Travel and Vacation! | Good Influences Episode 8

Good Influences Episode 8 - Travel! Vacation, travel - getting away and exploring the world! This week we dissect the different forms of travel, places we've been, horror stories, and so much more! Subscribe and leave a nice comment :-)
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[@Rawr0204]

It’s nice to see Matt in an environment where he can have intelligent conversations. Like it’s cool to see his stories/experiences being celebrated rather than seen as annoying or made fun of.

[@keniavasquez4391]

I agree! I’ve never missed an ep of unfiltered but I enjoy his conversations on hoot & a half and this show sooo much

[@sabrinamrtzz]

Honestly and it’s so nice that when he’s talking everyone’s actually engaged and no one’s just starting at their fingers 🙄 lol

[@annef2809]

Righttt, unfiltered is so annoying, I’ve stopped watching a while ago

[@brockw.320]

17:45 Mike does Matts voice PERFECTLY!

[@annagracewoodis7090]

Carly’s little bark when they were talking about the pronunciation of “roof” I cackled

[@julietamotte5804]

i just came to find this comment!!! i was DYING

[@raychelcrofts6316]

Her humor and personality is my fave 😂

[@siren88]

It’s funny because Erin and Matt are super colorful and bright and then it pans to Mike and Carly more neutral colors black and gray. Just interesting seeing the contrast. Love everyone!

[@juliac9918]

Love this observation

[@shantellepadilla71]

Matt just pull a “Garrett Watts” and spontaneously go to Japan by yourself.

[@x0avaax0]

Love when Matt’s dad anger comes out. “HE’S A PILOT!!!”

[@laurynblake3824]

I hope when fall comes around we have a supernatural/ scary stories/spooky vibes topic

[@alyssaprincipe1571]

My new fav podcast. And I’m a gate agent so Travel is the perfect topic for this week 🥰

[@GoodInfluences]

🤝

[@bethr1027]

I went to Auschwitz-Birkenau in November of 2017. I urge everybody to visit. It was the darkest and hardest think I've ever seen (I'm from the UK so modern war history is a huge part of our history education). Our tour guide was the niece of a prisoner, so it was absolutely harrowing to be shown the room he was kept it. It's sometimes hard to remember that this wasn't a movie, it was very much real life and experiences like this make that hit home.

[@Kaitlinrm]

Lmao the Jon and Kate plus 8 recap 😂😂 you have to do it !!

[@micmor6235]

finally i have something to watch while eating my lunch LOL

[@JimmyNeutronsMomKindaBadNo]

I'm gonna be honest, when you guys initially announced this podcast I was super excited because I love all of you and together even more. So I listened to the first one and I obviously loved it, but when I realized that each one was going to be on certain specific topics I was a little skeptical, just because I normally listen to "what happened this week? Here's a random thing I wanted to talk about." type of podcasts, and when the second one came out i thought "I'll listen to this in the background and we'll see" but within a couple of minutes I had left my phone aside and was genuinely invested on hearing your opinions about the topic, and it has been that way every week since then. You all are genuinely interesting, intelligent and all around funny, I can't wait for the next podcast ❤️ A lot of love from Mexico 🇲🇽🥰

[@0202you]

I have asked for it on their channel, but I would loveeeee to see Erin's speadsheets.

[@BadBiscuts]

I agree with Matt about the whole Spanish and French learning, it can be confusing. I’m Mexican so I grew up speaking Spanish and when I was learning French in college I had an easier time learning French because there were many similarities in the language to Spanish but at the same time it was confusing at times because many things sound the same and I sometimes got confused speaking it by blending both of the languages together in sentences. I didn’t even realize I was doing it until I was being told 😅😅

[@halbarber3]

Erin mentioned that she is learning French. There is a free video course available on KZbin that was developed at Yale. The name is "French in Action" and it has numerous Ivy League graduates talking about how good it is. Maybe it would be a good companion to what she is already learning.

[@jasonhunter2819]

Organization? Erin: Yes.

[@sophiamontoya7765]

Really have been enjoying the podcast all the episodes are so good.

