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In this episode of the US City Traveler Podcast, you get to meet the second guest on the show. Chris Christensen is not only a leader in the tech industry in Silicon Valley but he is also quite popular in the travel industry. His podcast has been downloaded over six million times!

He has released nearly 400 episodes of The Ameteur Traveler Podcast since it was first launched back in 2005. It has been featured in National Geographic, Men’s Journal, The Chicago Sun Times, and Best Life Magazine. He has run online communities for companies like Marriott, American Express, eBay, HBO, the NBA, Kraft, Campbells, Kimberly Clark, A&E, and QVC. He is also a co-host of This Week In Travel, along with Jen Leo and Gary Arndt.

More specifically, in this session you’ll find out about: 

Pictured above is an image of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey (Courtesy of Chris).

Resources and Links Mentioned in this Session Include:

• Eye-Fi  allows you to get WiFi access on your camera without having to buy a new camera. Instatantly send your photos to a different device.
• Chris manages to keep up with 70 podcasts (at one time it was over 100!!) each week! I later asked him how he finds the time and he says he multi-tasks and listens at three times the regular speed.
• Bill Bryson’s In a Sunburned Country.
• Chris is currently using the Canon EOS Rebel T1i.
• Venice, Istanbul, South Africa, Mumbai, Delhi

The Video Version

Rather than listening to the 27 minute podcast episode, you can listen to the shortened version (15 minute video) instead. It lacks my commentary:

Thank you Chris!

Chris was incredibly gracious with sharing his knowledge with us! Thank you, Chris, for your advice! If you have a few seconds, click on the link below to give a shout out to Chris on Twitter!

Click here to thank Chris on Twitter!

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Every once and a while, I’ll be recording podcast episodes that are completely made up of questions asked by you, so if you have any questions you’d like potentially answered on the show, simply record a voicemail here.

Help Out the Show

And lastly, if you haven’t done so already I would love if you took a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below! It would be extremely helpful for the show. Thank you in advance!

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Transcript

For those that prefer to read a written version of the podcast (along with some of Chris’s best photographs!), that can be found here.

Other Interviews

I have also done interviews with Melvin Broecher from Travel Dudes, Ricky Brigante from InsideTheMagic.net and Robert Niles from ThemeParkInsider.com, author of Stories From A Theme Park Insider, if you would like to check those out as well. Those interested in entrepreneurship may want to check out my interview with Cameron Johnson, author of You Call The Shots.

Pictured above is an image of the gondolas in Venice (Courtesy of Chris).

Thank you for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode of the US City Traveler Podcast. Check us out for more of the best cities to travel in the USA. Please let us know what you think in the comment section below. Cheers!

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