S1 E2: Why Start a Second Act Travel Podcast in the First Place?
I created Second Act Travels to inspire and inform fellow adventurers 50+ who now have the freedom to explore the world—especially in the off-season. Join me as I share tips, destinations, and resources to help you plan unforgettable trips! 🚀✈️
Before we get into things, I’m taking five minutes to explain why I started Second Act Travels:
- Unique place in life as an empty nester or retiree– with a new-found freedom to travel anywhere, anytime.
- Second act travelers feel like an underrepresented community in the podcast and blogosphere.
- Podcasts allow me to share a large amount of information in a short amount of time.
- Complements my longform blog: overseasandover50.blogspot.com
- You can follow me on Pinterest and Instagram under OverseasandOver50.
- Send along any questions or suggestions for future podcasts at overseasandover50@gmail.com or through social media messaging.
Next Podcast Topic: The Benefits of Off-season travel (and there are many!)
Transcript
Speaker A:
Foreign.
Speaker A:Welcome to Second Act Travels.
Speaker A:I'm your host, Elizabeth, and this is the
Speaker A:podcast providing travel information and inspiration for those in their second act of
Speaker A:life.
Speaker A:Thanks for joining us.
Speaker B:Well, you're probably wondering why I started the podcast Second Act Travels in
Speaker B:the first place.
Speaker B:Why have a podcast for people over 50?
Speaker B:You know, time is such a funny thing.
Speaker B:It starts off really slowly when you're younger.
Speaker B:I mean, when you're 10, doesn't school day feel like it lasts forever?
Speaker B:And doesn't it feel like it takes forever to get to your birthday?
Speaker B:But then as you get older, it seems like your birthday comes around a lot quicker each year.
Speaker B:Every trip around the sun feels just a little bit faster.
Speaker B:And you realize that time is not a limitless resource.
Speaker B:It's a really precious resource.
Speaker B:So I want to make the most of it.
Speaker B:I think we all do as we get older.
Speaker B:We just want to make the most of time.
Speaker B:For me, it's about focusing on your passions.
Speaker B:My passion has always been traveling.
Speaker B:I started traveling when I was 18 years old as
Speaker B:part of an exchange program.
Speaker B:Since then, I've traveled with my friends,
Speaker B:I've traveled with my husband, I've traveled with my children, and I've even traveled
Speaker B:alone.
Speaker B:All of the experiences with people have been wonderful.
Speaker B:And over the course of the years, I've traveled to 15 countries.
Speaker A:The other reason I began this podcast is is because when I began researching
Speaker A:my trips, I noticed that other podcasts and blogs seemed to be written by 20 or 30
Speaker A:something year olds.
Speaker A:Not all of them, but definitely the majority.
Speaker A:And that's great.
Speaker A:But I think younger people have a different perspective than someone in their second act.
Speaker A:And I felt like we were a bit of an underrepresented community in the travel
Speaker A:podcast world.
Speaker A:So I created this podcast specifically for us.
Speaker A:Being retired or an empty nester can mean an enormous amount of freedom when it comes to
Speaker A:travel.
Speaker A:I mean, think about it.
Speaker A:When you're raising your children, you're really tied to the school schedule.
Speaker A:You can only travel during school breaks or summer vacation.
Speaker A:But now that my kids have grown, I can travel anytime I want.
Speaker A:And that has enormous benefits when it comes down to travel options.
Speaker A:So there's plenty of life left within us, and I want to make the most of it by dreaming
Speaker A:about and planning travel adventures and then giving you the inspiration and information to
Speaker A:do the same.
Speaker A:Over the past few years, I found tons of online and print resources for planning
Speaker A:travel, and I'll be sharing these with you.
Speaker A:Don't worry, every resource I reference will
Speaker A:be written in the show notes so you can explore them at your convenience.
Speaker A:You My next podcast will be in two weeks and it will discuss the benefits of off season
Speaker A:travel, which is becoming more and more popular and a lot of people don't realize the
Speaker A:benefits of it.
Speaker A:So I want to discuss it in some detail.
Speaker A:Again, not more than 10 minutes.
Speaker A:If you have a question or a topic that you'd like to hear me talk about, please get a hold
Speaker A:of me.
Speaker A:You can email me at overseasandover50mail.com and you can also follow me on Pinterest or
Speaker A:Instagram or through my blog, overseasandover50.blogspot.com.
Speaker B:So thanks so much for checking.
Speaker B:Second act travels out and I'll see you back
Speaker B:here soon.