“Backpacking With Dracula” – This Week in Travel 206

This Week in Travel – Travel News Podcast. Regular hosts Gary Arndt, Jen Leo and Chris Christensen are joined by this week’s guest:

Leif Pettersen is a freelance writer, humorist, world traveler, and tourism communications professional from Minneapolis, Minn. He has traveled through 55 countries and lived in Spain, Romania and Italy. Pettersen was a silver medalist at the 2014 International Jugglers’ Association championships, loves chocolate, hates pickles, types with exactly four fingers, and can escape from a straitjacket. He has not vomited since 1993, making him a consummate travel journalist and excellent party guest. His first solo, book-length project, BACKPACKING WITH DRACULA is available on Amazon.

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This Week’s News:

• Flight attendant charged with stealing mini liquor bottles
• Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight
• Research reveals air rage is FOUR TIMES more likely to happen in planes with first class cabins
• American Airlines Refuses Rachel Barton Pine with del Gesu on Flight from Chicago to N.M.
• College Student Is Removed From Flight After Speaking Arabic on Plane

Picks of the week:

• Gary – TravelSmart Mobile App
• Gary – Mobile Passport App
• Chris – Corning Museum of Glass
• Jen – minimus.biz
• Leif – bindumedia.com