Tag: Travel Technology

Podcast #96 — Eating and Drinking with Social Media; Frequent Flier Alliances

January 5, 2012

Finishing up my annual 2-week travel sabbatical in an unseasonably warm Chicago. In this episode, a listener asks about if and when to use travel compression socks, we discern the… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: Airline Alliances, Compression stockings, Frequent-flyer program, restaurants, Social Media, Travel Technology, United Airlines, Wi-Fi
Podcast #93 — Travel Stories from September 11th; Traveling with a Google Chromebook

September 9, 2011

Coming up to the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, I repeat a segment from the September 2005 episode that tells the stories of travelers trying to get… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: Chromebook, Google, September 11 attacks, travel stories, Travel Technology
Podcast #92 — Not-So-Upbeat Traveler; iPad 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

August 5, 2011

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… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: Android, Apple, business travel, customer service, Galaxy Tab, ipad, Samsung, Starbucks, tablets, Travel Technology, travel tips
Podcast #56 – Lines Around the World; Shedding Some Electronic Weight

August 16, 2007

Recorded in the San Francisco Airport Marriott, a recent city-a-day business trip through Europe allowed me to do a first-hand comparison of the European air travel experience to the much… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: Apple iPhone, BlackBerry, business travel, European travel, flight delay, podcast, Schipol, ThinkPad laptop, travel, travel stories, Travel Technology
Podcast #54 – Traveling Injured; How Bad Is Travel Experience Really?

June 8, 2007

Recorded in the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa, the former Playboy Club, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, I talk about the travails of “playing injured” — traveling while sick. A listener… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: business travel, customer service, food poisoning, Frontier Airlines, Northwest Airlines, podcast, travel, travel stories, Travel Technology, TSA, United Airlines
Podcast #53 – Wanting the Red Carpet; Family Travel Technology

May 10, 2007

Recorded in Marriott Courtyard in San Francisco‘s SoMa district, I confess to some base emotions — my inner child has been throwing tantrums now that American and United Airlines have… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: American Airlines, business travel, frequent flier programs, Northwest Airlines, podcast, South Africa, travel, travel stories, Travel Technology, United Airlines, Verizon
Podcast #52 – Flying Friendless Skies; Latest Speed for the Road

March 2, 2007

Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago, we talk through some of the problems that have made United Airlines‘ skies less friendly than their ads would like you to… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: 3G, business travel, Cheyenne Wyoming, Cingular, Hungarian language, JetBlue, podcast, Schiphol Airport, travel, travel stories, Travel Technology, United Airlines
Podcast #51 – Change Out Status; Upgrading Travel Technology

January 29, 2007

Recorded in the SFO Marriott at the start of a trans-continental travel week, we talk about the need to “re-balance” your frequent traveler elite status at the beginning of the… Listen to Episode →

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Tags: business travel, Canada, frequent flier programs, iPod, podcast, Samsung, travel, travel stories, Travel Technology, United Airlines

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