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Ground-level travel experiences from someone who's in airplanes, hotels and rental cars every week Primary Format : Blogs Language : English Also Listed as: City : Chicago State/Province : IL Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Travelcommons Podcasts Methings.com listings of Travelcommons Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

92-Not-So-Upbeat Traveler; iPad 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Why This Podcast Isn't As Upbeat As Others; Comparing Tablets On The Road Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 91-Can't Patch Planes Forever; Saving Customers With A Personal Touch Special Customer Service Edition - Service Problems of Old Planes, Saving a Customer with Genuine Service Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 90-More Comfortable Traveling in India; Tipping Towards Android? More Comfortable in India; New Android Tablet Has Me Rethinking My iPad Fixation Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 89-Trains Over Planes; Fit 2 Weeks in 1 Carry-On Choosing Trains over Planes in Europe; Packing for Business and Vacation in 1 Carry-On Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 88-New Travel Goodies; Losing Elite Status New stuff from the 2011 Travel Goods show, Dropping down status levels Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 87-Sick on the Road; What's in My Bag? Miserable to be sick while traveling; New Year's travel resolutions; changing what I carry for business travel Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 86-Fun with Layovers; Story Behind the Closing Tune Two rules that you might allow you to enjoy missing a flight; story behind the closing song Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 85-Importance of Hotel Bathrooms; Maximizing Miles Hassles increase fly-vs.-drive breakeven point Importance of hotel bathrooms; Mileage tracking web sites Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 84-End of Year Status Calculus; TSA Porn Maximizing Travel Awards Program Status; Ranting About TSA Full Body Scanners and Pat-Downs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 84-End of Year Status Calculus; TSA Porn Maximizing Travel Awards Program Status; Ranting About TSA Full Body Scanners and Pat-Downs Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video-Impressions of Vietnam Impressions from 10-day trip in Vietnam in June 2010 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video-Impressions of Vietnam Impressions from 10-day trip in Vietnam in June 2010 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 83-Business Travel in India; iPad vs. Netbook Impressions from a Week in India; Comparing my HP Netbook to my Apple iPad Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 83-Business Travel in India; iPad vs. Netbook Impressions from a Week in India; Comparing my HP Netbook to my Apple iPad Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 82-Changing My Travel; New Mileage Programs in a New Year New Job Changes My Travel Ways; New Year Means a Fresh Look at Travel Loyalties Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 82-Changing My Travel; New Mileage Programs in a New Year New Job Changes My Travel Ways; New Year Means a Fresh Look at Travel Loyalties Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 81-More Travel Tips; Up in The Air; Security Stories Listener Travel Tips, Impressions of the new George Clooney movie; Security Potpourri Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 81-More Travel Tips; Up in The Air; Security Stories Listener Travel Tips, Impressions of the new George Clooney movie; Security Potpourri Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 80-Holiday Travel Tips; Frequent Flyer Documentary Road Warrior Travel Hints, Interview with Frequent Flyer Documentary Creator Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 80-Holiday Travel Tips; Frequent Flyer Documentary Road Warrior Travel Hints, Interview with Frequent Flyer Documentary Creator Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 79-Skipping Rental Cars, WiFi or 3G Rental Cars Are More Costly and Inconvenient, Is WiFi or 3G the Best Wireless Data Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 79-Skipping Rental Cars, WiFi or 3G Rental Cars Are More Costly and Inconvenient, Is WiFi or 3G the Best Wireless Data Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 78-Lost in Distraction, Movie About Us Leaving Things Behind, New Movie About Frequent Fliers Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 78-Lost in Distraction, Movie About Us Leaving Things Behind, New Movie About Frequent Fliers Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 77-Keeping Traveler Data Private, What I Miss When Off The Road Wanting Registered Traveler Data Destroyed, What I Missed After 2 Weeks At Home Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 77-Keeping Traveler Data Private, What I Miss When Off The Road Wanting Registered Traveler Data Destroyed, What I Missed After 2 Weeks At Home Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 76-Real Benefits of Being Super Elite, Instant Vacations The Real Reason Flier Want Elite Status, Vacations in the Midst of Business Travel Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 76-Real Benefits of Being Super Elite, Instant Vacations The Real Reason Flier Want Elite Status, Vacations in the Midst of Business