Hey, Reader! 👋

I've been sick for the last week, but am finally on the mend.

Since I'm just recovering, the sun is shining, and tomorrow is International Labor Day I'm going to get right into it!

Inside you'll find:

• How to plan your dream trip in this (or any) year - a step by step plan
• Jet fuel worries and summer travel
• World's 50 best beaches (including rankings for Europe and North America)
• Weird travel records

Let's go!

🎙️ How to Plan Your Dream “Bucket List” Trip in 2026

What if the key to planning your dream trip isn’t choosing the right destination, but first figuring out what you actually need right now in your life?

Kelly Tolliday is the founder of Transform With Travel, a professional travel advisor and wellness travel expert with over a decade of industry experience, a retreat facilitator and 500-hour registered yoga teacher, and a podcast host.

She has traveled to more than 45 countries and lived across four continents, including extended time in Australia, Thailand, and Costa Rica.

In this episode, Kelly walks through the step-by-step system she uses to plan bucket list trips and how anyone can apply the same framework to start planning their own dream trip today.

Or search "Zero To Travel" wherever you listen to podcasts.​
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📌 Travel Round-Up

✈️ Jet Fuel Worries Jam Up Summer Travel Plans

Including mine!

I've hit semi-pause on my summer travel plans while I wait and see how things shake out.

If I can't fly to visit the family in the USA it might be a road trip around Europe instead, so either way I'm winning. 😊

In all seriousness, this is a TOUGH situation for travelers.

I'd take a good long look at your travel insurance plan and see what is covered in case of cancellation, I plan on calling mine next week.

Yesterday, Reuters shared this article highlighting some of the issues around the current situation. Check it out here.​

The most concerning quote from the article came from the CEO of Whizz Air.
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​"Even if the war is stopped in Iran, I don't think this is going to put the fuel price back to what it used to be two months ago," he told reporters in London.

YIKES!

⛱️ World's 50 Best Beaches

Who doesn't love a good beach vacay?

Although these lists are totally subjective, I always enjoy mining them for destination ideas and inspiration.

So I was excited to find a website touting the 50 best beaches in the world.

According to the site:

Each year, we reach out to thousands of the world’s most experienced travel professionals, and ask them to vote for what they think is the best beach on earth.

​You can see all of the results from this (and previous years) here.​

I'm officially jonesing for that feeling of my toes in the sand.

🗺️ Weird Travel Records

Blogger "The Travel Tinker" rounded up some of the strangest travel records in the world.

Some highlights:

Most Pizzas Eaten in a Sitting (45 slices!)

Longest non-stop flight (over 17 hours!)

Fastest Time Around The World (1 day, 8 hours, and 49 minutes!)

​See the rest here.​

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A quote before you go...

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."

-Charles M. Schulz

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