Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler

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Society & Culture #201, Places & Travel #4

Though travel and adventure have historically been publicly claimed by men, women have always been part of those narratives, too. Each week, host and Condé Nast Traveler editor Lale Arikoglu shines a light on some of those stories, interviewing female-identifying guests about their most unique travel tales—from going off-grid in the Danish wilderness to country-hopping solo—sharing her own experiences traveling around the globe, and tapping listeners to contribute their own memorable stories. This is a podcast for anyone who is curious about the world—and excited to explore places both near and far from home. For more from Women Who Travel, visit our website or subscribe to our email newsletter.

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Recent Reviews

Pammy cowgirl

Cedar Ridge Ranch

Please come and be our guest on our family ranch! We offer intimate and safe Glamping on our Colorado ranch. It is the perfect spot for solo travelers. We like to say “Come as our guest and leave as our friend”
Cornhusker55

Woof

These female woke liberals show their lack of education show after show. Embarrassing display of the British education system!
Boschimica

From upbeat to solemn

While I appreciate the show’s new direction since Meredith (the old host) left, the show’s tone has gotten much more somber. Travel is supposed to fun, thrilling and exciting - not just solemn soul searching! Bring the fun and laughter back.
Erika Owen

Love this host/podcast so much!

I learn something new every time I listen to an episode. You can tell how much work and research goes into each one—such a great podcast! Definitely recommend!
Em121076

Best travel pod

Look forward to it every time. If you’re a woman, and you travel, it’s for you.
gmr3179

Expanded my world view!

Followed to listen about travel and ended up hearing about sex and soft core literary porn instead!
Xjisb

Absolutely Fabulous

Been listening to WWT for years now and it’s second to none. Smart, funny, thoughtful and always eye opening. More of this in the world.
Pegwoodworking

Entertaining and informative

I love this podcast! It’s funny, helpful and on a constant rotation for me.
Hrod10_

Inspiring

This podcast has given me so much book and travel inspiration!
lidia___011

CRINGE

1000% cringe.
GenGould

Women Who Travel

Thank you for this wonderful podcast about "women who travel" -- beautifully done interviews with really fascinating and down-to-earth adventurers. The interviews feel up close and personal. They’re inspiring, just wheni it’s a scary time for women to travel for so many reasons. I just listened to a woman who swims with sharks; and a woman who films mountain excursions to places such as Mount Everest. Also one about camping gone awry and they're all very engaging in an earth-positive way. Brava!
Amizu

Miss the looser more chatty prior format

Not sure what happened to my favorite podcast but I really miss the looser more chatty format from before with two hosts and lots of visiting interviewees who also could be quiet chatty and (seemingly) unfiltered. It felt a little more raw and interesting.
jocmer

Favorite podcast

This is my favorite podcast. They have the most interesting stories! I love the detail they put into everything, especially the sounds.
tfkivs4@

Vicarious enjoyment

I am just beginning my traveling adventures, but get so much vicarious enjoyment from this podcast. Always a delight to listen to & so professionally done. Many thanks for opening my world
Ananas12345678

No one seems to be traveling

I’m new to this podcast and I find myself just listening to the episodes in which the guests interests me. It’s a good podcast but I was looking for a travel podcast and it doesn’t really seem like anyone’s truly traveling, just famous people working in different places. I’d like to hear more about travel and less about Hollywood. I’ll continue giving it a chance though.
Travel curious

Enjoy topics, interviews, and sound

One of the things I like best about this travel podcast, compared to others, is the interviews and the natural sound that helps us visualize a location. I want to feel like I’m where the story is and that’s hard to do on an audio medium.
rhotcjki

Artful Take on Travel

I have loved this podcast for years from my time as a young female traveler for the artful way you tell stories of travel. It goes beyond tips and hacks to offer new perspectives and rich stories. There’s no other podcast like it! Now that I’m a parent, I do wish this podcast was more inclusive of women like myself who now have children. I find the stories increasingly unrelatable and honestly discouraging as a parent who can’t travel in the ways your guests describe. As your audience moves through these life stages, it would add so much value for us (and fill a void for these types of stories) to include traveling mothers in your stories.
BluebirdAmie

Prefer the old format!

