Stacking Adventures: Every Traveler Has a Story

Ready to dive into your next adventure? Begin your next travel adventure with us so you're inspired and prepared to do more, see more, and enjoy your trip. Hosts Joe Saul-Sehy and Crystal Hammond walk you through not only their stories, but also those of fellow adventurers. They talk to experts in travel, accommodations, booking flights, and more.

Stacking Adventures: Every Traveler Has a Story is a leisure podcast hosted by Joe Saul-Sehy & Crystal Hammond, with 158 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joe Saul-Sehy & Crystal Hammond hosts Stacking Adventures: Every Traveler Has a Story, a leisure show with 158 episodes published.

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  Salt Lake City on a Budget: Brewery Tours, Free Breakfast, and the Best Tacos of Crystal's Life

  Jul 29, 202635 min

  Crystal Hammond went to TravelCon -- a conference for travel content creators that merged this year with TGA, a travel gear organization -- and came home with enough swag to outfit a small expedition, a new appreciation for Utah's low humidity, strong opinions about how many tacos is never enough, and a story about getting lost that she promised to tell and we are absolutely holding her to. This episode is the full debrief: what TravelCon actually looks like from the inside, how Crystal built a nearly self-funding trip budget, and what Salt Lake City has to offer the traveler who didn't know they wanted to go there. What You'll Walk Away With Why flying out of a farther airport and arriving at the Chase Lounge at 6 AM is sometimes exactly the right call -- even if it costs you your mimosa window What a fam trip actually is and why choosing Monday arrival over weekend extension saved Crystal a significant chunk of hotel budget The Holiday Inn Express strategy: free breakfast eaten twice, a refrigerator for snacks, and a microwave that turned a conference food budget into almost nothing What three local Salt Lake City breweries taught Crystal about Utah's two-drink rule, the story behind every craft brewery, and why she almost mailed herself a cider home The TravelCon adventure games: speed packing to exactly six pounds, currency trivia, luggage shuffleboard, Velcro golf, boulder climbing, and the speed packing relay that is exactly as chaotic as it sounds Why Crystal went boulder climbing before the Black Diamond party drinks -- and why the best tacos of her life appeared immediately afterward at an outdoor party in Utah of all places The one session that changed how Crystal thinks about solo travel content creation -- and the Dorothy moment that connects traveling somewhere new to resources you already have What Joe's Great Basin National Park dark sky experience reveals about why Utah deserves more credit as a travel destination than most people give it Why the wheels on luggage go rogue exactly like the bad shopping cart -- and why that becomes a competitive disadvantage in luggage shuffleboard What Crystal wishes she'd done differently -- and why five tacos will forever be her biggest Salt Lake City regret Why This Matters Now You don't have to be a travel content creator to steal Crystal's playbook here. The airport lounge hack, the hotel selection strategy, the free breakfast double-dip, and the fam trip logic all apply to any traveler trying to get more out of a trip budget. Salt Lake City is also genuinely worth the trip -- and this episode makes the case better than any listicle could. Resources Mentioned TravelCon -- annual conference for travel content creators; now merged with TGA travel gear; travelcon.com TGA (Travel Gear Association) -- travelgearassociation.com Black Diamond Equipment -- outdoor gear and apparel; blackdiamondequipment.com Chase Sapphire Reserve / Priority Pass -- Dulles Eithad Chase Lounge referenced; prioritypass.com Salt Lake City brewery tour -- three local breweries visited; names coming in show notes at stackingadventures.com Great Basin National Park -- dark sky experience referenced; nps.gov/grba Stacking Adventures gear store -- stackingadventures.com/gotd Share your Utah story -- stackingadventures.com/mystory

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  When Your Trip Falls Apart Five Days Before Departure, What Do You Do?

  Jul 7, 202623 min

  The trip was planned. The Airbnb was booked. The dinner reservations were made. Then a text arrived Monday night: broken clavicle, ravine, emergency room. Five days before departure, everything was off. What followed was two and a half hours of Joe and Cheryl bouncing across the globe on a map, racing a midnight cancellation deadline, and trying to figure out where in the world to go instead. This episode is the story of how it all unfolded -- in real time, the night before they had to leave. What You'll Walk Away With Why a friend's injury at exactly the "right moment" (although there is NEVER a true "right" moment for a severe injury) turned out to be the most accidentally perfect timing of the whole debacle The last-minute flight deal pages that most airlines hide -- and why they didn't help this time How to think about sunk costs when a trip falls apart: the simple reframe that unlocked the whole decision What to do when the helpful airline representative is... not that helpful The one credit card perk that opened up the entire map at midnight and changed everything Why sometimes the best travel decision is the one you make at 11:15 PM Crystal's pick if money were no object -- and why Joe agrees it's a great choice for a future trip The new Stacking Adventures format: short stories, over-under timelines, and listeners guessing how long Joe will talk The New Format This episode introduces something new -- shorter story episodes where Joe or Crystal share what's happening in their travel lives right now. Listeners are invited to guess how long the story will run. This one was supposed to land at 15 minutes. Joe clocked in at 21. Place your bets accordingly for next time, when Crystal takes her turn. Resources Mentioned Stacking Adventures gear store -- stackingadventures.com/gotd Share your travel story -- stackingadventures.com/mystory Where in the World is Crystal? -- stackingadventures.com/mystory

