This Week in Travel – Episode 226

This week’s guest is Stefan Krasowski from Rapid Travel Chai and Frequent Traveler University to talk about travel deals, mileage deals, and travel tips. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: Hotels.com is Giving Away Free Passports United has a new plan to avoid overbooked flights Three more Princess ships getting Ocean Medallion capability Would …

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This Week in Travel – Episode 225

This week Jen Leo, Chris Christensen and I joined by this week’s guest Lisa Niver, from WeSaidGoTravel and JetSet TV. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News SFO near-miss: Air Canada flight got ‘extremely close’ to planes on taxiway, pilot on ground alerted tower, averted disaster American Airlines denies that plane evacuation was caused by …

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The Marquesas Islands: Paradise at the Edge of the World

With scenery reminiscent of a Jurassic Park sequel, ancient and mysterious stone temples, and the feeling of visiting a parallel universe – visitors to the remote Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia are in for the adventure of a lifetime. Written and photographed by Avichai Ben Tzur Of the five archipelagos that make up the Islands …

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This Week in Travel – Episode 224

This week Jen Leo, Chris Christensen and myself are joined by this week’s guest Sherry Ott of Ottsworld on discovering the joys of having a home again after 10 years on the road. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News Laptop ban sparks debate at gathering of airline execs US to strengthen airport security, avoiding …

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Announcing My New Amazon Travel Gear Store

I get asked all the time what sort of gear I use when I travel. The questions range from the type of bags I use to my camera equipment. Even though all of my things can be stored in just two bags when I travel, if you include all of the little items like memory …

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Traveling to Transnistria, a Day in Soviet Disneyland

Traveling to Transnistria, a Day in Soviet Disneyland

Stephanie Craig is the History Fan Girl. She has combined her love of history with travel and has been exploring Eastern Europe the last year. She recently visited the breakaway region of Transnistria, which I thought was an interesting place which more people probably need to know about. Here is Stephanie… This story starts with …

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July 2017 Desktop Wallpaper

This month’s image is of the White Pass and Yukon Railway outside of Skagway, Alaska 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1600×1200 | 1680×1050 | 1600×900 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 iPad | iPhone 6&7 | iPhone 6&7 Plus 2560×1600 (MacBook Retina 13″) | 2880×1800 (MacBook Retina 15″) | 5k iMac