TravelCommons

Month: December 2006

  • Those 3-Letter Codes Are Important

    One of the first successes of the Web was on-line travel — the elimination (“disintermediation” was the term during the Bubble Years) of the travel agent, allowing you to book your own travel. I do this every week, though not always perfectly. There have been a few times when I booked a room on the wrong day — clicking next… Continue Reading →

  • What Was She Thinking?

    It’s been a few months since the liquid restrictions went into place, and not everyone flies as often as I do (I’m averaging 3 out of every 4 weeks in the air), so I can understand when someone in front of me in the TSA screening line doesn’t quite have the “travel-size toiletries in the Ziploc bag” thing down to… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #49 – Working Hard to Get Home, Wireless Apps That Help

    Recorded in the TravelCommons studio after a week in the Bay Area and a tough struggle to get back home in the teeth of the first winter storm of the season. A listener passes along the story of a trip as an inadvertent stowaway. I walk through the timelime of my efforts to get home to Chicago and, in the… Continue Reading →