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Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age262: Veg Jaunts & Journeys: How Kim Giovacco Built a Thriving Vegan Travel CommunityVegan travel without compromise. Kim Giovacco, of Veg Jaunts & Journeys, talks about building a vegan travel community, 52 tours around the world, and why 60% of her travelers keep coming back.Traveling as a vegan doesn’t have to mean settling for side salads or stressing over where to eat. My guest this week, Kim Giovacco, founder of Veg Jaunts & Journeys, has been changing the way vegans see the world since 2017.Kim has led more than 50 small-group vegan tours around the world, with an incredible 60% of travelers returning for more. Her itineraries blend community, culture, and compassion—so yo...
2025-09-091h 03Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age261: Back To Vegan Month - A September Plant Based ResetSeptember feels like a fresh start. New notebooks, crisp air, sweater weather. The perfect time to go "Back to Vegan.”Whether you’re brand new to plant-based living, returning after a flexible summer or a long-time vegan looking for fresh inspiration, this episode will help you reset across food, fashion, cosmetics, health, and even fun.In This EpisodeWhy September is a great time to re-energize your vegan practice.Restock your pantry and reset your capsule kitchen with simple staples.Health habits to revisit, from supplements to sched...
2025-09-0222 min
Pivot! A Vegan Business Interview SeriesExploring Growth: The Journey of Veg Jaunts and Journeys with Kim GiovaccoIn this episode of Pivot! we sit down with Kim Giovacco, the visionary behind Veg Jaunts and Journeys, to uncover the remarkable story of her company's rapid expansion. Despite the setbacks of the pandemic, Kim's resilience and strategic vision helped take Veg Jaunts and Journeys to new heights.We dive into Kim's journey from the corporate world to entrepreneurship, and how her background in the travel industry paved the way for her success. Plus, you'll hear how Kim transformed adversity into opportunity during difficult times, building a thriving business that offers unique vegan travel...
2024-06-2736 min
Veggies Abroad Vegan Travel PodcastVegan Group Trips with Kim GiovaccoKim Giovacco founded Veg Jaunts and Journeys in 2016. Veg Jaunts and Journeys provides small group tours internationally for vegans and veg-curious travelers. Since 2017, Kim has run 35 tours in Europe and the US, with a large percentage of repeat customers. Prior to starting Veg Jaunts and Journeys, Kim worked in different areas of the travel industry and spent nearly two decades working for a branch office of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, where she perfected the skill of attention to detail required for organizing tours.
In addition to vegan international tours, Kim works with her chef partner Ma...
2024-02-051h 02
The World Vegan Travel PodcastTravel for Weeks With Just a Carry-On | Kim Giovacco | Ep 112Send us a textClick here for the shownotes.Welcome to an exciting new episode! Get ready to be inspired as we sit down with Kim Giovacco, the founder of Veg Jaunts and Journeys, a renowned tour operator that specializes in organizing small group tours internationally for vegans. With over 25 successful tours under her belt, Kim has become a master of the craft, creating unforgettable experiences for travelers all over Europe and the US. But her expertise doesn't stop there. Kim has spent almost two decades perfecting the skill of attention to detail, honed during...
2023-05-0848 min
The World Vegan Travel PodcastFirst Ever VEGAN Korea Trip? | Verena Erhart, Kim Giovacco & Donna Zeigfinger | Ep 85Send us a textClick here for the show notesI am so honored to be sharing a very special vegan travel experience that I just returned from. If you are on our newsletter list or have been catching our Instagram stories, you might be aware already, but I have just returned from South Korea! This might come as a bit of a surprise to you because not only have we never talked to you or our community about Korea as a country that we are especially interested in before whether it is for our...
2022-10-311h 24
Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn BallVeganism Is A Compassionate Lifestyle Choice All Around The WorldKim Giovacco, owner of Veg Jaunts and Journeys, shows you the world with a vegan focus by supporting vegan businesses like restaurants, food tours and vegan cooking schools. Kim shares how a vegan lifestyle can be easy and healthy. Her epic tours are expanding to celebrate the whole-food, plant based way of eating which actually differs from vegan way of eating. And instead of mainly offering European tours, half of her tour schedule will now take place in North America, offering vegan tours near national parks in the US and Canada.Find out why this l...
2022-01-3045 min
The World Vegan Travel PodcastPros and Cons of Group Travel | Kim Giovacco - Veg Jaunts and Journeys | Ep 30Send us a textClick here for the full show notesIn today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Kim Giovacco. She owns a small group travel company called Veg Jaunts and Journeys. She runs vegan small group tours (like us) and she is going to be talking about the pros and cons of group travel. If you ever shrugged off the idea of participating in a group tour, then this episode is for you. We might be biased, but we love group travel for all the reasons we discuss in this episode. Kim like...
2021-02-1942 min
Speaking of Travel® With Marilyn BallVegan Travels With Kim Giovacco of Veg Jaunts and Journeys!Kim Giovacco is the founder of Veg Jaunts and Journeys, a full-service tour company specializing in travel for vegans. The good news for vegans is there are many places accommodating to your life-style! Kim explains how to travel confidently with her small group tours and discover all the exciting new vegan places sprouting up around the world.Thanks for listening to Speaking of Travel! Visit speakingoftravel.net for travel tips, travel stories, and ways you can become a more savvy traveler.
2018-02-2644 min