The Frequent Traveler's Podcast. The voice of the frequent traveler -- more about the journey than the destination http://travelcommons.com © 2009 Mark Peacock mpeacock@travelcommons.com (Mark Peacock) Travel http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:34:01 CST Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:34:01 CST The Frequent Traveler's Podcast. The voice of the frequent traveler -- more about the journey than the destination Mark Peacock Mark Peacock peacock.ma@gmail.com travel, travel podcast, business travel, travel stories, travel industry no http://thepeacocks.net/travelcommons_logo.jpg http://travelcommons.com Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with ODEOSubscribe with Podnova Rental Cars Are More Costly and Inconvenient, Is WiFi or 3G the Best Wireless Data <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nesSt5oCJbo_1kBFbU5Zs2s-wQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nesSt5oCJbo_1kBFbU5Zs2s-wQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nesSt5oCJbo_1kBFbU5Zs2s-wQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2nesSt5oCJbo_1kBFbU5Zs2s-wQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/10/31/podcast-79-skipping-rental-cars-wifi-or-3g/ Mark Peacock Travel Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:44:01 CST Rental Cars Are More Costly and Inconvenient, Is WiFi or 3G the Best Wireless Data Coming to you today from the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago, Illinois at the end of one of those travel weeks where I lost control of my schedule -- DC to Dallas to Houston to LA. In this episode, we talk about the problems with LAX security, my choices for white noise when I'm trying to sleep on an airplane, and the reasons why I'm skipping rental cars. I also talk with Boingo WiFi about the choices frequent travelers are making in going wireless. 24:03 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, travel podcast, white noise, rental cars, Boingo, WiFi, 3G, LAX no no Leaving Things Behind, New Movie About Frequent Fliers <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZELg_EwWgEt0wqh3IafCVcKwWE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZELg_EwWgEt0wqh3IafCVcKwWE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZELg_EwWgEt0wqh3IafCVcKwWE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3ZELg_EwWgEt0wqh3IafCVcKwWE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/10/03/podcast-78-lost-in-distraction-movie-about-us/ Mark Peacock Travel Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:44:01 CST Leaving Things Behind, New Movie About Frequent Fliers Coming to you today from the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago, Illinois at the start of what's looking like 6 weeks of straight travel. In this episode, we talk about the need to have a place to blow off steam after a frustrating day of travel, and how the distractions of cell phone calls have caused me to leave a trail of personal belongings behind in hotel and airplanes across the country. Finally, while getting a knowing chuckle out of the trailer for the upcoming movie Up In The Air where George Clooney plays an uber-frequent traveler, the movie's theme about using travel to run away from relationships isn't all that fictional. 23:03 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, travel podcast, Southwest Airlines, TSA, suitcase, lost, George Clooney no no Wanting Registered Traveler Data Destroyed, What I Missed After 2 Weeks At Home <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pXst48qIPdi9cO_JlVkKfIaeYeU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pXst48qIPdi9cO_JlVkKfIaeYeU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pXst48qIPdi9cO_JlVkKfIaeYeU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pXst48qIPdi9cO_JlVkKfIaeYeU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/08/31/podcast-77-keeping-traveler-data-private-what-i-miss-when-off-the-road/ Mark Peacock Travel Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:44:01 CST Wanting Registered Traveler Data Destroyed, What I Missed After 2 Weeks At Home Again in Washington, DC, I'm back on the road after two weeks at home. As my Twitter followers know, this trip didn't get off to the best start -- a 2 hour delay caused by yet another broken United Airlines plane. Listener comments continue the threads on in-flight bans on smartphones and falling prices of in-flight Wi-Fi. The collapse of the Clear Registered Traveler program makes me nervous about who has my fingerprints and iris scans. And, after my plane finally got into the air, I thought about what I miss when I'm off the road. 25:43 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, travel podcast, United Airlines, Ryanair, smartphones, Wi-Fi, registered traveler no no The Real Reason Flier Want Elite Status, Vacations in the Midst of Business Travel <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/chMGbFXAthOr6KPk7SF1c70nbIA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/chMGbFXAthOr6KPk7SF1c70nbIA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/chMGbFXAthOr6KPk7SF1c70nbIA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/chMGbFXAthOr6KPk7SF1c70nbIA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/07/30/podcast-76-real-benefits-of-being-super-elite-instant-vacations/ Mark Peacock Travel Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:44:01 CST The Real Reason Flier Want Elite Status, Vacations in the Midst of Business Travel Recorded in the Washington, DC Marriott as I wrap up a week of business travel before heading out for a week's vacation. My recent trip back down to Johannesburg, South Africa provides a good bit of content -- on-plane security in Dakar, South Africa Airways' unique ban on in-flight use of iPhones and Blackberries, and good luck with Skype. Experiences on the flight back home illustrate the benefits of being a super elite flier, which might be easier to attain with Delta's recent changes to their SkyMiles program. We wrap up with a couple of stories about how frequent travelers squeeze in instant vacations in the midst of business travel. 29:03 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, travel podcast, South Africa, Vail Resorts, South African Airways, United Airlines, Global Services, elite qualifying miles no no Fear and Loathing of In-flight WiFi, Why I Travel So Much <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiiDSdKszwXCiKahYJQ8qCwuAuI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiiDSdKszwXCiKahYJQ8qCwuAuI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiiDSdKszwXCiKahYJQ8qCwuAuI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BiiDSdKszwXCiKahYJQ8qCwuAuI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/06/24/podcast-75-cant-i-fly-unplugged-how-i-got-here/ Mark Peacock Travel Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:19:01 CST Fear and Loathing of In-flight WiFi, Why I Travel So Much Recorded in the St Louis Airport Marriott courtesy of a blown connection by Southwest. We clean out the TravelCommons mail bag, going through listener comments on disabling in-flight electronics, eating alone, and finding good non-chain food on the road. We talk about the sudden collapse of the CLEAR registered traveler program and if in-flight WiFi will reallyimprove frequent traveler productivity. I also give a little personal history about how I came to travel so much. 26:00 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, CLEAR registered traveler, WiFi, Restaurants no no The fourth year anniversary episode of TravelCommons <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-gswX1miACMya1WGIgoa4Hv5Acs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-gswX1miACMya1WGIgoa4Hv5Acs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-gswX1miACMya1WGIgoa4Hv5Acs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-gswX1miACMya1WGIgoa4Hv5Acs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/05/14/podcast-74-looking-back-over-four-years-of-travelcommons/ Mark Peacock Travel Thu, 14 May 2009 21:48:01 CST The fourth year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Recorded in the Seattle Marriott Waterfront, this special 4th-year anniversary edition collates the best bits from four years of TravelCommons podcasts. Starting with the "hotel medley" -- the roll call of all the hotels that have served as TravelCommons recording studios, we move on to excerpts from stories about the TSA, Bose headphones, memories of better airplane food, the hassles of travel, and some of the most entertaining sights I've seen in the last four years. 24:54 Mark Peacock travel, business travel, travel stories, anniversary show no no Make Eating Alone Better, More Things You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OM3jg1tA49016hqNqFxfZWTk-M8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OM3jg1tA49016hqNqFxfZWTk-M8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OM3jg1tA49016hqNqFxfZWTk-M8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OM3jg1tA49016hqNqFxfZWTk-M8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/04/15/podcast-73-eating-alone-on-the-road-more-things-you-never-want-to-hear/ Mark Peacock Travel Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:03:01 CST Make Eating Alone Better, More Things You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying Recorded somewhere over the Atlantic in the business class toilet of a South African Airways A340 and the Rosebank Hotel in Johannesburg at the start of a week's stay in South Africa. We talk about inconsistent rules for mobile devices on planes, the value of renewing my CLEAR registered traveler membership, the three things that make a restaurant a great place to eat solo, and listener suggestions on the one thing you never want to hear on a flight. 