Showing results for "Flight" in Travel Writing & Commentary

In her mid-30s Rebecca Loncraine was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two years later, and after months of gruelling treatment, she flew in a glider for the first time. In that engineless plane, soaring 3,000 feet over the landscape of her childhood with only the rising thermals to take her higher and the birds to lead the way, she fell in love. If illness meant Rebecca had lost touch with the world around her, gliding showed her a way to learn to live again.

What happens when a long-awaited journey home refuses to end? In The Never-Ending Flight, what begins as a celebratory trip to India for a wedding quickly unravels into a sprawling international misadventure. Mechanical failures, cancelled departures, unplanned landings, sleepless nights, and shifting rules strand hundreds of passengers far from home, again and again.

In A Motor Flight through France, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton invites listeners on an extraordinary journey through the French countryside at the dawn of the motor age. Based on her 1906 road trip—an ambitious endeavor at a time when automobiles were still a novelty—Wharton’s account captures the thrill of early travel by car and the unparalleled freedom it offered to the adventurous traveler.

In All You Need Is Flights, Jen Ruiz transforms an unexpected breakup into a gift: the catalyst for an inner journey toward greater self-worth through another year of solo travel adventures. A major life transformation starting on your thirtieth birthday, leading to an entirely different and...

Host Celeste Skye explores how intentional preparation transforms travel, from analog checklists to AI-powered itineraries. Each episode examines a different planning dimension—revealing why meticulous pre-trip work unlocks spontaneity and what AI still gets wrong about crafting the perfect trip. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

Join host Celeste Skye as she transforms the mundane connecting flight into fascinating territory. From layover psychology to complex itinerary strategy, discover why the journey between destinations holds as much intrigue as the destinations themselves. Perfect for travelers who see airports as adventures, not obstacles. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

In Flight by Wings Global Travel

The Flight Deck is a weekly podcast that treats air travel as creative medium. Host LJ explores routing as craft, airports as cultural spaces, and the invisible architecture of movement — teaching listeners to read flight plans, design intentional journeys, and see transit as worthy of artistic attention. Part instructional, part philosophical, always poetic.

Get your Coffee, Get yout Tea and Get your LifeLisa Renee is the Executive Producer and Host of A Flight Attendant W/An Opinion, a podcast created for travelers, aviation enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the world behind the cabin door.A Flight Attendant W/An OpinionA Flight Attendant W/An Opinion is an aviation and travel commentary podcast where Lisa Renee delivers breaking aviation news, travel tips, behind-the-scenes industry insights, humor, and thoughtful conversations inspired by her years of experience in the skies.Each episode features:✈️ Flight Attendant Tip of the Week📰 ...

Welcome aboard ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of myself, your host Sicily Stanton, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Take a Flight Podcast with service around the world. We’ll be stopping along the way for tips, guides, and stories that will inspire and motivate you to book that trip and see what the world has to offer.

Join Flight for Sight Inc., a 501(c)(3) education nonprofit, as they empower individuals who are blind or have low vision to explore, engage, and educate. We're offering $10,000 travel grants to curious adventurers who will share their experiences and knowledge. As ambassadors, they'll foster connections worldwide while igniting understanding through personal encounters. Experience the indomitable human spirit, redefine possibilities, and join us in uplifting voices of the visually impaired.

In Book the Flight Already! Travelers Share Their Life-Changing Stories from Off-the-Beaten-Track Bucket List Trips you will listen to real stories written by passionate travelers who believe that now is the right time for you to go! Imagine that your dream trip leads you to move to a foreign country, start your own business, or find the love of your life. Would you book the flight then? In this book, will listen to stories by a diverse group of female authors living all over the world.

In the spring of 2009, Simon Pridmore and his wife Sofie travelled for 15,000 kilometres overland through Russia, Mongolia, and China. A trip that started off as an adventure ended up being an education. Everywhere they stopped, they found people and cultures on the cusp of change. This was a watershed period for many nations that found themselves having to deal with the challenges of a new century, while still recovering from the consequences of the tumultuous events of the previous one.

Joseph Solomon and guests thoughtfully and vulnerably travel through faith, relationships, race, sexuality, mental health, culture, and science via storytelling, poetry, and conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fun, funny and wise: Flight of Fancy with Ben Groundwater is an exploration of all things travel, for those with a thirst for seeing the world.

Flights with Benefits is a refreshing honest look at travel, love and relationships of the current Melanted Travel Generation. Through Expert guests, current topics and loads of hilarious stories we hope not only encourage people to travel the world, but be safe and stay unapologegetically melenated.

My Two Centuries in Africa is a humorous, affectionate, intimate book about Africa. It’s a personal memoir about how a guy from Indiana accidentally spent almost 40 years in Africa and lived to tell about it. (Book One covers the 20th century, from 1980-2000 when the author lived and worked in North and West Africa).

I am a solo traveller from Thailand who has visited 51 countries, 100+ cities across 6 continents. I have a story to share, and I'm excited to do it here with you all. Join me as I speak with people from all walks of life about how travel has played a role in our lives and how it has enabled us to connect with people through the years, build businesses and succeed our their careers, and most importantly, how travel has contributed to the people we have become today You can follow my journey on Instagram at @catchingflightswithranvir

A podcast about all things travel, backpacking solo, and seeing the world. Samantha Aguirre, your host, is a full-time traveler and has been traveling the world solo on a budget for a year. Travel does NOT need to be expensive, and she gives you all of the tips and tricks on how to do so.

This is my first podcast, please have fun listening and give feedback :)