I’ve listened to every episode of Women Who Travel since the very beginning. I don’t love the new format - Lale is a great host even on her own, but the sound effects and music in the new format really bother me. I know they’re supposed to “immerse” the listener in a location, but they’re poorly timed and incredibly distracting. Please consider losing or paring back on those elements!
Credibility specialist

Credibility specialist

I took some time today to listen to your show!! Women who Travel, is a fantastic podcast with great info, advice, and perspectives. You won't regret listening to and learning from the podcast.
AbigailWolff

Surprisingly addictive - in a great way!

I started listening because the subject matter of one podcast intrigued me, then I listened to another, and another, and another, etc. The topics are interesting and capture my attention and imagination even if I think at first that I’ll have no interest. The host’s voice is mellifluous and she enchants me with her questions, intelligence, point of view, and warm and welcoming manner. A treasure to have found this podcast!
greens0

Inspirational and engaging

I love listening to this podcast while I’m doing anything. From exercising to doing work it’s always a go to for me. It’s very engaging and witty. I always gather fantastic recommendations or find myself inspired to try something new. It definitely makes my days better!
WickedChief

Inspirational

After many years of not traveling, this podcast inspires me to save and plan. I’ve booked two international trips! Thanks!
cochineal.moon

Women and rravel

I love listening to all the travel stories. Empowering and courageous ways of experiencing culture and environment provide me with memories of my past travels as well as some future dreams of places I have yet to visit! I’m now 75 and ready for more,,,,
Roamer1352

Encouraging and Engaging

Lale Arikoglu’s narration makes me eager to pack a bag and explore. Her travels are unusual and adventurous. Anxiety dissolves and curiosity expands. Ready for the next episode!
Keffen

Culture and adventure in human stories

This podcast is like the Moth Radio Hour meets Bourdain. Really compelling interviews and anecdotes that bring you to new places and make you feel like one of the locals. And the host is fantastic!
Pegala73

Whoa!

So wonderful to have the Women who Travel podcast back. Lale- so impressive how you have transitioned this to this new version of it! Congrats!
SicilianBlonde22

Miss the Old Format

The new format for the podcast is so boring - bring back the old one! Lale is still lovely as always but the content has been done before. Snooze.
CowgirlManifesto

Not about Travel

Followed to listen about travel and ended up hearing about sex and soft core literary porn instead.
Tracy-R

Good podcast for day dreaming

A nice escape, especially after these last couple years!
Nofacebooklogin

July 7th episode the worst!

Overall I have enjoyed this podcast but the episode titled “Responsible travel” on July 7th was so horrible I had to turn it off and write a review. Listening to the worst reductionist ideas of “responsible” travel which dripped of white savior syndrome made me gag. Did anyone listen to this episode and think critically if this was really a good episode? Claiming that “responsible travel” is when vacationers “educate” locals in hotels for 2hrs on topics and then get points for a massage should have been the red flag that this shouldn’t be put out into the world. Please think before hitting publish.
courtinohio

Love Padma!

Can you have Padma on the podcast once a month?!
dmathias

Wonderfully conceived, curated, & crafted.

Perfect travel & cultural insights that are wonderful to dive into for men too. Cheers.
StokesVA

Smart, informative informative conversations

Love this podcast and the women who join in the discussions.
Teon77

Older women who travel ?

I feel left out. There are lots of women who are retired or over 50 who travel solo like me. Please include us
TorLShi

Empowering and Informative

I love the broad spectrum of topics and discussions. Everything is so relatable making me feel like I CAN DO IT TOO. I absolutely recommend to find just one episode you’re interested in and you’ll be hooked. I can’t stop listening. I feel like I’m sitting at the table with them talking to my girlfriends who share the same love of our beautiful world and diversity and culture and adventure. I am such a fan of their positive, empowering outlook while they are educating their listeners on such important, valuable subjects.
wdwmckat

Combo of fun and then moving profoundness

This podcast has a range of episodes. Some seem silly and entitled but even those are done with a certain humor and a strong amount of companionship. And then there are those like the book reviews and the one I just listen to with Sara Nelson which moved me to tears multiple times and left me changed. I will say that I also had found the use of “like” at times distracting enough to turn off. But I think they’ve been working on it because I think it’s better
by_melo

Hope during Covid-19 times !!!

