This Sunday's edition (May 1) of The Travel Guys features an expert on airline tickets, how and when to buy them. Perhaps there's a tip or two that will make you a smarter traveler. Gwen Duncan is on hand to discuss the Visa Waiver program and how it impacts you as an international traveler. In the news, we have a story from NPR about possible discrimination among Airbnb renters and take a look at exactly what's in the airline bill passed by the senate this week.
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Las Vegas Guru, David Yeskel (also his handle on Twitter @thevegasguru_), stops by to talk about the best buffets in Las Vegas and the best Cirque shows. The days of the $4.95 buffet in Vegas are gone, but the higher prices also mean some spectacular food in the buffets. Do you know where to look for the best Vegas buffets? You will when David is done. Cirque du Soleil has a variety of shows on and near The Strip. David will tell us about them and give you an idea of which gets the best reviews.
Sleeping on buses, trains and planes, not to mention in airports, is a part of every road warriors life. The art of catching a few zzzzz's may be getting easier in a variety of ways. Mark has a report.
The ride sharing services are in the travel news, with a new company tentatively named Chariots for Women about to appear on the scene, and Uber has settled another major lawsuit. We have updates on both.
On the Sunday, April 17th, 2016 edition of The Travel Guys… Reporter Chris Galloway is with a group on the island of Molokai, he shares the reactions to Father Damien's sacred grounds at Kalaupapa With multi-city airfares out of control, Gwen Duncan shares some sneaky strategies on how to get around ridiculous fares Ed Perkins joins us to talk about those very out-of-control airfares, how is it all three of the major carriers decided on this consumer-unfriendly strategy on the same day Sacramento Sings for the third consecutive year, we have details on the big concerts at Sacramento City College next weekend Richard Lewis of The Music Circus and California Musical Theatre is on hand to talk about a creative new plan to improve the Community Center Theater downtown
On the Sunday, April 10th, 2016 edition of The Travel Guys… Our special guests are Suzanna Slavitter, owner of Authentic California Vacations, and Sports Empire. She's on hand to introduce her specialty California vacations and to remind sports fans of the opportunity to attend the 100th running on the Indy 500, The Kentucky Derby, or any other major sporting event. Suzanne can get the tickets, albeit at a price.
Our second guest is Chris Elliott, USA Today Writer Editor, syndicated columnist and consumer travel advocate. Mark asks Chris about a new "tax" that has popped up at a few renegade hotels, and they discuss the possibility of resort fees being eliminated and what hotels will think of next. You can follow Chris on his website, and www.elliott.org.
Mark has the Travel News and dips into the mailbag to answer some of your travel questions. Have a question? Just use the form on this page to send it off to us and maybe we'll answer it on the air.