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Masters in Travel

Whitney Shindelar and Brianna Glenn

Become a Paid Subscriber: How did the most successful travel advisors grow their business and what advice do they have for those newer to the industry? What can we learn from professionals o...

Episodes

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Ep 294 Shop Talk: Teaching Your Team to Think Like You

Handing off tasks is easy. Handing off judgment is where most travel advisors get stuck. In this Shop Talk, Whitney and Brianna debrief thei...

00:48:22Oct 6, 2026

Ep 293 The Baton Pass

The restructure fails when judgment never transfers. In part two of this two-part series, Brianna introduces what she calls the baton pass:...

00:26:12Sep 29, 2026

Ep 292 The Quality Control Trap

Hiring help doesn't get you out of the middle of your business. Brianna breaks down the quality control trap, where a team member does the w...

00:21:30Sep 22, 2026

Ep 291 The Legal Blind Spots That Could Harm Your Travel Business

Most travel advisors have never read their own host agreement fine print. That gap can cost real money. Brianna sits down with Gunes Hopson,...

00:41:01Sep 15, 2026

Ep 290 Shop Talk: Saying Yes to the Big Number and What It Actually Costs

In this month's Shop Talk, Whitney and Brianna reconnect after five months apart and compare notes on what shifted. Whitney shares the deleg...

00:39:00Sep 8, 2026

Ep 289 [REPLAY] On DMCs: A candid conversation with a DMC partner

In this conversation on DMCs, Whitney flips the script and chats with Hicham Mhammedi Alaoui, co-founder of Experience Morocco and The Trave...

00:50:16Sep 1, 2026

Ep 288 [REPLAY] on Dmcs: A Conversation With Travel Advisors PT 2

How can travel advisors create partnerships with DMCs that feel more like collaborations and less like transactions? Joining Whitney for Par...

01:10:54Aug 25, 2026

Ep 287 [REPLAY] on Dmcs: A Conversation With Travel Advisors PT 1

Sometimes you love them, sometimes they drive you crazy...this week, we're talking all about Destination Management Companies (DMCs)! Season...

00:42:44Aug 18, 2026

Ep 286 [REPLAY] It’s a “Yes” Until It’s a “No”

When a new inquiry comes in, how do you approach it? In today's episode, Jeremy Sulek of Jetset World Travel shares his less conventional ap...

00:58:02Aug 10, 2026

Ep 285 [REPLAY] How to Find Your Way Into the World of Incentive Travel

We asked listeners on our Instagram what topics you want to hear on the podcast, and the topic of "incentive travel" was one. So today, Brit...

00:56:38Aug 4, 2026

Ep 284 [REPLAY] How to Pitch Local Media

How to pitch the media is a topic our guest on today's episode knows inside and out. Listen in as Jenn Lee, now President and CMO of Travel...

01:01:40Jul 28, 2026

Ep 283 [REPLAY] How to Scale + Grow Your Travel Business With an Employee Model

Join Brianna and guest Erica Carr for a conversation on their innovative approaches to scaling a travel business with an employee model, fro...

00:44:21Jul 21, 2026

Ep 282 [REPLAY] Increase sales in your travel business without that "sales ick"

Love travel and planning it, but hate the sales part? In this episode, Brianna and guest Glenda from The Art of Selling Travel delve into th...

01:01:05Jul 14, 2026

Ep 281 [REPLAY] Shifting Your Mindset in How you Deal with Yourself in Your Business

Mindset is a topic that we hear about in our personal lives and in our professional lives. It is a topic that lingers behind all decisions t...

00:58:58Jul 7, 2026

280 Soulful Experience w/ AmaWaterways

In this solo episode, Brianna closes the loop on her recent AmaWaterways Soulful Experience sailing through Portugal’s Douro River and refle...

00:23:02Jun 30, 2026

Ep 279 [REPLAY] Going Solo or Joining a Team; How to Know What’s Right for You

You may be interested in being a travel advisor, but are you also interested in being an entrepreneur? Sometimes running a travel advisor bu...

00:43:20Jun 23, 2026

Ep 278 What Travel Advisors Can Learn From Aman-Level Luxury Hospitality

In this episode of Masters in Travel, Brianna sits down with Olivia Tambosso, a luxury travel advisor whose career began on the inside of on...

00:39:54Jun 16, 2026

Ep 277 How to Turn Every Trip Into a Marketing Engine

In this solo episode, Brianna walks travel advisors through the exact mindset shift and planning process that turns a trip from a one-time e...

00:29:46Jun 9, 2026

Ep 276 From Spa Treatments to Wellness Retreats

In this episode of Masters in Travel, Whitney is joined by Kate for a thoughtful and practical conversation about the wide spectrum of spa,...

00:40:40Jun 2, 2026

Ep 275 Family Friendly Hotels

Family-friendly hotels are often misunderstood, with many properties claiming the label without truly designing for how families actually tr...

01:14:41May 26, 2026