4.3 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Jake Ducey describes what the world taught him after he dropped out of college and spent half a year wandering far from home, then blogger "Nomadic Matt" shares budget travel tips that allow you to see the world in comfort on $50 a day, whatever your age. Plus listeners share tales from their unforgettable adventures.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | Jake Doosy says, if you don't love what you do, it's time to make a change. |
0:06.0 | And that's what he did when he dropped out of college and took off for Guatemala. |
0:10.0 | It all started because I was a 19 year old studying business and it wasn't addressing |
0:15.8 | who I was and what I personally desired I felt I was stuck inside of a desk. |
0:21.3 | Coming up here how a rush of youthful adrenaline can take you out of your |
0:25.3 | comfort zone and motivate you to finally follow your dreams. Travel writer Matt |
0:30.0 | Kepness is mastering the practicalities of budget travel. |
0:33.8 | The author of how to travel the world on $50 a day explains how you can upgrade to a flash |
0:39.2 | packer instead of just being a scruffy backpacker. |
0:42.8 | So the Flashpackers is somebody who wants a nicer hostile, |
0:46.4 | comfor fewer beds, whereas the backpackers |
0:48.9 | trying to do it on a dollar a day, just a great buy great by plus listeners share their own excellent |
0:55.0 | adventures in the hour ahead it's travel with Rick Steve's |
0:59.8 | There's a fearless approach to life among the young that many people seem to forget as they get older, |
1:06.0 | but I suspect the enthusiasm of our guests in the hour ahead is contagious. |
1:10.0 | And it might just change your perspective and your plans. |
1:14.0 | Hi, I'm Rick Steves. |
1:16.0 | Coming up, the blogger and budget travel writer known as Nomadic Matt |
1:19.0 | tells us how he averages no more than $50 a day for comfortable journeys around the world. |
1:25.0 | We'll also get inspired by the exotic adventures of our listeners a little later in the hour. |
1:30.0 | A few years ago, Jake Doosey decided he needed a change. |
1:34.0 | He became disenchanted with his business studies in college, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rick Steves, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Rick Steves and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.