Tagged: spirit airlines

Hyatt to include all fees in the first screen price

Listen Now On the Sunday, September 2nd edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, Hyatt bucks the trend and decided to include all fees, resort and otherwise, in the first screen price. Spirit has a sale, Delta is hiring flight attendants, and Qantas is fined for selling tickets on flights for weeks after they have been canceled. Our Smarter Traveler segment takes on the latest (and not so recent) on-the-street tourist scams and...

Big News: The Travel Guys move to Saturdays at 11am starting Sep 2nd

Listen Now On the Sunday, August 27th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, the big stories are about lawsuits: Hyatt Hotels is being nailed for charging those pesky resort fees; and Spirit Airlines settled a suit regarding overcharging for carry-on bags. Tell me it isn’t so. They would never do anything like that, would they? Hotel chains and airlines….naw…. When should you buy tickets for air travel to get the best fare?...

Planet Hollywood calls it quits in Las Vegas

Listen Now On the Sunday, June 4th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, Planet Hollywood calls it quits after 30 years in Las Vegas, and Spirit Airlines becomes the latest to join those in “melt down land” last Thursday, when a computer glitch caused nearly 90% of their flights to be delayed or canceled. Carry on bags are often a battle zone on planes. In order to avoid baggage fees, people haul...

Europe is adding a small visitors fee in 2023

Listen Now On the Sunday, June 26th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, Europe is adding a small visitors fee in 2023, there’s an update on Yellowstone and we share info on an upcoming new Broadway musical about the life of Neil Diamond. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we take you on an imaginary shopping trip for airline tickets. Are the ultra-low fare carriers like Spirit and Frontier really cheaper, or does...