How to travel lighter, safer, and smarter (featuring Sarah von Bargen)

May 22, 2019 01:01:40
How to travel lighter, safer, and smarter (featuring Sarah von Bargen)
Deviate
How to travel lighter, safer, and smarter (featuring Sarah von Bargen)

May 22 2019 | 01:01:40

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“Some of the most character-building and hilarious stories come from situations that did not necessarily work out according to plan.” – Sarah Von Bargen

Sarah Von Bargen (@yesandyesblog) is a writer, teacher, social media consultant, and course-creator. For more about Sarah, check out https://yesandyes.org/, where she is editor-in-chief, or her Instagram. 

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Sarah talk about personality types and aligning of values (3:00); why traveling light is important (9:00); Sarah’s most commonly received travel-related questions, and navigating the fear of travel (28:00); advice for female travelers (41:00); and taking the experience of travel back home with you (56:00).

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This episode of Deviate is brought to you by Tortuga Backpacks, which set the standard for the best, most durable, organized, and comfortable travel backpacks. Tortuga products also include daypacks, duffels, and other travel accessories, which are all made with the traveler in mind and have been featured by Wirecutter, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Business Insider, Carryology, and many other industry outlets.

The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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