TravelCommons

London vacation rental market is broken and Booking.com is no help; Hertz's EV retreat; Sioux City embraces SUX airport code; airport delay crypto betting app

Renting a Tesla from Hertz; 2023 Traveler Gift Guide; new TSA biometrics in the PreCheck line; another ETIAS delay for the EU; pushing travelers again to get Real IDs

John Holl, editor of All About Beer, talks about beer tourism; travel planning with ChatGPT; JD Power Airport Satisfaction Survey; EU's delayed ETIAS system

Post-COVID shifts in airline routes, Hertz pushing EV's, false panic about European visas, and then diving into our great tulip festival experience in the Netherlands

Stubbornness fixes a missed flight connection; travel plans; flâneuring to swerve overtourism; is Priority Pass worth it; need lots of phone apps to go cashless

Weather delay bar tab got me rethinking the economics of airport lounge memberships. Continuing to plan travel but focusing on making the most of the miles we accumulated on credit cards during the pandemic. And comparing Nashville’s music scene: Nash-Vegas honky tonks vs the smaller, eclectic off-Broadway scene.

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