Travel Podcasts on iTunes!

Hey Everyone,

I was browsing through the iTunes store and I came across various travel podcasts that y'all might find interesting. Here's a few of them and I hope they increase your interest in the beautiful places found on this great planet.

The first one I found is called Amateur Traveler Podcast. It's an audio podcast that describes interesting places from all over the world from Chicago to Italy and talks about the logistics as well as things to do when you get to these fantastic places. It's a really cool podcast that's worth a visit.

Another one I found is called Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase. It's a podcast created by a flight attendant for a major airline. She brings you stories from the airplane, pilots, other flight attendants, and stories from places she's visited. It's more about flying and the experiences she's had and she's very funny and relaxed. Each is about a half hour but all are very entertaining and she's a very likeable person. It's also a good place to learn about logistics of traveling and the experiences you can have on your trips.

I also found a podcast called Tips for Travellers (spelling is on purpose and is the United Kingdom way) and each podcast highlights a certain place in the world and gives tips on where to stay, where to eat, where to go, and how to do it all in the easiest way possible. It's a great way to get a first hand account of an English speaking tourist traveling to all kinds of destinations. He's very easy to listen to and his stories are great and he has a lot of very important information. Each podcast is labeled by the place it's about so finding one on the place you want is super simple.

There is another podcast on iTunes that is very useful and it's called The Indie Travel Podcast and it's all about a couple's traveling exploits and it's a first-hand account of their travels and the wonders and troubles they run into along the way. It was voted "Best Podcast of 2009" by Lonely Planet. They seem very personable and it's a very relaxed podcast that describes where they're staying, how they're staying there, and what they're doing for fun and education at their destination. They seem very kind and respectful to other cultures and they seem to find some very cool things that you wouldn't normally hear about. (Perfect for this blog)

The last podcast I found that seemed to fit my blog, (there's not too many), is a video podcast called Amateur Traveler Video. It's a video podcast highlighting destinations around the world and is perfect for people trying to find a visual understanding of the places they're talking about in the podcasts. They are narrated "travelogs" according to the description and each one highlights a certain event or trip to all kinds of destinations all over the world. It can be used as a companion to the audio podcast but it also has some stand-alone pieces that are very interesting and really are amazing.

I hope these are useful and interesting to you like they were to me. Very cool stuff!