Travel Tales with Fergal

Fergal O'Keeffe

Booking Overview

Travel Tales with Fergal is an interview-based travel series that turns guest experiences into destination-focused, people-first narratives. For PR, it’s a strong platform for hospitality, food, travel, and culture leaders who can share credible, lived stories tied to place and community.

Metrics

Episodes: 119

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Ireland

Instagram: 8.9k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

fergal@lume.ie

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Host

Fergal O'Keeffe - Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe hosts Travel Tales with Fergal, an award-winning interview travel series listened to in over 140 countries. He chats with guests about travel, adventures, and experiences l...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Established or notable figures in travel and place-based fields (e.g., writers/broadcasters, chefs, hospitality leaders/hotel general managers, and well-known travel professionals/adventurers) with firsthand experiences to share.

Required Achievements:

Published writing/broadcast work related to travel and food, Chef leadership at recognized restaurants (e.g., Michelin-starred), Hospitality leadership roles with award/credentialed sustainability or distinctive property concepts

Recent Guest Discussions

Brin-Jonathan Butler - Anthony Bourdain’s Life And Legacy; Why Bourdain Mattered; Identity, Travel, Fame; Spending Life Searching For Meaning; Bourdain’s Darker Side And Legacy

Robbie McCauley - Five Meals That Shaped His Life And Career; Food, Family, Travel, Ambition, And The Emotional Power Of Meals; Experiences From Italy, Thailand, France, London, And The Italian Countryside

Phoebe Fairbairn - Running A Net Zero Carbon Hotel; Sustainability Practices (renewable Energy, Locally Sourced Offerings, Kitchen Not Cooking With Gas); Insider Guide To Dublin Hospitality And Stays

Recent Topics

Travel, Hospitality, Food, Tourism, History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Travel Tales with Fergal

The Legacy of Anthony Bourdain with Brin-Jonathan Butler

June 25, 2026

Today, 25 June, would have been Anthony Bourdain's 70th birthday, and in this special episode I'm marking it with a conversation with the writer and broadcaster Brin-Jonathon Butler about the man, the myth, and everything in between. I couldn't pick a better subject and guest for my final episode of this season.We chat about the life and legacy of a man who changed the way so many of us think about food, travel, people and the world.Bourdain was a complicated man. Brilliant and difficult, gen...

The Meals That Made Me: Robbie McCauley of Homestead Cottage

June 16, 2026

My first guest in my new series “The Meals that Made Me” is Robbie McCauley, chef-proprietor of the Michelin-starred restaurant Homestead Cottage in Doolin, Co Clare in the west of Ireland.In this episode, Robbie shares five memorable meals that shaped his life and career from a Sunday lunch in Emilia-Romagna to a night market in Bangkok, a Christmas dinner in Burgundy in France, a Michelin-starred meal in London, and a deeply personal family lunch in the Italian countryside.In this new serie...

Inside the Wren Urban Nest with Phoebe Fairbairn

June 02, 2026

What do you get when you combine a prime Dublin city centre location, compact Scandi-inspired design, and Ireland's most ambitious sustainability credentials? The Wren Urban Nest — and this week, Fergal sits down with Phoebe Fairbairn, the General Manager behind one of Dublin's most talked-about boutique hotels.Tucked onto the former site of Andrews Lane Theatre, the Wren's 137 rooms sit steps from Temple Bar, Grafton Street and Trinity College — making it one of the best-located stays in the...

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