Unspoiled Sri Lanka 9 Day Cycling Adventure

See the Best of Sri Lanka on this nine day bicycling adventure travel tour. Ride through little touristed villages (the people will come out to wave at you with big smiles that you are visiting their country), magnificent tea plantations, lush national parks and along pristine coastline. Also take one of the world's most scenic train rides, visit the Buddhist temple that is said to contain Buddha's tooth, the Nine Arch Bridge and so much more!

E-bikes are available in addition to manual bikes.

Our guests, Terri and Ken chose Active Travel Adventures affiliate, Art of Bicycle Trips because of how happy they were with an earlier India cycling adventure. EMAIL KIT to get an exclusive Art of Bicycle Trips Promo Code.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your adventure, photos and more cool info about today’s show.

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Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

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Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

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How To Save Money on Travel - Part II

We conclude our summer series on saving money yet still going on trips and adventures with Part II of 69 Ways to Save Money on Travel Costs.

Today we drill down on dozens of ways you can save money on Travel. Be sure to get the monthly newsletter so you'll have a printer friendly cheat sheet listing all 69 travel saving tips. No spam promise - unsubscribe anytime. You can listen to Part I of this series here.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES to see all 69 Ways to save money on travel costs. Download Parts 1 and II of this money saving series. Learn ways to save money FOR travel HERE.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!). Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance: Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy! The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.

Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program? You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

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How to Save Money On Travel

Today we drill down on dozens of ways you can save money on Travel. Be sure to get the monthly newsletter so you'll have a printer friendly cheat sheet listing all 69 travel saving tips. No spam promise - unsubscribe anytime. You can listen to Part II of this series here.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES to see all 69 Ways to save money on travel costs. Download Parts 1 and II of this money saving series. Learn ways to save money FOR travel HERE.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!). Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance: Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy! The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.

Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program? You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account. Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Today we learn how why you often have to choose between comfort at night or comfort during the day when it comes to backpacking.

YOU DID IT!!! But before we tackle ultra lite backpacking though, Kit chats with Sam about how, because of this podcast, she and her husband are now including adventure on their travels - all because she accidentally found ATA while looking for a podcast about Costa Rica because her husband wanted to go there to see butterflies.

Begins 12:08 Ultra Lite Backpacking : Discover the four main ways to go ultralight when backpacking plus learn tips to reduce your base pack weight so you can be as comfortable as possible during the day AND the night the next time you go backpacking.

We cover:

• What ultralight backpacking?
• What is the safe weight for YOU to carry on your back
• What does Base Pack Weight mean and how to calculate it
• How to determine how much food and water to carry
• Tips for choosing ultralight backpacks, tents and other shelters, sleeping bags and sleeping pads
• Why you should weigh and analyze everything you put in your pack
• And much more!

Get complete details and download the FREE Ultralight Backpacking Tips AND a Backpacking Gear Checklist on the Show Notes page

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about today’s show.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!). Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance: Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy! The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.

Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program? You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account. Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Bike Pack the Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany

Learn how to bike pack the 360 mile Erie Canal Trail : what you'll see, when to go, how many miles per day, where to sleep, and what gear to take. Learn how to plan your epic multi-day biking adventure and much more. Get insights into general bike packing from an experienced bike packer.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about hiking, backpacking, and paddle packing Isle Royale National Park.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!). Get the monthly newsletter here.

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Resources

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance: Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy! The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.

Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program? You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account. Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

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Bikepacking and Bike Touring Adventures

Today we discuss bike packing and bike touring (and the difference between the two).

We'll cover:

• The difference between bike packing and bike touring
• Panniers versus bike bags for carrying your gear
• What kind of bags you'll need
• The six main cross country USA bike trails
• Rails to Trails - over 25,000 miles of bike paths
• Europe and Asia long distance bike holiday resources
• Recommended Tour Companies: BoatBikeTours.com and ArtofBicycleTrips.com.
  • Email me for discount promo codes.

On the corresponding website, you'll see a detailed packing list as well as important links for planning your long distance cycling adventure.

COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your adventure, photos, videos and more cool info about today’s show.

Get FREE Travel Planners for ATA adventures (and each month you will get an email from Kit with links to all future Travel Planners (no spam promise!). Get the monthly newsletter here.

CONTACT KIT

Resources

Promo Codes and Recommended Tour Companies

Travel Insurance: Quickly and easily compare rates and policies from different companies - no need to give any identifying information unless you decide to buy! The best way to find the right policy for your adventures.

Train For Your Adventure Ask Becki at Trailblazer Wellness to customize an at home, online personal training program for your upcoming adventure using whatever equipment you already have! You’ll get phone consultations, instruction videos and a plan to give you the best chance of success. Becki offers a FREE initial phone consultation to see if you are a good fit. AND she offers ATA listeners a 10% discount!

Buy Me a Beer Want to support the program? You can always buy me a coffee or beer - thanks!

Amazon Kit's Picks Please use my Amazon link to access your Amazon account. Even if you don’t purchase any of my recommendations, I get credit for anything you DO purchase - at no additional cost to you, you’ll be helping to support the show and keeping it AD FREE:)

SUBSCRIBE to the Adventure Travel Show (the “How to’s of adventure travel)

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