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Gary Arndt and Jen Leo

A weekly roundtable discussion on travel news and the travel industry with leading travel writers, bloggers, and podcasters.

This Week in Travel

- Continental Flight 2816 and their 8 hour imprisonment on the runway

- "Confessions of a Travel Writer" aftermath. 

- Nobel Prize Winner Suu Kyi requesting people not to travel to Burma. (Myanmar) 

- Ben Southalls performace after winning the Greatest Job in the World contest

- Woman books entire business-class section so she can fly with dog

- Clothes for rent - the new vacation trend
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#01 - This Week In Travel - Take Off

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#02 - $19 Hotels... If you camp by the pool

#03 - Morally and Socially Loose

Poorly performing hospitals found near travel hot spots - USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-08-30-travel-hospitals_N.htm?loc=interstitialskipFAA gives Southwest until Dec. 24 to repair planes - Today In the Sky - USATODAY.com http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2009/09/faa-gives-southwest-until-dec-24-to-repair-planes.htmlAirlines take precautions to protect fliers from swine flu - USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-08-31-airlines-swine-flu-precautions_N.htmCarrot-toting tourists making Arizona burros obese - USATODAY.com http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-08-31-oatman-arizona-burros_N.htm http://AnIrreverentCuriosity.com
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#04 - Travel and Other Tips

#05 - iPhone Bills and Ukuleles

guest: James O'Reilly - publisher of Travelers' Tales (more than 100 titles of non-fiction travel anthologies and single author travel memoirs)With the 9/11 Anniversary and airline safety BLOOMBERG: Mexico Hijacking Ends After God-Inspired Suspect Is Detainedhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aQi9._F8ebB0 What is Secure Flight?TSA: Secure Flighthttp://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/secureflight/index.shtm LA TIMES: American Airlines to start collecting full name, gender and date of birth info from passengers http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/american-airlines-to-5370/ FARE COMPARE, RICK SEANEY: Don’t Get Stopped at Security: Guide to New TSA Rules http://rickseaney.com/2009/09/15/dont-get-stopped-at-security-guide-to-new-tsa-rules/ Tourists no longer welcome in cannabis-selling coffee shopshttp://www.nrc.nl/international/article2354008.ece/Tourists_no_longer_welcome_in_cannabis-selling_coffee_shopsDanish Video Stirs Outragehttp://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/danish-video-stirs-outrage/ 
Tourist decapitated taking train photo in Austriahttp://ow.ly/pmArgeneral discussion on tourists putting themselves in danger, Disneyland deaths, etc
 Sexually-charged 'cougar cruise' on deck for Carnival shiphttp://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=68499038.blogtheme cruises, humorous 

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#06 - Sex, Drugs and Violence

#07 - Lemons, Limes and Kiwis

World Savers Congress 2009 by Conde Nast Traveler

Twiter Conference

National Parks

 

Hyatt shows how to damage a brand

 

Airline Employees Call Police On Angry CEO Who Chewed Them Out - funny
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#08 - The Ken Burns Effect

* Clashes erupt in Jerusalem after group of tourists enters Al-Aqsa

* Air India pilots, crew come to blows at 30,000 ft

* Air India says mid-air scuffle no threat to safety

* FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 16 CFR Part 255 - Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising
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#09 - Fisticuffs at 30,000 Feet!

I'd like to talk about the Lowell Thomas Awards.

 Kinda lowbrow but funny - Video of fight on a SF Muni Bus between two

crazy women - a great contender for Mystery Science theatre:

Detroit, the next major cruise hub? 

Colorado offer snow virgins a 3 month trip

Las Vegas tips
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#010 - What Happens in Vegas...

This week's guest is Kim Mance of Galavanting.TV and Travel Blog Exchange.This Week's News * And the world’s top airline is … * Ryanair Fined 3 Million Euros for Abandoning Passengers * Gun Taken From Suicidal JetBlue Pilot in Crew Lounge * Holiday Inn to test smartphone as hotel-room key; some guests prefer to skip front desk * TBEX Talk Picks of the Week * Jen - California parks have campsites available * Gary - MotionX-GPS HD * Chris - Foursquare * Kim - TBEX Lounge
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#41 - Travel news and a whole lot of TBEX

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