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Type 2 Travel
Hosted by Laura Ericson · EN
Join host Laura Ericson on "Type 2 Travel" - your weekly companion for authentic travel adventures. From hilarious language mix-ups to transformative cultural encounters, Laura and her diverse guests share real, unfiltered stories from the road. Whether you're a solo explorer seeking community, a conscious traveler navigating sustainable tourism, or simply dreaming of your next escape, this podcast delivers practical tips and heartfelt tales. Dive into local perspectives, troubleshoot travel SOS moments, and discover how travel shapes not just where we go, but who we become. Listen in as Laura guides you through the art of meaningful exploration, one story at a time.
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How Astrocartography Can Transform Your Travels and Your Life with Sonia Cruz Oro
Jan 1400:55:07Tap to summarizeHave you ever felt inexplicably drawn to a place? That pull might be your soul telling you exactly where you need to be.In this episode, I sit down with Sonia Cruz Oro, certified travel coach and astrocartography expert, to explore how geography and astrology intersect to influence our experiences. I share the stories behind my biggest life decisions—like deciding to end my marriage while in Barcelona and deciding to quit my 14-year career during a trip to Turkey—and why these weren't just random moments of clarity.Sonia breaks down what astrocartography actually is, how to read your map, and why some places are meant to challenge you rather than comfort you. We talk about the difference between intuition and anxiety, how to trust those weird travel pulls, and what to do when you're stuck somewhere that doesn't support you.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:India: Feb 25 - March 7, 2026Morocco: April 10 - April 19, 2026Links & Resources (Sonia):travelawakens.comFree Destination GuideBook Astro-CartographyLinks & Resources (Laura):Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →Solo Female Travel After Divorce: Finding Adventure and Building a Life You Love
Jan 700:45:44Tap to summarizeWhat happens when you stop waiting for perfect timing and start saying yes to everything?Teresa Kalina shares her story of rebuilding life after divorce at 44—from signing up for BumbleBFF to traveling to five countries, taking singing lessons, learning to paint, and working toward her goal of visiting all 50 states before turning 50. We talk about the dangers of waiting, the power of group travel for building community, and why your 40s might be the perfect time to start over. If you've ever thought "it's too late," this episode will prove you wrong.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:Morocco: April 10 - April 19, 2026Georgia: Oct 2 - 11, 2026Greece: May 16-24, 2026Links & Resources (Teresa)Instagram: @tlkalinaLinks & Resources (Laura)Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →10 Travel Resolutions to Change Your Life in the New Year
Dec 3101:41:21Tap to summarizeYou know what's coming. The resolutions. The broken promises. The "new year, new me" energy that usually fizzles out by February.But what if this year was actually different?I'm sitting down with my friend Rachel Trapani, an elementary school teacher from Michigan who went from taking one trip in 2019 that she couldn't afford to five international trips per year by 2023. She's been on five of my group trips plus two scouting trips to Puerto Rico and Kenya.We're breaking down the exact 10 resolutions that transformed her travel life - from automating her savings to packing light, mastering long-haul flights, and saying yes to trips that scared her. This isn't about vague promises like "I'll travel more." This is your actual roadmap to making 2026 your best travel year yet.The Free Guide:We created a FREE downloadable PDF with all our tips, product links, travel credit card recommendations, packing essentials, and apps we swear by.How to get it:Follow @type2travelpodcast on InstagramDM us the word RESOLUTIONSGet your free guide immediatelyBONUS: One person who downloads the guide wins a FREE 1-year premium membership to Going (valued at $49) for flight deals in your inbox all year long.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:India: Feb 25 - March 7, 2026Kenya: March 25 - April 4, 2026Morocco: April 10 - April 19, 2026Greece: May 16 - 26, 2026Camp Lola Whiskey: Aug 27 - 30, 2026Links & Resources (Rachel):Instagram: @smockpaperscissorsGuest blogs: How To Save Money To Travel More (Part 1) and How To Save Money To Travel More (Part 2)Links & Resources (Laura):Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →Dating Abroad & The Real Cost of Living Your Dream Life as a Digital Nomad
Dec 2400:33:31Tap to summarizeFive years ago, Lindsey Tague bought a one-way ticket to Mexico and never looked back. Now she's built a content marketing business while living as a full-time digital nomad across seven countries - and she's here to tell us the truth about what that actually looks like.This conversation goes places I didn't expect. We're talking about living on a Colombian island with no electricity or running water, navigating the dating scene across multiple countries and cultures, and what it really takes to build a life abroad when you don't speak the language fluently. Lindsey gets refreshingly honest about the unglamorous parts - the Airbnb disasters, the language barriers that kill romance, and why traditional gender roles in Latin America are both attractive and complicated for an independent American woman.What I love about this episode is how Lindsey challenges the Instagram version of nomadic life while still making it feel accessible. She's not rich, she's not fearless, and she didn't have it all figured out when she started. She just took one step at a time and figured out the rest as she went.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:Cuba: Dec 27, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026Colombia: Join the waitlist!Links & Resources (Lindsey)IG: @lindsey_tagueLinkedin: @lindsey-tagueSubstack: @alifebydesignLinks & Resources (Laura)Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →Finding Your Travel Community: A Mexico City Day of the Dead Adventure
