Travel Fuels Life Podcast and Show Notes
A Couple Making A Successful Travel Partnership (Ep. 5)

In the first couple of episodes, I've talked with travelers who are doing it on thier own. Today I'd like to introduce you to a couple I met at TBEX (Travel Blogger Conference) in New York that have learned how to use their individual strengths to start a great travel partnership.
In this episode, I'll talk with Sarah and Shannon Miduski of Obligatory Traveler about:
- First trip to Panama as a couple
- The appeal of Panama for a first travel experience
- How the experience isn't always what you expect
- Costa Rica, close by, affordable, coffee plantation
- How trips are divided up and how to plan events and food
- Hello Kitty Cafe spectacle
- Right brain (creative) / Left brain (analytical)
- Taco Bell "Instagram Boyfriend"
- Brooklyn Bridge jump photo
- Using Miles and Points
- Spending power and defusing via too many credit cards
- Stacking other loyalty programs and using gift cards
- Petting a Penguin in South Africa (Two Oceans Aquarium)
- Why a sloth?
- Where is the best ice cream? United States and the World
- Bushwhacking on an Uncruise
- Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Mongoon Island?, Gut Bay
- Calving glaciers (via YouTube)
- National Park stamp book
- Pot luck choice on what you'll see at Denali
- The hair raising bus ride on the edge of a cliff
- Life on Twitter with travelers
- How to take longer trips while having your 9-5 job
- Ask your employer
- Audio Tour of Philadelphia
- Story behind the Barnes Foundation in Philly and the Rocky Statue
- How my phone almost ran off at the Rocky Statue (James Bond Lifestyle)
- Being Rocky!
- Tiny island escape
- Where the name came from
Episode Resources
- My Philly Travel Blog
- IHG
- Unicorn ice cream in New York
- AirBnB
- Springers (Stone Harbor New Jersey)
- The Creamery (South Africa)
- Uncruise
- Voice Map App (Art and Controversy in Philadelphia | Theatre District in London)
Obligatory Traveler Sites
- Obligatory Traveler Official Site
- Twitter account
- YouTube account
- Facebook account
- Instagram account
- Pinterest account
Thanks to the Julia and the Hampton Inn Convention Center in Philadelphia for the space to record the episode.