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Today's episode is particularly special as our topic is about resilience and determination.

We are thrilled to be joined by the exceptional entrepreneur Anita Barzey. As we converse with Anita, the founder of Motivate Me Tutors and an independent Travel Consultant, we'll explore the strategies, triumphs, and invaluable insights that have shaped her business journey.

Anita Barzey 

Founder of Motivate Me Tutors and an independent Travel consultant with the Honeymoon and Holiday Fixer Group 

“Anita Holistically supports students to reach their full potential she is passionate about boosting her student’s confidence. “

Motivate Me Tutors was established over 10 years ago by Anita Barzey who has successfully prepared 100’s of students for entrance exams for various Grammar and Private schools across the UK. Using a variety of holistic approaches to enable students to achieve success and overall increased Confidence. Anita has a varied background in Education working as a Drama Facilitator, ESOL and English Tutor. She has also worked with many young people with Additional needs and is able to adapt lessons to meet her student’s specific needs.

Anita’s uses her own experiences as a visually impaired person , to inspire and motivate her students. Anita believes that ever young person should have access to skills that will allow them to excel and achieve their full potential .

Alongside running Motivate Me Tutors , Anita is an  independent Travel Consultant  with the Honeymoon and Holiday Fixer Group , Helping BUSY Families create bespoke memories that last a life time from Staycations to Luxury Caribbean Holidays . Her love for Travel stems from countless trips to Grenada to visit family in the Caribbean and exploring the many neighbouring islands .Before becoming a parent Anita spent much of her twenties exploring many hidden gems around the world Solo or with family and friends . Trips have included spending three months in Ghana as a Volunteer, Exploring Bosnia, Safari in Kenya , Spending a month on the Island of Zanzibar and travelling around India , just to name a few of her adventures . As a parent to a 5 year old and a 7 year old , Anita believes that making life long memories with her children are priceless and more important than stuff!


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Anita Barzey
Entrepreneur

Travel business : https://anita.theholidayfixer.com/travel-expert/anita/

Tuition business : https://www.motivatemetutors.com

Etsy store : https://motivatemetutoring.etsy.com

This is a pre-Prep for Wave Week Session.  On Day 5 Expansion, one of the speakers will be giving a chockful of information regarding ads, and to preface that convo there's some information you need to know regarding lead magnets--what you will be giving away for free through the ad, to acquire the email addresses of potential clients.
 
 In this episode, I discuss:

·        Types and ideas for lead magnets

·        When you should be focusing on ads for your travel business

·        What you need to know in order to create an effective lead magnet

·        and so much more!

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Is everything a learning experience to you?  Because it is for me :)

And that's why I had to share what I learned from working merch at my local theater and how many things relate to sales in general, and especially in our travel industry.  We are after all, selling travel, or selling our travel services.
 
 In this episode, I discuss:

·        Confidence in pricing and having a product mix

·        Being where your clients and referral partners are

·        How networking opens doors to new opportunities

·        and so much more!

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Today's incredible guest is Claire Burt Founder of Your Travel Analyst, where she is a meaningful travel coach and project specialist.  We connected over Instagram where she was gutsy enough to put herself out there and connect with travel industry podcast hosts.  Learn about our connection story in this week’s chat.
 
 In this episode, we discuss:

·        Why we need to support people in our own travel industry

·        How to use networking for content creation

·        Evaluating the ROI before investing in education, like courses

·        and so much more!

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Stay in touch with Claire: https://www.yourtravelanalyst.com/

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Today's incredible guest is Deanna Harris, who is a fellow travel business owner, and Founder of Xclusively Yours, where she writes content for fellow travel business owners.  She has a straightforward approach to content writing that I just admire because marketing CAN be simple. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Using sparkle words to uplevel your content writing
• The difference between content and copywriting
• How to meet people to get them on your email newsletter
• and so much more!

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Today's incredible guest is Alexandra Tucker, who is a fellow travel business owner, and Co-Founder of Sequense, an up and coming project management tool for fellow travel pros.  She is one of the brain children bringing to life a new tech tool that is being purpose built for travel business owners to help increase their efficiency and take back their time in their businesses.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How you can save up to 5 hours in your week by using a project management tool
• The difference between a CRM, Itinerary Builder, and Sequense
• How you can save time and brainpower by automating your business processes
• and so much more!

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This week's podcast was originally recorded as an impromptu live in the FB Group.  I'm being incredibly vulnerable and open about my own travel business and recent struggles of whether or not I should stay in.  *Spolier Alert* Things are turning around positively, but it took a lot of time and consistency for that to come to fruition.

In this episode, I focus on:

• Why loving travel is NOT enough to keep you in the travel business
• Why you just need to keep going
• The beauty of relationships from social media
• and more!

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Sustainable travel consultant JJ Walsh (and everyone else in Hiroshima) gets a free PCR test! Here's hoping this saliva-filled undertaking amounts to more than just spitting into the wind.

