Your Bucket List Buster

Your Bucket List Buster

"Create the life you've dreamed of living, find your passion, by traveling the world" Your Bucket List Buster travel show helps you make your bucket list dreams come true. Host, Karen Duncan, has spent decades running a travel business, and now she's an expat as well. She, along with other industry experts, share their knowledge, travel stories and wisdom about how to travel, where to travel and how to have a stress-free adventure. She also hosts some of her new expat friends who talk about finding their passions living abroad. Tune in and give yourself permission to focus on yourself, create life-long memories with family and friends, and finally, learn to relax, rejuvenate and reconnect

Episodes

May 25, 2020 58 mins
Host Karen Duncan provides an in depth update on the travel industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Karen's expertise in the travel and tourism industry abounds 25 years of insight and information from travel providers all over the world.
In this episode Karen discusses new polices going for forward for the TSA, Cruise Lines, and airlines mainly from the United States.

Karen also provides details of border openings for some countries...
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Dreaming of Beyond by Your Bucket List Buster is the new series presented by Karen Duncan host of the podcast Your Bucket List Buster and owner of Peeks Cruises & Tours.

During this time of lock downs, fear, The Virus, and negativity everywhere, Karen Duncan has brought back her podcast to offer some travel information about what's going on in the industry, but also to share some positive fun information about and from around the wo...
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March 17, 2020 55 mins
Find yourself as we are quarantined and social distancing ourselves from each other. What fun things can you come up with as we watch the world reset.

Host Karen Duncan addresses what's happening in the travel industry with some of her trusted vendors and destinations.

But she also challenges us to find the blessings in this adversity. What fun, new and inspirational things are you doing during this time off.

And she has asked that...
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This week's episode includes a lively and fun interview with Ivan Marquez-Owner of Manglar Lodge Hotel in El Palmar, Panama on his recent trip to Cuba. Ivan and his wife Mafe own a cute boutique hotel in the beach community of Panama, where they are becoming one of the premier venues for live music. Karen Duncan the host of Your Bucket List Buster and her acoustic partner Volker Hofschildt play there frequently.

Ivan had been to C...
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What are your dreams? What's on your bucket list? Are you ready to make 2020 the year you stop dreaming and start doing?

Host Karen Duncan owner of Peeks Cruises & Tours and podcast host of Your Bucket List Buster is kicking off Wave Season, term used in the travel industry to promote cruising, talking with guest speaker Dianna Rom of Windstar Cruises. Find out about the upgrades and enhancements on the Legend, and some great itine...
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October 20, 2019 64 mins
Cooler weather is in the air, people are feeling energized and motivated. Host Karen Duncan talks about setting goals, achieving dreams, living your bucket list. Bucket list don't always have to be exotic destinations, it's about living your best life and finding things you're passionate about.

But...The Deals are swirling all around the travel industry right now and Karen identifies just a few of the ones available that will sho...
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October 6, 2019 76 mins
Do you have a dream? Have you accomplished any of the things you've dreamed of doing? If not why not? Too busy, no money, no motivation? This episode will motivate you, inspire you, and get you going in the right direction.
Guest speaker Dionne Ross is works full time, has a two year old, is writing a book, created a hand bag line, and finds time to travel. How you may ask? Listen to this episode and find out the secrets to D...
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September 22, 2019 69 mins
Tribe of Global Travelers with Joe DiVittorio is for all you folks that dream about traveling to exotic locations while still having a full time job.
Joe DiVittorio a native Chicagoan took a leap of faith in March of 2019 and has been to over a dozen countries all while keeping his full time job as a software engineer. Joe talks about how he came to that decision, why, and how its' been the best decision of his life. Learn about ...
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September 15, 2019 52 mins
Karen Duncan, Your Bucket List Buster is back in the saddle..This week's episode finds Karen back in good health and enthusiastic about being back on the mic.

