My mother never had the means to travel the way she should have. That is a heartbreak I have carried with me for a very long time, and it is one of the reasons The Ageless Traveler exists. Money should not be the wall that stands between you and the world. Neither should loneliness. Both are barriers we can break, and this week, we are breaking them together.
This week’s podcast is a recap of our June 10th webinar on How to Become a Travel Coach for a fulfilling way to receive extra income.
In fact, the entire issue of Travel Tuesday is devoted to helping you afford the travel you deserve. Here is what is inside:
Ask Adriane: Where exactly do you find the best senior travel discounts? I give you specific phone numbers to call, programs most people never look for, and a one-time purchase that opens 2,000 destinations for life.
News You Can Use: How to search specifically for “no single supplement cruises,” a NEW WAY to leverage The Ageless Traveler’s relationship with CruisesIt to get deals the public cannot access.
Culture Vulture reprises some of the best low-cost cultural experiences
Luxury Travel for Less shows you why the world’s top glamping properties are often priced no higher than a moderate hotel, and how Under Canvas, a luxury camping chain near the national parks, offers a five-star outdoor experience at moderate hotel prices.
And as always, our free eBook, Luxury Travel for Less, is waiting for you. Thirty-two pages, seventy-five curated websites, and every strategy I have used to visit 110 countries and counting. Pick it up if you have not already.
Never stop traveling
Cheers,
Adriane
P.S. Father’s Day is Coming Up
I have solved your biggest Father’s Day problem: what to buy your dad. Here are my picks: Luggage Free (Why Make Dad Shlep The Luggage), Tripped (Great Packing Tools For A More Organized Suitcase), Cruises It (Huge Discounts On Cruises When You Are Ready To Send Dad On A Trip Of A Lifetime Or A 3-Day Stint), The Traveling Hat (Yes, It Comes For Men Too).
P.P.S. . . Have a question for me? Leave a voicemail or text at fanlist.com/agelesstraveler. I read every single one.
This Week’s Highlights
On Our Podcast
Turn your love of travel into an income stream? Learn why travel coaching is much more than planning vacations. Join me with my guest: Sahara Rose De Vore as we conduct our Travel Coaching Masterclass.
If you missed our June 10th webinar, “The Travel Coaching Masterclass,” this week’s podcast is your chance to catch every insight. I recap what travel coaching is, who it is for, and how you can build a meaningful second chapter doing exactly what you love.
When you help others plan their adventures, you build your own travel knowledge and your travel budget at the same time. It is one of the most natural fits I have ever seen for people who love to explore.
Q. Where do I find the best senior travel discounts?
This is my most-asked question, and I love it because most of the real savings are hiding in plain sight.
A. Here are four places to find money most travelers leave on the table.
Call the airline directly and ask for the senior fare by name. This is the tip that stops most people cold because these discounts are rarely posted online. United, Delta, and American all offer age-based fares in select markets, but you have to call the reservations line and ask specifically. The discount ranges from 5 to 20 percent depending on the route, and you will never find these fares if you book only online. Never. Check out the article on Skyscanner.
Get the America the Beautiful Senior Pass before your next road trip. For a one-time fee of $80 (or $20 by mail), anyone 62 or older receives lifetime access to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites, including every national park in the country, plus discounts on camping, guided tours, and educational programs. If you are planning any national park stops, this pass pays for itself on your first visit.
Use CruisesIt and call the Ageless Traveler dedicated line: 407-410-8901. I am affiliated with CruisesIt specifically because they negotiate deals for our community that are not available to the general public. And here is something new: EVERY WEEK, ONLY FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS, WE GIVE A LISTING OF THE LOWEST COST IF YOU CAN ACT FAST. For Example: Norwegian to Alaska 9 days starting at $399pp..leaves June 29…includes port taxes. IF INTERESTED CALL 407-410-8901
4 Top Ageless Traveler’s suggestions that you told me you used..THIS IS A REPRISE OF THE BEST DESTINATIONS ON A BUDGET
Go on a bread safari. I had never thought of bread tourism before my podcast about the film Italian Wannabe, in which bread becomes a main character and a metaphor for the good life. Now I cannot stop thinking about it. In New Orleans, The Local Palate traces the city’s 170 bakeries from the late 1800s to the 1922 birth of the Poor Boy sandwich at John Gendusa Bakery. That is not just food. That is history you can taste.
Get the Keweenaw Pasty Passport in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This is one of the most delightful and least-known food trails in America. The pasty (pronounced “PASS-tee”), a meat-and-root-vegetable turnover brought over by Cornish miners, anchors a 12-stop trail across the UP. Pick up the Pasty Passport at the Visit Keweenaw Welcome Center in Calumet, collect stamps at each stop, and earn your “pasty champ” certificate and regional swag. Do not miss Roy’s Pasties and Bakery in Houghton. If you go in August, the Upper Peninsula Pasty Fest in Calumet runs three days of bake-offs and eating contests.
Hidden UNESCO sites you have probably never considered. As the Representative to the United Nations for the International Federation on Aging, I track these closely. The ones most travelers miss are often the most extraordinary. Bukhara, Uzbekistan, my personal favorite, is a city-museum on the Silk Road with 140 architectural monuments. Hanseatic Visby in Sweden is a fairy-tale walled medieval city that almost no one visits. Mesa Verde in the USA protects over 600 Native American cliff dwellings. All three are accessible and affordable, and none of them is as crowded as the famous sites.
Zoos have become one of the great underrated travel destinations for sophisticated travelers. As airfare costs rise, world-class zoos offer immersive nature experiences close to home or as a complement to an existing trip. The San Diego Zoo pioneered cage-free naturalistic design. Singapore Zoo offers keeper encounters and an award-winning Night Safari. Wellington Zoo offers close encounters with cheetahs and red pandas while directing 10 percent of its funds to wildlife conservation. And if you are local to me, Palm Springs Living Desert is a personal favorite. Email me at adrianegberg@gmail.com if you go, and I may meet you there.
Luxury Travel for Less
Luxury and expense are not the same thing.
Everything in this section comes directly from my travels and from our free eBook at LuxuryTravelForLess.info.
Glamping is legitimate luxury, and the prices will surprise you. Under Canvas, a glamping chain near the national parks, charges roughly the same as a moderate hotel while delivering king beds, fine linens, electricity, and running water in stunning natural settings. Nayara Tented Camp in Costa Rica provides a personal butler. The Resort at Paws Up in Montana puts a private camp chef at your service. This is not camping. This is a hotel in the wild.
Use GetYourGuide for tours and experiences. Most travelers book tours through the hotel concierge and pay full price. GetYourGuide, through our negotiated The Ageless Traveler link, gives you access to the same experiences at meaningfully lower rates, from the Bronx Zoo to Fatehpur Sikri in India to Bukhara on the Silk Road.
These six top budget-friendly road trip routes I featured in a recent issue deliver incredible scenery with no airfare, no single supplement, and no package price: just you, the road, and the kind of discoveries you cannot plan.
Ship your luggage ahead and travel free. Luggage Free is one of the smartest travel investments I know. You ship your bag directly to your destination and arrive at the airport carrying nothing. No checked bag fees, no waiting at baggage claim, no hauling a suitcase through connections. For solo travelers especially, this is a genuine quality-of-life upgrade that often costs less than you think when you factor in what airlines charge to check a bag each way.
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