To Travel Podcast has been downloaded 12+ million times and named a "Best Travel Podcast" by The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, The Telegraph, and Forbes. Packed with life-changing perspectives, inspiration, and practical advice for everyone from travel newbies to nomads, this podcast will give you everything you need to travel the world on your terms, regardless of your situation or experience. Welcome to our amazing global listening community! Since 2013, "Travel Ambassador" Jason Moore from zerototravel.com has been picking the brains of adventurous people living an unconventional life on the road so you can discover new ways to travel endlessly. Along the way, you'll get actionable advice and key resources that will improve your life AND help you travel more as we get down and dirty on topics like; starting and running an online business from anywhere, the best off-the-beaten-path destinations to visit, travel and work opportunities, gutsy budget travel strategies, surprising ways to earn free travel, the digital nomad life, unconventional travel based lifestyles, fun travel jobs, how to plan epic adventures, backpacking, remote work, how to take a gap year or a career break, 4-hour work week inspired topics, ex-pat life, slow travel, travel hacking, sustainable travel, human-powered adventures, trips worth planning, and everything in between. Host Bio: Jason wandered the planet as a nomad for over a decade and spent 15+ years on the road as a tour manager in events/music, a seasonal adventure travel tour guide, and a digital nomad. Originally from the USA, he is now a dual citizen (Norway/USA) based in Oslo. He is obsessed with helping YOU explore our planet on your terms. Follow the show (it's FREE!) and welcome to the global community. 🙏 PS - To sign up for our free newsletter to get travel tips, tricks, destination advice, and more visit zerototravel.com/newsletter PPS - If you'd like to access our paid premium feed with ad-free shows, bonus episodes, and more for just $3/month go to zerototravel.com/premium.

Episodes

Top 11 Ways To Rock Your Music Festival Experience with Jason and Kelly Law

April 24, 2025 • 62 mins
Have you traveled just to go to a music festival? What one realization can lead to a life of travel? Jason Law and his wife Kelly are the duo behind Festy GoNuts and GoNuts Marketing, the ultimate resource for enhancing your music festival experience. They’ve been to countless festivals, created a tight-knit community of festival lovers, and know exactly what it takes to go from a good time to a legendary one. In this episode, they...
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A 2,190+ Mile Mother-Son Adventure: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail after a Decade of Nomadic Family Travel with Jessica and Largo Sueiro

April 22, 2025 • 77 mins
What is it like to hike over 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail… with your teenage kid? Jessica and Largo are part of the adventurous WorldTowning family, who’ve been living a full-time travel lifestyle for over a decade. From sailing across the Atlantic to road-tripping Europe in an RV, they’ve redefined “home” and “school” many times over. Jessica and her son Largo share their experience tackling one of the USA’s most iconic lo...
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Immersion Travel: Becoming a Porter in Nepal with Nate Menninger

April 17, 2025 • 86 mins
Nate Menninger has chased experiences around the world, from running with the bulls in Spain to diving the Blue Hole in Belize. Most recently, he became one of the first foreigners to work as a Himalayan porter in Nepal, an experience he documented in his first-ever film, The Porter.  In this episode, Nate shares the wild story of becoming a porter in Nepal, working side-by-side with local Nepalese porters on a 23-day trek. We talk...
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Myanmar’s Secret Railways: Uncovering Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Oppression with Clare Hammond

April 15, 2025 • 86 mins
What hidden stories lie beneath the surface of the places you travel? Clare Hammond is an award-winning investigative journalist currently working with Global Witness to expose the issues relating to natural resources, conflict, and corruption. In 2016 while working in Myanmar, she discovered an obscure map showing a web of railways that weren’t shown on any publicly available maps. This compelled her to spend three months travelin...
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Sicily Uncovered: Street Food, Wine Regions, and the Art of Slowing Down

