Hello and welcome to Passports Please. This is the podcast that helps you hack your holidays whether you are the packer or the slacker. I'm Chelsea and every week I'll be joined by my travel companion, James.

Hello, Chelsea is a holiday expert, whereas I just love a holiday. Yeah, you do. And whether you already know and follow what I do online as holiday expert, or you've just stumbled across this for the first time, welcome on in because we're going to be chatting about holiday hacks for everything from overnight buses to first class flights.

Yes. So, if you need of advice, travel tips, or even have some of your own, then we'd love to hear from you.

Please send them in by sliding into our DMs on socials at Passports Please Pod or at hellopassport pleasepod.com.

And we'll help you up your holiday game by doing all the hard work for you.

Happy New Year, James. Happy New, are we still saying that? I'm on the verge. Yes, we're on the verge. But I feel like if you haven't seen someone up until now, it's okay to say. But I have seen you, to be fair. Would that be worrying, perhaps? Yeah, if I was like, it's the seventh. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, James.

And because it is the first episode of the year,

I thought we would do something very on brand for January.

What's that?

We are making our travel resolutions for 2026.

Okay. We are manifesting. I like that. Yeah, so take a deep breath in

and clench your jaw. Released, release last year's Ryanair trauma. Oh God, we've got enough time.

And if you're listening, you can join in with this.

So whether you want to get a piece of paper and a pen, jot it down, notes in your phone, or just say it out loud.

But you've got a clench too.

You've got to clench and release, okay?

And you can also just listen and quietly judge all of our answers. Yeah.

Let's begin with the 10 travel resolutions for the year. Yes. So I have come up with these,

James. These are from your own brain. They are. They are prompts. Okay. They're things to help you

think about what you want to get out of travel for the next year. So let's begin. Go. I'm going to just list them. All 10. Blast through them and then I can have a think about what I would do. Exactly. Okay. Number one. A country you're hoping to visit for the very first time. Okay. Two. A non-capital town or city you want to explore.

Three, a trip you plan to take closer to home.

Four, a style of holiday you don't usually choose.

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