Travel Devil – Guilt-free Sustainable Travel for Adventure Seekers
Travel Devil is your gateway to a world of sustainable travel, slow travel, and truly meaningful adventures. Hosted by slow tourism advocate Clara Francken, this podcast invites you to rethink the way you move across the planet. In a world dominated by mass tourism and cheap flights, Travel Devil shows how eco travel and responsible tourism can transform not only your trips but your entire travel mindset.
Here, we explore how to travel lighter, deeper, and with intention, whether you're interested in slow tourism, eco-friendly travel, overland travel, or discovering unique travel destinations across Europe and the world. With regular updates touching on Europe travel news and trends in conscious mobility, the show brings you stories that inform, inspire, and challenge the status quo.
Each episode features travellers, adventurers, and experts who share honest experiences about train travel, bikepacking, hitchhiking, thru-hiking, cargo ship travel, family travel, solo travel for women, travelling as a couple, moving abroad, and much more. You’ll hear what it really means to reduce your carbon footprint while staying curious, open-minded, and connected to local communities.
What you can expect from Travel Devil:
- Practical insights into sustainable travel, eco travel, and slow travel
- Real conversations about responsible tourism and slow tourism in Europe and beyond
- Updates and reflections tied to Europe travel news and conscious mobility
- Tips for travel safety, travel tech, and using smart remote work tools while exploring
- Inspiration for overland travel, finding cheap train tickets, and travelling on a budget
- Stories from nomads, expats, long-distance hikers, cyclists, night train travellers, and first-time adventurers
- Advice on packing lists, packing hacks, and navigating nomad housing
- Deep dives into local community projects and sustainable initiatives shaping the future of travel
Whether you’re into eco-friendly travel, sustainable travel, slow tourism, overland routes, or simply want to expand your travel mindset, this podcast will help you explore the world in a way that feels good - for you and the planet.
Expect inspiration. Expect laughter. Expect honest stories that make you rethink how you travel.
For more conscious travel content, follow @traveldevil.podcast and @clarafrancken on Instagram.
Travel Devil – Guilt-free Sustainable Travel for Adventure Seekers
Latest Episodes
50- Flight shame debunked: sustainable travel tips for when you can’t avoid flying w/ Lotte, The Sustainable Travel Guide
Is flying always bad? Should you feel guilty for boarding a plane? And most importantly, what can you actually do if flying is unavoidable?Together, Clara and Lotte explore the reality behind flight emissions, compare flights vs train tr...
49- How to Explore Scotland by Train: Sleeper Trains, Hogwarts Express & Hidden Gems w/ TheNonFlyingScotsman
What if you could explore Scotland without flying and experience some of the most beautiful train journeys in Europe?In this episode of Travel Devil, yout host Clara talks to James, also known as The Non-Flying Scotsman, who has been tra...
48- Germany train travel guide 2026 🇩🇪 | Deutsche Bahn Explained (Tickets, Delays & Deutschlandticket)
Thinking about traveling Germany by train in 2026?This is your complete and honest guide to Deutsche Bahn and train travel across Germany.In this episode of Travel Devil, host Clara Francken breaks down everything you need to know: f...
47- This Steam Train Changed How I See Travel in Germany
In this solo episode of Travel Devil, host Clara Francken takes you along on her winter steam train adventure through Germany - from snowy train platforms in Saxony to wooden vintage carriages, smoky landscapes, and a behind-the-scenes look ins...
46- He Runs to the Train And Picks Up Everything Along the Way — Plogging with Paul Waye
Train travel is often praised as a sustainable alternative to flying.But if you’ve spent time around train stations, platforms, and tracks, you’ve probably noticed something else: trash. A lot of it.In this episode of Travel Devil, h...
