The Erica James Travel Show is hosted by travel agent/blogger Erica James. She shares her passion for travel with podcast listeners. This is the best travel podcast for the everyday traveler, the casual traveler and the beginner traveler. Rather than encouraging you to quit your day job and travel full time, the free travel podcast encourages practical travel that makes sense in the real world. From tips about how to pack, reviews of destinations and interviews with experts, Erica James aims to help new travelers as they ease from guided trips and cruises to exploring on their own.
I’ll be talking about my first Baecation. For those who don’t know, I’ve been a travel agent for about 17 years, and I’ve only travelled solo, with other travel agents, or with my friends. This time, I took my first Baecation, and I have some tips for those of you considering taking your own first Baecation. Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
4/22/24 • 25:05
I’ll be talking about the cruise I recently took to the Bahamas – the first cruise I’ve taken since pre-pandemic. Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
4/8/24 • 39:57
I’m joined by Alexis from Have Curves, Will Travel.She is a plus-size traveler breaking stereotypes, pushing boundaries, and encouraging others to travel regardless of their backgrounds.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
3/11/24 • 40:14
Join me in this episode as we delve deep into the world of travel packages, uncovering the hidden gems and demystifying the misconceptions. Get ready to change the way you plan your next vacation and interactions with a travel agent.In this episode, Erica James unpacked how vacation packages really work and some other travel misunderstandings that she encounters with customers.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/2/23 • 30:24
Get ready to embark on a journey like no other with 'Passport to Paradise: Chronicles of a Travel Agent's Fam Trip'! Join me, your friendly Nashville travel agent, as I take you behind the scenes of the exhilarating world of Fam Trips. Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
9/25/23 • 24:25
In today’s episode, I will be talking to Princess Francois, aka Franny The Traveler, and we are getting into her new book, Support Black Periodt.By the end of this episode, you will have the tools, resources, and insights so that we can all support black businesses, intentionally.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/9/23 • 38:39
In today’s episode, I will be talking to another one of my clients, Altie, and she is going to tell us about her experience staying at the Royalton White Sands Resort with her husband, two kids, and her brother-in-law and his wife.None of them have ever flown out of the US or stayed at an all-inclusive resort, and today we are going to get her opinions on all-inclusive resorts versus cruising, and some tips and tricks for when you want to book your all-inclusive resort vacation.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/2/23 • 64:27
If you’ve been following travel news, you have heard about the increase in unruly passengers that have been causing delays, rerouting flights, and ruining everybody else’s plans and experiences.In today’s episode, I need to address those unruly passengers and get to the bottom of this.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
12/26/22 • 37:06
After two years of doing this podcast, I’m changing things up for this episode.In today’s episode, I will be talking to one of my clients, Pam, and she is going to tell us all about her experience staying at the RIU Reggae All-Inclusive Resort (which was also her first flight trip out of the US, as well as her first all-inclusive resort stay).Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
11/28/22 • 40:41
In episode 88, I talked about how you can minimize your chances of your luggage getting lost or delayed.In today’s episode, I will be talking about the things that you can do if your luggage either doesn’t arrive at your destination or arrives a few days later. This happened to one of us in our group when we travelled to Riu Baja California, and it is not the way you want to be starting your vacation.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
11/7/22 • 15:56
Last month, I stayed at the Riu Baja California in Cabo San Lucas for 6 days, and this time I travelled for vacation and not as a travel agent. In this episode, I will be going through the experience I had so that you can have the information you may need to decide if you want to stay at this resort on your vacation.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/31/22 • 19:11
After returning home from a trip in Cabo San Lucas with 9 other people, one person had to wait several days to receive her luggage.So, today’s episode is going to be about what you can do to minimise your risk of losing your luggage.Disclaimer: These are not 100% guaranteed to prevent your luggage being lost or delayed. They’re only to minimise your chances.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/24/22 • 14:59
As you heard in Episode 86, I spoke about my stay at Impressive Premium Resort, Punta Cana. After leaving Impressive Premium, I took a taxi down the road to stay at Secrets Royal Beach, Punta Cana.In this episode, I will be giving you the downlow on what to expect if you decide to stay at this AAA-rated All-Inclusive resort.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/17/22 • 14:27
Since the last episode, I’ve been staying at various resorts so that I can give you suggestions, advice, and insight into staying at these resorts during your travels. Even though some resorts invite me to stay there, I will always be keeping it real for my clients, so you will hear the good, the bad, and the ugly.In this episode, I’ll be talking about my stay at Impressive Premium Resort, Punta Cana.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/10/22 • 21:51
In this episode, I talk to Brian Noggle, co-founder of Frankie Dean® Dream Blankets™. We are going to be talking about traveling with family - as y’all know, I’m single with no kids, so I invited Brian to share his tips for keeping family travel fun for those of you who want to get into travel with your kids.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
10/3/22 • 32:12
I took some time off, and I really felt like I needed to address this.Many people told me not to bring attention to my hiatus and to just continue releasing episodes from where I left off, but things have happened in the last few months and I feel that I need to talk about how travel has helped me get back to where I want to be.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
9/12/22 • 14:05