Talking about travel plans during this complex times is quite depressing for some people, but listening to so many fun things surrounding traveling makes the pandemic bearable. Everything from airport habits to awesome book recommendations made me enjoy every episode and remember traveling is much more than just moving from one place to another. Every episode reminded me of conversations with my friends.
Katie265

Like, I Like It

Enjoy most episodes and find a few tips that relate to how I travel. I would appreciate less unconscious use of the word “like”. Every host overuses it, sometimes 3 or 4 times PER SENTENCE. Once I’m aware of it, it’s all I hear. So, like, distracting, like.
Marina 'The Trader Chick'

Great podcast for those looking to learn more about the insights of traveling from experts

I have had many hours of fun and relaxation listening to the many topics that this travel podcast has made episodes about. As a travel lover, it constantly gets me inspired to keep exploring.
justpam

Interesting...

...but what about older (think retired) women who travel solo? I think you’re missing a large part of the community of travelers. But on the whole...even though you are not of my generation...I find your blog interesting and inspiring to travel more. I was not able to travel until I retired. I was 65 before I got my first passport and took a long distance international flight but by then I was a widow and traveling for myself instead of with my husband. Think about interviewing older travelers. There are a lot of us out there.
SaraJ2028

Just okay

I used to love this podcast. Now I feel as if it has lost its energy and feels very “corporate” and scripted. Being up against so many podcasts from people that do this for fun and genuine authenticity makes this podcast feel very robotic. I don’t feel as if Meredith and Lale have that much chemistry. I’d almost rather hear them have a real conversation than to force these scripted, dry shows.
Spunkymisfit

Ok

They talk way too fast.
Diane October 2018

Podcast feedback

I’ve listened to a couple of your podcasts and I’ve now unsubscribed. No real advice is offered and your podcast is just interviews. So many of us now travel and have our own experiences and opinions. Interviews aren’t that helpful. Identifying women’s travel issues and solutions would be helpful indeed.
dbalv

Getting worse

Started off strong but it had turned into a podcast whose main focus is promoting people who may not necessarily be your average traveling woman. Each newest podcast has left me disappointed...
S. DeLynn

Love the idea hate the execution

I love to travel and am a woman so this should be a great fit. Unfortunately, the presenters are just too...smug and rather than warm and comfortable they come off sounding like the Mean Girls of travel. Still searching for the right travel podcast...
C.A. Clemons

Stop giving platforms to racists and cheats

Maria Sharipova is a racist (check out what she wrote about Serena Williams in that trash book of hers), a cheater (google the doping scandal), and a drug addict (again...refer to the dopung scandal). Disgusting. Gross. Shame on you. If there were a way to rate you at less than a star, I would. Couldn’t unsubscribe fast enough. Encouraging all those I encouraged to subscribe to do the same. Do better. 🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮
MinnieMalone1900

Road trip

Pretty disappointed- I lost interest after you talked about Lamborghinis and Land Rovers. I already know I should check my oil. I hoped for more. Honestly, as a middle class person, someone who acknowledges I have more than many fellow Americans, when you started talking about choosing an appropriate vehicle based on the trip, you lost me. Most people are lucky to have one car. I didn’t realize how elitist this podcast is. But I guess the magazine that sponsors you is, so I should’ve known better...
squinnnnn

Empowering!

Love this podcast! The structure, the content and the empowering mindset of women traveling.
AAG 123

Love the ladies

I work in the travel industry and I honestly find this podcast so fascinating and helpful! Both when it comes to both my job and planning and learning about travel for my personal life. It’s opened up an entire world of knowledge to me. Lale and Meredith seem like two girlfriends you want to have lunch with, go on a trip with or just binge watch a show with. I love them so so so much!
Queenb_esq

Super helpful travel tips & insights

Recently just found this podcast and love it! Already booked a trip using some of the tips/tricks I learned from listening to this. I found the FAQ episodes and the episode re: miles/points especially helpful. To the hosts: thank you for the episode re: taking your time off. It’s really inspired me to ditch my American mindset around PTO and I am adamant that I will use every day of my PTO in 2019! Btw- have you heard of Yoga & Adventures Worldwide? I attended my second yoga retreat with them in March and they are worthy of a shoutout! Best curated retreats (mine were Tulum and Morocco). Highly recommend. #notanAd

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