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  Amsterdam: Anne Frank's House, Van Gogh, and the Bike That Almost Sent Karen Into a Canal

  Jun 30, 202657 min

  Karen Cordaway of the Everyday Bucket List booked Amsterdam almost on a whim after watching a Ted Lasso episode. She stayed in the Jordaan neighborhood -- one of the swankiest in the city -- walked to the Anne Frank House, spent an afternoon at the Van Gogh Museum, took a canal tour in the rain, and nearly got knocked into the water by a cyclist who apparently had the right of way. She brings back everything: what surprised her, what moved her, what to eat, and what to watch out for when you're standing anywhere near a bike lane. What You'll Walk Away With Why Karen almost ended up in a canal -- and the unofficial rule of Amsterdam that puts pedestrians firmly at the bottom of the hierarchy What the Anne Frank House actually feels like to walk through, including the real bookcase, the original sink, and the room where a 12-year-old pinned up pictures of movie stars How Karen did the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh Museum, and a canal tour all in one day -- and why she recommends spreading them out if you can The Napoleon window tax story: why those narrow, vertical Amsterdam houses may have been built to avoid paying taxes on frontage Why spring is Karen's pick for the best time to visit -- and the hop-on hop-off tulip bus that takes you to what she calls the Disney World of flowers The open curtains culture: the Calvinist transparency theory versus the "showing off wealth" theory, and why the canal tour guide had a very different take Where to find Dutch pancakes with bacon embedded in the middle -- and why Karen thinks Amsterdam's food scene is surprisingly international The red light district at noon: what it's actually like to walk through, and the one rule that absolutely applies whether it's day or night Why Amsterdam works well for a 7-day trip with day trips built in -- and how to get to the Zaanse Schans windmills for free on a bus What kind of traveler Amsterdam is perfect for -- and why it's a harder trip with small children than you might expect Where in the World is Crystal? Adventure Annette tries to guess whether Crystal is in Tokyo. Resources Mentioned Everyday Bucket List -- Karen Cordaway's podcast and travel content; Amsterdam playlist linked in show notes Anne Frank House, Amsterdam -- advance tickets required; no photography inside; annefrank.org Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam -- advance tickets required; vangoghmuseum.nl Zaanse Schans windmill village -- free entry, about one hour by bus from central Amsterdam; zaanseschans.nl Jordaan neighborhood -- recommended area to stay; central, walkable, canal access Keukenhof tulip gardens -- seasonal (spring); hop-on hop-off bus available from Amsterdam; keukenhof.nl Eating With Todd -- food content creator mentioned for Amsterdam restaurant recommendations; search on TikTok and Instagram Tony Chocolonely -- Dutch ethical chocolate brand; flagship store in Amsterdam; tonyschocolonely.com Stacking Adventures gear store -- stackingadventures.com/gotd Where in the World is Crystal? -- stackingadventures.com/mystory

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  The NYC Five Borough Bike Ride: Honest Tips, Hidden Costs, and Why That Last Bridge Almost Broke Us

  May 20, 20261h 6mS0

  <p > Thirty-two thousand people. Forty miles. Five boroughs. One bridge that will test everything you have left in your legs. Crystal and Joe did the NYC Five Borough Bike Ride together -- Joe with his family, Crystal flying solo from DC with her own bike strapped to the back of her car -- and came back with everything the official website doesn't tell you. From booking bikes six months out to finding a $419 hotel the week before, this episode covers the real planning, the real costs, and the moments that made it worth every penny...including some of the tourist...

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  Group Travel 101: The Good, the Bad, and Why It's Almost Always Worth It

  May 5, 202655 minS0

  <p > Here are the full corrected show notes:</p> <p > Group Travel 101: The Good, the Bad, and Why It's Almost Always Worth It</p> <p > You don't know what you don't know -- and nowhere is that more true than when you're planning your first international trip. Group travel solves a problem most people don't realize they have: not just the logistics, but the insider knowledge, the local connections, and the moments that never make it onto any itinerary. Joe, Crystal, and travel agent extraordinaire Donna Pelletier break down everything you need to know before you book -- including the...

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