Travel data researcher and publisher
Caden Sorenson runs Travel Vient, an independent travel research site built on a verified database of airline baggage rules, airport connection times, cruise line policies, and eSIM plans. He built the verification pipeline behind it: every figure is read from the airline, airport, cruise line, or government page that publishes it, stored with that source link and the sentence it came from, and re-checked on a schedule. He is a senior staff engineer with 15+ years building software, a Computer Science graduate of Utah State University, and based in Logan, Utah.
Featured in Forbes
“Sorenson built a pair of tools that let travelers enter bag dimensions and see instantly which of 75 airlines will accept it as a carry-on or personal item. Every entry is manually verified against airline published policy.”
Christopher Elliott,Here's Your Summer 2026 Digital Survival Kit For Flight Delays And Cancellations(April 25, 2026)
Tools referenced
I am a senior staff engineer with 15+ years of experience shipping software across mobile, web, and backend systems. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Utah State University, where I focused on software development.
By day I lead engineering work on production systems at scale. By night I runVient, the independent studio behind Travel Vient, where I apply the same rigor to small projects: real architecture, accessible UI, honest SEO, and write-ups of what actually worked.
The core of Travel Vient is a verified database, not a pile of articles. Every airline baggage rule, airport connection time, cruise line policy, and eSIM plan on the site is read from the page the airline, airport, cruise line, or government publishes it on, stored with that source link and the exact sentence it came from, and re-checked on a schedule. When a published value changes, the change is logged and the pages that show it are corrected. The method is written up on the methodology page, including what I will not publish when a source cannot be confirmed.
Through Vient I also ship small, focused tools: iOS apps, Chrome extensions, web utilities, and the calculators and widgets on this site. Every project is built in public with an honest write-up of what worked, what broke, and what I would do differently, published on theVient build log.
I take on a small number of client projects each year through Vient, mostly custom web apps, iOS apps, and AI-powered tools. If you have a project in mind, reach out.