Travel Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 75-Can't I Fly Unplugged, How I Got Here Fear and Loathing of In-flight WiFi, Why I Travel So Much Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 74-Looking Back Over Four Years of TravelCommons The fourth year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 74-Looking Back Over Four Years of TravelCommons The fourth year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 73-Eating Alone on The Road, More Things You Never Want to Hear Make Eating Alone Better, More Things You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 72-Breaking Travel Rules, What You Never Want to Hear Consequences of Breaking Travel Rules, Words You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 71-Winter Travel, Last Year's Travel, Tatty United Dragging a Train Thru the Snow, Reviewing Last Year's Travel, Tatty Skies of United Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 70-Packing a Suit, Videoconference over Travel, Watching Winter Flight Delays Challenges Packing a Suit, Can Videoconference Replace Travel Yet, Watching Winter Flight Delays Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 69-Pocket Travel Assistant; More Travel Tips Reviewing Travel Assistant Web Sites; Listener Travel Tips Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 68-Advanced Travel Tips; Colors of Autumn Road Warrior 201, Leaf Peeping from Above Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 67-Stolen Luggage; Month With an iPhone Stories of Thieving Luggage Handlers, Electronic Schadenfreude, a Month's Travels with an iPhone Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 66-Travel in Asia; Losing Laptops in Airports Experiences from Trip to Thailand and Singapore; Recent Reports of Laptops Lost in Airports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 65-New Ways to the Front of the Line; Southwest Skips Nickels and Dimes Mark's Experience with Clear Registered Traveler; Southwest Looking Better for Business Travelers Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 64-Escaping the Travel Bubble; Mark's Travel Tips Breaking Out of Travel Ruts, Tips on Mileage Credit Cards and Frequent Flier Status Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 63-The 733-Mile Stare; TSA Can't Help Themselves Troubles Flying Between Chicago and New York, Lines at Newark, Stupid TSA Tricks Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 62-Flying Green; Evolution of Connectivity; Return of the Travel Agent? How Each Traveler Can Fly Greener, Wireless Replaces Wires, Bad Airline Service Saves Travel Agents Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 61-Zen of Delays; Sneaking in a Vacation Getting Airline Travel Greener, Living with Travel Delays, Afternoon in Amsterdam Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 60-Tips for Holiday Travel; GPS as the Hot Travel Gift How to Look Like a Travel Pro During the Holidays, Give a GPS Device to Your Traveling Loved One Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 59-Trains to Planes; Renting a Rambling Wreck Taking Public Transit To Airports, Deteriorating State of the Rental Car Fleet Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 58-Who Raves About Their Airline; Powering Up in Airports Some Airlines Have Right Mix of Service and Price, Ditching the PC, Finding Power in Airports Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 57-Making Time for Local Fare; What's in the Way of Fixing Our Airports Breaking the Travel Bubble to Find Local Food; NIMBYs are Making Travel Life Difficult Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 56-Lines Around the World; Shedding Some Electronic Weight Comparing the European and US Air Travel Experience; Can a Mobile Device Replace my PC Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 56-Lines Around the World; Shedding Some Electronic Weight Comparing the European and US Air Travel Experience; Can a Mobile Device Replace my PC Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 55-True Cost of Connecting; See More With The Family Calculating the full cost of connecting flights; Family changes from travel burden to eyeopener Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 55-True Cost of Connecting; See More With The Family Calculating the full cost of connecting flights; Family changes from travel burden to eyeopener Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 54-Traveling Injured; How Bad Is Travel Experience Really? Stories of traveling sick and injured; Comparing the US travel experience to elsewhere Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 54-Traveling Injured; How Bad Is Travel Experience Really? Stories of traveling sick and injured; Comparing the US travel experience to elsewhere Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 53-Wanting the Red Carpet; Family Travel Technology Dissatisfied with the Frequent Flier Experience, Surprising Family Dependence on Electronic Devices While Vacationing Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 53-Wanting the Red Carpet; Family Travel Technology Dissatisfied with the Frequent Flier Experience, Surprising Family Dependence on Electronic Devices While Vacationing Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 52-Flying Friendless Skies; Latest Speed for the Road United's Winter Woes; Finding a Use for Upgraded Cell Phone Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 52-Flying Friendless Skies; Latest Speed for the Road United's Winter Woes; Finding a Use