Taryn

Ozarks-based freelance writer | adventure travel + outdoors + food. Champion of the underdog, foodie, sunset chaser, and lover of unique accommodations.

[Zanny Merullo @zannymerullo]

Being a travel writer means working in places where most people are on vacation. (Not complaining, but it's funny sometimes!)

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@OWTK I feel so...seen. Not to mention PRs *far* outnumber journos now, so often, editors have seen the angle of even the best pitches dozens of times...or may even be writing the story themselves.

[Sulla @spqr_sulla]

Millennials use “lol” like STOP at the end of a telegram lol

[Kyle Potter @kpottermn]

After Delta and United backtracked last week, American Airlines remains the only U.S. carrier still pushing solo passengers into pricier fares than groups of two or more.

The airline again refused to a respond to a request for comment yesterday on this pricing tactic.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@lolaannamendez I'm headed to IPW (are you going??) next week and in the same boat. Like what the heck do people wear in professional settings anymore? 😅

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@AgEnough @Kyla_Lacey This is sooo bad for you. It may 'work' for several years, but eventually will catch up with really terrible, unpleasant consequences.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@zanmerusteff So few people understand this! It's tricky to not sound like we're complaining.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@escapeeJT @alecrobbins 🎯🎯🎯

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@alecrobbins I'm living in this Hell right now. Search for specific song, find it easily. Hit play, get 7 *other* songs, with 4 ads every other song and still...not the original song I wanted. Their tactic to get me back to Premium may work.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@fawfulfan I have not seen it, but this overall is the take I'm seeing most.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@joeykatzen @kpottermn Excellent question. Who's going to be the first to test it?

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@kpottermn Price gouging business travelers whose flights are expensed, I guess, but what about literally every other solo flyer?

[Kyle Potter @kpottermn]

These United flights from Chicago to Asheville this summer are even worse.

$223 for one passenger ... or less than $207 TOTAL for two passengers.

That's right: It's cheaper to book a trip for two travelers than one. Wild.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@kpottermn What happens if you start the process for 2, but edit and drop 1 during booking?

[Kyle Potter @kpottermn]

We broke the news yesterday that Delta was charging as much as 70% more per ticket for one passenger instead of two - a new and unusual pricing tactic that penalizes solo & business travelers.

But United and American are doing the same, with some egregious examples.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@effthealgorithm And really, this only touches on word content. Let's talk about how dangerous AI-generated photos and videos are, all the deepfake and otherwise nefarious uses. It's really, really terrible. Elon warned everyone.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@seosmarty @lilyraynyc Took this SS last night...how is a state park in Missouri even remotely related to what I was searching for? I do live in MO, but my search was ultra specific. Broken indeed.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@seosmarty @lilyraynyc I'm a smaller, pretty site that aces all the various technical SEO metrics but lost 90% of my traffic/rankings almost overnight last Aug/Sept. You're spot on...some of the sites outranking me now haven't been updated in over four years or are only loosely related to the KW.

[Taryn @chasingtrailX]

@shesabroadagain Plenty of blogs have done this, and it catches up to them at the new site eventually. Unfortunately, there's no rhyme or reason and what works today could be a complete 180 next week, month, year...