Odd Lots - Travel Genius, a New Show From Bloomberg

Episode Date: November 6, 2018

What’s the most sure-fire way to get a flight upgrade? How can you find the best, secret local restaurants by asking just one question? What's the first thing you should do when you get into a hotel room? On Bloomberg's new podcast Travel Genius, we'll give you those answers—and plenty more—as hosts Nikki Ekstein and Mark Ellwood quiz the world’s most experienced globetrotters for their tried-and-true travel hacks. Listen weekly, and even your work trips will go from a necessary evil to an expert art form. Plus, you'll be padding out your bucket list with dreams of amazing future vacations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks for listening to Odd Lots. Follow the show on Amazon Music for more future episodes or just ask, Alexa, play the Odd Lots podcast on Amazon Music. Hello, I'm Mark Elwood. And I'm Nikki Eckstein. We're the hosts of Bloomberg's new podcast, Travel Genius. Yes, we are, and we are excited to share this new podcast, which is all about the joy of travel. Each week on Travel Genius, you'll hear from veteran jet-setters as they stop by to share their favorite travel tips, tricks, and hacks. Like TV travel host Samantha Brown, on the one thing in every hotel room that she says is so overlooked, but can be used in so many different ways. The ironing board. I mean, it sits in the closet. It never comes out. No one wants to use it, but here's where it's really amazing. We always

run out of counter space when we're in a hotel, and it's four feet of counter space. A lot of people now are working at desks standing, right? Standing desks is the new trend. It's a standing. It's a standing desk. We'll also cover the hottest topics and news within the travel world to help make you a more informed, savvy traveler. Ever wonder if there's the right time to buy a plane ticket? Or maybe how companies are trying to make vacations appeal to teenagers. Well, we've got you covered. And you'll also hear some incredible travel stories along the way, like from Philippe Cousteau, and the time he was chased through the streets of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. And I ran around another corner and literally bumped into three cops. And they had an

Uzi on one shoulder and a shotgun on the other, each of them. And the guys chasing me stopped dead in their tracks and looked at the police and looked at me. The cops looked at me, looked at them, and then looked at me and just kind of smiled. And they were like, you are lucky. So come along for the adventure. Travel Genius launches November 14 on Apple Podcasts, Pocketcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. The news doesn't stop on the weekends. Context changes constantly.

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