How to Plan a Meaningful Travel Experience: Learn and Grow on Every Trip w/ Erica Forrest #123

Ready to be inspired by a woman transforming travel into a deeper learning experience? 

This week host Kim Anderson chats with Erica Forrest, a travel education specialist, published author, and founder of Trip Scholars. With over 30 years of experience in education and travel, Erica helps people make their trips more meaningful through her LEARN through travel method.

In this episode, Erica shares how she combines her passion for travel and education to help others connect with destinations on a deeper level. 

You’ll learn how she uses travel as a tool for personal growth and as a key component in her kids homeschool education. Erica also shares insights into heritage travel and the unique ways she helps others create transformative journeys.

Whether you’re interested in deepening your travel experiences or looking for practical tips to enrich your adventures, Erica offers actionable advice you won’t want to miss. From travel coaching to cultural immersion, this episode is full of ideas to elevate your next trip.

Ready to make your travels more meaningful? Tune in now to be inspired by Erica’s unique approach to learning through travel!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• How to create a meaningful trip
• Travel coaching - what is it and do you need it?
• Reconnecting to your roots through ancestry travel
• The ways travel makes you feel alive

RESOURCES:
Connect with Erica: Trip Scholars Website, Instagram

⚡ ROUND BOOKS:
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

EPISODE DETAILS:
5:38 - Travel not only shows us just what a small piece we are  in the world, but it also shows us just how significant we are.

13:15 - Travel coaches can help you when you are planning asignificant trip.

18:45 - If you find yourself with a long list of fears about a trip, it might be holding you back, then grab a pen and a journal, and list out all of the fears that you have. 

21:47 - If you are looking for a meaningful trip, consider taking an ancestry trip. 

31:03 - One of the best reasons to travel is that it allows you to feel keenly awake and keenly alive in each moment.

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