April 10, 2025 • 64 mins
What is it about Sicily that makes travelers fall in love (and some never leave)? Linda Sarris is a Sicilian travel expert, private chef, and the author of three Moon Travel Guides covering Sicily and Southern Italy. After building her career as a private chef in New York City, she followed her passion for food and culture to Palermo, Italy, where she’s been based for the past eight years. Today, she runs a food and wine-focused tr...
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The Hidden Gems of Andalusia: Discover the Spain Most Travelers Miss with Lucas Peters

April 8, 2025 • 71 mins
What makes Andalusia one of the best hidden gems in all of Spain? Lucas Peters is a tour operator and award-winning travel writer. His latest book with Moon Travel Guides explores the magic of southern Spain, sharing the must-see highlights, unique experiences, and the best local flavors of Seville, Granada, and Andalusia. In this episode, Lucas unpacks the culture and history of Andalusia and shares the top experiences that make t...
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10 Key Principles That Built a $40M Business While Traveling with Dan Demsky

April 3, 2025 • 93 mins
What if you could build a business that funds your dream lifestyle without sacrificing travel and freedom? Dan Demsky is the co-founder and CEO of Unbound Merino, a premium Merino wool clothing brand that has redefined minimalist, high-performance fashion. Dan has built Unbound Merino into an eight-figure global business while working fully remotely as a digital nomad. Since launching via a highly successful crowdfunding campaign,...
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Strategies for Living an Unconventional Life with Ingrid Alm

April 1, 2025 • 70 mins
Is it time to rethink the “rules of life?” What if you could redefine success, family, and adventure on your own terms?  Ingrid Alm is an adventurer, writer, and mom who has made it her mission to challenge the conventional rules of life. Ingrid has walked, paddled, and biked thousands of miles with her family in tow, proving that parenthood doesn’t mean putting dreams on hold. Her latest book, Vi Skulle Hatt Mer Tid (We Should Ha...
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Listener Questions: Reverse Engineering a Move Abroad, How to Choose a Location-Independent Business, and Smart Ways to Travel a Continent

March 27, 2025 • 28 mins
How can moving abroad help solve a specific life challenge? How do you choose the right location-independent business to start? What's the best way to navigate traveling across longer distances? In this episode, I answer listener questions to help you take a more intentional approach to designing your travels and location-independent lifestyle. You'll hear my thoughts on why you should reverse-engineer your travels and choose a d...
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Nomadic Matt on “How to Travel the World on $75 a Day,” Budget Travel, and Finding Your Balance While Traveling

March 25, 2025 • 57 mins
What if you could travel the world without breaking the bank? What does it mean to be a traveler after nearly two decades on the road? Travel-blogging legend and best-selling author Matt Kepnes has been traveling the world on a near-continual basis since 2006. In 2008, he launched his site NomadicMatt.com to catalog his travel experiences and share his insights. Over the years, the site evolved into a valuable trip-planning tool f...
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How to Go to College for Free with Jenn Viemont

March 20, 2025 • 61 mins
Is studying abroad in Europe the ultimate travel hack? How can you get your entire college degree abroad for a fraction of the cost of U.S. tuition? Through her website, Beyond The States, Jen Viemont helps students and lifelong learners navigate the world of European university programs. In this episode, Jen explains how to study in Europe for free or at a much lower cost. She also shares her own story of moving abroad with her fa...
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Solo Traveling Europe and “The Stans” in a Campervan with Maria Glaser

March 18, 2025 • 71 mins
How do you build the confidence to take off on a long-term solo vanlife journey, especially through lesser-traveled regions? Maria Glaser has been traveling solo in her self-converted van across 16 countries, from Germany to Mongolia. What started as a pandemic project turned into an epic adventure spanning thousands of miles, unexpected challenges, and even a surprise four-legged travel companion. Maria shares the highs and lows o...
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Exploring Tibet with Robert Kelly

