AT#107 - Solo Travel as a Woman

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2007

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0	Amateur Traveler episode 107. Today the Amateur Traveler
0:06.2	talks to Sherry Ott about her life on the road as a solo woman traveler.
0:11.2	I got my bags packed and on a roll.
0:15.0	I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.
0:18.0	Looking real good in my passport photo.
0:22.0	Oh no. 15 hour flight.
0:24.3	Oh, I don't think I'll ever be coming home
0:29.3	You know I love it
0:31.2	I got to see one more cathedral I got to see one more cathedral
0:34.4	to sit in one more cafe
0:37.2	I know that I should be heading home
0:40.6	but maybe not maybe not today Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:47.0	The The first news story I have today is from a story I saw on Gadling.com, the horrible reason
1:00.8	why Americans don't take all their vacation days.
1:04.8	There's a new study that came out called No Vacation Nation, written by Rebecca Ray and John
1:10.1	Schmidt of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
1:13.0	In case you are already unaware, Americans tend to take fewer vacation days than other developed countries.
1:20.0	10% of full-time employees in the America get no vacation.
1:24.0	60% of part-time employees in America get no vacation
1:28.0	and Americans who do get vacation take only 12 days a year on average, which is below the 20 guaranteed by residents of Great Britain,
1:38.0	the 24 for residents of Germany, and the 30 for residents of France.
1:42.0	So check out that study. and the 30 for residents of France.
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