Walking into the TravelCommons studios for this episode felt like walking into a confessional — “Bless me Father for I have sinned; it’s been 6 months since my last podcast…” I talk about the new TravelCommons web site and the new Facebook fan page. I talk about some recent WiFi experiences — at 35,000 ft…
Read MoreAs the US dollar continues to swoon, non-US friends, colleagues, and podcast listeners are doing the math and thinking it might just be worth getting fingerprinted and photographed by US Customs in exchange for a cheap holiday. The question I’ve been asked over the past 3 months is “Where should I go?” Not an easy…
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After returning from a 10-day visit to Vietnam, friends and TravelCommons podcast listeners asked me a lot of questions about our trip. In this video, I answer the most common question — “How did they treat you when they found out you were American?” — and give my impressions of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon),…
Read MoreReturning from a week in India, I started recording this podcast in the business class toilet of an AA flight from Delhi to Chicago. For the sake of listeners’ ears and the bladders of fellow passengers, I finished it in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago. We talk about how Twitter has led me to…
Read MoreThe way I travel has changed significantly with my New Year’s career change. Moving from consulting to the corporate world, I no longer bounce across the country. Instead, I spend a week in one of my company’s three offices. This has required a bit of an attitude adjustment with regards to travel. The new job…
Read MoreComing to you today from the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago. In this episode, listeners add to our list of “Road Warrior 201” tips for this holiday travel season, I give my impressions of the new George Clooney movie Up in the Air, and gather up some stories about airport security into a Jeopardy-like topic…
Read MoreLast Friday night, my wife and I found the one theater in Chicago showing Up in the Air (it’s in very limited release until Christmas). Ever since the preview trailers hit the Web, people have been asking me — “Is this what your life is like?” Watching the opening sequence — a montage of Ryan…
Read MoreComing to you today from the Courtyard Hotel just across from Philadelphia’s City Hall in the midst of a last quick trip before leaving the airports to the Thanksgiving traveling crush. In this episode, we talk about ways of keeping track of travel receipts and an airport theft ring that targeted black luggage bags. I…
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