The World Awaits: travel tales to inspire your wanderlust

Dream of days wandering Italy’s Amalfi Coast? In our first episode of 2025, we are taking you there with Australian-Italian author Maria Pasquale.Maria’s new book, Mangia: How to eat your way through Italy, explores the food histories and dishes across regional Italy, including Campania, which includes the Amalfi Coast, and is famed for its fragrant lemons and San Marzano tomatoes. So let’s go explore some of the villages and beaches, Maria’s favourite eating experiences, and the best times to visit. maria-pasquale.com  We also chat about the top travel trends for 2025 from coolcations to radical sabbaticals exploreworldwide.com.au/travel-trends-2025, and we share some great tips from Etihad’s cabin crew about inflight skincare.This episode is sponsored by Explore Worldwide, which offers small group adventures with local tour leaders. We dare you not to be tempted by these incredible tours.Click here for Adventure Travel inspiration from our friends at Explore Worldwide. Don’t Just Travel, Explore.Send us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

This is our last Summer Series before we return to normal programming! Tune in for a masterclass on how to fly first class with Chris Chamberlin of Points Hacks. Chris has travelled more than two million kilometres in first or business class (that’s to the moon and back, twice) and shares his insights on which loyalty programs to focus on, and how to strategise your spending to switch your seats from beside the toilets to the champagne class. See pointhacks.com.au Want to get the best airfare to Europe or the US? Co-founder of Complex Travel Group, Mark Trim shares insider secrets on airlines to watch, alternative routes and the best time to buy. Trim's advice on what constitutes the 'best' airfare might also surprise you. complextravel.com.auSend us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

Do you go on holiday, only to come back feeling like you need ...another holiday? How do we come back rested from a getaway? Journalist, author and co-founder of Life Unhurried Celeste Mitchell talks about how to slow down when you travel, and the best places to do it, lifeunhurried.comThen all aboard for The Orient Express, The Ghan, The Flying Scotsman or The Rocky Mountaineer with train aficionado and travel writer Tim Richards. The author of several books including Heading South and Ultimate Train Journeys, he chats about why sleeper trains are back in fashion, new innovations in train travel, the best, scenic train routes and how to train on a budget, iwriter.com.auSend us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au

Let's take you completely off the beaten track and to the ends of the Earth.Jenny Gray is the force behind Intrepid Travel’s women-only expeditions, which it runs in seven countries including Saudi Arabia. Jenny chats about travelling as a woman in the kingdom, exploring its deserts and meeting its people, merging two of the hottest trends in tourism at the moment - women-only travel and Saudi Arabia, intrepid.comAnd Antarctica and the Arctic are two of the last frontiers on the planet. Veteran journalist Andrew Conway takes us into these incredibly fragile places, explaining  what you can expect in each, how they differ, and how we travellers can help ensure their survival for future generations https://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/ship/greg-mortimer/Send us a textSupport the showVisit us at https://theworldawaits.au