Travel Tips

Radio Archive – October 2007

Locations in this article:  Chicago, IL Miami, FL

October 27, 2007
Fire Island

Smithsonian Magazine contributor Paul Raffaele just came back from the Congo where he spent months with threatened gorillas. Raffaele tells us how the face of Africa is changing and the plight of its most precious inhabitants. Read Paul’s feature in Smithsonian Magazine on the Congo’s imperiled mountain gorillas.

Amanda Pressner, Holly Corbett, and Jen Baggett, aka “The Lost Girls” were 20-somethings living in New York when they quit their jobs to travel around the world. They share their stories with us. www.lostgirlsworld.blogspot.com.

Plus, in our “Ask the Editor” series, Miami Herald Travel Editor Jane Wooldridge, tells us about her favorite destinations around the world.

Also, Tom Frank from USA Today and Cindy Loose from the Washington Post fill us in on the latest breaking travel news.

October 20, 2007
Fire Island, NY

Going to China for the Olympics? Should you bow or shake hands when greeting locals? Flying to Brazil? What should you NOT do once you get there? Culture guru and Culture Smart! guidebook editor, David Solomon fills us in on the do’s and don’ts of traveling abroad.

After the brouhaha surrounding geography and the Miss Teen USA pageant, Ben Keene, editor of the Oxford Atlas of the World, sets the record straight. Or at least, he tells us where everything is.

George Hobica of Airfare Watchdog prepares us for the upcoming holiday season. He tells us how to find the best fares and survive the mad rush.
Plus, Johnny Jet joins us with some handy travel Web sites.

And, Steve Huettel of the St. Petersburg Times fills us in on the latest breaking airline news.

October 13, 2007
Fire Island

Can you become a virtuous consumer when you travel? Leslie Garrett – the virtuous journalist, blogger and author of The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World – thinks so. She tells us how to follow these philosophies on this week’s show.

When Johnny Drama (aka Derek Jeter) is in the house, you know there’s trouble. Turns out, Yankees sign into their hotel rooms using some of the most offbeat aliases imaginable. Writer Neil DeMause detailed the best of them in the Village Voice, and fills us in on other wacky sports nom de plumes.

No need for fall leaf peepers to follow to the crowds to New England. Writer Lisa Davis chronicled some unusual destinations to see fall’s grandeur in the Chicago Tribune, and she lets us in on some of her unexpected favorites. Read her article here.

Plus, the President of the Air Transport Association, Jim May, discusses the idea of “congestion pricing” and gives us the latest breaking airline news.

October 6, 2007
Fire Island

Curious about traveling abroad for a medical procedure, but not sure how or where to start? Journalist Jennifer Wolf fills us in on the in and outs of medical tourism.

Thinking about ditching your day job and heading off on the road? Well, Mark McHahon, author of Driving to the End of the World did just that. He sold his dental practice and drove through Central and South America. He tells us how he pulled it off, and how you can do it, too.

Need to use up those vacation days and not sure where to go at the last moment? Jasper Malcolmson, vice president of Yahoo! Travel, tells us about some of the best last-minute deals.
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