The Simple Travel Hack That Can Save You Hours Planning Your Next Trip

Join host Paula Barnes as she dives into innovative travel strategies that can transform your trips — from time-saving hacks to must-have apps for planning and on-the-go. In this episode, Paula chats with Michelle from Intentional Travelers about tools and tips to make your travel smoother and more intentional.

Key topics:

• The importance of innovative travel hacks that saved time and effort
• Essential apps for effective trip planning before and during travel
• The value of intentional travel and how to incorporate it into your trips
• Practical tips shared by Michelle that can enhance travel experiences

Timestamps: 00:01 - Unique travel hacks that will change how you see the world
00:31 - Michelle from Intentional Travelers shares top travel app recommendations
10:47 - How to support the podcast and stay updated with travel guides
11:16 - Connecting with Paula for destination inspiration and travel resources

Resources & Links:

• Michelle from Intentional Travelers
• Free Pre-Trip Phone Checklist 
• The Best Travel Planning Apps to Enhance Your Journey
• 10 Apps that make Life Easier

Happy travels and remember: the best trips are the ones you plan with intention!

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• Paula Barnes: For travel creators, for completely different ways of seeing the world and between them, one tip that generally stopped me in my tracks and made me rethink how I travel. One hack that could have saved you loads of time planning your next trip and one piece of advice so simple I couldn't believe I'd never heard of it before. These are some of the reels that I have sitting in my saved folder. Months ago, I did some Instagram Lives and I thought this would be really good group of podcast episodes because I think these content creators are fabulous and I think this would be a really good time to share them with you. On today's episode I chat to Michelle from Intentional Travelers about apps that really work while planning and also actually while you're traveling. So let's get started.
• Paula Barnes: Thank you for joining me on the Truly Expat Travel podcast. If you liked this episode and you found it valuable, then why don't you go ahead and like and subscribe so that you don't miss an episode moving forward. I've got some amazing guests and some fantastic destinations coming up. But if this is the episode and this is the destination that you really wanna go to, then I suggest you head over to trulyexpattravel.com where you'll find travel guides and deep dive into this sort of destination. If that's not what you want and you can't find an episode that is a destination you want to travel to then head over and follow me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok because I'm pretty sure you'll find something there. In the meantime safe travels and I'll see you next week.