Design Her Travel: Inspiring Stories & Travel Tips for Women and Solo Travelers
Do you feel most alive when exploring new parts of the world? Do you dream of living a life filled with adventure, connection, and purpose?
If so, you’re in right place! Design Her Travel is the podcast that inspires you to turn those dreams into reality.
Hosted by global nomad Kim Anderson, this podcast is your weekly source of travel tips, fascinating stories, and actionable advice. Whether you’re dreaming of your first solo trip, planning your next family adventure, or searching for ways to design an intentional life full of travel, Design Her Travel has something for you.
Each episode takes you behind the scenes of extraordinary journeys, from travelers who’ve walked the globe, rowed across oceans, written best-selling books and created success as digital nomads and travel entrepreneurs.
Through a mix of guest interviews and solo episodes, you’ll get real-world tips, heartfelt stories, and the kind of inspiration that’ll have you turning your travel dreams into reality.
Meet Kim:
Her solo travels have taken her to over 40 countries and across countless oceans, and her unique experiences—like sailing the world despite not seeing the ocean until age 12—prove that transformation happens when you step out of your comfort zone. Her passion for adventure and community led her to create Design Her Travel group trips for like-minded women, offering you the chance to explore the world with a built-in travel tribe of lifelong friends.
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Design Her Travel: Inspiring Stories & Travel Tips for Women and Solo Travelers
Achieving the American Dream: A 20 Year Journey from World Traveler to US Citizen w/ Travel Blogger Katie Chavez #56
This week we dive into the incredible journey of Katie Chavez, the globe-trotting genius behind the travel blog, The World is My Necklace.
Discover how Katie transformed her passion for travel into a unique lifestyle, leveraging working holiday visas and seasonal jobs to explore the globe. From her early days of adventurous living to creating a celebrated travel blog, Katie's story is a testament to living life on your terms.
In this heartwarming interview, Katie shares the highs and lows of her 20-year odyssey, including the challenges and triumphs of navigating a path to U.S. citizenship—a journey sparked by love and cemented by perseverance.
Now splitting her time between the U.S. in her cozy RV with her husband and their adorable kitty, Joni, and jet-setting to international locales, Katie continues to inspire with her travel insights and personal anecdotes.
Whether you're a travel enthusiast, dreaming of the American Dream, or curious about alternative paths to working and living abroad, this episode is packed with practical tips, heartfelt stories, and the motivation to pursue your adventures.
Join us as Katie reveals that remote work isn't the only avenue for a life of travel and adventure—it's possible to chart your course and live the dream, your way.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Utilizing working holiday visas to fuel your wanderlust
- Getting paid to travel the world in ways that don't involve remote work
- The importance of traveling solo when you're in a relationship
- Difficulties finding routine on the road
- The beauty of American diners
RESOURCES:
Katie's Travel Blog - The World on My Necklace
Instagram
⚡ ROUND BOOK:
Into the Wild by John Krakauer
EPISODE DETAILS:
13:20 - There is another way you can live. You don't have to live within a certain box. And it's okay to live in a different way, even if people don't understand it.
21:50 - Living a Nomadic lifestyle is not for everyone.The freedom of it is amazing. But there are times it can be quite hard,it can be a bit crippling at times, too.
25:35 - Being in a relationship and being part of a couple,It’s important to still do your own thing.You are kind of really in touch with who you are.
25:55 - Being continuously on the move and not being in the same place could be lonely sometimes. But the other side of that is you get to meet amazing new people along the way
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