# Discover Important Safety Information about Your Upcoming Destination

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2017/12/03/discover-important-safety-information-about-your-upcoming-destination
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*This Sunday, Dec. 3rd, on The Travel Guys...*

- In the Travel News, American Airlines seems to have found enough of their pilots to fly over the holidays...at double holiday pay. American Airlines stockholders should be thrilled. Plus, Mark has the schedules for the new Vancouver - Sacramento service on Air Canada. Our international airport is becoming more international!

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**Rick Steves** was in Sacramento last Sunday night, to deliver his **"[Travel as a Political Act](https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/travel-talks/political-act)"** presentation. Despite what the title might leave you to believe, the speech wasn't political in the sense you may be thinking. Mark and Tom share their analysis.

- [How Safe is My Trip](http://www.howsafeismytrip.com) is the name of a website mentioned by **Gwen Duncan** in a report on Travel Scams last week. Now we have the head of the site on our show to explain to you how you can get high level intelligence information about your travel destinations for a small fee.
- Mark talks about two [Sports Leisure Vacations](http://sportsleisure.com/) adventures. Join the group headed for the [U.S. Figure Skating Championships](http://sportsleisure.com/vacations/1738-u-s-figure-skating-championships) in San Jose in early January; or scratch one off your bucket list by joining **Mark** on a journey down [Route 66](http://sportsleisure.com/vacations/1879-route-the-main-street-of-america-part-i) in April.

## Highlights

- ["Travel as a Political Act" - Rick Steves](https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/travel-talks/political-act)
- [How Safe is my Trip?](https://howsafeismytrip.com/)
- [U.S. Figure Skating Championships](http://sportsleisure.com/vacations/1738-u-s-figure-skating-championships)
- [Route 66, The Main Street of America – Part I](https://www.smartertravel.com/2017/11/30/j-d-power-best-hotel-loyalty-program/)
- [J.D. Power: The Best Hotel Loyalty Program Is …](https://www.smartertravel.com/2017/11/30/j-d-power-best-hotel-loyalty-program/)
- [How to Snag a NYC Hotel for $100 per Night](https://www.smartertravel.com/2017/11/21/coming-nyc-hotel-rates-100-night/)
- [10 Tips for Traveling as a Political Act](https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/10-tips-for-traveling-as-a-political-act)
- [Hotel Week NYC January 5-15](https://hotelweeknyc.com/)

Tags: [Rick Steves](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/rick-steves), [Route 66](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/route-66), [Sports Leisure Vacations](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/sports-leisure-vacations), [travel safety](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/travel-safety), [US figure skating](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/us-figure-skating)

Previous Episode: [Avoiding Travel Scams and Airport Screening Questions Answered Live](https://travelguysradio.com/2017/11/26/tips-on-how-to-avoid-travel-scams-and-airport-screening-questions-answered-live) — November 26, 2017
Next Episode: [Bare-Bones Economy Seats and River Cruising with Sports Leisure Vacations](https://travelguysradio.com/2017/12/10/a-norwegian-air-update-and-river-cruising-with-sports-leisure-vacations) — December 10, 2017

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