March 13, 2025 • 61 mins
What does it really take to visit Tibet, and how can you have an authentic experience while you're there? My guest today is Robert Kelly, a seasoned travel writer who has co-authored multiple editions of Lonely Planet’s Tibet guidebook.  With years of firsthand experience in Tibet and its surrounding regions, Robert shares his insights on what makes Tibet an unforgettable travel experience as we explore its culture, landscapes, and...
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How to Win at Travel with “The Points Guy” Brian Kelly

March 11, 2025 • 85 mins
Are you leaving free travel on the table? Brian Kelly, aka The Points Guy, is one of the world’s leading experts on travel and loyalty programs. What started as a blog in 2010 has become a massive platform helping millions of travelers maximize rewards and travel smarter.  In his new book How to Win at Travel, Brian shares everything he’s learned about the game of travel, from leveraging airline and credit card points to planning y...
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Discovering The Hidden Europe with Francis Tapon

March 6, 2025 • 91 mins
Why should you explore Eastern Europe? Francis Tapon is a global nomad and author of Hike Your Own Hike and The Hidden Europe. With an inspiring travel resume, he has traveled to 125 countries, has walked across America four times, Spain twice, and Madagascar once (at the time of this recording). From 2013 to 2018, he even traveled nonstop overland to all 54 African countries. Francis shares his journey traveling through Eastern Eu...
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Beyond the Summit: Climbing Mt. Everest, Filming at 29,000 Feet, a Cultural Journey through Nepal, and Taking Your Childhood Dreams to Heart with Alex Harz

March 4, 2025 • 104 mins
What does it take to turn a childhood dream into reality, even when it seems impossible? Alex Harz is an adventurer, filmmaker, and storyteller who took his dream of climbing Mount Everest and turned it into a powerful multimedia project, The Quest: Everest. With a background in acting, business, and international travel, Alex combined his skills to document the Everest experience like never before, bringing audiences up the mounta...
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Reverse Engineering A Move Abroad, Choosing A Location-Independent Business You’ll Enjoy, How Should I Travel Around A Continent?, Slow “Armchair” Travel (March 2025 Recap)

February 27, 2025 • 24 mins
How can moving abroad help solve a specific life challenge? How do you choose the right location-independent business to start? What’s the best way to navigate traveling across longer distances? In this episode, I answer listener questions to help you take a more intentional approach to designing your travels and location-independent lifestyle. You’ll hear my thoughts on why you should reverse-engineer your travels and choose a d...
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The JOMO Revolution, Exciting New Visa Announcement, Is This the Best Way to Determine Your Next Destination? (February 2025 Recap)

February 27, 2025 • 31 mins
I’m bringing you some of the best insights from the past month’s newsletter—curated travel tips, trends, and ideas that deserve a deeper dive. If you’ve ever felt the sting of travel FOMO, wondered about the latest digital nomad visas, or wanted a better way to pick your next destination without overcomplicating it, this one’s for you. You’ll get my take on the antidote to travel FOMO that might change your mindset, what this new v...
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Top 5 Hotels in the World (Worth Seeking Out) + How Hotels Can Transform Your Travels with National Geographic Author Annie Fitzsimmons

February 25, 2025 • 90 mins
How can your hotel or accommodations change how you experience a place? Annie Fitzsimmons is a seasoned luxury travel expert and author of the National Geographic book 100 Hotels of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Retreats. Annie has covered hotels, travel, lifestyle, restaurants, and destinations around the world for the last 20 years, working with major travel media companies such as National Geographic Travel and AFAR, and is c...
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Bridging the Gap: Travel Inclusion and Equity with Brandon Miller of Too Fly Foundation

February 20, 2025 • 62 mins
How can access to travel transform someone's life? Brandon Miller is the co-founder and director of brand strategy for Too Fly Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide passports, travel grants, and educational experiences for students in underresourced communities. In this episode, Brandon shares how his travel experiences shaped his outlook and ultimately led to his work creating a world where every student...
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