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TravelCommons
by Mark Peacock
The Frequent Traveler's Podcast. The voice of the frequent traveler -- it's more about the journey than the destination
Episodes
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Wrapping Up the TravelCommons Journey
Finishing up 19 years of thinking way too much about travel, I indulge in a little bit of nostalgia and talk about my personal travel philosophy. But before that, we compare three Mid-South river cities -- Nashville, Louisville, and Memphis -- talk about the recovery of business travel, and enjoy…
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Smile for Security: Facial Recognition in Travel
Using my face as my boarding pass to get on a flight to Oaxaca, Mexico and then as my passport to get back in the US got me thinking about how facial recognition has permeated the travel experience. To help us understand where this is going, we talk with two travel industry experts, Dr. Sheldon...
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London Vacation Rental Woes; Hertz's EV Retreat
I walked by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre after a weekend of wrestling with Booking.com and TravelNest‘s service agents, trying unsuccessfully to not let them screw up my London vacation rental. The Macbeth soliloquy about a tale “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” pretty much summed up my...
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Renting a Tesla; 2023 Traveler Gift Guide
It’s the sustainability episode of the TravelCommons podcast, talking about my experience renting a Tesla from Hertz and my road-tested list of Christmas gift suggestions for the frequent traveler(s) in your life. I also talk about some new TSA biometrics equipment I faced (literally) in…
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Cheers to Beer Tourism and Travel
In this beer-focused episode, John Holl, editor of All About Beer, gives us his take on beer tourism and tips on how to beer travels. I talk about my experience planning my Asheville, NC taproom visits with ChatGPT. We also dive deep into the new JD Power Airport Satisfaction Survey and do a…
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Checking Out Holland’s Tulip Festival
In this episode, I dive deep into our Dutch tulip-themed trip last April. Before the tulip festival stories, I randomly wander through a potpourri of travel topics — TSA passenger volumes returning to pre-COVID levels, having a surprisingly satisfying customer service experience with American...
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Best Laid Travel Plans; Roaming Entropy
Back behind the microphone after, despite my finely tuned travel plans, I had to resort to being stubbornly cranky to fix a ORD connection drama when coming home from a tulip-peeping trip in Holland. We also wander into the world of flâneuring, aimlessly walking around a city as a way to swerve...
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Making the Most of Miles; Nashville vs Nash-Vegas
Doing a bit of winter travel, the bar tab from waiting out a weather delay got me rethinking the economics of airport lounge memberships. Doing yet more travel planning but with a focus on making the most of the points and miles we accumulated on credit cards during the pandemic. And after eight...
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New Year Travel Planning Tips; Gin Conquers the World
With COVID travel restrictions gone, I expect people to revert back to their old ways where January is the biggest travel planning month. I wade into the debate between booking direct with travel providers vs. booking with agents and 3rd-party sites. I see how well my travel tips did during the...
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My Notes on Italy and Split, Croatia
Hard up against the Christmas deadline, we compare long-distance drive times between gas and electric cars, and my travel tips vs. those from the ChatGPT AI chatbot. We talk about the latest Real ID deadline delay, and impressions from my trip to Positano, Rome, Florence, and Split, Croatia.…
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My Travel Tech Stack; Imbibing for Introverts
Back behind the mic after 3 week of travel in Croatia and Italy. The trip went amazingly well up to the last leg, when United's Newark team couldn't get our bags on our plane. But, I'd stuffed Apple AirTags into our luggage, so we were able to track their movements 'til they got home. That...
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Why We Travel; When The First Flight Isn’t Best
Lots of different voices in this episode. Listeners growing our list of travel tips, and conversations with Dr. Sheldon Jacobson about why one of those tips — always catch the first flight out — isn’t always right, and Patricia Schultz about her new book, Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to See the...
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A Decade of TravelCommons
Looking back over 10 years of TravelCommons
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Looking Back Over Four Years of TravelCommons
The fourth year anniversary episode of TravelCommons
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Looking Back Over The First Year
The first year anniversary episode of TravelCommons
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TravelCommons Promo
A Taste of TravelCommons - Telling travel stories from hotel bathrooms around the country
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does TravelCommons have?
TravelCommons currently has 16 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is TravelCommons about?
The Frequent Traveler's Podcast. The voice of the frequent traveler -- it's more about the journey than the destination
How often does TravelCommons release new episodes?
TravelCommons has 16 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to TravelCommons?
You can listen to TravelCommons on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts TravelCommons?
TravelCommons is created and hosted by Mark Peacock.
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