This fall offers some great travel specials to take advantage of, Free or Discounted International Air is the theme. And with that this week's educational moment is about air consolidators, who they are and how you can take advantage of their services to get great deals on i...
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This rebroadcast on Sports Tours will have you looking into what your sports bucket list trip would be? If you are interested in the 2020 Olympics, Major League Baseball National League Football or 2022 World Cup then this is show for you.
Sport Your Bucket List with Customized Sports Tours at Major Sporting Events

For some you haven't lived until you can go to that one major sporting event featuring your favorite team. Or are you...
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August 22, 2019 48 mins
Are you a part of an organization either through volunteering, member, or employee that is looking for ways to raise funds? Does your child's sports team need to raise funds, or have you thought of creating a seminar that could benefit others? Today's show is about Fundraising Thru Travel.
The typical fundraiser is wearing people out, golf outings, casino nights, calendars, art auctions, etc we've been doing the same thing over ...
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August 15, 2019 65 mins
It's Panama Founders Day A National Holiday in Panama and also Expat Thursday. Have you ever considered retiring in another country well today we will be Dancing thru Retirement with Ruth Rivera.
Ruth Rivera is a high energy retiree from the United States by way of Puerto Rico who loves to dance. She and host Karen Duncan are both not slowing down as they live their best lives in Panama..Join in this fun and up beat show as they d...
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August 8, 2019 59 mins
Summer is drawing to a close and fall is knocking on the door, have you vacationed during this busy summer season or have you been waiting until the crowds die down? Some of the travel companies are offering some great deals during the fall to attract those of you who may have waited until the crowds were gone.
And this falls right in line with one of Karen's passions Sustainable Tourism. Karen addresses over tourism and how trave...
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Freestyle cruising with Business Development Director Lisa Eartmann of Norwegian Cruise Line is the guest speaker of today's show. Learn about Norwegian being the youngest fleet on the high waters, the creativity of the new ships, excursions, and new itineraries. If you have a bucket list then you want to hear how you can make your travel dreams come true all over the world with Norwegian Cruises.

Host Karen Duncan and Lisa have...
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July 18, 2019 38 mins
When you have lemons sometimes you have to squeeze out some lemonade. Host Karen Duncan is unexpectedly in the Midwest for the middle of a heat wave. Due to a family emergency she gets to spend some unexpected time in Detroit, Michigan where everyone is complaining about the heat.
Well Karen is making the best of it and getting to see how Detroit is on the comeback from a serious downturn. Thanks to the folks at the Four Points b...
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July 4, 2019 80 mins
Parents beware!

Happy 4th of July everyone..Today's show can't be anymore about our freedoms, Cannabis Tourism around the world with Kolbe Rose from the Stoney Moose dispensary in Ketchikan, Alaska.
This topic is controversial to some and a matter of personal freedoms to others. Thats why it makes for a fun discussion. Find out how Kolbe Rose has risen in this industry from a trimmer on California grow farms to being a Manager and ...
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June 20, 2019 74 mins
Oh the fun of living abroad. Several months ago host Karen Duncan interviewed Joaquin Arias, Sales Director of El Palmar beachfront condos in Panama. But the interview never aired due to technical difficulties. They say all things happen for a reason, because Joaquin is back and this interview was even better than the first.

Joaquin provides some invaluable information about the process of buying internationally, especially in Pa...
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June 13, 2019 77 mins
Have you ever wondered if traveling with friends was a good idea? Will you continue to get along, will like each other when you get back home? Well this week's episode with host Karen Duncan is all about friendly destinations for the LGBTQ community and what its like to travel with friends, and meeting new friends while on vacation.

Karen interviews Grant Smith a new friend she and Mitchell met on their latest adventure. Grant, ...
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June 6, 2019 56 mins
This episode is a replay from 2017 about one of the fastest growing sports in the world, Pickleball. Host Karen Duncan in 2017 was just discovering pickleball and since then has taken up the sport since moving to Panama.
Sports travel is one of the leading trends in travel, people travel for amateur sports, like kids football, soccer, tennis, etc., but they also travel for professional sports as well..Who is your favorite pro or co...
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May 30, 2019 92 mins
The trip of a lifetime is the theme of this show with host Karen Duncan convincing her husband and better half to come on the show and discuss their recent trip North to Alaska. They cruised from Yokohama, Japan to Vancouver, Canada, and Alaska was the highlight.
Mitchell and Karen also starred in an episode of House Hunters International recently, in fact the night they left for Tokyo their episode aired and everyone saw it before...
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