FLY Travel Radio, with Melissa Rodway
FLY Travel Radio is a community of explorers, where travels, books and business initiatives are shared through storytelling. It is the place to discover your next adventure, as you will find ideas, information and inspiration. Listen to interviews from those discussing their experiences on the road less travelled. With over 160 episodes, infinite adventure awaits. Whether you are planning your first trip, permanently nomadic, or vicariously traveling the world from the comfort of your couch, there is something here for you. Discover. Experience. Repeat. Made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada | (CRFC)
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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Mandy Muir of Heritage Tours & Safaris joins FLY from St. Lucia, South Africa! This is an amazing family-owned company run by Mandy and her husband Quentin. You will learn about the incredible safari opportunities available with this local company, the beauty of St. Lucia, and why safaris are perfect for social distancing when the time allows! Start planning for 2021!
Photo credit: Heritage Tours & Safaris
FLY Travel Radio airs every Sunday at 1pm EST on CIUT 89.5 FM and www.ciut.fm.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
I typically don't talk about resorts or all-inclusive vacations on FLY. However, Palace Resorts is a family-operated business in Mexico that puts people first, be it the guests, the staff and the local community. Having had the unique opportunity to stay at one of their incredible Cancún properties while visiting sister properties in Isla Mujeres and Playa del Carmen, these are indeed getaways like no other.
JC Calderon, Corporate Director of Sales, Canada for Palace Resorts and Le Blanc Spa Resorts, talks to FLY about how COVID-19 has impacted Cancún, a city completely dependent on tourism. JC also talks about Purely Palace, a new initiative with 140 sanitizing and protection protocols, ensuring everyone is safe and healthy and able to enjoy a relaxing vacation.
Regardless of whether or not you are a resort person, tune in. It is an interesting conversation where you will learn about what changes these hotels are making for our protection.
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and https://ciut.fm/. FLY airs every Sunday at 1pm EST on CIUT.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
FLY welcomes Victor Delage to the show! Victor talks to us about his global childhood as the son of a sailor, the beautiful and challenging GR 20 hike he did in Corsica, and his new business(with partner Aaron Johnstone), PEACASA Snacks, a new way of eating chips without guilt! Learn more about these delicious and healthy Mediterranean style chips, and how you can support this impressive Kickstarter campaign! https://bit.ly/2AQhkDy
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and www.https://ciut.fm/. FLY airs every Sunday at 1pm EST.
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Kristian Muthugalage joins FLY from Finland to talk about his recent walk across Sri Lanka. He finished this epic journey just in time, mere days before the world went into lockdown. Born to a Finnish mother and a Sri Lankan father, Kristian talks to us about his globetrotting childhood, his call to lead a life of adventure, and a new way of learning languages!
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and https://ciut.fm/. FLY airs every Sunday at 1pm EST.
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Tuesday Jun 02, 2020
Italy has had a harder time than most with COVID-19, but they are on the mend. Peter and Ilaria of International Academy Antonella talk to us about what life has been like for Italians, the impact on running an Italian language and cultural school catering to international students, and how they are transforming into a new tourism business to evolve with what they believe people will be looking for in the near future. This is very much a conversation about the glass being half full, recognizing the strength of relationships, and taking advantage of this time to re-set.
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and www.ciut.fm. FLY Travel Radio can be heard ever Sunday at 1pm EST.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Gordon Dreger, Founder of Wheel & Anchor and fellow Torontonian, talks to FLY from Thailand! Gordon discusses what lockdown is like in Southeast Asia, the travel adaptations we may need to consider in the future, why flying will be our biggest obstacle, and the importance of continuing to dream about travel.
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and http://ciut.fm/. FLY Travel Radio airs every Sunday at 1pm EST.
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Laurel Robbins, Founder of Monkeys and Mountains Adventure Travel, joins FLY to discuss current life in Munich, Germany during the pandemic. Laurel is originally from the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada, and has made Munich her place of business and life for the past decade. Laurel gives some great tips on how we can help by acting locally, what the current vibe of Europe is for the upcoming summer, and how COVID-19 is impacting those in remote areas who depend solely on tourism. Laurel will inspire you with her courage to find reinvention as the travel industry faces inevitable challenges and change during this new normal.
Original broadcast aired on CIUT 89.5FM and http://ciut.fm/. FLY airs every Sunday at 1pm EST.
Friday May 08, 2020
Friday May 08, 2020
It is always entertaining to have a chat with energetic fellow Canadian, Martine Racette, Founder and Adventure Host of Rainforest Reef Escape, located in the wilds of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica! Martine and I discuss what it is like to be living in Costa Rica during lockdown, how Costa Ricans are responding to the pandemic, and why Costa Rica may just be the best place to travel once we are able.
You will also learn more about this incredible company that offers total immersion into the Osa Peninsula, the only travel outfitter in the world to offer this week long spectacular experience where you can step out of your everyday comfort zone. The Osa Peninsula has been considered to be “the most biologically intense place on Earth” by National Geographic Magazine!
Original broadcast aired on CIUT 89.5FM and http://ciut.fm/.
FLY Travel Radio airs every Sunday at 1pm EST.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tom Gehrels of Adventure Coordinators talks to FLY about COVID-19 and travel in our first episode of this series. Tom gives some amazing insight into the future of travel and travel behaviour. We discuss how to support those who work in tourism and small businesses, and what to do if you have an upcoming trip booked for the near future. Tom believes we will travel again, and when we do, it will be better than ever.
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM and www.ciut.fm.
🎧 FLY Travel Radio can be heard every Sunday at 1pm EST on CIUT 89.5 FM and https://ciut.fm/.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
If there was one last adventure to have for a while, I am beyond fortunate that Jordan was it. Tune in for a livingroom-produced interview (please excuse the echo!) about my travels in Jordan with G Adventures at the beginning of March. We will hear from Zuhair Zuriqat, our Chief Experience Officer, as well as my interview with the son of Marguerite van Geldermalsen, author of "Married to a Bedouin". More armchair travel to inspire those future bucket lists!
Original broadcast on CIUT 89.5FM. FLY Travel Radio airs every Sunday at 1pm EST on CIUT 89.5FM and www.ciut.fm.