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Join Us for Monday Night Travel

Are you dreaming of travel? Join us live on Mondays for our Monday Night Travel series! Together we'll journey to destinations across Europe and beyond with expert guests leading the way. Each week, you'll learn about art, history, food, and culture while picking up tried-and-true travel tips along the way. You'll even have a chance to ask questions during a live Q&A. Whether you're planning a specific trip, dreaming up vacation ideas, or craving a virtual adventure with our merry band of travelers, Monday Night Travel welcomes you aboard!

You must register (it's free!) for each event below. For more information, see our MNT FAQ.

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March 17: Celtic Corners with the MNT Team

6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER

On this St. Paddy's Day special, the Monday Night Travel team discovers tastes of Ireland all over the globe. We start our journey on the Emerald Isle, where Lisa Friend shows us around her favorite Irish village. Across the pond, we listen as writer and musician Melanie Beth Curran unearths forgotten Irish American folk songs. On the rugged shores of Brittany, chef and guide Emma Le Dû traces Celtic history from ancient ruins to modern-day festivals. And Gabe Gunnink recounts his collegiate travels across northwest Spain, where the stirring drone of bagpipes sweeps across rolling green hills.

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March 24: 2025 Packing Skills with Lisa Friend

6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER

Every spring and fall, guide Lisa Friend lives out of a carry-on suitcase for 40 days while leading European tours. But each new year brings a new crop of travel gadgets and trends, so for this masterclass in packing, Lisa shares tips and tricks for traveling light in 2025, addresses questions and concerns from by our audience, and performs a packing demonstration with her favorite travel tool: packing cubes! Grab a pen and paper as Lisa teaches you how packing light allows you to travel footloose and fancy free.

 

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You can enjoy Monday Night Travel any night of the week with our video recordings. Relive the fun, intimacy, and insight of joining travel experts as they share itinerary-boosting tips, tell stories from the road, and answer viewer questions.

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The Best of Bulgaria with Gabe Gunnink

This event was recorded on March 10, 2025.

If more travelers realized how impressive (and affordable) Bulgaria is, it'd be jammed. But they don't…so it isn't! Bulgaria has been a cultural crossroads for millennia, and after joining our Best of Bulgaria tour, MNT host Gabe Gunnink is eager to let you in on some of eastern Europe's best-kept secrets: Thracian tombs near Kazanlak, a kaleidoscopic monastery in the misty Rila Mountains, traditional artisans in Veliko Tarnovo, and a Roman amphitheater in Plovdiv where communist-era pop stars perform. Come along to discover some of the greatest European destinations you've never heard of before.

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