Tag: Holiday Travel
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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 gonna be a zoo. Steel… Continue Reading →
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How Good Are ChatGPT’s Top 5 Holiday Travel Tips?
Comparing ChatGPT’s AI-generated travel tips with my travel tips that are generated by 35 years and a few million miles of road warrior experience Continue Reading →
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Podcast #170 — Show Me the Proof; Hereditary Road Warriors
No Thanksgiving travel, but looking at the travel volume for this, the busiest travel week of the year, shows just how far things have fallen. The Qantas CEO said “No vax, no fly”, so we dig into the emerging world of digital vaccine passports. And then I trace my travel genealogy, wondering if road warrior-ism is hereditary. All this and… Continue Reading →
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Podcast #147 — Holiday Travel Tips; Notes from Santa Fe
Trying to wrap up travel for the year so I can hunker down in the TravelCommons bunker outside of Chicago and not worry about any forecasted snow. But for those of you who are traveling, here’s an episode to keep you occupied in the airport, train, or car traffic. We talk about some travel tips that didn’t make my Top 10… Continue Reading →
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Top 10 Holiday Travel Tips
It seems that the snow and cold temperatures settled into the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere a bit earlier than last year. With the crush of Christmas/New Years travel starting in a few weeks, here are the TravelCommons’ top holiday travel tips to get you started early on your travel prep… Fly Non-Stop — It’s obvious because it’s the cardinal… Continue Reading →
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Holiday Airport Bingo
I remember playing license plate and travel bingo as a kid driving down I-65 to Grandma’s house. But that was before deregulation, when plane flights were more comfortable but a lot more expensive. With more families flying to Grandma’s house, airport bingo seems more on-target. A quick Google search will find all sorts of airport bingo cards with squares for things… Continue Reading →
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Podcast #135 — Airport Bingo; My New Old Travel PC
Here’s something to listen to while in the Thanksgiving airport lines and traffic jams. We list out some of the squares we’d like to see in an airport bingo card, and I end up going back to the future with my new travel PC. We also talk about my growing stack of subway “tap” cards and some forecasts on what… Continue Reading →
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Top 10 Holiday Travel Tips
As the economy recovers, so does travel volume. As you gird yourself to wade into the crowds, here are 10 tips to keep you moving over the river and through the woods… Expand Your Fly-vs.-Drive Tipping Point — My normal tipping point is 350 miles; anything less and I drive it. However, the holiday traffic changes the calculus a bit. If you… Continue Reading →