Do you need to be a subscriber to participate in the Q &A? Really interested in Ireland for a special reason. I imagine Mimi could give you all the Hong Kong info you’d need as she and Oddur are adding that to their workshops.
Beautiful! I can attest that Egypt (I sailed the Nile last week) is 100% worth it and, despite the buzzy chaos of Cairo (which I loved), is the definition of slow travel. Linda, I’ll never forget our 2020 Botswana trip—rooting for you to get to Sheldrick this year. X
Hi Yolanda, I echo your thoughts on traveling too much in fact i think i have travel fatigue !
Happy to spend long weeks at the beach house and no European trips to plan for a while .
You should definitely get to Hong Kong soon ( not July or August as way too hot ) as it's an incredible diverse city with the best food on the planet .
Went on a back-to-back Norwegian Cruise of Ireland and Iceland last year. Then ended up going to the Yucatan last minute on a cruise as well. You have to fit it all in before the world goes belly up! Cheers to the travels this New Year! Looks like you all are going to have a blast!
I deeply feel this, Yolanda. After a wonderful trip to Egypt last October for a mutual friend of both of ours' birthday week I returned home to Copenhagen and really felt the need to live smaller. I've overdone it with travel this past year, said yes to too many things because I am very much a spontaneous yes person, and am trying my best this year to factor in what travel I already need to do for work, and with people I care about, while also focusing on spending time with my family. It's a general exhaustion and just so nice to read about it from someone else I admire. Best of luck to us both and thanks for the honesty. - Brooke
Travel fatigue is real. I’ve just spent six months at home in Canada. It was so necessary. Still reading two hours a day of all the places for clients to experience, and starting up my travel professional development again…however I will be back in Canada by May and once again home for a good period of time. It also just happened to be my most successful business year so… it’s a rhythm I believe I will continue.
Question for Tyler- I am a 25 year-old who is looking to travel to Ireland and Northern Ireland for the first time in late summer/early fall 2025 (thinking the first two weeks of Sept). If I stretch PTO (and my budget) I would have an 11 day trip. I lived in Italy for almost 3 years for my masters and travelling around Europe solo is not a big deal to me (although this will be my first trip that I plan to be solo for most of the trip). The big limiting factor is that I do not want to rent a car. The tentative plan for the trip is as follows: I have to fly into Dublin (coming from SE US this is the most direct and inexpensive way to arrive on the island) and journey directly to Galway and see the Cliffs of Moher. Spend a day or two around Galway and train back across the country to Northern Ireland to Belfast. I am also a structural engineer by degree/trade and I have a special interest in historical structures (working as a project conservator/surveyor for the National Trust is my dream job) so Mount Stewart is at the top of my list. I would then spend some days in and around Belfast and Derry. Then traveling down to Dublin to finish out the trip and to fly out. Tyler- do you have any suggestions on things to add to this trip (considering they need to be accessible via public transit)? Are the three locations too much for 10/11 days? Thank you so much in advance and I hope to hear from you!!
If you'll be in the north of Ireland friend, I would recommend stopping through Donegal. I found it beautiful, it has the oldest pub in Ireland (maybe in the world), and the friendliest people in a country that has the friendliest people.
Meredith, Tyler here. 3 places for an 11 day trip works, but I would say don't add more. Ireland is a magical landscape that has entire worlds within small area's, worlds that can take lifetimes to see and explore. I have an old friend who wanted to map an Island off the coast of Connemara and took 20 years and he wrote a few books about it along the way. I would say in Co Galway use the bus systems to get out to Connemara. And perhaps slow it down by picking a smaller area to see this trip and know you will go back to see more down the line. Using bus, train, and ferry, The Burren, Co Galway/ Connemara, and Dublin would be a wonderful flow for that time period. Donegal is a wonder but that would be another trip all together. The Historical structures along this route would be ancient ones, and there are plenty, Holy Wells, pilgrimage sites, and stone forts. Good luck and enjoy.
Do you need to be a subscriber to participate in the Q &A? Really interested in Ireland for a special reason. I imagine Mimi could give you all the Hong Kong info you’d need as she and Oddur are adding that to their workshops.
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no we will make this open! haven't started the paywall yet! but these kind of conversations we will always have be open
Beautiful! I can attest that Egypt (I sailed the Nile last week) is 100% worth it and, despite the buzzy chaos of Cairo (which I loved), is the definition of slow travel. Linda, I’ll never forget our 2020 Botswana trip—rooting for you to get to Sheldrick this year. X
That $9 Airbnb... INSANE find
right?!