Ollie recommends our first ever Fukushima based river cruise, with some pretty interesting side effects.

Bobby recommends a Ramadan cruise that should make things WAYYYYY easier for all of our practicing Muslim listeners.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

• What Ollie did to pay his respects for Prince Philip's Passing
• JJ's super prolific content production schedule, and how she manages time differences
• Ollie finally getting kicked out of Malaysia
• What happened with Malaysia's pandemic visa overstay amnesty program
• How EVERYONE on the show is undergoing testing
• Pro's and cons of PCR tests types
• Quarantine Food
• What JJ misses about not being able to travel
• New JBRC Merch
• JBRC reporting from @ahnpankaahnman and @kumayama100 on Hideki Matsuyama's Masters Win
• Hiroshima's prefecture wide TEST EVERYBODY plan, and JJ's experience with it
• Why Hiroshima is doing this... now?
• How every little ailment these days makes us wonder whether or not we've got the virus.
• JJ's Covid Article series, and how it might actually be more effective than Japan's messaging
• What stands to be gained from the testing initiative.
• How Hiroshima citizens are responding
• What the PCR test actually measures, and how it actually works from (SURPRISE SURPRISE) one of us who got infected
• The trend for people all across Japan to want to buy homes or make their homes as comfortable as possible
• JJ's own experience and the people she's talked to about reforming homes
• Property buying and second-hand home buying culture (or lack thereof) in Japan
• Opportunities to pick up a super cheap house
• The negative effect of corona-related mortgage defaulting on the property buying
• Corona-discrimination against people who want to take out a home alone
• The legality of the above?
• Why Bobby can't get his unemployment insurance AND a home loan

Topics discussed on the extras range from:

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Have you been through a heartbreaking loss of a loved one?

Jennifer talks all about the different losses we go through in life and how she has dealt with them. Everyone is different… and it’s okay. 

In this episode you will learn about:

• The different types of losses you go through in life.
• What can you reflect on while going through the loss of a loved one.
• The types of stories that you believe while growing up about expectations.
• It’s okay to have differences with your partner without judgment.
• Negotiating with yourself to create more in your life.

ABOUT JENNIFER:

Jennifer Gaulden studied and majored in Psychology at UCLA. She is a tournament member for the world famous Rose Parade. Jennifer has her own travel business as a travel consultant and agent for All About M.E Travel. She has worked with Joanna Vargas for more than 10 years running different events and making them a success!

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As Japan gets ready to reopen to tourism, sustainable travel consultant JJ Walsh thinks we should rethink harmful modes of travel like *koff koff* cruises even though, historically speaking, big old boats have proven their worth when it comes to opening Japan.

Ollie apologizes for falling for the PR spin of a river boat company who has, quite literally burned bridges.

Bobby tracks down a group of riverboat dwellers, which they are very grateful for, because they were drifting away.

Topics discussed on this episode range from:

• Celebrating the glorious milestone that is our 54th episode
• JJ's show, Seeking Sustainability Live which has recently celebrated it's 100th episode
• As a category, what exactly does the "Sustainability" net cover?
• A cross show comparison of favorite and least favorite guests
• What country cares the most about sustainability?
• What Ollie should do about having accidentally concealed his Japanese ability from his Japanese roommate
• What problems will Japan face post-covid, pre-olympics if they try to reopen for tourism with Business as Usual
• JJ's OFFICIAL position on the the GoTo! Campaigns
• JJ's unreserved and perhaps ill-advised opinion on what the worst form of travel is
• What simple steps and restrictions might serve Japan well in terms of tourism
• How much energy Japan has put into creating infrastructure for international vs domestic tourism
• Why Japanese business have traditionally preferred domestic travelers
• What spurred the international tourism boom in recent years, and how Japan has been catching up
• Why Japan's tourism policies have been focused on superficial factors, and what they SHOULD be focusing on
• The three pillars of sustainability, and why it isn't just about the environment
• What is Japan's current plan for reopening
• How, yes the government/major corporations tracking everyone's movements 24/7 is terrifying, but also might help us find less crowded shrines
• What possible solutions for over-tourism in Japan might be
• The chicken-egg nature of the preferred travel style of major tour travelers
• Should countries be able to choose their ideal tourists and place restrictions on who gets to come in and why?
• Which nationality does JJ think are currently the BEST tourists?
• How the future of travel can be made to mesh with the changing Japanese population demographics
• How the government can incentivize population and TOURISM migration
• Is the Olympics gonna happen?

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JJ Walsh: Twitter | YouTube

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Bobby Judo: Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

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• We record remotely using Squadcast and the podcast is hosted on Transistor. 
• Bobby uses the Samson Go Mic and Ollie uses the AT2005USB mic

There are a lot of misconceptions about travel agents and their roles when it comes to your vacation.  I want to give you some valuable tips on how best to use a travel agent to maximize your vacation experience.

Have a great day and remember "You Deserve A Luxury Vacation"
 
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