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Finishing 19 years of podcasting where I've been thinking way too much about travel, I indulge in some nostalgia and talk about my personal travel philosophy
Published 05/23/24
Published 05/23/24
Future trends in the use of facial recognition to improve security and efficiency in air travel; abandoned Avis EV rental; eating grasshoppers in Oaxaca
Published 04/11/24
London vacation rental market is broken and Booking.com is no help; Hertz's EV retreat; Sioux City embraces SUX airport code; airport delay crypto betting app
Published 02/28/24
Renting a Tesla from Hertz; 2023 Traveler Gift Guide; new TSA biometrics in the PreCheck line; another ETIAS delay for the EU; pushing travelers again to get Real IDs
Published 11/07/23
John Holl, editor of All About Beer, talks about beer tourism; travel planning with ChatGPT; JD Power Airport Satisfaction Survey; EU's delayed ETIAS system
Published 09/29/23
Post-COVID shifts in airline routes, Hertz pushing EV's, false panic about European visas, and then diving into our great tulip festival experience in the Netherlands
Published 08/25/23
Stubbornness fixes a missed flight connection; travel plans; flâneuring to swerve overtourism; is Priority Pass worth it; need lots of phone apps to go cashless
Published 06/20/23
Weather delay bar tab got me rethinking the economics of airport lounge memberships. Continuing to plan travel but focusing on making the most of the miles we accumulated on credit cards during the pandemic. And comparing Nashville’s music scene: Nash-Vegas honky tonks vs the smaller, eclectic off-Broadway scene.
Published 04/01/23
Are people going back to their old travel planning ways? Should you book direct with travel providers or use a 3rd-party? Unpacking Southwest's cancellation chaos. Gin goes global with a local twist.
Published 01/26/23
Comparing long-distance drive times between gas and electric cars, and ChatGPT's travel tips with mine; Talking about another Real ID delay, and my travel notes from Positano, Rome, and Split, Croatia.
Published 12/25/22
Tracking lost luggage with AirTags; what's changed in my travel tech stack; talking with Jeff Cioletti, author of the new book "Imbibing for Introverts", about the art of drinking alone
Published 10/31/22
Lots of different voices - listeners adding to our list of travel tips, Dr. Sheldon Jacobson on why one of our tips isn't always right, and Patricia Schultz on her new book "Why We Travel"
Published 09/22/22
I've distilled my travel advice down to the top 13 travel tips to avoid the current chaos. Also, the scrapping of COVID travel test rules and why frequent flier award travel is a bargain again.
Published 08/19/22
In-flight mask mandates; hotel housekeeping; moral hazard of frequent flier status; changes flying out of a non-hub airport; characteristics of a great taproom
Published 05/26/22
Following the bouncing ball of on-flight mask mandates, my trip to Santa Fe, NM, reviewing flight tracking app Flighty, and Daytona Beach International Airport.
Published 04/22/22
The American philosopher Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast” In this episode, we talk about rapid changes in hotel service and in-flight mask mandates. Then a trip report and recommendations from our trip to Louisville.
Published 03/28/22
Analyzing travel inflation and ratcheting add-on fees; changing COVID test rules; renewing US passports; Louisville Cuban restaurant; COVID catches up to me
Published 03/03/22
Travel planning trends; COVID test anxiety and how travel insurance helps; blogger’s brutal review of a restaurant gets me thinking about food as adventure
Published 01/17/22
Traveling to the UK; dodging Omicron travel restrictions; tracking COVID rule changes; renewing Global Entry; interviewing author of The Adventurer’s Glossary
Published 12/10/21
UK travel planning; Is Uber dying or resurrecting; Nashville airport vendors clawing back from the lockdown; stripping my English down to its basics; 2021 traveler's gift guide highlights
Published 11/13/21
What international travel is like in COVID times; tracking different country and regional COVID travel requirements that keep changing; cycling tour thru Puglia
Published 10/28/21
Planning our Italy trip around new COVID rules and Alitalia bankruptcy; airports managing lines with AI and high-tech sensors; business travelers still missing
Published 09/28/21
Hotel changes and cashless restaurants likely to stick after pandemic fades; updating recommendations after restaurant and bar closures from COVID lockdowns
Published 08/24/21
Driving thru the Northeast; tracking COVID requirements for a fall Italy trip; updates to traveler gift guide; death of in-flight magazines; interview outtakes
Published 07/28/21
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