[@nut1909]

i watch all of your seperate pods but i just love this podcast so muchhhhhhhh it's perfect

[@sammiebee9436]

LOVE THIS CHANNEL! Erin = Donna from that 70’s show vibe x10000 and you can’t change my mind 😂 also I’m from Boston so I completely adore her!

[@shamathehuman]

I'm so excited every week when I see a new episode!!! my fave recently

[@caroltassin4049]

We rented a houseboat in Canada, North of Toronto for 2 weeks & it was so great. There were stops for the night for houseboats, nice places to eat, do your laundry, meet new people, just so much fun!

[@arieeld8222]

matt is literally everyone’s fav!

[@jpiercy3636]

YESSS this just made my day, diving into the convo now!

[@emilylflores]

Vacation constipation!!! Omg Matt 😂😂 I went on a 14 day road trip last year and I couldn’t poop for like 4 days

[@jessicafoster5262]

Carly you should read Into Thin Air by John Krakauer- about a man who climbed Everest and it was very interesting

[@Ronell2Brazy]

I love watching your podcast ❤️

[@sydthekid8685]

As someone from Niagara Falls I feel like the way to go is to start on the American side, see the cave of the winds and the falls from our side and then go to Niagara Falls, Canada for the rest of the day and explore Clifton Hill. Love our city but the Canadian side is just more fun

[@ronellgaming]

I’ve been enjoying every episode of your podcast ❤️

[@Jake-kg2zc]

Episodes of this podcast feel way shorter than an hour, they go by way so fast lol

[@laurafrias9594]

I love this podcast! And love this topic!

[@goldenka95]

my favorite episode so far, just arrived from my trip (not vacation) from portugal😅🇵🇹 i called it vacation but after your discussion i recall it to travel😅

[@kadymiller4360]

I live in North Dakota!! Not embarrassed lol. Come through sometime! Big college city, downtown is poppin on the weekends lol.

[@Mariposa87532]

I’m from northern New Mexico. Very small town like. We had a genocide education class. We were taught about different genocides throughout history with a big focus on the Holocaust. We read MAUS and Night. At the end of the course we were able to visit the Holocaust museum in DC. Such an unforgettable and important class.

[@misskaylakoolaid]

Lmao!!! As someone who grew up in Fargo, I DIED when you said you want to go there. If you go, hit up downtown. It’s always a good time.

[@abbie7981]

AHHH THEM SAYING FARGO & LIVING HERE! I’ll show you around 😂

[@anabroadwater6387]

you guys are my best friends. also s town is perfection for road trip entertainment.

[@ashleylarkin9399]

Hello from Vancouver!! Come here in the spring or summer its gorgeous!

[@KatsObsession]

My family and I just did a 15 1/2 hour road trip in our tesla, it was actually really nice. We loved the often but quick stops. Hubby and I switched out at every charger and it made the drive super easy. We did overnight on the way there 9pm-12pm and on the way back we left at 9am and got back 12:30am. Made in extra stop for food lol

[@LyaSamsuri]

Not Matt activating my Google Home device!! Shocked me off of my couch 😅

[@aliciasandoval-delrio4724]

I go to college in Fargo, ND. It is very much a college town! Hope you guys can make it down here sometime! Preferably not between December and March as it literally gets colder than Antártica because of the wind :(

[@iheartjustin4life]

1. Sioux Falls is in South Dakota lol! 2. Don’t go to Fargo.. go to the Black Hills in SD!! It’s so beautiful. There’s glamping, lots of 3 mile hikes with good views, lakes, kayaking, etc. Plus, a couple national monuments. ♥️

[@inaisabella520]

love this podcast so much

[@mdthhx]

thank you for asking my question! definitely listened to this podcast while I drove to Colorado. Love you guys!

[@jasonhunter2819]

ah hell yeah, perfect timing

[@emilybolesky2166]

You can see the Northern Lights really great on Drummond Island, MI (an actual island that is super remote) - or if you want to go internationally Iceland!

[@samanthastethem5091]

OMG!!!! I live in south dakota and only an hour from sioux falls! you have to visit sometime!!!

