2024 Year in Review [+ Announcing Exciting Plans for 2025]

In episode 35 of the Global Travel Planning Podcast, Tracy Collins reflects on an incredible year of travel adventures and looks forward to the exciting plans for 2025. 

Join us as we revisit the highlights of 2024, from road trips in Pennsylvania with Rob Bruns to exploring the wineries of Margaret River in Western Australia with Kerry Heaney. Tracy shares her own travel stories, including a spontaneous trip to Puglia, Italy, inspired by previous guest Shelly Marie.

As we wrap up the year, discover our plans for the new Global Travel Planning Monthly special and introduce a new segment, "Expert Travel Tips with a Brit, an Aussie, and a Yank," featuring "Three women, three perspectives, one mission—to simplify travel and make every journey unforgettable."

Looking ahead to 2025, we’re excited to announce that the podcast will be released weekly, bringing you even more inspiration and practical travel tips.

Explore upcoming destinations like Italy, India, Peru, and beyond, and learn how to turn your travel dreams into reality with our comprehensive resources and guides. Join our growing community on social media and our new Facebook group to connect with fellow travellers and share your stories. Your input is invaluable, so let us know what topics you'd like to hear about in the coming year.

Thank you for your support in 2024, and here's to another year of adventures and discoveries. Happy Global Travel Planning!

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• Episode #20 - An Introduction to Margaret River with Kerry Heaney
• Episode #23 - Solo adventures in Puglia with Shelly Marie
• Episode #14 - Visiting Japan: Top tips for first-time visitors

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This is episode 35 of the Global Travel Planning Podcast

>> Tracy: In this episode, we're wrapping up an incredible year, on the Global Travel Planning Podcast. Join us and discover the highlights of 2024, including inspiring stories from destinations around the world. We're also sharing exciting plans for 2025, including our, new Global Travel Planning Monthly special. So stay tuned for inspiration, reflections and a glimpse of what's to come in episode 35 of the Global Travel Planning Podcast. Hi, and welcome to the Global Travel Planning Podcast. I'm, your host, Tracy Collins, who with my expert, GU will take you on a weekly journey to destinations around the globe, providing travel inspiration, itinerary ideas, practical tips and more to help you plan your next travel adventure.


The Global Travel Planning Podcast has reached episode 35 with fortnightly episodes

Hi, I'm Tracy Collins and welcome to episode 35 of the Global Travel Planning Podcast. So this year we've reached episode 35 with fortnightly episodes full of travel tips, inspiration and expertise advice. From our first episode to now, the feedback and engagement from you, our listeners, has been amazing. So there's a huge thank you from me. We've spoken to guests from around the globe and explored a diverse range of experiences and destinations, including road tripping through Pennsylvania with Rob Bruns, discovering the wineries of Margaret river in Western Australia with Kerry Heaney, planning gap years and bucket lists with Josie Kelsh, the creation of an eco lodge in the Philippines with Angie Briggs, and, forward Monique Cicato's relocation journey from Australia to Stavanger, Norway. And that is just a small selection of this year's episode. So every episode is a highlight for me and I want to hop on a plane and explore each destination, and we hope you do too. And in fact, recently I did just that after episode 23, when my guest, Shelley Marie, shared her travel adventures in Puglia, Italy. I actually booked that flight and joined her for 16 days in November. So Pulia Stay, stunning coastline, incredible food and charming villages were just as amazing as she described. And there's more to come about that ship next year. So you've tuned in from over 81 countries, proven just how global our community is, and again, I can't believe it. We're just so happy that the podcast is growing and developing and we can't wait to share what's happening in 2025. So, this year, 2024 has been a bit of a whirlwind travel one for me and I've visited incredible destinations in the UK, Ireland, India, Australia and Italy. And as I record this episode, I'm about to head off on a three week trip to Germany, Sweden, Poland, Finland and Hungary, which I'm really excited about, all those Christmas markets. And then I'll be celebrating Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is a bucket list experience to kick off the new year.


The Global Travel Plan podcast will be coming weekly from January

So let's talk about what's coming next year. So, first off, I'm excited to announce that the Global Travel Plan podcast will be coming weekly from January. Yep. So, as well as the UK Travel Plan podcast, I'm also going to be having the Global Travel Planner podcast go out on a weekly basis. So I'm really excited about that. And, we're also thrilled to announce the launch of a new monthly segment called Expert Travel Tips with a Brit, that's me, an Aussie and a Yank. And I'm going to introduce who the Aussie is and who the Yankees. Soon they'll, be coming onto next week's episode to introduce themselves. But in fact, you do already know them because they actually have been on episodes of the Global Travel Planning Podcast. Three women with different perspectives will share their practical advice to make travel effortless and enjoyable. So, three women, three perspectives, one mission to simplify travel and make every journey unforgettable. We can't wait. We cannot wait. We are so excited to do this, episode with you. it's going to be monthly and, I can't wait to introduce you to, not only obviously myself doing that, but also my two other guests who are going to be regularly, showcasing on the Global Travel Planner podcast. So in the coming year, I've already lined up some fantastic episodes. We're going to be exploring destinations across the globe, including Italy, India, Peru, France, New Zealand and Thailand, plus many more. And, bring you tips for planning your adventures to these amazing places. It's really important what I'm going to say now because there are lots of podcasts out there who provide lots of inspiration. But not only do we offer inspiration for your travels, but we also deliver the practical tips, resources and information you need to turn your travel dreams into reality. Okay, so that is our aim. We are not here just to inspire you. And I mean we are going to provide lots of inspiration, but we really want to provide you with the, practical tips, resources and information that you need to turn your travel dreams into travel reality. We have lots of resources available already, so don't forget to cheque out the Global Travel Planner website where we share more detailed resources, guides and insight inspiration to make your travel stress free and fun. We've also recently launched the Global Travel Planner Facebook group and it's quickly becoming a wonderful space to connect with like minded travellers and share tips and, stories. So we value your input and we'd like to know from you. So what topics or destinations do you want to hear about in 2025? Let us know. Your input helps shape the podcast, ensures we deliver what you, our listeners, want. Send us a voice message via the Speak Pipe widget which can be found at the top of our Show Notes page@, globaltravelplanning.com thank you for making 2024 such a fantastic year for the Global Travel Planning Podcast. Your support, messages and reviews have meant the world to us. It's been wonderful to connect with listeners from around the globe and share our passion for travel. If you've enjoyed the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review and share it with your fellow travel enthusiasts. Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss any of our, exciting episodes in 2025. Follow us on social media for more tips and inspiration. We're on Instagram, we're on YouTube. Join our global Travel Plan Facebook group and cheque out the website for all our latest guides and resources. So here's to another year of adventures, discoveries and inspiration. Thank you for being part of our journey and as always, happy Global Travel Planning.

>> Tracy: Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Global Travel Planning Podcast. For more details and links to everything we discussed, cheque out the show notes at global travel planning.com Remember, if you enjoyed the show, please consider leaving us a review on your favourite podcast app because your feedback helps us reach more travel enthusiasts just like you. Anyway, that leaves me to say, as always, happy Global Travel Planning.