Welcome to episode 83! Today, I’m joined by writer and body image advocate, Laura Delarato.Today, we’re getting into all things self-love, sex, and travel. Being comfortable with has a big influence on both your sex life and your travel, and we are going to dive deep and talk about ways that you can become more comfortable with yourself so that you can live your best sex and travel life.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
9/5/22 • 63:35
Today, I have a good friend of mine, podcaster, music festival connoisseur, traveller, Johnny Mclean.This episode is going to be so good. For the past few episodes, we’ve dedicated them to specific niches of travel, and today, we’re getting into Music Festival Travel.Everybody loves music. If you love music AND travel, you may want to merge the two, and music festival travel is the perfect way to do that.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
4/18/22 • 57:17
Do you remember when we would travel somewhere and we would always get the question, “business or pleasure?”When I first graduated college, I would travel for my first job, and that was business travel. We didn’t have social media, so no one was taking advantage of all the opportunities that we now know exist. If I knew about bleisure travel, believe me, I would’ve been living my best travel life a long time ago.Today, if I get asked the question, “business or pleasure?”, I’m saying both business AND pleasure, which is what we’re going to talk about today, and it’s known as Bleisure Travel.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
4/4/22 • 24:09
It’s episode 80, y’all!I feel like we know each other well enough now, right?Today’s episode is going to be all about cannabis tourism, and because we know each other so well, I’m going to be calling it weed as well.It is March 28th, which is National Weed Appreciation Day (not the kind of weed we’re talking about today), and that gave me the idea to find out everything I could about cannabis and tourism, and let me tell you - it’s been enlightening!Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
3/28/22 • 21:57
Today, we’re taking a few deep breaths and talking about wellness travel.According to the Wellness Tourism Association, wellness travel is “travel that allows the traveler to maintain, enhance, or kickstart a healthy lifestyle, and support or increase one’s sense of wellbeing.”It is so important to live inward, find ourselves, and experience true wellbeing, and if you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while, you know how many guests have said that travel is the best way to discover who you are, down to your core.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
3/21/22 • 25:57
People go on vacations for all sorts of reasons.From people who like history to people who like going on wellness vacations, ski vacations, and beach vacations, there is a vacation to cater to anyone’s interests.That includes sports. This is a theme that not many people talk about, so I’m going to talk about it today.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
3/16/22 • 20:25
It’s been two years since the Covid pandemic shut down the entire planet.When you’re traveling, you need to have a Plan B. Especially during these times when everything could change in an instant and cause problems for your Plan A.No one wants to have to think about bad stuff when traveling. We all just want to travel and have a good time and enjoy our vacations.That’s great and all, but you also don’t want to be having a great vacation and be unprepared for that one time that something bad goes down.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
3/7/22 • 20:01
It is finally here!Black History Month has arrived, and I am so excited!Today’s episode is about black history and travel, and I wanted to reflect on the fact that I have the freedom to actually travel to wherever I want to spend my vacation.So, today’s episode is celebrating black history and I’m going to give you some ways that you can add a little bit of black history into your trip, no matter where you go.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
2/21/22 • 22:44
Happy Valentine’s Day!Today’s episode is all about romance, and because this is a travel podcast, I’m talking about spicing up your travels with some romance.There are the usual romantic trips, such as the weddings, honeymoons, babymoons, anniversaries, vow renewals, or whichever milestone you want to celebrate.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
2/14/22 • 24:07
Today, I’m talking to William Hollingworth. He is the author of All 48: Drive Your Dreams, a true story about him and his wife, Jessica, as they navigate young parenthood, William’s deployment in the army, and into the spontaneous road trip that sparked their desire to see more of the world.In this episode, you will hear about their journey, how to plan for a road trip, how to get double the experience in one trip, and how they travel with full-time jobs (at one point they had 2 jobs each).Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
2/8/22 • 52:15
Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/31/22 • 30:37
Welcome back to another episode about Costa Rica!This time, I’ll be telling you about Planet Hollywood, the all-inclusive resort where I stayed for two whole weeks in Costa Rica.There are many reviews online about every resort and experience, and sometimes you can’t tell if they’re reliable or not, so I went to experience Planet Hollywood and Riu Palace Costa Rica so that I could give you my recommendations as a travel agent for when you decide to visit Costa Rica.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/24/22 • 31:53
After the ordeal that I spoke about in the previous episode, I finally had my vacation in Costa Rica.Despite the flight cancellation that delayed my trip by one day, I still managed to spend around 21 days in Costa Rica, and it was amazing.If you ever get the opportunity to go to Costa Rica, there are a few things that you need to know, and a few experiences that you need to have in order to make it the most memorable vacation you could possibly take.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/17/22 • 24:12
Welcome to 2022!I’m sure many of you are familiar with the message of “a delay is not a denial.” Today, I’m putting it into the context of travel.A delayed flight is not the end of a vacation. Even a cancelled flight doesn’t have to cancel your trip.Most of you probably know that I recently travelled to Costa Rica, and on the way there, my flight was cancelled.I could’ve cancelled my entire trip and gone home, but I decided to take it as a slight delay to the start of what ended up being a great vacation.Support the showContact Erica James Follow me and tag me on Instagram at @EJtheTravelDiva Tweet me at @EJtheTravelDiva Follow me on TikTok at @EJtheTravelDiva Join my Podcast Community here
1/10/22 • 21:30
