# Bookings for winter travel stay strong, despite COVID headwinds

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2021/12/26/bookings-winter-travel-stay-strong-despite-covid-headwinds
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*On the Sunday, December 26th, 2021 edition of The Travel Guys…*

- In the **Travel News**, bookings for winter travel continue to be strong, despite COVID headwinds. Cities and destinations are creating their own rules to protect their work force. Travelers should do their homework before departing for any destination.
- When COVID flared in the past, travelers flocked to cancel reservations. **We have some tips** to help you head off a financial loss if you need to cancel.
- Co-host Tom Romano joined the **TSA Pre-Check** crowd recently. He recounts his experience in getting this ever-popular service at the airport.
- Mark has a **Christmas weekend story** about how a neighborhood came together.

## Highlights

- [Information about Pre-Check](https://www.tsa.gov/)
- [A Christmas Story from The Travel Guys](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/12/21/baltimore-rodgers-forge-christmas-lights/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3593cc6%2F61c20af69d2fdab56bd5286d%2F5a5e3dd6ae7e8a0f0340a906%2F41%2F72%2F61c20af69d2fdab56bd5286d)
- [Mark's Christmas Lights story](https://www.ktvu.com/news/one-strand-of-christmas-lights-in-support-of-a-neighbor-turned-into-a-community-light-display)
- [Surprising lack of consumer protections during first year of Biden Administration](https://www.travelersunited.org/important-consumer-issues-biden-administration/?utm_source=newsletter)
- [20 tips to make travel joyful during our second pandemic holiday season](https://www.travelersunited.org/make-travel-joyful-pandemic-holiday-season/)
- [The Most Popular Holiday Travel Destinations](https://www.travelpulse.com/gallery/destinations/the-most-popular-holiday-travel-destinations.html)
- [Chris Elliott on the Today Show, on Resort Fees](https://www.today.com/video/watch-out-for-extra-fees-tacked-onto-your-hotel-bill-128578117971?fbclid=IwAR3aAKzFxTa3Ixv9XTfbfm8D8eyCwXWeaX8r9HwXpoGRqo5AHW2Os-JCKR0)
- [List of Fun Cities in the USA](https://wallethub.com/edu/most-fun-cities-in-the-us/23455)
- [Destination Themed Gift Baskets](https://www.forbes.com/sites/micheleherrmann/2021/11/18/2021-holiday-gift-guide-us-destination-focused-food-baskets/?sh=4e214c9175a0)
- [Breast feeding a CAT on a plane](https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/woman-allegedly-caught-breastfeeding-a-cat-on-a-plane?fbclid=IwAR0RWnHB-rbReUxFDlIWN5TXQNcJHVo2edAfTP8Jx-s6TZdAUBuoQDTIzHc)
- [More Holiday Travel Tips from Travelers United](https://www.travelersunited.org/nine-pandemic-holiday-travel-hacks/?utm_source=newsletter)

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Previous Episode: [COVID causes shutdown of famous New York Rockettes Show](https://travelguysradio.com/2021/12/19/covid-causes-shutdown-famous-new-york-rockettes-show) — December 19, 2021
Next Episode: [National parks release 2022 list of free admission days](https://travelguysradio.com/2022/01/02/national-parks-release-2022-list-free-admission-days) — January 2, 2022

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