Samantha Brown

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417 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 7 Jan

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Smart Travel: Upgrade Your Getaways · Samantha Brown on Places to Love, Route 66, and the Travel Habits That Save You Money · 7 Jan 2026 podcast

You know, it's it's it's interesting.

We have this sort of tactic wherever we travel, whether it's Barcelona, Spain or in Portland, Maine.

And that is you go to the main shopping street where everyone goes and then you just explore the side streets, the peripheral streets, because that's where the locals are.

They rarely go to that main street because that really represents that visitor, that tourist.

And so the prices are high because real estate is high, but it's on the side and the parallel streets that you're going to find the more local spots.

So wherever we go, we do this walk, just this kind of scout around where everyone tells us to go.

And then we get a much more richer local experience.

So I always like to say, things don't have to be off the beaten path.

You didn't know to look there, right?

You didn't know to make that turn.

And so we try to make that turn for you and shine a light on those businesses.

Megan, that's such a great question because after 25 years of doing this, it's still just this gut reaction.

And so I'm definitely not consulting any guide, even though I love guides and love Instagram influencers and love their, I just like, I want to feel it.

And a really great example of that is where we just did, Zurich is a part of season nine.

And this is my husband, by the way, but he was doing a pre-pro, but we're in this together.

And he does a major pre-pro for our show.

So if our show has eight segments, he scouts 15 to 20 different places, but he always leaves time to wander.

And he was wandering off, you know, just side streets and kind of kept wandering, maybe walking back to the hotel.

And he found this business

That was just like, oh, my gosh, it was a badminton hall.

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