Humans of Travel

Jan 27 2025 100 ep. 30 mins 13

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TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell. Listeners will hear from the travel industry’s notable authorities, high-profile executives, travel advisors and rising stars as they share the experiences — the highs and the lows — that make them human.

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Collette’s Jaclyn Leibl-Cote on Evolving the Escorted Touring Experience (Sponsored Content)

Jan 27 2025 37 mins

Note to listeners: We're currently on hiatus until Spring 2025, but we're replaying some of our favorite episodes each week until we return. And this week, we are releasing a new sponsored episode featuring our partners at Collette. In this sponsored episode of Humans of Travel, host Ken Shapiro, Vice President and Editorial Director of TravelAge West, TravelPulse and Trav

Encore: Travel Advisor Danny Genung on the Power of YouTube Marketing

Jan 20 2025 32 mins

Note to listeners: We're currently on hiatus until Spring 2025, but we're replaying some of our favorite episodes each week until we return. And you're listening to one of those "encore" presentations right now. Danny Genung, the owner of Harr Travel, is a former middle school teacher-turned legacy travel advisor and a YouTube influencer in the cruise and resort space

Encore: Travel TV Host Samantha Brown on Top Career Highlights and the Importance of Human Connection

Jan 20 2025 39 mins

Note to listeners: We're currently on hiatus until Spring 2025, but we're replaying some of our favorite episodes each week until we return. And you're listening to one of those "encore" presentations right now. Most members of the travel industry community know Samantha Brown as the host of PBS’ Samantha Brown's Places to Love, a long-running television show th

Encore: Fora Travel’s Co-Founder, Henley Vazquez, on Bringing More Advisors Into the Industry

Jan 06 2025 41 mins

Note to listeners: We're currently on hiatus until Spring 2025, but we're replaying some of our favorite episodes each week until we return. And you're listening to one of those "encore" presentations right now. Three years ago, Henley Vazquez created Fora Travel, a host agency that caters to a select group of new travel agents: part-timers, side-hustlers or even those who

Humans in the Hot Seat: Brittany Taylor's Advice to New Travel Advisors

Dec 23 2024 9 mins

Welcome to Humans in the Hot Seat, a spinoff series of Humans of Travel. This is Emma Weissmann, Executive Editor at TravelAge West, and your host. Over the coming weeks, we will be interviewing the travel advisors named in the "5 Future Leaders to Watch List," the cover story within the October 2024 issue of TravelAge West. All of these travel advisors, attendees of Future Leaders

Encore: John Diorio on Life Before Virgin Voyages

Dec 16 2024 44 mins

John Diorio has spent his entire career in travel, from the tour operator and wholesale space to Hotels.com and, most recently, Virgin Voyages. Despite this, Diorio – now the vice president of North American sales for the cruise line — said his relationship with travel didn’t start until he enrolled in travel school at age 19; prior to that, his jaunts consisted of yearly fam

Humans in the Hot Seat: Sam Johnson Created a Travel Advising Internship for College Students

Dec 09 2024 17 mins

Welcome to Humans in the Hot Seat, a spinoff series of Humans of Travel. This is Emma Weissmann, Executive Editor at TravelAge West, and your host. Over the coming weeks, we will be interviewing the travel advisors named in the "5 Future Leaders to Watch List," the cover story within the October 2024 issue of TravelAge West. All of these travel advisors, attendees of Future Leaders

Cruise Planners’ Michelle Fee on Elevating the Travel Franchise Model

Dec 02 2024 34 mins

In 1994, before the home-based travel advisor was a popular career choice in the travel industry, Michelle Fee co-founded Cruise Planners, a franchise travel agency model for home-based professionals, that would grow to become a staple in the industry. In this episode of Humans of Travel, Fee will reflect on what it was like during Cruise Planners’ early days — when the first c

Encore: How Entrepreneur Grace McBride Built Two Successful Travel Businesses

Nov 18 2024 45 mins

Grace McBride got her start in the travel industry earlier than most — as an undergraduate at Cornell University. During her sophomore year, McBride worked as a marketing intern for JetBlue, where she helped write marketing and ad copy for the airline. After catching the travel bug, she joined MilesAhead, a travel agency founded by Cornell classmate Rob Karp. But it was an entrep

InteleTravel’s Tara Minson on How the ‘Goliath of the Travel Industry’ Welcomes New Advisors

Nov 11 2024 40 mins

Tara Minson refers to InteleTravel, a host agency supporting over 100,000 travel advisors, as the "Goliath" of the travel industry — and with good reason. Not only does the host agency have the largest network of advisors, but she also credits the company with bringing the most new agents into the profession. Recently promoted to President of the host agency, Minson has deep root