138: How to Travel Safely and Affordably with Wayne Dunlap

In this episode of Saving With Steve, host Steve Sexton is joined by top travel influencer and author, Wayne Dunlap.

Today's guest, top travel influencer and award-winning travel photojournalist and blogger, Wayne Dunlap, shares what travel destinations are worth seeing, how to achieve big savings on travel in a COVID world, and how to travel for less than half the cost for all types of travel, from luxury to budget, by using his ‘Follow the Disaster’ travel-planning model.

Wayne Dunlap and his wife Pat show people what is worth seeing and unique strategies for how to travel for half the cost for all types of travel from budget to luxury and 100's of other unique travel tips.

They have visited 105 countries on 6 continents as well as 46 U.S. states and are award-winning travel photojournalists and bloggers.

The Dunlap's have over 265,000 interested social media followers and are top travel influencers, featured travel speakers at large travel shows, and author of the 5-star travel book Plan Your Escape®. They are excited to be hosts of the travel TV show Plan Your Escape® TV aired on the CW network.

They have been fortunate to live their dreams and are members of the exclusive Travelers’ Century Club.

The Dunlap's have taken over 100 trips taking cars, trains, buses, and organized tours. They have also done home exchanges and taken 42 cruises on 17 different cruise lines on ships ranging from 10 to 4,000 passengers.

Now, they enjoy most of their traveling with interesting tours and independently on their own. The Dunlaps' popular travel blog, UnhookNow.com, has won other awards including:

• Top Travel Blog 2013 - 2020

• Best Boomer Travel Blogger to Follow

• Top Couple Travel Blogger

Wayne has a burning passion for travel, and being a former Economics professor, also has a sincere desire to inspire others to travel by helping them discover great travel values and safely realize their travel dreams. Wayne was a business owner, executive of high-tech companies, and an Economics professor after his PhD program at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is listed in Who’s Who Among American Professionals.