[@sofia-hk2gj]

Watching from Ireland!💜

[@taylorfunk6092]

omg im from north dakota and love hearing people talk about it! would definitely recommend going in fall! we do not have that strong of an accent tho lmao

[@marlaf2712]

YAY have been refreshing for the past week just hoping for another good influences pod!

[@GoodInfluences]

every tuesday at 12pm pst / 3pm est!

[@marlaf2712]

@@GoodInfluences thank u!!

[@x0avaax0]

Locked Up Abroad POPS OFF

[@Lexaloodle]

I think if you have an airline specific Amex card you don't get other rewards points. I briefly worked for them and hated it lol Also airport workers know nothing but they should guide people to help. The flight tracking websites are great, I like flight aware. Always good to know where it's coming from

[@bevwhittle461]

My scariest vacation was when a friend and I went to Bali back in the 90s. We were 19 or 20yo and we were meant to keep our boarding passes that we got from Australia to Bali for our trip home but we forgot and packed them in our suitcase. We get to the airport in Bali which is full of armed soldiers, they don't speak English and we didn't speak enough Balinese. We got escorted into a little office and had rifles pointed at us and we were, I assume, being interrogated, we understood a word here and there. Luckily we found our boarding passes in our cases, they yelled at us some more then shoved us out of the office and escorted us back to where we were meant to board our plane back home...it was terrifying!

[@vanessapuente13]

This was such a funny, informative episode! Hope Ben is back soon!

[@luvvy888]

Matt, look up the people who have successfully “rode over” Niagara Falls! 😅 there’s definitely people who have also* felt that urge to jump it lol!!

[@kimahlstrom]

I used to play the ABC game with billboards, road signs, license plates and just find a word with an A, then B, etc. It could be fun and competitive if someone is riding with the person going to college from TX to CO. It will be 3 days just to get out if TX (depending where they live) 😅

[@lanadelslay69]

Carly & Eric are so pretty 🥹 I’m really liking this podcast!

[@jigglybits2092]

i absolutely hate traveling, but loved this episode 😊

[@lepodede]

Hiii from the wild breed of Finland 👋😂 and I'm even a wilder breed because I'm a Finland-Swede.....🤭

[@Mariposa87532]

Y’all should def visit New Mexico! Lots of history

[@Sal-tm3tp]

I’m going to Japan at the end of August for work for a month and a half. I’m currently living in Hong Kong, Cantonese is much harder than Mandarin (from what I know / heard)

[@lavenderkiiss]

i’m from az and you can camp and hike in the grand canyon up into the waterfalls and caves. my dad was kinda dumb back then when he went with my mom for a work trip & he brushed his teeth in a water fall he figured would be decently clean water ( if i didn’t really state this it was a two week hiking trip where you go deep all through the grand canyon ) he ended up getting ecoli i believe and some heart disease. he’s fine now but it’s dirty from other animals and natives but it’s absolutely gorgeous

[@lavenderkiiss]

also people year round fall through into the grand canyon , they will get to the edge and sit and watch the sunset barley move and fall miles down into the grand canyon. there is a story about a guy who died hiking but he lasted the craziest time hiking through the grand canyon with nothing. he was considered a missing persons until his body was discovered it’s the most insane story. no one knows how he did it and got there

[@sarahmelanson5282]

The four of you should come to Vancouver (just avoid rainy winter)!

[@summarlea184]

I’m so sad Erin didn’t bring up Plymouth Plantation in Mass, iykyk 🤣

[@788heathrann]

I wonder your thoughts on Christiania in Denmark. It’s a separate community where they have their own rules right in the heart of Denmark. Very interesting to read.

[@Damn_bruh029]

You guys should visit a Slave plantation and take tours there. It’s literally haunting

[@megan_1]

lol Matt's reactions are the best 0:55, 1:29, 4:46 and 30:14 😂

[@juliet-huynh]

I am here for it and I love how you put the times too 🤣

[@breanndoll8058]

Growing up my mom was a flight attendant, we’re like the savviest travellers

[@maggieduhlena]

me watching this 2 weeks before my first flight ever 😬

[@nataliejohnson472]

Please let me know when you come to Fargo, I live an hour away 😂😂

[@1818Pancakes]

Erin needs to drop a travel book

[@sdkosmatka3576]

definately go to Fargo

[@txchivette1815]

Y'all must watch Kara and Nate. They're an amazing travel couple that give great travel/ credit card advise, plus they have Fare Drop .

