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Podcast #183 — COVID Test Anxiety; Michelin Food Adventures
No travel since the last episode, but lots of travel planning. Are we making our way back to pre-COVID travel planning patterns? Omicron has lots of people worried about...
My Best Restaurants, Bars and Taprooms of 2021
It’ll take travel guide books a while to catch up with all the restaurants and bars closures caused by the COVID lockdowns. To help fill that gap, here are...
Easy Way to Do 1-Day Testing For Returning to US
How to meet the US 1-day COVID testing window by packing Abbott BinaxNOW kits so you can self-test in your hotel the day before your flight home
Podcast #182 — More COVID Changes; Words That Mean Adventure
Back in front of the microphone after a two-week trip to the UK, getting back home just before the new Omicron travel restrictions hit. We talk about getting to...
Podcast #181 — Travel Potpourri; 2021 Traveler’s Gift Guide
No travel since the last episode, so just talking through a random potpourri of travel stuff. There’s more travel planning; this time for a couple of weeks split between...
10 Best Travel Gift Ideas To Survive Post-Pandemic Travel
If last year’s gift guide was all about helping folks travel while dodging last-minute lockdowns, this year’s guide is stacked with the best travel gift ideas to help the...
Podcast #199 — Smile for Security: Facial Recognition in Travel
Using my face as my boarding pass to get on a flight to Oaxaca, Mexico and then as my passport to get back in the US got me thinking about how facial recognition has permeated the travel experience. To help us understand where this is going, we talk with two travel industry experts, Dr. Sheldon...
Podcast #198 — London Vacation Rental Woes; Hertz’s EV Retreat
London's vacation rental market is broken and Booking.com is no help. Also, Hertz's EV retreat, Sioux City, Iowa embraces their SUX airport code, a flash-in-the-pan airport delay crypto betting app.
One More Top 10 List Of Holiday Travel Tips
Travel volume continues to grow, straining airline capacities and airport aisles — and that’s even before the Christmas travel crush hits. As you mentally prepare yourself to wade into the crowds, here are TravelCommons’ top holiday travel tips to keep you moving over the river and through the woods… But above all, be realistic. It’s...
Podcast #197 — Renting a Tesla; 2023 Traveler Gift Guide
It’s the sustainability episode of the TravelCommons podcast, talking about my experience renting a Tesla from Hertz and my road-tested list of Christmas gift suggestions for the frequent traveler(s) in your life. I also talk about some new TSA biometrics equipment I faced (literally) in Nashville and yet another update on the EU’s ETIAS system...