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  • Podcast #189 — Why We Travel; When The First Flight Isn’t Best

    Podcast #189 — Why We Travel; When The First Flight Isn’t Best

    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” Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #133 — Packing Pro Tips; Traveling Injured

    Podcast #133 — Packing Pro Tips; Traveling Injured

    Fitting 10 days of clothes for rain, hiking, and Michelin restaurants into a 22-inch carry-on forced me to pack ruthlessly, and to distill my packing thoughts into 5 packing pro tips. Flying to Hungary right after a cycling accident reminded me of the hassles of traveling on the injured reserve list. All this and listener comments on EU mobile regulations,… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #132 — Travel Apps on My Phone

    Podcast #132 — Travel Apps on My Phone

    It’s a listener request podcast. A fellow Peacock, this one named Jack, asked “What travel apps do you have on your iPhone?” Paging back through the TravelCommons archives, I’ve covered different categories of travel apps,  — in the most recent iteration of my Top 10 Travel Tips I recommended some flight tracking apps and way before that, did a bake-off… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #128 — Hunt for Experiences; Pop-Up Entertainment

    Podcast #128 — Hunt for Experiences; Pop-Up Entertainment

    It’s a very Paris-centric episode; I’m still trying to drop the weight I picked up on our 10-day stay. I talk about hunts for beer and pastry took us out of the usual Notre Dame-to-Eiffel Tower-to-Louvre tourist triangle, some of the interesting buskers we saw along the way, and my surprise at Munich Airport receiving an airport award. I also… Continue Reading →