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TravelCommons

TravelCommons

Written by: Mark Peacock
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 The Frequent Traveler's Podcast. The voice of the frequent traveler -- it's more about the journey than the destination© 2024 The Peacock Group LLC Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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  • Wrapping Up the TravelCommons Journey

    Wrapping Up the TravelCommons Journey
    May 23 2024
    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 a full listener mail bag.

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    26 mins
  • Smile for Security: Facial Recognition in Travel

    Smile for Security: Facial Recognition in Travel
    Apr 11 2024
    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 Jacobson and Henry Harteveldt. But before that, we talk about eating grasshoppers, an EV experience with Avis, and a couple of my travel tips that need to be revised.

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    40 mins
  • London Vacation Rental Woes; Hertz's EV Retreat

    London Vacation Rental Woes; Hertz's EV Retreat
    Feb 28 2024
    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 experience — lots of talk that yielded nothing. But before that, we catch up on Hertz’s EV reversal, Sioux City, Iowa’s embrace of their SUX airport code, and a flash-in-the-pan airport delay betting app.

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    28 mins
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