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
Tourism Phobia & Cycling Tours With O Cycle Japan
The term "overtourism" has been used quite a bit recently in the travel industry and according to some, it's leading to another term called "tourism-phobia" where locals are blaming tou…
Trip Interruption/Cancellation Insurance & Anakonda Amazon River Cruises
Between airline strikes and hurricanes it's a good time to remind you again of the importance of trip interruption and cancellation insurance so in this week's podcast travel expert Ona…
Car Rental Insurance, Gigsky eSIMS & Explora Journeys
On our podcast this week we're going to talk about Car Rental Insurance. Should you go with the car rental companies insurance, your credit card insurance - if you have it or your own p…
Vacation Repetition, SafetyWing & the Andaz Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ
Here's a question for you. Are you the type of vacationer who enjoys going back to the same place or do you like to visit different destination? Travel expert Onanta Forbes will join us…
Retirement Havens and the Weinhotel Freylich Zahn Hotel, Germany
Up for discussion on our podcast this week is retirement havens. It came to mind from our travel expert Onanta Forbes who has returned from her adventures in Central America and while s…
Exploring Panama & The Seychelles
Travel expert Onanta Forbes continued her adventures in Central America last week so in in this week's podcast we'll catch up with her in Panama to see what she's been up to. Plus, we'l…
Exploring Colombia & Normandy, France
On this week's podcast we'll catch up with travel expert Onanta Forbes who was in Colombia this past week, so we'll hear the highlights of where she's been. Also, June 6th marks the 80t…
Cruising the Amazon River & Fox Harb'r Resort, Nova Scotia
Travel Expert Onanta Forbes is traveling the world again, last week she was in Ecuador and was cruising along the Amazon River so we'll catch up with her to hear about her adventures. T…
All Inclusive Resorts vs Cruises & The Rio Perdido Resort, Costa Rica
On this week's podcast Travel Expert Onanta Forbes will join me to discuss the on going debate on which is better, staying at an all-inclusive resort or taking a cruise. We'll discuss t…
Santa Monica and Madame Tussauds Hollywood
This week’s podcast is all about Los Angeles as we just returned from the LA area after attending the annual IPW conference hosted by Discover LA, the US Travel Association and Brand US…
Timeshare Exit Scams & Ireland's Atlantic and Northern Coast
On our podcast this week we talk about Timeshares. There's some disturbing stories appearing about timeshare scams when trying exit your timeshare agreement so travel expert Onanta Forb…
Sports Tourism and 124 On Queen Hotel, NOTL
A recent survey from Flight Centre Travel Group, showed that sports tourism is more popular than ever with almost half of Canadians planning a trip focused on attending a sporting event…
Fear of Flying and MSC's World Europa
If you've heard any of the stories lately involving the airline industry about parts falling off aircraft and industry workers saying our planes aren't safe, it might make you a little …
Skip-Gen Travel & the Sun Princess
Have you heard of Skip-Gen Travel? You might have done it without knowing that there was a name for it. It's where the grandparents leave their children behind and take the grandkids on…
Travel Scams & The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival
On our podcast this week travel expert Onanta Forbes will join us to chat about travel scams and what to watch for. Then we'll talk comedy, more specifically the Great Outdoors Comedy F…
Travel Trends from Virtuoso & Hotel X Toronto
A recent travel survey from the people at Virtuoso came up with some interesting findings on things like traveling in the off-season and enjoying more cultural activities and sites, so …
Luna Tours, Puerto Vallarta & Cartegena With Two Travel
If you've listening to our podcast for the past few months you'll know that travel expert Onanta Forbes has been spending the winter near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This week she'll share…
Onanta at Casa Velas & Moab, Utah
While we were touring the area of Loreto, Mexico recently, travel expert Onanta Forbes was exploring the area of Riviera Nayarit, Mexico. And one place she stopped at was the Casa Velas…
On location in Loreto, Mexico (Part 2)
On this week's podcast we share the last 4 days of our 7 day adventure visiting Loreto, California Baja Sur, Mexico. It was a busy 4 days that included visiting San Javier Mission, foun…
On location in Loreto, Mexico (Part 1)
On this week's podcast we share the first 3 days of our 7 day adventure visiting Loreto, Mexico. While staying at the Hotel Santa Fe our activities so far have been whale watching and e…