This Week in Travel

This Week in Travel

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This Week in Travel episodes

  • #97 - "World's Worst Hotel" with Jodi Ettenberg

    This week's guest is Jodi Ettenberg from LegalNomads.com

    This week's news:

        Steve Jobs passing
        North Korea to finally open 'world's worst' hotel
        Thailand races to defend Bangkok from floods
        Japan 'offers 10,000 free trips to foreigners'
        Tourists warned 'all Kenya resorts at risk from attacks'
        Charleston wins top Conde Nast Traveler award

    This week's tips:

        Gary - Galapagos Islands
        Jen - RVing tips flush toilet don't stand in pee
        Jodi - Evernote

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    51 min
  • #95 - "Schooling Tourism on New Media" - Roxanne Darling on

    This week's guest is Roxanne Darling of Beach Walk with Rox
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    This Week's News:

        Drunk Airplane Passenger Performs In-Flight Erotic Dance
        Astrophysicist shows why it takes so long to board a plane
        Actress is among heroines surviving fire on Branson-owned island
        After going for-profit, CouchSurfing faces user revolt

        Gary - Quantcasat.com
        Jen - Stitcher, Priceline.com, BiddingForTravel.com
        Chris - Places in Yuccatan - Luz En Yucatan, Romantic Hotel Santo Domingo
        Roxanne - store copies of your passport on dropbox, Bistro Casanova

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    1 hr 10 min
  • #94 - "Does Your Travel Insurance Cover Locusts?" with Laura Bly and Stephanie Yoder

    Show hosts Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week's guests:

    Laura Bly of USA Today
    Stephanie Yoder of Twenty Something Travel

    This Week's News:

        Did the earthquake tilt the Washington Monument?
        Starwood Hotels rolls out 'pay your birth year' promo
        BBC News - Mobile phones could soon be 'powered by walking'
        Paris gets its first 24-hour baguette dispenser – feel le pain
        United Airlines deploys 11,000 iPads to pilots

    Picks of the week:

        Chris - The Mayan ruin of Coba, near Tulum Mexico
        Jen - Hurricane iPhone app
        Stephanie - Mazatlan Mexico

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    56 min
  • #93 -"Putting the Pee in PR" with Sean Keener and Marybeth Bond

    Regular hosts Gary Arndt and Jen Leo are joined by this weeks guests are:

    Sean Keener from BootsNAll and Marybeth Bond from The Gutsy Traveler and National Geographic

    This week's news

    • Movie Star Mortified Depardieu Pees on Air France KLM Plane Airline Sends Tacky Tweets
    • Attorney Suing Airline for Not Accepting Cash
    • Top 10 list: What would you take home from a hotel room?
    • Most expensive hotel in universe unveiled
    • http://gettingfrom.com/
    • Gutsytraveler.com

      • This week's picks:

      • Gary - http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/
      • Jen - Spirit Airlines in Oakland to Vegas
      • Marybeth - FuelEconomy.gov shell.us/roadtrip/
      • Sean - http://writethat.name/

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        52 min
      • #92 - "Layover Redefined" w/ Paul Lasley

        Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by

        This week's guest is Paul Lasley of OnTravel.com

        This week's news

            JetBlue flier who 'peed' on girl could be axed from US Ski Team
            5,700 Britons arrested overseas
            Cheap flights allow for prostitution at Amsterdam airport
            The U.S. is already up in arms over the EU plan to charge all airlines for carbon emissions
            TSA Agents Confiscate Pregnant Woman's Insulin
            UK Turkey specialist collapses with 12,000 abroad

        Picks of the week

            Gary - Kindle Cloud Reader
            Jen - The RVer's Bible: Everything You Need to Know About Choosing, Using, & Enjoying Your RV
            Chris - tripadvisor.com/flights/
            Paul - Eddie Aikau's restaurant Kohala coast hawaii

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        1 hr 2 min

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