Slate Money - Money Travels: The Eternal Baggage Question
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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In this special episode of Slate Money Travels, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the constant question on travelers’ minds: should you check your bag? They dig into how to make your carry-on count, the beauty of Air Tags, and Felix offers an alternative to checking a bag that isn’t a carry on.
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| 0:00.0 | Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services? |
| 0:04.8 | So we started the business two years ago. |
| 0:07.2 | We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs. |
| 0:12.5 | But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy. |
| 0:18.0 | Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash hello vet. |
| 0:28.1 | Hello, welcome to slate money travel, a special episode of slate Money devoted to travel something. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Felix Salmon. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello. |
| 0:43.4 | Who's sitting at home in front of her bookshelves. |
| 0:46.8 | We're doing the bookshelf thing. |
| 0:48.0 | But Elizabeth Spires of the New York Times has made it all the way into the Brooklyn studios of Slate. Hi, Elizabeth. |
| 0:57.3 | Hello. Was your commute okay in the heat? It was fine because I was in a car, so. |
| 1:04.2 | Oh. Wait, did you drive yourself? No, I was worried I was going to be late, so I hopped in an Uber. |
| 1:11.4 | Oh, fancy. We was going to be late, so I hopped in an Uber. Oh. |
| 1:12.0 | Wow, fancy. |
| 1:13.2 | We are going to talk this week about checking bags. |
| 1:18.7 | I think everyone has an opinion on this. |
| 1:22.2 | I do too. |
| 1:23.7 | But, Emily, why don't you bring us up to speed on the debate? |
| 1:28.4 | The debate, Felix, is actually quite simple. |
| 1:31.3 | To check or not to check. |
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