# Vaccinated international travelers soon to be welcome in the US

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2021/10/17/vaccinated-international-travelers-soon-be-welcome-us
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- Audio (MP3): https://audio.travelguysradio.com/2021/10/travelguysshow101721.mp3

*On the Sunday, October 17th, 2021 edition of The Travel Guys…*

- In the **Travel News**, vaccinated international travelers will soon be welcome in the US, an international airline (SAS) is ditching the mask requirement for some flights, and Captain Kirk soars into space.
- Our **Smarter Traveler** segment talks about United Airlines extension of many travel credits/vouchers, and an update on the Southwest meltdown from last week.
- **Ed Perkins**, travel journalist and advocate for travelers, talks to us about the fight against resort fees. Turns out Ed was the first to write about the evils of the fees when they first reared their heads three decades go.
- Reporter **Clayton Whitehead** attended the new show **Dear San Francisco: A Love Story**, at the Club Fugazi in San Francisco last week. This new show replaces the long-running **Beach Blanket Babylon**.

## Highlights

- [William Shatner talks to Anderson Cooper about his flight](https://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2021/10/15/william-shatner-blue-origin-space-flight-acfc-full-episode-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/acfc-full-episodes/)
- [Using United travel credits](https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/credit.html?utm_source=IVR&utm_medium=vanity&utm_campaign=IVRTracking)
- [$50 to use the hotel pool at TWA Hotel at Kennedy Airport](https://www.travelersunited.org/are-a-la-carte-amenity-costs-really-resort-fees-in-disguise/?utm_source=newsletter)
- [Dear San Francisco: A Love Story](https://www.clubfugazisf.com/)
- [Princess Diana's apartment is now an official tourism site](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/princess-diana-london-apartment-blue-plaque-intl-hnk/index.html)

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Previous Episode: [Southwest Airlines has over 1,000 weekend flight cancellations](https://travelguysradio.com/2021/10/10/southwest-airlines-has-over-1000-weekend-flight-cancellations) — October 10, 2021
Next Episode: [Hotel occupancy in the US hits a post-COVID high](https://travelguysradio.com/2021/10/24/hotel-occupancy-us-hits-post-covid-high) — October 24, 2021

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