Category: Podcast

In today’s episode, I will be talking to Princess Francois, aka Franny The Traveler, and we are getting into her new book, Support Black Periodt. By the end of this episode, you will have the tools, resources, and insights so that we can all support black businesses, intentionally. Let’s go: [02:49] Franny’s travel history. She is an educator, and spent 5 years teaching high school chemistry, 6 hears as a high school assistant principal, and is currently an executive director. It was only after a year of teaching that she started travelling. Growing up, her travels included taking the bus or the subway to different neighborhoods in New York. Her first flight was to Indianapolis to attend a National Science Teacher Conference. That same summer, she took her first international flight to Costa Rica.…

In today’s episode, I will be talking to another one of my clients, Altie, and she is going to tell us about her experience staying at the Royalton White Sands Resort with her husband, two kids, and her brother-in-law and his wife. None of them have ever flown out of the US or stayed at an all-inclusive resort, and today we are going to get her opinions on all-inclusive resorts versus cruising, and some tips and tricks for when you want to book your all-inclusive resort vacation. Let’s go: [03:22] Altie’s travel history. Altie only started traveling after she had her kids, initially only for sports games. It was only much later that she went on her first real vacation cruise to the Bahamas. [06:13] Getting her first passport. Going…

If you’ve been following travel news, you have heard about the increase in unruly passengers that have been causing delays, rerouting flights, and ruining everybody else’s plans and experiences. In today’s episode, I need to address those unruly passengers and get to the bottom of this. Let’s go: [03:12] Since 2020. These are the stats from the FAA: What started as 14 unruly passenger reports in 2019, it escalated to 183 in 2020. Then, in 2021, 1099 unruly reports were investigated. As of November 1, 2022, there have been 2178 reports. It more than doubled last year’s numbers and it’s not even the end of the year yet. [04:57] Why is this happening? I did some digging into this, and here are some of the reasons that people gave for…