Mini Bonus Episode!

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VIRGINIA: Hello, and welcome to a mini bonus episode of Where I Long To Be, a Magical Trip Report Podcast.

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VIRGINIA: My name is Virginia, and I am your host.

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VIRGINIA: And the reason I am doing this little mini bonus episode is because for some reason, Apple Podcasts is stuck, and my RSS feed is not updating, which means that the updated file that I replaced yesterday morning, Monday, April the 7th, has still not been updated on their end, even though it is now April the 8th at 9 p.m..

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VIRGINIA: So it has been a full 36 hours since I uploaded the file, submitted my help ticket.

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VIRGINIA: It immediately updated on basically every other platform.

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VIRGINIA: It's just Apple that is having the issue.

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VIRGINIA: So my hope is that by uploading a little mini episode, I will force everything to move, and then it will upload this that you're hearing right now, and that it will force the reset of the episode that was published yesterday with Kate, because I really don't want to take it down and then put it back up because it messes with the stats and everything.

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VIRGINIA: So my hope is that this will just force everything to get moving again, but I can't just come on here and tell you that's why I'm uploading this.

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VIRGINIA: I should have another purpose too.

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VIRGINIA: So I figured while I'm on here, I will let you know what I'm looking for in terms of trip report guests.

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VIRGINIA: So I am fairly well-booked for people who are traveling through June.

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VIRGINIA: So my priority right now is going to be finding people who are traveling in July, August and September.

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VIRGINIA: I need people for the remainder of 2025 and I really would love to get everything locked in as soon as possible because I like knowing that everything is set and that I don't have to get stressed about having a spot to fill.

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VIRGINIA: But July, August and September are my priority at this point.

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VIRGINIA: So if you are traveling during one of those months and have never reached out before, now is your chance.

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VIRGINIA: I would love to hear from you.

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VIRGINIA: I would love to talk to new people.

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VIRGINIA: I love having people return, of course, because I've made lots of good friends this way and I love getting the repeat guests.

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VIRGINIA: But hearing from new people is really exciting too and I would love to make even more friends.

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VIRGINIA: So please go to my website, which is whereilongtobepodcast.com, submit to be a guest there.

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VIRGINIA: You can tell me about your trip.

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VIRGINIA: There's a quick little thing you need to record just so I can make sure that it's easy to understand you and you can be heard and then I will review your submission and let you know if I'm able to fit you into my schedule.

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VIRGINIA: At the same time, if you are a travel agent and you have someone who is traveling, that you have helped with their travel plans and you think they would make a great guest and they can promote you, please, please, please let them know about the show and send them my way.

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VIRGINIA: I would love to talk to them about their trip and about your skills as a travel agent.

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VIRGINIA: If you have a family member, a friend, whoever, I usually am able to get back to people within a few days of receiving a submission once I've had a chance to look at the podcast guest schedule and determine whether the trip dates will work with what I already have lined up.

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VIRGINIA: So that is all.

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VIRGINIA: This is super short.

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VIRGINIA: I hope everybody is having a magical week.

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VIRGINIA: This past couple of weeks have been a little crazy in my world.

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VIRGINIA: So this week is off to a pretty good start.

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VIRGINIA: It's very busy, but off to a great start.

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VIRGINIA: I just finished talking with Jules, whose episode you'll hear this coming Monday.

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VIRGINIA: And I got a chance to talk last night with Mariah, whose episode you'll hear on the 21st.

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VIRGINIA: So I'm having some back to back interviews just because this month is so busy.

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VIRGINIA: I'm having to kind of squeeze them in where I can.

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VIRGINIA: Anyway, seriously, thank you so much for all of your support.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you for listening.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you for commenting on Instagram.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you for bearing with me through technical difficulties like this.

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VIRGINIA: I really appreciate my listeners, and I hope that you will reach out either to be a guest or just to chat at some point.

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VIRGINIA: I would love to hear from you, even if you don't have a trip coming up, to say hello.

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VIRGINIA: So that's all.

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VIRGINIA: Thank you so much for listening.

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VIRGINIA: And until next time, keep daydreaming about Where You Long To Be.