TravelCommons

Are people going back to their old travel planning ways? Should you book direct with travel providers or use a 3rd-party? Unpacking Southwest's cancellation chaos. Gin goes global with a local twist.

Comparing long-distance drive times between gas and electric cars, and ChatGPT's travel tips with mine; Talking about another Real ID delay, and my travel notes from Positano, Rome, and Split, Croatia.

Tracking lost luggage with AirTags; what's changed in my travel tech stack; talking with Jeff Cioletti, author of the new book "Imbibing for Introverts", about the art of drinking alone

Lots of different voices - listeners adding to our list of travel tips, Dr. Sheldon Jacobson on why one of our tips isn't always right, and Patricia Schultz on her new book "Why We Travel"

I've distilled my travel advice down to the top 13 travel tips to avoid the current chaos. Also, the scrapping of COVID travel test rules and why frequent flier award travel is a bargain again.

In-flight mask mandates; hotel housekeeping; moral hazard of frequent flier status; changes flying out of a non-hub airport; characteristics of a great taproom

Following the bouncing ball of on-flight mask mandates, my trip to Santa Fe, NM, reviewing flight tracking app Flighty, and Daytona Beach International Airport.

The American philosopher Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast” In this episode, we talk about rapid changes in hotel service and in-flight mask mandates. Then a trip report and recommendations from our trip to Louisville.

Analyzing travel inflation and ratcheting add-on fees; changing COVID test rules; renewing US passports; Louisville Cuban restaurant; COVID catches up to me

Travel planning trends; COVID test anxiety and how travel insurance helps; blogger’s brutal review of a restaurant gets me thinking about food as adventure