Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast · Travis Sherry

2025 Thanksgiving Thanks

·1 hr 27 min·5 clips

Heather says her children at ages six and eight are more fun than she expected.

Eleven years is the marker. The Thanksgiving thanks tradition is back after missing 2023, and the hosts make it clear that 2025 is staying on the calendar. First up is the guessing game. Asked for the most popular domestic Thanksgiving travel destination, one host tries New York City, then Miami, before Orlando lands. Disney becomes the joke that almost talks them into itself. With Thanksgiving two days away and no major plans, going there briefly sounds weirdly possible. Then the episode turns warmer. The best stretch is about being hosted with care while moving through family visits and friend stops with kids along for the ride. Pennsylvania becomes part of the story. A brother's house, even without the brother there, gives them a pool, property, and space for the kids to roam. The drive home slows down too. Instead of pushing straight back to North Carolina, they split the trip across a few days and let people shape the route. Melissa raises the bar. She and her husband pack less than 24 hours with soap making, color-changing tea, homemade ice cream, homemade food, and real attention to the kids. The hosts sound touched, in the plainest way. The details work because the gratitude is tied to beds, meals, pools, and people making room. Mark gets a turn as well. Outside Washington, DC, he opens his home while his husband John is traveling in Africa, giving them another small pocket of care. The ending stays loose: listeners can share their own unexpected good things on Instagram, then the talk drifts back to Thanksgiving drinks, simple choices, and a bourbon smash.

As heard by us

A gratitude-first travel piece built from detours, family stops, and small acts of hospitality.

The episode starts with Thanksgiving travel trivia and settles into a family run through Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina. Orlando, Miami, and the Disney temptation keep the holiday framing loose, but the real center is the gratitude for the people who opened their…

Read the full review in PlayNext →

Why you'd press play

If you want a Thanksgiving travel debrief with Disney trivia, this is your lane.

Read the full recommendation in PlayNext →

Listen to the show on

Apple Podcasts Spotify

Play clips from this episode More from Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast