The Bag Tag Travel Podcast

🤳 The Travel Discourse Trio (01:22)There’s a lot of fun travel tidbits that have been making their rounds online. Today we’re discussing the latest travel privacy innovation in My Cocoon, a heartwarming statue built in Kazakhstan, and JetBlue’s top-secret booking hack.👶 How Many Miles Should the Baby Get? (10:19)For this week’s seat pocket, we’re debating if a baby born mid-flight should be eligible for the full flight’s miles or just the miles they were there for. Seriously, this really happened.✈️ How Would a Government-Owned Spirit Airlines Work? (14:48)This episode is all about the hottest topic in travel news: the U.S. government’s interest in buying Spirit Airlines outright. Not a subsidization, not a bailout, a full-on ownership. How did we get here, what would this mean for the airline industry as a whole, and has this happened before? We unpack it all for you!🚌 Transportation Costs of The World Cup (40:43)If you’re planning to attend a World Cup match at MetLife Stadium, in addition to flights and lodging, you’ll need to factor in public transportation to your overall budget! New Jersey has made it clear that if FIFA won’t help cover the transportation costs their cities will be taking on, then they’re pushing that burden onto the fans. And that burden is pricey!🚢 Tiny Voyage: What in our everyday life brought us the same joy as travel this week (47:57)

🐱 Pilots Meowing + Fetty Wap References = Weird Air (01:25)It was a weird week in the air to say the least… Pilots were meowing, barking, and making Fetty Wap references to the ATCs. We run through all the latest news, if it qualifies as news, from the air in the past week.✈️ How Do You Count Flights? (12:58)Every trip is a flight but not every flight is a trip…or is it? We debate how you count the total number of flights you’ve been on and the difference between flights vs trips. According to Chantel, this is not a matter of opinion but a matter of facts. Do you agree?🛎️ The Death (and Rebirth) of the Hotel Lobby (21:50)What was once considered a path on the way to or from your room has since become a destination in and of itself. We dive into the history of the hotel lobby, how the boom of hotel chain expansion turned lobbies blah, and what they did to successfully reinstate themselves as a designated “third place” in today’s society.🛏️ We See Your SkyCouch and Raise You a SkyNest (43:49)Air New Zealand has done it again–they’re reinventing sleep in the sky! Long-time Taggies will remember when we covered their innovative SkyCouch, which has since been copied by United’s Relax Row, and now they’re bringing us bigger and better sleep options with their latest SkyNest. Set to debut later this year, SkyNest could completely change the way passengers rest while seated in economy.🚢 Tiny Voyage of the Week (53:46)

🏅2028 Summer Olympics (01:21)It’s official, The Bag Tag will be the unofficial travel podcast of the LA 28 Summer Olympics. We were lucky enough to snag tickets in one of the early ticket drops and already counting down the days to the games. Plus we discuss the misdesign of airplane seat maps🧛Team Jacob or Team Edward (08:43)The debate that will never die, are you Team Edward or Team Jacob. The podcast is split as we discuss if this was all just a marketing stunt by the movie studios for Twilight 🌲Visiting Forks, Washington (13:21)While, yes, the main point of the trip is to relive Chantel’s High School days as an obsessed teen reading the Twilight book, we dive into all things Forks besides just Twilight. Although, most of it is Twilight as we’re headed off to visit🐠 Sydney’s New Fish Market (34:27)Sydney, Australia is opened the largest fish market in the southern hemisphere and it’s truly not getting close to enough of the attention that it deserves. Not only is it reshaping Black Waddle Bay’s fish scene, but the new water front walkway will give even more of a reason for locals and tourists to make it a must visit. 

🫨 Seating Chart Icons, Baggage Fees, and Disney Animatronics…Oh my! (01:30)There’s a lot going on in the world of travel, so we had to start today’s episode with some of the lighter, but still important, things we’ve been seeing in the news lately.🌕 What Would the Moon’s Bag Tag Code Be? (11:00)For today’s seat pocket, we debate what we think the “spaceport” bag tag code (hypothetical, of course) on the moon should be!🚀 Airport Chaos (13:40) & Artemis II Space Tourism (23:10)We’re discussing the history behind the airport chaos, because even though this seems like a recent issue, it actually goes back decades! Then we take off with everything you need to know about Artemis II!🧔🏽‍♂️ What in the World is Going on With Beards? (34:00)Believe it or not, there’s a reason why most airplane pilots you have will be clean shaven. We dive into the reasons behind this and question if it’s really just because of safety…🚢 This Week’s Tiny Voyages (40:23)

