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Talking travel with the CEO of Kayak.com

Talking travel with the CEO of Kayak.com Kayak is one of our favorite companies to write about. The leading airfare metacrawler processes some 40 million travel requests per month, making it one of the most popular travel sites out there. TIME Magazine has called it one of the "50 Coolest Websites" and the "Best ...

Talking travel with Emirates Airline VP Nigel Page

Talking travel with Emirates Airline VP Nigel Page This Friday will mark the launch of the first regular route in the world on the A380, from Dubai to New York JFK on Emirates Airline. I'm here to talk to Nigel Page, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations (Americas) about this exciting development, the airline's ...

Talking travel with professional RV roadtripper Adelle Milavsky

Talking travel with professional RV roadtripper Adelle Milavsky Adelle and Ron Milavsky, a lovely retired couple who live in Connecticut, have been road-tripping across Europe for years. They've written the definitive guide on RV trips, Take Your RV to Europe: The Low-Cost Route to Long-Term Touring and now here to share a few more tips ...

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern (part 3)

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern (part 3) I'm here with Andrew Zimmern, the wildly popular host of Travel Channel's hit series, Bizarre Foods. He's a personality that needs no introduction--at least around the Gadling water cooler. You could even say he's our Paris Hilton. His show--which is about what it sounds ...

Talking travel with luxury-travel-for-less planner and author

Talking travel with luxury-travel-for-less planner and author Theo Brandt-Sarif is a professional lecturer who gives seminars on booking luxury vacations and business trips. He's also author of Guerrilla Travel Tactics, a tell-all guide on how to get the best deals on flights, hotels, and vacation packages. Are there shortcuts to ...

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern (part 2)

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern (part 2) I'm here with Andrew Zimmern, the wildly popular host of Travel Channel's hit series, Bizarre Foods. He's a personality that needs no introduction--at least around the Gadling water cooler. You could even say he's our Paris Hilton. His show--which is about what it sounds ...

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern

Talking travel with Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern I'm here with Andrew Zimmern, the wildly popular host of Travel Channel's hit series, Bizarre Foods. He's a personality that needs no introduction--at least around the Gadling water cooler. You could even say he's our Paris Hilton. His show--which is about what it sounds ...

Talking travel with pro motorcyclist Erik Buell

Talking travel with pro motorcyclist Erik Buell I'm here with Erik Buell, a former AMA racer and engineer for Harley-Davidson who now runs his own subsidiary, Buell Motorcycle Co, which produces the only sportbikes made in the US. He's also happens to be an avid road-tripper--of the two-wheeled variety--and has cruised ...

Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa (part 2)

Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa (part 2) I'm here with Rudy Maxa, PBS's "Savvy Traveler" and host of the awards-winning series Rudy Maxa's World. His sixth season is currently airing, featuring locales such as Estonia, Argentina, and Thailand (he's already done a whopping 65 episodes). He began as an investigative ...

A conversation with OpenSkies' Dale Moss

A conversation with OpenSkies' Dale Moss Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dale Moss, the managing director of OpenSkies, the planet's newest airline flying between New York City and Paris. After test driving his airline out last week, I had a few questions about the airline and Mr. Moss was kind ...

Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa

Talking travel with PBS travel host Rudy Maxa I'm here with Rudy Maxa, PBS's "Savvy Traveler" and host of the awards-winning series Rudy Maxa's World. His sixth season is currently airing, featuring locales such as Estonia, Argentina, and Thailand (he's already done a whopping 65 episodes). He began as an investigative ...

Talking travel with frequent mileage expert John Lopinto

Talking travel with frequent mileage expert John Lopinto John Lopinto is one of those savvy frequent fliers who always manages to yoink that last upgrade from you (he racks over 100,000+ miles each year). But he also happens to be a top flier guru who helps travelers make the airlines work for them through his award-winning site, ...

Talking travel with the most traveled man in the world

Talking travel with the most traveled man in the world I'm here with Charles Veley, who's considered the person who has been to the most countries, territories, islands, protectorates (you get the picture) in the world. By one popular list, which is used by his global club for country collectors, he's been to 630 distinct ...

Talking travel with Sacred Places of Goddess author Karen Tate

Talking travel with Sacred Places of Goddess author Karen Tate When I headed to the West Hollywood Book Fair last September, I didn't know which writers I would meet or what to expect. The scope of offerings was impressive, and one book in particular caught my eye. Sacred Places of the Goddesses: 101 Destinations pulled me in for a chat ...

Talking travel with jetlag guru Ted Ray (plus anti-jetlag formula giveaway)

Talking travel with jetlag guru Ted Ray (plus anti-jetlag formula giveaway) For anyone traveling this Fourth of July weekend, Ted Ray is the guy you'll need when you touch down at that beach resort--with the worst headache in the world. He's a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist who's a travel consultant to high-powered Silicon Valley execs, ...

Talking travel with a RD editor and former White House correspondent

Talking travel with a RD editor and former White House correspondent I'm here with Carl Cannon, Washington bureau chief of Reader's Digest. You might ask what he's got to do with travel. It may have a bit to do with his 15 years covering the White House (and all the travel that goes along with the job), in particular serving as the White ...

Talking travel with Shutterfly's resident photographer

Talking travel with Shutterfly's resident photographer Dane Howard is the photography portal Shutterfly's resident photographer and author of The Future of Memories, a book about sharing photos in the digital age. He's here today to talk about some secrets of the trade--and to give us the scoop on today's launch of Shutterfly's ...

Talking travel with 'Wanderlust and Lipstick' author Beth Whitman

Talking travel with 'Wanderlust and Lipstick' author Beth Whitman Beth Whitman is the Wonder Woman of the travel biz. She began her adventure by backpacking the Pacific Rim for a year. Since then, she's driven the Alcan Highway to Alaska (twice), hiked through the Himalayas, and motorcycled solo from Seattle to Panama. As author of the ...

Talking travel with Patricia Schultz, author of "1000 Places to See" (part 3, plus book giveaway)

Talking travel with Patricia Schultz, author of Patricia Schultz is a well-traveled woman. She single-handedly launched the mini-industry of travel list books with her 2003 #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Workman), which has sold more than 2.8 million copies and ...

Talking travel with Patricia Schultz, author of "1000 Places to See" (part 2, plus book giveaway)

Talking travel with Patricia Schultz, author of Patricia Schultz is a well-traveled woman. She single-handedly launched the mini-industry of travel list books with her 2003 #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List (Workman), which has sold more than 2.8 million copies and ...

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