We are joined by Yapta‘s CEO Tom Romary. Yapta provides do-it-yourself travel planners with the tools and information needed to get the best value on their travel arrangements. Yapta enables travelers to find their ideal flights and hotel rooms, track specific airfare and hotel rates, and to be alerted when prices drop – or when they hit a designated price-point.  Bringing to light pro-consumer “guaranteed airfare” policies offered by many airlines, Yapta also helps travelers obtain an airline travel voucher when the price of their purchased ticket becomes available for less.

Yapta has recently partnered with TripIt.  Now users who forward their flight confirmation emails to TripIt will have Yapta  tracking  flights for airline refunds or credits with a single click.  This will save time, money and the frustration of not having all  travel plans in one place. Tom will explain how this partnership will benefit you.  For more information visit: www.yapta.com or blog.yapta.com

Making a return to our show is Ellen Simonetti, Queen of the Sky. On her last visit we ran out of time to hear her story, so we asked her to come back.  In 2003 Ellen started her blog:  Queen of the Sky: Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant as a form of therapy after the loss of her mother to cancer. In addition to describing events of her life, Ellen also described travel abroad, mainly Europe and South America, while working for Delta Air Lines. With practical information on worldwide travel described in a quirky, irreverent tone, the blog developed a considerable following. In late 2004 she was suspended and then fired after Delta Air Lines objected to her posing for photographs on a company airplane and commentary on her blog. Ellen subsequently renamed her blog Diary of a Fired Flight Attendant. Her blog was captured in a book,  Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant.

A movie about her life is in the works.

Ellen has switched gears and is now promoting health and wellness through alternative therapies.  She will tell us about her journey from being fired for blogging, fighting a court battle, and becoming a book author and a guest on the television talk show circuit, to starting a new direction in her life.  She has started a new blog about energies and self-healing.  We can’t wait to hear this chapter!

Raymond, our European Correspondent, joins us live from his home in The Netherlands to give his take on this week’s topics, news and views.  Follow Raymond on Twitter@Raymondstar. He will soon be making a guest appearance at a charity concert organized by Frys Gig in London on March 11.

For more of Raymond see his videos at Youtube.   He will soon be creating some videos for this site!

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