Dec 2401:07:52Tap to summarizeI'm sitting down with Stacey, Betsy, and Megan - three incredible humans who survived what turned out to be my final Day of the Dead trip to Mexico City (at least for now). We're getting into all of it: the hot air balloon ride where Megan had to stare at her feet for 45 minutes before finally looking up, the shaman cleansing that somehow knew about everyone's uterus situations, the cooking class with knives meant for preschoolers, and the traffic nightmares that made us miss our welcome dinner entirely.But here's what I really want you to hear: This trip was magic. Chaotic, unpredictable, sometimes frustrating magic. And it's a perfect example of what happens when you throw yourself into a completely different culture during one of its most sacred celebrations. These three didn't just observe Day of the Dead from the sidelines - they were in local neighborhoods where people were genuinely thrilled to see them, getting spontaneous tattoos inspired by a spiritual experience, and eating approximately 30 tacos each (Stacey kept count).Also, there's the small matter of why I'm sunsetting this particular trip. The overtourism during Day of the Dead has gotten out of control, and it no longer aligns with my mission to take people off the beaten path and support destinations that actually need tourism. But we'll get into all of that.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:India: Feb 25 - March 7, 2026Camp Lola Whiskey: August 27 - 30, 2026Links & Resources (Laura):Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →How Wine and Group Travel Built Community in Georgia (Trip Recap)
Dec 1700:54:22Tap to summarizeRemember that I Love Lucy episode where Lucy stomps grapes and it turns into absolute chaos? We basically lived that in Georgia - except our version included shotgunning wine from roof tiles, topless sulfur bath bonding on day one, and enough khachapuri to put us all in a cheese coma.In this episode, I'm sitting down with Mea, Melissa, and Erik to relive our recent Georgia trip - a country most Americans can't even point to on a map, but one that's home to 8,000 years of winemaking history and hospitality so intense it's basically aggressive kindness.We're diving into the stories behind the Instagram photos: the wine harvest day that got completely out of hand, the abandoned Soviet spa complexes we explored, the carpool karaoke our guide will never forget, and why this group had the strongest bond I've experienced in almost 30 group trips. If you've been curious about Georgia or wondering what group travel is really like beyond the highlight reel, this episode is for you.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:Georgia: October 2 - 11, 2026Georgia Group Crowdsourced Spotify Playlist:Listen here!Links & Resources (Laura)Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
Transcribe →The Real ROI of Travel for Business Professionals and Entrepreneurs
Dec 1000:53:55Tap to summarizeDawn Mullarney—also known as the Unique Connector—is a fellow Wisconsinite from Madison who brought 14 women to Cuba with me this past January, and she's doing it all over again next month.Dawn spent over two decades in corporate leadership before nearly burning herself out. At 35, doctors thought she'd had a stroke. These days, she works as a business strategist and fractional advisor, helping leaders who've built successful businesses but feel like they're drowning under the weight of it all.The Cuba trip was Dawn's first foray into leading group travel, and she picked arguably the hardest destination on my list. Not because she had some lifelong dream of visiting Cuba, but because she was drawn to the transformative nature of the experience itself—the giving back, the community, the discomfort that forces you to confront things about yourself.We're getting into the messy, beautiful reality of being responsible for other people's travel experiences when you haven't even experienced it yourself yet. We talk about why the women she thought would struggle actually thrived, how watching other people be uncomfortable is one of the hardest parts of leadership, and why entrepreneurs who say they don't have time to travel are actually the ones who need it most. Dawn also shares some hard truths about letting go of perfectionism, trusting the process, and why sometimes the rain-soaked backup plan ends up being more memorable than the original itinerary ever could have been.Upcoming Trips Mentioned:Cuba: Jan 4 - 11, 2026Links & Resources (Dawn)Learn more about Dawn: uniqueconnector.comLinkedIn: @dawnmullarneyInstagram: @uniqueconnectorLinks & Resources (Laura)Follow my personal IG: @lolawhiskeyFollow my business IG: @lauraericsongrouptripsFollow our podcast: @type2travelpodcastLearn more about upcoming trips: lauraericson.comCheck out our podcast page: lauraericson.com/podcastJoin my Facebook group: @lolalovestravelAffiliate LinksSmooth moveThanks for being here! As always, rate, review, share with a friend, and tag us if you’re listening.
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