The Informed Traveler
The Informed Traveler is a weekly travel podcast dedicated to bringing you the latest travel news trends and destination ideas. Each week we dive into the latest travel stories and how they effect you, the traveler. Plus we provide insight traveling to interesting destinations and and useful travel tips to help you along the way.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 139
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Exploring Newfoundland & TROBBU Resorts
Our weekly guest, Travel Expert Onanta Forbes is traveling throughout NFLD so we'll catch up with her on this week's show to learn what she's been up to and get some tips on traveling t…
Slow Travel & The Gift Of Travel
Have you heard of the term "slow travel"? Maybe you've been doing it all along and didn't realize it. Either way, on this week's show travel expert Onanta Forbes will join me to discuss…
Ripple Effects From The Air Canada Strike & The Historic Traveler
The recent labour dispute with Air Canada and its flight attendants caused all kinds of chaos for travelers and the ripple effect is still being felt. But how will their latest settleme…
Food Safety When Traveling & Auberge Saint-Antoine, Quebec City
One of the great things about travel is trying news things and enjoying new experiences and that includes food. But there are a few things you should be aware of before you take that fi…
Explora Journeys & Smithe House, Vancouver BC
We've got a special guest joining us this week as Lisa Willey from Explora Journey's will join travel expert Onanta Forbes and I to talk about cruising with Explora Journeys. Then we'll…
Airfare Myths and Other Travel Stories & 360 Adventures
There's been a lot of different news stories this past week in the travel world from the rising cost of domestic travel to airfare myth's. So, on this week's show travel expert Onanta F…
Fake Travel Websites & What's New in Mazatlán, MX
There's some increasing concern about fake booking sites in the travel industry which can be added to the growing list of travel scams so on this week's show travel expert Onanta Forbes…
Multi-Generational Travel, Pure Grenada & Summer Travel Trends
Multigenerational travel is on the increase for a number of reasons but there are a some important things to consider so on this week's show travel expert Onanta Forbes will be here to …
Comox Valley, BC & Undiscovered Turkmenistan
On this week's podcast travel expert Onanta Forbes will join us to share her recent journey to Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. It's a beautiful area of BC to spend a few days at and t…
Canada Strong Pass & Exploring Canada By Rail
Canada is the place to visit this summer for a number of reasons including the Canada Strong Pass that the government introduced a few weeks ago. It lets you enjoy free or discounted ad…
Handling Travel Disasters & the Royal Hideaway Playacar, MX
With all the crazy things going on in the world right now, would you know how to effectively handle a travel disaster or emergency? Travel expert Onanta Forbes offers up some tips on wh…
On Location in Chicago
We spent 5 fantastic days in Chicago last week attending the US Travel Association and Brand USA's annual IPW travel conference. While there I met up with Lisa Nucci, Chief Marketing Of…
Flight Centre's Overtourism Survey & Rossland, BC
According to a recent poll from Flight Centre 7 in 10 Canadians are rethinking their travel choices due to concerns about Overtourism. So on this week's podcast Travel Expert Onanta For…
The Latest Travel Lingo & The Golden Skybridge
Are you caught up on all the latest travel lingo? A lot of new phrases are out there to describe various aspects of travel so on this week's podcast travel expert Onanta Forbes will joi…
Westjet/Sunwing Integration & Exploring Tennessee
The WestJet Group officially completed its integration of Sunwing Airlines this past week, so what does that mean for you, the consumer? Better prices, more selection? Travel Expert Ona…
Travel Freebees & The Londoner Hotel
Safe to say, everyone likes free stuff so on this week's podcast we're going to talk about free stuff. Travel Expert Onanta Forbes will join me to talk about the many free offers that a…
Cruise Beverage Packages & The Trans Canada Trail
One of the questions that comes up when taking a cruise is; is it worth the money to add a beverage package before sailing. So on this week's podcast Travel Expert Onanta Forbes will be…
Pet Friendly Hotels and All About Barbados
According to the group Roch Dog some hotels who call themselves Pet Friendly aren't necessarily so for the money they charge. So on this week's podcast Travel Expert Onanta Forbes will …
Rail Travel & Hotel La Compania Del Valle, Panama
According to current trends, rail travel is gaining significant popularity in 2025 with data indicating a substantial increase in demand compared to previous years. So on this week's po…
Women-Only Travel and A Holiday In Maui
One of the rising trends we're seeing in the travel industry is the popularity of Women-Only Travel, so on this week's podcast travel expert Onanta Forbes will join me to discuss the in…