In the last podcast, I did a side-by-side comparison of the free versions of the leading trip management apps. In an article on the Tnooz website, I dug deeper, expanding my comparison to the free and paid versions of TripIt, TripCase, and WorldMate. My conclusions didn’t change much. THE TCRITIC TAKE: TripCase for smartphone only; [...]
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Managing travel itineraries — Digging Deeper into Trip Management Apps
Posted by mark on December 11, 2012
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Podcast #95 — Holiday Travel Tips; Bad Spirit In The Air
Posted by mark on November 25, 2011
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Once again skipping the mayhem of the busiest travel week of the year, though it’s getting more difficult as the Thanksgiving travel crush seems to start earlier each year. Good listener comments about last episode’s story of a rare prop plane flight sitting next to a “passenger of size”; then my own thoughts on USAir‘s [...]
Podcast #92 — Not-So-Upbeat Traveler; iPad 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Posted by mark on August 5, 2011
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Into the summer travel rhythm with a mix of vacation and business travel. Using an Apple iPad 2 and Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet during this mix gave me enough real world experience to make some recommendations. A couple of recent web links describe this podcast as “not as upbeat as others” which [...]
Podcast #89 — Trains Over Planes; Fit 2 Weeks in 1 Carry-On
Posted by mark on April 16, 2011
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My business-vacation combo trip to London, Paris, and Venice provides the source for most of this episode’s content. Wanting to pack light, I had to figure out how to pack for 10 days, 3 cities, two business meetings and a week’s vacation in a single carry-on bag. After landing in London, I skipped the airports and [...]
What’s in My Bag: Traveling Light But Prepared
Posted by mark on April 9, 2011
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One of my annual New Year’s travel resolutions is to “unpack and repack my briefcase.” Some people re-do their closets; I do my briefcase. I’m always amazed at the stuff that accumulates over the year. Why did I think I needed a half-dozen pens, two sets of earphones, $5 of loose change in three different [...]
Winter Travel Tips — Things to Remember When The Snow Starts Flying
Posted by mark on January 16, 2011
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Last week’s winter storms in the Northeast and the South resulted in 70 percent of the US being covered in snow — shutting down airports across the region, canceling thousands of flights and trains. So it seems like a good time to recap some of the travel tips we’ve covered in past episodes of TravelCommons. [...]
Podcast #81 – More Travel Tips; Up in The Air; Security Stories
Posted by mark on December 23, 2009
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Coming 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 I [...]
Podcast #80 – Holiday Travel Tips; Frequent Flyer Documentary
Posted by mark on November 23, 2009
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Coming 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 [...]
Podcast #68 – Advanced Travel Tips; Colors of Autumn
Posted by mark on October 30, 2008
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Recorded in the Philadelphia Marriott after a hectic travel month with two trips to Europe and a bunch of travel up and down the US East Coast. In this episode, I talk about a bit of multi-modal travel — some planes, trains, and automobile trips. We have a trio of stories about playing “travel roulette” [...]
