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Telluride Guide: Should You Go or No?

I’m back on YouTube!

If you’re new here, I have a channel specializing in travel tips called How 2 Travelers. My favorite series on the channel is Go or No, which is an informative guide of a place that concludes with my honest assessment about the destination. This can cause a bit of controversy, but I’ve never been one to shy away from a bit of fun discussion.

What do I think will be the most controversial part of this review? The fact that I DIDN’T like award-winning Brown Dog Pizza. This is the holy grail of Telluride. I’m talking two hour waits to get in. It specializes in “Detroit” style pizza (is that a thing?). I’m from Detroit! I love pizza!  What’s not to like?? Well, the pizza. OMG!! Don’t worry. I’ve got my YouTube Comment Helmet on and am ready for the trolls.

Heli Skiing with TV Land

What is Heli Skiing?

It’s where you take a helicopter to the top of a mountain and go down its fresh powder. To put that into perspective, I was above where they let off the explosives for avalanches. Yep, 13,400 feet above the Rocky Mountains and I made it down in one piece. Above is the proof.

What You Won’t See In My TV Land Video:

You know the lyric in America, The Beautiful where it says “For Purple Mountain Majesties”? Well, now I get it. When I was on top of Potosi Peak, the mountains didn’t look white, they looked purple. I thought my perspective was so unique, until our guide politely called me out, saying, “Well, yeah, that’s why they call it purple mountains!” Duhhhhh. So, next time you’re above the Rockies, don’t be me, be the guide, and point out why America, The Beautiful has that lyric. You’re welcome. 😉

I Have My Own Travel TV Show!

…..And the #SuperSecretTravelTVShow is (drum roll please)…. Vacation Chasers on HLN!!!

This is real now! We’ve had so much fun filming for the past few weeks- and I’ve had so much fun teasing you about this on Twitter and Instagram– but nothing beats the feeling of seeing your baby out in the real world! Well, at least this is how I think it will feel.

Rachel and I are two travel experts who plan extravagant vacations for our clients. The catch is, the clients can only choose one itinerary. So, this is part competition, part travel show, and 100% a good time. Seriously, Vacation Chasers has a lot of heart, many inspirational moments, and will bring a smile on your face. A lot of people think the world is out of their reach; Rachel and I prove you can go to those exotic destinations on your current budget. And yes, this is ALL REAL! Calculators do not lie! Making that budget work felt like I was back in high school again, and I didn’t like math.

Vacation Chasers premiere’s on Friday, June 5th 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific on HLN. Set your DVR’s! Until then, check out the trailer above!

xoxo

MSN Travel

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How2Travelers made it to MSN!

Rachel and I were so excited when Trium Entertainment approached us to help write and produce a segment for MSN Travel. We’ve been working tirelessly for over a year on our travel digital series, How2Travelers, putting out new travel video content every week, so to do it for a major internet partner was pretty freaking amazing.

5 Unreal Bucket List Adventures was sooooo much fun to shoot. It went really quickly, despite Rachel and I making fun of each other the entire time. Luckily, a lot of that stuff made the final cut!

For all those doubters– who says two blonde chicks can’t be travel experts?? 😉

Check out the video HERE

Fun fact! This was shot on my birthday. And I say this without any irony, I couldn’t have thought of a better way to spend my big day than with my favorite travel buddy and doing something I absolutely love. <Sigh.> Or gag… Whichever suits your fancy.

JETPACK!!

 

As part of my travel series How2Travelers, I had the awesome opportunity to go Jetpacking with Jetpack America in Newport Beach, CA.

The video above is the first release of a series of videos we will be doing on the new adventure sport.

So… How was it?

A) It was awesome

B) It’s easy enough to do where you can start doing tricks within in the first five minutes, but challenging enough — both mentally and physically — where you want to come back and do more.

Check out all that we were able to accomplish in the video above!

 

** Special thanks to Jetpack America for the incredible experience. Check out their website if you feel inspired. They have locations across the United States and Mexico. **