[@emilynurbabayev5149]

Share the Tokyo itinerary! ☺️

[@thealysonlarue]

It’s so funny being from Pennsylvania and living around the Amish because they still use one room schools for every grade.

[@florenceip5647]

Matt is right, as a chinese person, I was impressed in a “white boy can speak mandarin” way

[@mickey0613]

matt made my google home go off and now i have a random alarm set for tomorrow at 11:48pm

[@tootlesss]

My grandparents are in their 90’s and neither of them have ever been on a plane because “people aren’t meant to fly!” Lol

[@jessicathibault4469]

The moment of confusion when Matt said “ok google stop” and my google stopped the chromecast to my tv. 🙈

[@karlamaxine6968]

Matt talks Chinese and the 30:00 minute mark. I’m impressed..

[@hayleysoutham1381]

I’m from a town of 150ish people in ND! And currently live in fargo, come visit!

[@jessicablack]

Read Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. It's a nonfiction about a group of people climbing mt everest

[@LA-us6kp]

Mike tell me where you got that sweater right now

[@juliac9918]

OMG everybody always thinks I say “rum” too!!!

[@frankeelobacz8201]

MIKE WHERE DID YOU GET THAT SWEATSHIRT I NEED IT RN!!!!!!

[@jonathanbelmares1306]

You guys should go a museum about Japanese internment. That'll mess you up.

[@gunaitarde9312]

This is Erin's Goddess era

[@emilybraun9682]

IF YOU COME TO FARGO YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW!!! ID LOVE TO HAVE A BEER WITH YALL😭😭😭

[@sofiastavaris1934]

Abahahaha I’m literally on both gabapentin and trazodone

[@karleemora5973]

Same 😂

[@cmw420]

guys i’m sorry but i think you have to drop the “what’s good everybody🤓” at the beginning, every time i hear it i cringe hard

[@cmw420]

but other than that is is like the greatest podcast ever

[@morganjohnston1378]

If you guys come to Fargo please let me be your tour guide I’m from there

[@delcarr26]

Okay two random but related stories; 1) I met Will Smith at the museum of tolerance in LA on a school field trip. 2)While on a family trip (not a vacation) to Ireland and Scotland, I was stopped on the streets of Dublin by an American woman asking me for directions. I obviously was no help, and when she walked away my brothers girlfriend said ‘I graduated high school with her’. WHAT ARE THE ODDS

[@JDIMAS2008]

the back rum

[@abigailsmith5762]

Challenging all of you to stop saying ‘like’ so much. 😅 Once you notice, you can’t stop focusing on it lol.

[@sw8547]

It really kills the podcast for me 😂

[@whitneybrock1262]

Mike said it LIKE 100times lol

[@alexissmarie627]

Kinda offended you said you wanna hear You Betcha in North Dakota……As a Minnesotan I am offended..that is our term. Also a Minnesotan who went to college in ND you guys are insane for wanting to go there LOL

[@bobbie7355]

Y'all are so cute and clueless. You have been to these places. And have no idea what they're about. And then when you talk about them on your podcast. You ask questions about your experience. I would think that you would have the answers considering that you were there. Other than that we would look that s*** up on our own. There's a few KZbin channels that you should check out . You should probably start learning how to keep water. Because it's going to be pretty scarce. And also maybe start a in home garden. I'm so thankful that I am a tea drinker.

[@daniellewilson4543]

10 secs lol

[@wallybear6420]

matt popped off in mandarin lol

[@marlaf2712]

GO TO NOVA SCOTIA ITS LIKE EAST COAST and everyone is so nice, or to banff it's so pretty ( im from toronto bleh but it's ok)

[@meghoog]

Alberta for sureeeee! plz

[@pabloo014]

lake tahoe matt

[@chloerademeyer8147]

What does Matt do for a living? He looks like he has a job in accounting. Always wanted to know.