Oh god! There are so many bucket list inspo's I'm getting from your shares! So beautiful, I can't wait to see it myself someday! 😍
What a great read! Sterrekopje is at the absolute top of my wish list for when I win the lottery.
Same, same, same. I want to do all of these things (I have almost the exact NorCal itinerary in my brain.) So many good little pearls of wisdom.
Hi Yolanda, I echo your thoughts on traveling too much in fact i think i have travel fatigue !
Happy to spend long weeks at the beach house and no European trips to plan for a while .
You should definitely get to Hong Kong soon ( not July or August as way too hot ) as it's an incredible diverse city with the best food on the planet .
What a wonderful read. I am inspired to travel more, but life has me grounded at the moment. I love living vicariously!
Went on a back-to-back Norwegian Cruise of Ireland and Iceland last year. Then ended up going to the Yucatan last minute on a cruise as well. You have to fit it all in before the world goes belly up! Cheers to the travels this New Year! Looks like you all are going to have a blast!
I deeply feel this, Yolanda. After a wonderful trip to Egypt last October for a mutual friend of both of ours' birthday week I returned home to Copenhagen and really felt the need to live smaller. I've overdone it with travel this past year, said yes to too many things because I am very much a spontaneous yes person, and am trying my best this year to factor in what travel I already need to do for work, and with people I care about, while also focusing on spending time with my family. It's a general exhaustion and just so nice to read about it from someone else I admire. Best of luck to us both and thanks for the honesty. - Brooke
Taking notes.
Travel fatigue is real. I’ve just spent six months at home in Canada. It was so necessary. Still reading two hours a day of all the places for clients to experience, and starting up my travel professional development again…however I will be back in Canada by May and once again home for a good period of time. It also just happened to be my most successful business year so… it’s a rhythm I believe I will continue.
Question for Tyler- I am a 25 year-old who is looking to travel to Ireland and Northern Ireland for the first time in late summer/early fall 2025 (thinking the first two weeks of Sept). If I stretch PTO (and my budget) I would have an 11 day trip. I lived in Italy for almost 3 years for my masters and travelling around Europe solo is not a big deal to me (although this will be my first trip that I plan to be solo for most of the trip). The big limiting factor is that I do not want to rent a car. The tentative plan for the trip is as follows: I have to fly into Dublin (coming from SE US this is the most direct and inexpensive way to arrive on the island) and journey directly to Galway and see the Cliffs of Moher. Spend a day or two around Galway and train back across the country to Northern Ireland to Belfast. I am also a structural engineer by degree/trade and I have a special interest in historical structures (working as a project conservator/surveyor for the National Trust is my dream job) so Mount Stewart is at the top of my list. I would then spend some days in and around Belfast and Derry. Then traveling down to Dublin to finish out the trip and to fly out. Tyler- do you have any suggestions on things to add to this trip (considering they need to be accessible via public transit)? Are the three locations too much for 10/11 days? Thank you so much in advance and I hope to hear from you!!
If you'll be in the north of Ireland friend, I would recommend stopping through Donegal. I found it beautiful, it has the oldest pub in Ireland (maybe in the world), and the friendliest people in a country that has the friendliest people.
Donegal is a must Stop. So is Cobh and Kinssal1 Amazing people and amazing houses!
There are so many excursions up the Great Atlantic Way! We did a few of them on our Cruise circumventing Ireland and will never forget he scenery, especially the Giant's Causeway- https://www.ireland.com/en-us/destinations/experiences/wild-atlantic-way/
Donegal, Cobh and Kinsale are also must stops as well!
https://www.helenabradbury.com/blog-1/colorful-towns-in-ireland
Meredith, Tyler here. 3 places for an 11 day trip works, but I would say don't add more. Ireland is a magical landscape that has entire worlds within small area's, worlds that can take lifetimes to see and explore. I have an old friend who wanted to map an Island off the coast of Connemara and took 20 years and he wrote a few books about it along the way. I would say in Co Galway use the bus systems to get out to Connemara. And perhaps slow it down by picking a smaller area to see this trip and know you will go back to see more down the line. Using bus, train, and ferry, The Burren, Co Galway/ Connemara, and Dublin would be a wonderful flow for that time period. Donegal is a wonder but that would be another trip all together. The Historical structures along this route would be ancient ones, and there are plenty, Holy Wells, pilgrimage sites, and stone forts. Good luck and enjoy.