Sep 11, 2026

What happens when Google and AI companies can answer a travel question using the experiences, photos and expertise of creators – without sending the reader to the creator who did the work?

Travel Matters hosts Palle Bo and Rick Calvert sit down with travel creator and former attorney Nate Hake, founder of Travel...

Sep 4, 2026

What happens when the platforms that built your business suddenly stop sending you traffic – or your entire industry shuts down almost overnight?

Gary Arndt knows both scenarios very well.

Gary was one of the early stars of travel blogging and an award-winning travel photographer. Then the pandemic wiped out 95% of...

Aug 28, 2026

What happens to “family travel” when the kids are old enough to order the cocktails?

For Margarita Ibbott, it becomes a completely different kind of travel – and an interesting opportunity for destinations and content creators.

Margarita started DownshiftingPRO in 2009, originally writing about professional...

Aug 21, 2026

What happens when one of your guitar heroes tells you he has your lessons saved on his computer?

In Part 2 of our conversation with Marty Schwartz of Marty Music, we pick up exactly where we left off – with Marty casually revealing that Slash from Guns N’ Roses knows who he is.

The story gets even better. On the...

Aug 14, 2026

What can a travel creator learn from one of the biggest guitar teachers on YouTube? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

Marty Schwartz is the creator of Marty Music, a guitar education brand with close to five million YouTube subscribers and thousands of lessons produced over nearly two decades.

Marty joined us at TBEX North...