Paying for vacations is the worst.

Starting today, The Map is available as a podcast that you can access through iTunes. Subscribe to the show and have the newest clips loaded directly onto your iPod, for use on-the-go.

Apple has inked deals with six air carriers to offer iPod services on their flights. Never again will your battery die in transit and strand you without your travel soundtrack of choice!

Condé Nast Traveler is roundup-happy these days, following up their 2006 movie poll with a feature in this month’s issue about music and travel, Around the World in 50 Songs.

The guidebook gurus at Rough Guides have launched a series of free “PodScrolls.� Not to be confused with audio podcasts, PodScrolls are sequences of text pages and images that you can navigate using the clickwheel on your iPod.

The guidebook gurus at Rough Guides have launched a series of free “PodScrolls.� Not to be confused with audio podcasts, PodScrolls are sequences of text pages and images that you can navigate using the clickwheel on your iPod.

Here’s one more way your iPod can help you travel below the radar on your next urban vacation, this time while traveling underground.

For those of you determined to run the European travel gauntlet this summer, save a few pennies to compensate for pocket-gouging euro prices by downloading the free mp3 guides at iaudioguide.com.