This Week in Travel

With special guest Amy Widdowson of NileGuide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

show notesThis Week's Guest Pauline Frommer from Frommers.com WOR710.com Frommers.com/Pauline Bing Travel@paulinefrommerThis Week's News    * Volcanos are blowing up all over    * Media and Social Media Coverage    * KLM Shows How to Use Social Media During Ash crisis, and Air France How Not to    * Norway's Prime Minister runs country from an iPad    * Johnny Jet's Volcano Info    * Year Without a Summer    * Alaska cuts fees on cruisesPicks of the Week    * Gary - Street Food in Bangkok    * Chris - Blue Mickey Microphone    * Jen - Google Mobile App    * Pauline - Guatamala-------------------------------------------------Gary ArndtEverything-Everywhere.com - The Internet's most popular travel blogFacebook: http://Facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereBuzz: http://google.com/profiles/garndtTwitter: http://Twitter.com/EverywhereTrip/---------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Week's Guest is travel blogger Matt Kepnes, aka Nomadic Matt.This Week's News    * Arthur Frommer says "Avoid Thailand"    * The Jingle of Change in Europe    * Man falls asleep on Air Canada flight, wakes up on empty plane in a hangar    * TripAdvisor adds another paid-for service – tourist board pages    * No lines at Walt Disney World? Theme park tests new 'queue-less' wait systemPicks of the Week    * Gary - Sea to Summit    * Chris - Roku    * Jen - Secret London    * Matt - Momondo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With guest Sheila Scarborough - Thinking about tourism and the social Web at Sheila's Guide To The Good Stuff (http://www.sheilasguide.com/), BootsnAll Family Travel Guide (http://www.familytravellogue.com/) and Perceptive Travel Blog (http://perceptivetravel.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With special guest Robert Reid of the 76 second travel show... oh yeah and he is also the USA Editor of the Lonely Planet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our special guest Julie Schwietert. Julie is a bilingual writer and editor who's always interested in stories about overlooked people and places--especially when they're in Latin America. She is a contributing writer to Fodor's Puerto Rico and Fodor's Caribbean, and is a writer and the managing editor of MatadorNetwork, the world's largest online travel magazine.   This Weeks News   Google Testing Hotel Prices in Google Maps Hotel managers monitor online critiques to improve service Travelocity Secret Hotels UpTake heads down ultimate travel content aggregation route Uptake Travel Gems Lindsay Lohan banned from India ? Matador U   Picks of the Week   Gary - WP-Super Cache Jen - Live Life, Don George's LP Guide to Travel Writing Chris - Passport Day, March 28, 2010 Julie - Flyebaby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

with special guest Cory Taratuta of the Irish Fireside Podcast (http://irishfireside.com/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With special guest Grant Martin from Gadling.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

with Special Guest Trisha Miller from travel-writers-exchange.comTrips for your toyshttp://www.watoday.com.au/travel/travel-news/oddball-travel-agency-offers-trips-for-your-toys-20100219-ojze.htmlTrainer Killed by Whale at SeaWorld in Orlando | Peter Greenberg Worldwidehttp://www.petergreenberg.com/2010/02/25/trainer-killed-by-whale-at-seaworld-in-orlando/Spirit Airways lowers the bar, kicks man off flight for asking for water for his pregnant wife | The Titanic Awardshttp://www.titanicawards.com/2010/02/16/spirit-airways-lowers-the-bar-kicks-man-off-flight-for-asking-for-water-for-his-pregnant-wife/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a return appearance special guest David Farley (@davidfarley) from http://www.dfarley.com/Delta Air Lines charges extra fees for passengers who use travel agentshttp://www.consumertraveler.com/today/delta-air-lines-charges-extra-fees-for-passengers-who-use-travel-agents/Gadling TV's "Travel Talk," 001: Carnival, flight cancellations, Somaliland, airfare blunders, and more! | Gadling.comhttp://www.gadling.com/2010/02/17/gadling-tv-001-carnival-flight-cancellations-somaliland-ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

