2025 Year In Review - Best Experiences
Despite traveling less than past years, our top experiences still brought the heat and include lots of concerts, retreats, dolphins, water,...
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Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast : Travel More, Spend Less
The Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast is hosted by Travis Sherry, a serial entrepreneur and world traveler. Known as "Rick Steves for the new generation", this podcast will teach you ever...
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20 of 500 episodes2025 Year in Review - Best Desserts
A local favorite finally cracks the top desserts list, Heather's obsession with a certain type of pastry, and the pie that Trav thinks is th...
2025 Year in Review - Best Drinks of 2025
Coffees in rural Vermont. Cocktails in Mexico City. Eastern European liqueur. And tea from...Jamaica??? An eclectic mix makes up our best dr...
2025 Year In Review - Best Meals of 2025
Just because we didn't travel as much in 2025 doesn't mean we didn't have some incredible meals. From sushi trains to eating cheesesteaks in...
2025 Year In Review - Travel Superlatives
What was our best accommodation? How about our worst? What was the most unexpected thing that happened in 2025...and who was the neatest peo...
2025 Year in Review - Travel Stats
For the 10th year, we are back with our six part Year in Review, starting with 2025 travel stats. How many places did we sleep last year? Di...
EPOP Real Estate 013: 240 Acres in the Catskills, NY
240 acres. Sweeping mountain views. 10,000 square foot event barn. 1803 stone farm house. A mile from the base of a ski mountain. Unlimited...
EPOP Real Estate 012: Our $5,000,000 "Failure"
7 months. Over $20k of our own money. Thousands of hours of work. And we decided to bail on a $5,000,000 resort - what would have been the b...
2025 Thanksgiving Thanks
What does pickleball, an Eagles Super Bowl win, upstate NY, and the world's largest furniture markets all have in common? Those, plus 16 oth...
EPOP Real Estate 011: Five Months of Craziness Recap
Over the last 5 months, since I announced my "retirement", a lot has happened. And I mean...A LOT! Stuff like: losing a $5 million deal pivo...
EPOP Real Estate 010: Wilmington, NC Deal Deep Dive
Wilmington, NC is an awesome city. Heck, that's why I moved here 5 years ago and was able to convince Jonas to move here a few weeks ago. It...
EPOP Real Estate 009: Our First International Micro Resort Is In...
The site of our first international micro resort is: A country that neither Jonas or Trav has stepped foot on. Small, tropical, and not know...
EPOP Real Estate 008: How Important is Design in Hospitality?
Short answer: VERY! But for some people, the design process can be very overwhelming. Today, Heather shares why design is the one of the mos...
EPOP Real Estate 007: Top 15 International Destinations to Invest
Experiential micro-resorts around the world? Yes please! Today, we dive into our the top 15 international destinations that we are dreaming...
Max Lee - Why He Moved His Family to Taipei and Opening Up 20+ Gyms Across Asia
Max Lee is not your typical gym owner. In fact, he was never even planning on going to the gym, yet alone opening up 20+ gyms across Taiwan....
EPOP Real Estate 006: Top 15 Places in the US to Invest (with a special guest)
Dreaming about where to do our next project is one of the most fun parts of the whole process - and there are no shortage of epic places to...
Kevin Reardon- The Boutique Hotel Blueprint (from a Former Burnt Out Lawyer)
Kevin was a burnt out Wall Street lawyer who left that life behind to "buy a drug motel at the Jersey Shore with no money." Oh...and he had...
EPOP Real Estate 005: Trav's Biggest Wins and Lessons Learned
Two sets of bungalows. Both on the same island. Both owned by a one family for the last 50 years. Both historical and charming. And that's w...
Steph and Luke - Betting on Paradise and Renovating a Decrepit Hotel in Costa Rica
You've thought of it. Probably even dreamed of it. Leaving your regular life - the job, the car, the house, and the rat race - to move to a...
EPOP Real Estate 004: A Tale of Two Projects (New York vs. Tennessee)
Jonas has two development projects currently going - one in New York, one in Tennessee. One's going very well, one's going not so well (or i...