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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...

Show notes, August 25

This week's guest is travel consumer advocate Chris Elliott.

This week's news:

Southwest attendant takes baby after slap from mother

JetBlue brings back 'All You Can Jet' passes

Good airline fees? Some are worth the money

Some hotels offer to pay fliers' bag-check fees

http://onyoursi.de/

Rolf Potts Around the World no luggage challenge

Picks of the week:

Jen - InsideTrip.com

Gary - Quebec City, Quebec

Chris Christensen - GetHuman.com

Chris Elliott - TruPrice.net

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#51 - Chris Elliott Strikes Back

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