with Gary Ardnt and Chris Christensenwith guest Julia Dimon -  TV host, Travel Writer and hard-core Travel Junkie. I've traveled around the world four times, across 80 countries, through six continents.and special pinch hitter Chris Gray Faust filling in for a sick Jen Leo - Editrix of Chris Around The World, travel blogger; social media butterfly. Former travel editor of USA TODAYtoday's discussions -     •    Kevin Smith is too fat for Southwest ( http://travel-industry.uptake.com/blog/2010/02/14/fly-with-southwest/ )    •    Missed Last week: BootsNAll makes the Superbowl    •    Other examples of Southwest kicking people off ( http://www.tnooz.com/2010/02/14/news/silent-bob-strikes-back-southwestair/ )    •    Tarmac delay rules = more canceled flights ( http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-02-16-tarmac-delays_N.htm )    •    TSA strikes a blow against terrorism by making a 4 year old child walk without his leg braces (http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/16/tsa-forces-travellin.html )    •    Fully body airline scanner violates islamic law ( http://www.freep.com/article/20100211/NEWS05/100211044/1318/Airport-body-scanners-violate-Islamic-law-Muslims-say )    •    LAT Travel Show recap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew of @Bus2Antarctica *Sean Keaner of BootsNallHawaii may ban laxative fishhttp://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2010/01/29/dnt.laxative.fish.law.khon?hpt=T2Travel Tip Tuesday : American Airlines Announces $8 Blanketshttp://mymelange.net/mymelange/2010/02/travel-tip-tuesday-american-airlines-announces-8-blankets.htmlFree aiport wi-fihttp://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2010-02-10-free-airport-wi-fi_N.htmAncillary Feeshttp://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2010-02-09-ancillary-fees_N.htmDirty Hotelshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/business/09road.html?ref=travelhttp://www.tripadvisor.com/DirtyHotels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

with guest Jessica SpiegelTravel WriterItaly Travel Guide - www.italylogue.comBootsnAll Travel Network - www.bootsnall.comGaming the luggage systemhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/travel/31praccarryon.html?ref=travelSlave Village Opens up at National Parkhttp://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2010-02-02-monocacy-slave-village_N.htm?loc=interstitialskipBootsnAll - "How I Travel" series (http://www.bootsnall.com/howitravel/)Mail: Air Passengers Who Refuse A Full Body Scan To Be Barred From Flightshttp://www.27clouds.com/red.cfm?id=4161CNN: The $27,000 Suitcase (Amusing, I might use as tip if we don't mention)http://www.27clouds.com/red.cfm?id=4153 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week is Kim Mance of TBEX and Galavantinghttp://www.travelblogexchange.com/http://www.gogalavanting.com/* Couches in coach: Air New Zealand plans lie-flat seats - USATODAY.comhttp://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-01-25-lie-flat-seats-new-zealand-coach_N.htm?csp=travelSky Couch In Coach: Air New Zealand Designs Flip-Up Cushion To Make Bed - The Middle Seat Terminal - WSJhttp://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2010/01/25/sky-couch-in-coach-air-new-zealand-designs-flip-up-cushion-to-make-bed/* Employees to Warm up Your Hotel Bed by Rolling Around in Ithttp://matadornights.com/employees-to-warm-up-your-hotel-bed-by-rolling-around-in-it/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MatadorNetwork+%28Matador+Network%29&utm_content=TwitterRoad Testing the Verizon MiFihttp://blog.amateurtraveler.com/2010/01/26/road-testing-the-verizon-mifi/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

with guest Marylin Terrell @Marilyn_Res the Chief Researcher for National Geographic Traveler magazineHaitiHaiti dominated the news so much, it's hard to think of anything else. Here's an interesting angle, the story about the cruise line that continued its plan to dock in Haiti with vacationers. Pros & cons:  seems insensitive, but it's a acutely needed form of income for Haiti citizens as well. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/18/cruise-ship-docks-at.htmlShould Cruise Ships Go To Haiti? In Defense of Royal Caribbeanhttp://blog.amateurtraveler.com/2010/01/19/should-cruise-ships-go-to-haiti-in-defense-of-royal-caribbean/Legal limbo: Disney could go after you for posting vacation videos onlinehttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/01/19/legal-limbo-disney-could-go-after-you-for-posting-vacation-vide/Tattle on TSA with New iPhone App | CheapOair http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2hNpFb/blog.cheapoair.com/news/tattle-on-tsa-with-new-iphone-app.aspx/r:tNudists urge airline baggage fee payback-14 January, 2010http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1140411.php?mpnlog=1&m_id=_rvbT_T_dAmtrak Takes Aim at Air Travel With Comedic O'Hare Ads http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Amtrak-Takes-Aim-at-Air-Travel-With-OHare-Ads-81696142.htmlNews of the Weird: Mexican immigrant needing help evading the Border Patrol? There's an app for that!http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20100117/od_notw/nwx100117xml Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices