Our first episode of Travel Genius dives deep into a new phenomenon: teenage travel planners. We discuss how companies are thinking about the best ways to keep teens engaged and excited on the road. Then Samantha Brown, host of PBS’ “Samantha Brown's Places to Love,” explains the most delicious ways to learn local vocabulary abroad, the secrets of surviving long flights with young kids, and, perhaps best of all, what it takes to stop a pilot from leaving the airport without you—even after the plane has left the gate.

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