Make Your Own Map: Are YOU Ready to be BRAVE?

Thanks to The Tech Show for having me! Host Sonya Gavankar leads this American television show, covering everything from the latest in tech news to apps, gadgets, and video games.

I had a great time sharing my Death Valley road trip experience—an adventure in a high-tech Genesis G80 with my friend, who I worked with on cruise ships and scuba dived with—so she’s no stranger to adventure! She brought her two teens along, and we put this luxury sedan to the ultimate test.

Death Valley is the largest national park in the contiguous United States, as well as the hottest, driest, and lowest of all the national parks in the country. That meant we needed a car that could handle the extreme conditions—enter the Genesis G80. It’s safe, tech-forward, and most importantly, spacious enough for two teens! Even when GPS failed and our phones lost service, the car’s tech (and a good old-fashioned ranger paper map) helped us navigate to our next stop and hotel.

But the adventure didn’t stop there! For our next road trip, we took a Genesis GV70 to Joshua Tree, exploring even more stunning desert landscapes. (Links in the notes for all the details!)

Luxury met adventure, and the Genesis lineup proved to be the ultimate road trip companion—smart, stylish, and reliable even in the most extreme conditions.

Would you trust a high-tech car to guide you through the desert? Let’s talk road trips! 🚗🌵

More about our Death Valley Road Trip: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/exploring-death-valley-largest-hottest-driest-and-lowest-national-park-in-usa/

Our choice: Genesis G80: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/best-road-trip-ever-2021-genesis-g80-3-5t-prestige/

Death Valley VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv_jKkCiDQcTlc3--bazG18Z3JuXkQSty

Next Road Trip: GV70

https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/road-trip-ready-genesis-gv70-to-joshua-tree/

Our Road trip to Joshua Tree:

https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/joshua-tree-national-park-my-first-visit/

Joshua Tree Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv_jKkCiDQcQso93oFjduVWhUiMiWLRg1

THE TECH SHOW S07E13 062424 https://thetechshow.tv/

Join Lisa Niver as she sits down with Alex Jimenez, the visionary behind Travel Fashion Girl and Women’s Travel Fest. Alex opens up about her remarkable journey from a corporate fashion career to becoming a leading voice in travel, the challenges of balancing multiple roles, and the importance of community in overcoming obstacles. Discover how Alex’s passion for travel and risk-taking has shaped her career and how she continues to inspire others to follow their dreams. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about friendship, resilience, and the transformative power of travel.

QUOTES FROM MY INTERVIEW WITH ALEX:

"I wanted to be in the fashion industry for as long as I can remember. I wanted to own my own business since I was 6."

"What is the worst that can happen? I took three months off and wouldn't have a job when I got back, and that actually did happen."

"Traveling is refreshing and rejuvenating. Just a little more challenging to get up and go nowadays."

"Reflecting on the person who did that originally and how brave I was then... Looking back at 25-year-old me, I think—WOW! you did that."

"It's always worth the risk and I thought, well, what's the worst that can happen?"

Read the transcript of our interview on We Said Go Travel: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/alex-jimenez/

More from Alex Jimenez

TRAVEL FASHION GIRL & Women's Travel Fest

More about my PODCAST: Make Your Own Map ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lisaniver.com/makeyourownmap/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Lisa's new TRAVEL WRITER 101 class on Udemy

⁠https://bit.ly/TravelWriter101 ⁠

Lisa Niver's book, Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lisaniver.com/braveish/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Show Notes

• Origins of Travel Fashion Girl: Alex discusses how Travel Fashion Girl started, focusing on packing lists and traveler interviews.
• Impact of Community: Alex reflects on taking over and merging Women’s Travel Fest with Travel Fashion Girl.
• Balancing Personal and Professional Life: Insights into managing multiple roles as a new mom and entrepreneur.
• Inspiring Others: Alex’s commitment to empowering others through her work and community efforts.
• Overcoming Pandemic Challenges: Alex’s resilience and the evolution of Women’s Travel Fest during and after the pandemic.
• Taking Risks: Alex’s approach to risk-taking and how it has shaped her career.
• Balancing Multiple Roles: The challenges of managing entrepreneurship, motherhood, and travel.
• Future of Women’s Travel Fest: Exciting plans for the upcoming event in LA.
• Reflecting on Achievements:: Alex looks back at her adventurous past and her bravery in taking risks.
• Travel as Refresh: How travel remains a source of rejuvenation and inspiration for Alex.
• Supportive Friendship: The value of ongoing support and friendship between Lisa and Alex.

Happy Launch Day to Andrew McCarthy and Walking With Sam: A Father, A Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain. Buy the book Amazon https://amzn.to/3pbstIs Barnes and Noble https://bit.ly/AMbookSam BookShop https://bookshop.org/a/92429/9781538709207 "The second day of the walk Sam said to me, what’s the point of this F-ing walk, and he didn’t say F-ing. And on the last day he said, Dad, that’s the only 10 out of 10 thing I’ve ever done in my life. I just had to keep him walking." READ the transcript of our interview: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/walking-with-andrew-mccarthy/ "The most important thing we can do is ask for help, on the road and at home, because it makes us right sized. When you go somewhere and you ask for help, nothing more powerful than that. Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. If Americans went out and saw the world they’d come back and say, it’s not what I thought, and they tell two people and they tell two people and they tell two people, and we change." More about Andrew https://andrewmccarthy.com/ "Traveling with kids is creating citizens of the world, the best gift we can give them." More about my PODCAST: Make Your Own Map https://lisaniver.com/makeyourownmap/

Five Steps to be FREE of the Fear of Failure:

Authority Magazine interviews Lisa Niver READ the full interview https://medium.com/authority-magazine/lisa-niver-of-we-said-go-travel-on-becoming-free-from-the-fear-of-failure-1c418bcac5d1

As a part of this series, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Lisa Niver. Niver is an award-winning travel expert who has explored 102 countries and six continents. This University of Pennsylvania graduate worked for Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and Renaissance Cruises for seven years and then backpacked across Asia for three years. Read her articles across the internet and social media everywhere from AAA & AARP to WIRED & Wharton Magazine as well as her site WeSaidGoTravel. Named a #3 travel influencer for 2022, find her talking travel on broadcast television at KTLA TV Los Angeles, her YouTube channel, with over 1.7 million views, and in her memoir coming out in Fall 2023.

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