# The Travel Diaries Podcast: The UK’s \#1 travel podcast > Travel and entertainment journalist Holly Rubenstein interviews high profile travellers about the eight travel chapters of their life\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.7, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [The Travel Diaries](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/) - [About](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/about/) - [Destinations Map](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/destinations-map/) - [Contact](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/contact/) - [Basket](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/basket/) ## Products - [THE TRAVEL DIARIES TRAVEL DIARY](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/product/the-travel-diaries-travel-diary/): Your very own limited edition luxury travel diary, inspired by The Travel Diaries podcast\. Listeners of the podcast will know that each episode uncovers the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped the lives of my guests\. Reflecting on these memories has proven to be a powerful, emotional and, above all, hugely enjoyable experience\. Now, it's over to you to create your own travel diaries\! ## Episodes - [Sara Davies](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/episodes/sara-davies/): \
Today I’m joined by entrepreneur, TV personality and crafting queen, Sara Davies\.\
\Sara founded Crafter’s Companion while she was still at university, turning an idea into an international, multimillion\-pound crafting business\. She went on to become the youngest\-ever female investor on BBC One’s Dragons’ Den, was awarded an MBE for services to the economy, and swapped the boardroom for the ballroom on Strictly Come Dancing\.\
\We recorded this episode a few weeks ago in central London, and Sara was such a lovely person to spend time with, with an infectious enthusiasm for travel\.\
\And her travel diaries are full of adventure\. We’re heading from the beaches of the Scottish islands in a campervan built by her dad and trekking on the great wall of china to the northern lights in Norway and the backstreets of Kyoto\. \
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\If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on \Instagram\ and \TikTok\\. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you\.\
\I’ll be back on Sunday with a new episode of Unpacked\.\
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- [Unpacked: Capri, Nice, My wedding story \(\!\), The Grove, LA \& more with Design \& Travel Editor, Amira Hashish](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/episodes/unpacked-capri-nice-my-wedding-story-the-grove-la-more-with-design-travel-editor-amira-hashish/): \Welcome to The Travel Diaries: Unpacked, your weekend dose of wanderlust\. I’m Holly Rubenstein, and today I’m joined by travel and design editor Amira Hashish, founder of creative studio Rapport, who spent 12 years at the Evening Standard, where she was executive editor\. From antiques hunting in Nice to finding the quieter side of Capri, we’re exploring some of her favourite escapes, with a little Florence inspiration and insider tips for making the most of three days in LA\. Plus, I’m sharing my family\-friendly Hotel of the Week\.\
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A huge thank you to Amira for joining me, and leaving us with quite the travel wish list\! Find out more about Amira's work at \Club Rapport\\.\
\If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on\ Instagram \and \TikTok\, I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you\.\
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- [Celia Imrie](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/episodes/celia-imrie/): \Today I’m joined by the iconic Celia Imrie\. Celia is, of course, one of Britain’s best\-loved actresses, with an extraordinary career spanning more than five decades\. From her unforgettable collaborations with Victoria Wood, to Bridget Jones’s Diary, Calendar Girls, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and, more recently, The Thursday Murder Club\. She's one of those performers who has been part of our lives for as long as I can remember\.\
\But what you might not know about Celia is that she is a completely insatiable traveller\. She's happiest when she's on the move, whether that's aboard a glamorous ocean liner, travelling across America by train or setting off on an adventure somewhere entirely unexpected \- because as you’ll soon discover, Celia doesn’t fly, so this makes for a particularly interesting episode\.\
\Her lifelong love of travel is at the heart of her new book, The Elegant Hustler: Adventures from a Life on the Move, which is out now, a collection of stories from a life spent exploring the world\.\
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The Elegant Hustler: Adventures from a Life on the Move, which is now\.\
\If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on \Instagram\ and \TikTok\\. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you\.\
\I’ll be back on Sunday with another episode of Unpacked, this time with Design \& Travel Editor, Amira Hashish, \
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- [Unpacked: Seville, Bologna, Peligoni, Cádiz \& more with Suzannah Ramsdale, Lifestyle Director at The London Standard](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/episodes/unpacked-seville-bologna-peligoni-cadiz-more-with-suzannah-ramsdale-lifestyle-director-at-the-london-standard/): \Today I’m joined by the brilliant Suzannah Ramsdale, Lifestyle Director at The Standard, whose job involves knowing exactly where’s worth going and what’s worth your precious time off\. \
\And there’s so much inspiration in this conversation\. If you’re already dreading the clocks going back, Suzannah has some very tempting ideas for extending your summer, with a little help from her Spanish family connections\. There’s the seaside spot she returns to again and again, and a food\-filled Italian escape that had me mentally checking flights before we’d finished talking\.\
\We also hear how a rather adventurous first meeting led to some extraordinary dates around the world, including a trip to New Orleans, which ties in beautifully with this week’s Louisiana Destination Special\.\
\And my Hotel of the Week is a Greek island favourite that promises to solve a few of those familiar family holiday dilemmas\. Having finally been myself, I’ve got plenty to tell you\.\
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If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on\ Instagram \and \TikTok\, I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you\.\
\With thanks to\.\.\.\
\Airbnb \- Your home might be worth more than you think\. Find out how much at \airbnb\.co\.uk/host\\
\I’ll be back on Tuesday\.\
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- [Unpacked: New York, Greek Islands, Monastero Santa Rosa, Scandinavia \& more, with Conde Nast Traveller Digital Director, Sarah Allard](https://thetraveldiariespodcast.com/episodes/unpacked-new-york-greek-islands-monastero-santa-rosa-scandinavia-more-with-conde-nast-traveller-digital-director-sarah-allard/): \This week on The Travel Diaries: Unpacked, I’m joined by Sarah Allard, Digital Director of Condé Nast Traveller, for your weekly weekend dose of wanderlust\.\
\Sarah’s job takes her to some extraordinary places, and today she’s sharing the trips, hotels and foodie finds she thinks should be on your radar\. We start with the growing appeal of Northern Europe, including the Danish island of Bornholm, before heading to New York for her 40th birthday celebrations\. Expect bagels, martinis and a few days in the Hudson Valley, where pretty towns, farm shops and gorgeous hotels make the perfect contrast to Manhattan\.\
\We’re also talking Greek island favourites, from the spectacular restaurant setting that won Sarah over on Sifnos to a new hotel on Paros\. \
\My Hotel of the Week is Monastero Santa Rosa on the Amalfi Coast, where I found what might just be my favourite swimming pool in the world\.\
\And if you’re looking for somewhere closer to home this autumn, Sarah answers a listener’s question about cosy British boutique stays, with two delicious recommendations in Somerset and Devon\.\
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If you’d like to find out who’s joining me next Tuesday, come and follow me on \Instagram\ and \TikTok\\. I’m @hollyrubenstein and I’d love to hear from you\. You can also send me your travel questions for a future episode of Unpacked at thetraveldiarespodcast@gmail\.com \
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