25:27 Mark Peacock travel podcast, travel, business travel, South Africa Airways, iPhone applications, Philadelphia, CLEAR registered traveler, Restaurants no no Consequences of Breaking Travel Rules, Words You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wqFVDmRfCTVen2Nr_ekrWu0rSpo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wqFVDmRfCTVen2Nr_ekrWu0rSpo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wqFVDmRfCTVen2Nr_ekrWu0rSpo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wqFVDmRfCTVen2Nr_ekrWu0rSpo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/03/08/podcast-72-breaking-travel-rules-what-you-never-want-to-hear/ Mark Peacock Travel Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:03:01 CST Consequences of Breaking Travel Rules, Words You Never Want to Hear When You're Flying Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago at the end of a full week home, decompressing after 6 weeks of straight travel. We talk about some "travel rules" violators -- the woman whose airport meltdown is a YouTube hit and an Amazing Race couple whose violation got them eliminated. A listener suggests a topic -- what is the one thing you never want to hear on a flight? And we close with a couple of suggestions on how to avoid the growing cacophony of flat screen TVs shouting out the depressing state of the world. 23:13 Mark Peacock travel podcast, travel, business travel, United Airlines, Global Services, Cathay Pacific, Philadelphia, Travel Rules, Amazing Race no no Dragging a Train Thru the Snow, Reviewing Last Year's Travel, Tatty Skies of United <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cnH25z4kRYSJMCcF7Qjud11s1gw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cnH25z4kRYSJMCcF7Qjud11s1gw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cnH25z4kRYSJMCcF7Qjud11s1gw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cnH25z4kRYSJMCcF7Qjud11s1gw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2009/02/08/podcast-71-winter-travel-last-years-travel-tatty-united/ Mark Peacock Travel Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:03:01 CST Dragging a Train Thru the Snow, Reviewing Last Year's Travel, Tatty Skies of United Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago, back doing my thing to support the travel industry with lots of travel in January. We talk about some recent TSA observations, good and bad; my latest spin of the "travel roulette" wheel, trading the plane for a train in an East Coast snow storm; a look back at last year's travel courtesy of Dopplr's Personal Annual Report; and being saved by duct tape while flying the tatty skies of United. 26:03 Mark Peacock travel podcast, travel, business travel, United Airlines, Amtrak, TSA, Philadelphia, Customer Satisfaction, Dopplr no no Challenges Packing a Suit, Can Videoconference Replace Travel Yet, Watching Winter Flight Delays <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fbh0m5v2mrdb47QRuXfwuYjPqYk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fbh0m5v2mrdb47QRuXfwuYjPqYk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fbh0m5v2mrdb47QRuXfwuYjPqYk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fbh0m5v2mrdb47QRuXfwuYjPqYk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travelcommons/2008/12/23/podcast-70-packing-a-suit-videoconference-over-travel-watching-winter-flight-delays/ Mark Peacock Travel Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:03:01 CST Challenges Packing a Suit, Can Videoconference Replace Travel Yet, Watching Winter Flight Delays Recorded in the TravelCommons studios outside of Chicago after finishing up my travel for the year. But there was a good bit of travel before the year-end, including one of the craziest/stupidest itineraries I've done in a long time -- Chicago-London-Denver in a little more than a day. Many of the subsequent Twitter comments I received asked that perpetual question -- Why travel when you can video conference? Traveling to a business-formal office for the first time in 10 years causes me to investigate different methods in packing a suit. And the December storms that have snarled air traffic across the upper two-thirds of the US have me singing the praises of Flightstats.com 27:10 Mark Peacock travel podcast, travel, business travel, London, British Airways, Packing, Videoconference, Flightstats, Qantas no no The first year anniversary episode of TravelCommons <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jgl2_I9_Ui1_XSCxMUvtJRW6rRg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jgl2_I9_Ui1_XSCxMUvtJRW6rRg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jgl2_I9_Ui1_XSCxMUvtJRW6rRg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jgl2_I9_Ui1_XSCxMUvtJRW6rRg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://travelcommons.com/?p=44 Mark Peacock Travel The first year anniversary episode of TravelCommons Recorded in the Courtyard Copley Square in Boston, this special edition pulls the best of the first year of TravelCommons. travel, business travel, travel stories, anniversary show 28:00 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:08:21 CST A Taste of TravelCommons - Telling travel stories from hotel bathrooms around the country <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUu1qCeYyiTRan5vRs7JyKB7bnU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUu1qCeYyiTRan5vRs7JyKB7bnU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUu1qCeYyiTRan5vRs7JyKB7bnU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TUu1qCeYyiTRan5vRs7JyKB7bnU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Taste of TravelCommons A Taste of TravelCommons - Travel rants and travel stories recorded in hotel bathrooms around the country http://travelcommons.com 2:30 travel, promo, stories Wed, 6 Jul 2005 18:14:44 CST