for Upgraded Cell Phone Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 51-Change Out Status; Upgrading Travel Technology Changing Frequent Traveler Investment Strategy; Upgrading Travel Technology Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 51-Change Out Status; Upgrading Travel Technology Changing Frequent Traveler Investment Strategy; Upgrading Travel Technology Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 50-Yet Another Winter Storm, Travel Super Elites Smelly Seatmates, Trying to Get Home Around a Blizzard, Keeping All the Elites Happy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 50-Yet Another Winter Storm, Travel Super Elites Smelly Seatmates, Trying to Get Home Around a Blizzard, Keeping All the Elites Happy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 49-Working Hard to Get Home, Wireless Apps That Help Stowing Away on Accident, Trying to Get Home in the Snow, Wireless Apps I Use Every Day Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 49-Working Hard to Get Home, Wireless Apps That Help Stowing Away on Accident, Trying to Get Home in the Snow, Wireless Apps I Use Every Day Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 47-Listener Travel Stories Security in London, Stories about crawling into luggage chutes, bad weather, bad stuff in seat-back pockets Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 48-Frequent Flyer Strategies, Measuring Hotel Bandwidth Frequent traveler program strategies, Measuring hotel bandwidth, The cult of Bose headphones Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 47-Listener Travel Stories Security in London, Stories about crawling into luggage chutes, bad weather, bad stuff in seat-back pockets Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 40-Looking Back Over The First Year The first year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 40-Looking Back Over The First Year The first year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 39-Looking Out The Front Window, Scoring New Music Listener Feedback, Looking Out The Front Window, Scoring New Music Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website TravelCommons #8 TravelCommons goes on vacation -- Potpourri of technologies used to book hotel rooms in Europe; comfort in brands -- managing risk on vacation; serendipity -- finding an obscure world championship on the shores of Lac Leman Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Travelcommons Podcast #2 Travelcommons Podcast #2 - Evolution of the Southwest Airlines customer; Growth of Travel Meta-Search Sites; How Mexicans vacation in Cabo San Lucas Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 20-Travel is a People Business; Personal Space at 35,000 Ft Travel is a people business; Rise of the Virtual Airline; Boundaries of Personal Space at 35,000 Feet Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 16-Squeezing in Tourism; Can We Stop Sharing? Touring in the gaps of your schedule; forced intimacy - can't escape the sharing; Oops, wrong airport! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Travelcommons Podcast #6 Travelcommons Podcast #6 - An "odds-'n'-ends" podcast -- follow-up on my Sean Penn SFO sighting and Chicago Midway TSA complaint; thoughts on frequent flier programs; description of how I do this podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 35-What I Miss About Travel, Milking the Status Seekers Return of the Shoe Carnival, What I Miss About Travel, Milking the Status Seekers Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 33-Listener Mailbag, What's in my Briefcase? Listener Mailbag, Leeching Free WiFi, What's in my Briefcast? 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Hassles of business dress codes; a kinder and gentler TSA in the offing?; following up on Internet topics from podcast #10 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Enjoying Home; The Battle for Sleep Enjoying time at home; trying to find sleep; what's your favorite airline? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 15-Begging for Business; Needing to Know at 35,000 Ft Airlines begging for business; Can't pull much more out of the cabin; Classic Travel Stories about thunder and lightning at 35,000 ft Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 19-Colors in Travel; Visit to a Southern City Autumn colors in travel; worrying about catching bird flu; stories from Memphis Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 18-Trouble with Chain Saws; Sprint for Status Odds-'n-ends podcast -- TSA rejects my chain saw, working to re-up frequent traveler status, update on Best US Airline poll Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 19-Colors in Travel; Visit to a Southern City Autumn colors in travel; worrying about catching bird flu; stories from Memphis Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 18-Trouble with Chain Saws; Sprint for Status Odds-'n-ends podcast -- TSA rejects my chain saw, working to re-up frequent traveler status, update on Best US Airline poll Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 17-Generic Airworld; Kids' View of Dad's Travels Airworld - our own ecosystem; business travel reveals a city's true nature; the kids' view of Dad's travel Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 16-Squeezing in Tourism; Can We Stop Sharing? Touring in the gaps of your schedule; forced intimacy - can't escape the sharing; Oops, wrong airport! 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