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Tag: Travel Insurance

  • Podcast #183 — COVID Test Anxiety; Michelin Food Adventures

    Podcast #183 — COVID Test Anxiety; Michelin Food Adventures

    No travel since the last episode, but lots of travel planning. Are we making our way back to pre-COVID travel planning patterns? Omicron has lots of people worried about testing positive and getting stuck abroad. Michael Giusti of InsuranceQuotes.com talks about how travel insurance can help. A blogger’s brutal review of a Michelin-starred restaurant where we ate in October gets me… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #175 — How to Find Local Tour Guides; Rebuild Travel Muscles

    Podcast #175 — How to Find Local Tour Guides; Rebuild Travel Muscles

    I can feel travel beginning to come back. TSA checkpoint volumes are hitting post-pandemic highs, business travelers are starting to come out from behind their Zoom sessions, and vaccination rates are prompting more people to make travel plans. So on this episode, we first talk to Paul Melhus, CEO of ToursByLocals about the state of the local tour market and… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #174 — How the Pros Plan Their Taproom Tourism

    Podcast #174 — How the Pros Plan Their Taproom Tourism

    Looking at the Beer section of this new website design, I saw I needed more content. So I got hold of Rob Cheshire of the This Week in Craft Beer podcast to talk about our approaches to taproom tourism and to trade taproom travel stories. I also talk about mask hassles on a couple of recent flights, Hertz’s continuing downward… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #173 — What’s New in Travel Insurance; Keeping Ahead of Expiring Miles

    Podcast #173 — What’s New in Travel Insurance; Keeping Ahead of Expiring Miles

    As travel bookings beginning to rise with vaccination rates, we talk with Michael Giusti of InsuranceQuotes.com to find out what’s changed over the last year. I make the rounds through all my frequent traveler programs to reset impending expiration dates. We also talk about yet another travel data breach, a favorite beer bar is a COVID casualty, and bankrupt Hertz… Continue Reading →

  • Podcast #163 — New World of Travel Insurance; Getting Medical Help on the Road

    Podcast #163 — New World of Travel Insurance; Getting Medical Help on the Road

    I think I put off finding a doc too long Though I’m still locked down on the shores of Lake Michigan, data shows that people are starting to do short car trips. What will people need to feel comfortable to do more extensive travel — spacing in aircraft, we talk with Erik Josowitz of insuranceQuotes.com about trends in travel insurance,… Continue Reading →