👣 King Charles III, the path not the person + 100th Episode!!! (01:23) There’s a new King Charles III in town but this one is a path, not a person! That’s right, there’s a newly opened walking path that takes you around the entire country of England. And, today is our 100th episode of The Bag Tag!🚴 Would You Ever Walk or Bike Across the Country? (09:09)Today’s seat pocket is inspired by, you guessed it, the King Charles III pathway. We debate if we would ever walk or bike across the entire United States, or maybe even drive.🗺️ Why Do Humans Feel the Urge to Explore? (15:28)Exploring isn’t just a hobby or an aspiration, there’s so much more to it than that! Exploring is in our blood, seriously. It’s genetic. And today we talk all about how humans evolved specifically to explore. Do you have the travel gene?😴 United’s New Way to Travel in Relaxation (30:16)There’s a new seat style, not the first of its kind but the first of its kind on a U.S. carrier! United Airlines is introducing their new Relax Row, which may change the way we travel for long-haul flights.🛳️ Bringing Back the Tiny Voyage (42:06)We close the show sharing our tiny voyages for the week!

🔥 Heated Rivalry, Chicago River, and Headphone Enforcement (01:27)It’s St. Patrick’s Day and we didn’t skimp out on the travel news this week! There’s lots going on in the world, from new set-jetting opportunities for all you HR loons, the juicy deets on turning Chicago’s river green, and United’s latest rules on headphones.👙 What’s Your Favorite Spring Break Destination? (09:40)For this week’s seat pocket, we’re discussing our favorite spring break trip we’ve ever gone on…if we’ve gone on a spring break trip! Let us know what your favorite spring break spot has been, or if you have any exciting destinations coming up.✈️ How Did Spring Break Become a Travel Tradition? (18:02)Before Spring Break became an iconic travel tradition for college students and, let’s be real, everyone else, it started off as just…a break! Find out how this pre-summer respite evolved into one of the most desired travel weeks in modern times!🌧️ Weather Apps Might Get Sued (41:57)There’s drama with the weather apps and local attractions as they claim misleading icons and summaries for daily weather are encouraging people to reschedule their plans or cancel altogether, even if the weather is mostly nice! We get to the bottom of the latest tea on weather, or should we say “forecast”?

🕑 Jet Lag & What Happens at Airport Chili’s (01:26)Daylight Savings weekend went by a little too fast, because we lost an hour! Springing forward always gives us the same feeling as jet lag, at least for a little while. Plus, there’s an airport Chili’s that saw probably the most romantic gesture in its entire existence: a proposal! That’s right, there’s a happy couple out there whose lives are forever changed after visiting that Chili’s.⭐ Would You Rather Be a TV or Movie Star? (10:52)If we were famous actors, would we rather become a star from a TV show or a movie? While this seems like a pretty straightforward question, there was actually a lot to consider with this.🎥 Is Los Angeles Actually a Good Tourist City? (16:11)There’s a saying that “everyone loves LA until they visit,” but LA is the second-most visited city in the U.S... So are millions of people lying or is it being evaluated wrong? We’re debating if LA is actually a good city for tourists and why there may be some ill-informed prejudices against it.🏛️ Coming Soon: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (36:10)He’s taken us to archaeological sites, artifact hunting across the globe, and even to outer space. Now, he’s taking us behind the curtain and into the storytelling itself. George Lucas, one of the greatest storytellers of our generation has a new museum of narrative art that isn’t just highlighting his work but how it’s created, and we have all the clues you need to go on this adventure.

🏴󠁡󠁦󠁷󠁡󠁲󠁿 Which Countries Change Their Flags When at War? (01:25)If you didn’t know, now you do! There are countries out there that change their flag to indicate when they’re at war. Do you know how many, or which ones?🌀 Cyclone vs Hurricane vs Typhoon (05:20)There are many natural disasters, but of these three heavy hitters, which one sounds the coolest? Destruction aside, of course. We debate whether a cyclone, hurricane, or typhoon sounds the coolest when you hear it or see it in an action movie.🤠 Galveston, Texas (08:45)As Wyatt heads to Galveston, TX, we’re doing a full rundown on everything you need to know about this under-the-radar city. From its history and how Houston stole its spotlight, to fun facts and things to do, we chat about it all!🦖 What In the World Is Going On With Pokemon? (30:37)Did you know that Pokemon fossils exist? For Pokemon enthusiasts and paleontologists alike, this upcoming attraction is a big deal! Find out all you need to know about this pop-up attraction and where its only North American location is going to be!