Unpacked: S3, E4: The London Tour Company Where Homeless People Are Your Guides from wantadogslut unseen mms Watch Video

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✓ Published: 28-May-2024

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The issue of homelessness—or being unhoused, or facing housing scarcity—isn’t something we often talk about when it comes to travel, unless it’s in a negative sense. In this episode, however, we’re going to meet a London-based tour company that’s working on bringing homelessness into the tourism narrative. <br/><br/>It’s called Unseen Tours, a nonprofit founded in 2010 by Jayni Gudka. It offers London tours that touch on many of the city’s most popular sites and neighborhoods—Soho, King’s Cross—with a twist: They’re led by individuals who were once homeless. But the tours are not poverty tourism. They’re history-rich, city-focused walking excursions led by people with a very special kind of knowledge.<br/><br/>Read the full transcript here: https://rebrand.ly/i5bqld2<br/><br/>Discover more episodes of the Unpacked by AFAR podcast here: <br/>https://link.chtbl.com/AFARYouTubeUnpacked<br/><br/>----<br/>CONNECT WITH AFAR<br/>Afar.com is a digital and print magazine that publishes travel tips, guides, news, and stories: https://www.afar.com<br/><br/>Get updates on the latest articles, travel news, and more from AFAR by signing up for the AFAR newsletter: https://afar.com/newsletters<br/><br/>Follow AFAR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfarMedia<br/>Follow AFAR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afarmedia<br/>Follow AFAR on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afarmedia<br/>Follow AFAR on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/afarmedia<br/>Subscribe to the podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/AFARYouTubeUnpacked