Yolanda Edwards, Travel Editor - YOLO Journal
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.6 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode I’m joined by a titan of the travel industry, Yolanda Edwards.
Formerly the creative director of Condé Nast Traveler in the US, Yolanda went on to launch the critically acclaimed Yolo Journal, a quarterly travel lifestyle magazine, which showcases real finds from interesting people around the world, not just industry insiders. Its accompanied by a weekly newsletter, which is a huge favourite among in the know travel lovers.
She also has the prestigious title of US and Canada Academy Chair for the World’s 50 Best Hotels which we discuss a bit on this episode - as a hotel enthusiast it was really fascinating to hear which properties stand out to her.
The story behind Yolanda falling in love with travel is a really interesting one that I didn’t know before this chat. She had a sheltered childhood where travel really wasn’t on the agenda, and it was a transformative cultural immersion program on a remote Greek island where Yolanda’s innate curiosity and love for travel was truly ignited. And the rest you could say was history, as nowadays Yolanda is non stop travelling the globe.
Her travel diaries today take us on a grand tour around Europe through the highlights and hidden gems of Italy, France and Greece. So fasten your seatbelts as we explore the fascinating life and career of a true travel trailblazer.
Destination Recap:
- Rome, Italy
- Milan, Italy
- Mykonos, Greece
- Kalymnos, Greece
- Medoc, France
- Il Pelicano, Port Ecole, Italy
- La Colombe D’Or, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
- Cap Ferret, France
- Lynch-Bages, Frane
- Tulum, Mexico
- Palazzo Durazzo, Genoa, Italy
- India
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is supported by Chitalia. And you can discover the real Italy with Chetalia because they are the UK's leading Italian holiday specialists. They have been helping guests discover the best of Italy for 95 years. |
| 0:15.3 | Today's episode with Yolanda Edwards is in many ways a love letter to Italy. She has moved to Rome and tells us about |
| 0:23.4 | why and how much she loves it. And her all-time favorite hotel is on the Tuscan coast. If you're |
| 0:30.1 | tempted to book her own trip, then Tatalia's team of Italy experts can help make that happen. They are |
| 0:35.1 | there to create your perfect stay. |
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| 0:46.9 | Discover the Real Italy with Chitalia, |
| 0:48.9 | the UK's leading Italian holiday specialists. |
| 0:51.5 | Head to chatalia.com, that's C-I-L-I-A-A-com, to find out more. Thank you to |
| 0:58.5 | Chitalia. |
| 1:05.1 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. I'm your host, journalist Holly Rubenstein, and here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. From their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with to their hidden gem and what's at the top of their travel bucket list. |
| 1:27.9 | We'll be uncovering their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations |
| 1:33.3 | that have shaped their lives. |
| 1:35.6 | On today's episode, I'm joined by a titan of the travel industry, Yolanda Edwards. |
| 1:41.9 | Formerly the creative director of Coninast Traveller in the US, Yolanda went on to launch the critically acclaimed Yolo Journal, a quarterly travel lifestyle magazine which showcases real finds from interesting people around the world, not just industry insiders. It's accompanied by a weekly newsletter which is a huge favourite among |
| 2:03.0 | in the know travel lovers and which I thoroughly recommend. She also has a prestigious title of |
| 2:08.5 | US and Canada Academy Chair for the world's 50 best hotels. As a hotel enthusiast, I found it |
| 2:14.1 | very interesting to hear which properties stand out to her. And the story behind |
| 2:18.9 | Yolanda falling in love for travel is a fascinating one that I didn't know before this chat. She |
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