The Thrifty Traveler Podcast · Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Co-hosts Kyle Potter and Gunnar Olson discuss their favorite "travel beers," defining it not as a specific drink, but a situational experience. Potter describes the "end of a stressful travel day beer" and the "should I do this? It's 9 AM, but I'm on vacation" beer, while Olson favors the "first beer after the day's activity" and the "hotel mini bar beer while my wife is getting ready for dinner."
“The best one though, is the, and I, I'll put this in quotes because it is the full quotation of how I think about this. The, quote, should I do this?”
“Am I really doing this? Sure, it's 9:00 AM, maybe even earlier, but I'm on vacation, right? I deserve this, don't I? Beer.”
“The first beer after the day's activity when you're traveling. Like once the activity is done, you went on the hike, you did your tour, you went to your museum, that first beer when it flips from traveling to vacation every day.”
“And then the second one is is perhaps the most specific. It's the hotel mini bar beer while my wife is getting ready for dinner.”