{"id":196322,"date":"2024-04-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196322"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:53:55","slug":"becoming-a-professional-traveler-with-jeff-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/becoming-a-professional-traveler-with-jeff-jenkins","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Professional Traveler with Jeff Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/bc4270be-8ecd-435a-8327-390175b5b424?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/becoming-a-professional-traveler-with-jeff-jenkins\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years ago, Jeff Jenkins decided he wanted to become a professional traveler. His goal was to make a living traveling around the world and helping people. Today he&#8217;s doing exactly that. After years of hard work building an online platform called Chubby Diaries, Jeff is now the host of National Geographic&#8217;s TV show, Never Say Never.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Jeff:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chubby Diaries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chubbydiaries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chubbydiaries\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@chubbydiaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/series\/never-say-never-with-jeff-jenkins\/6Qsx2pH8tIly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch&nbsp;<em>Never Say Never&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sign up for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipcamp.com\/en-US\/magic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hipcamp and REI\u2019s \u201cSummer of Magic Campout Series\u201d&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>&nbsp;and learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/nuun\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NUUN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Five years ago, Jeff Jenkins decided he wanted to become a professional traveler. 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