On the Sunday, September 20th, 2015 edition of The Travel Guys… Tom talks to Al Pitrelli, Guitarist and Musical Director of the Trans Siberian Orchestra, which brings its unique "hard rock" twist to traditional Christmas music to Sacramento again this coming holiday season. "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" will be performed onWednesday, December 2nd, at 4 & 8pm. Tickets went on sale Friday on the 'net.
We'll open up the phones to our listeners and invite you to play Travel Guys Trivia. Four listeners will be selected by phone to play, and one will emerge as the weekly champion and be invited back for the Round of Champions next spring. Sunday's winner will receive a $50 gift card from GAP or Bath & Body Works (winner's choice). Listen for the signal to call in and become a contestant.
Mark has the travel news (Uber is now in Las Vegas) and shares his recent visit to Mackinac Island in Michigan, along with a handful of tips to make you a smarter traveler he picked up along the way.
On the Sunday, September 13th, 2015 edition of The Travel Guys… This week's edition of The Travel Guys highlights the "entertainment" portion of the program. From time to time, we get the opportunity to interview stars from the world of entertainment. With Mark out on the road this week, Tom has compiled the best entertainment interviews, from Travel Channel stars to Barry Manilow. We hope you enjoy this special look at the people who entertain is, while traveling or while thinking of traveling.
The line- up includes Josh Gates, host of
Expeditions Unknown on The Travel Channel. Next is another Travel Channel feature, Jack Maxwell of The Booze Traveler (really quite a fascinating show), followed by Resort Rescue's Shane Green. The second half features Barry Manilow and Country Rock Legend Richie Furay.
Finally, we wrap up with one of Mark's best lists, "What not to do while traveling in your favorite city.
On the Saturday, September 5th, 2015 edition of The Travel Guys… Do you own a time share? Are you thinking about buying one? Might you someday be susceptible to one of those fast-paced sales pitches while on vacation and find yourself the not-so-proud owner of one of those lovely time shares? What happens when you get older and the time share bills keep coming?
If you have pondered even one of those questions, you have come to the right travel show. This week, The Travel Guys focus on time shares. Tom and Mark, regretfully as you'll come to find out, each own one. Gwen Duncan, our Deal of the Week Gal, is also a time share owner (two in fact, she'll explain). In a spirited conversation, Mark, Tom and Gwen discussed the advantages and the disadvantages of time share ownership.
Then, at the bottom of the hour, we are joined by Jeff Weir. Jeff is a reporter, and regularly writes for a time share resale site,
www.redweek.com. Jeff offers you some terrific information to make you a smarter buyer (and seller) of a time share. He tells us all about the "secondary" market and explains how the value of some time share units has fallen to zero.
Mark has the Travel News, and as always, you'll find lots of links to things from the show below. Spend a few minutes looking around the home page here, and see if you don't find at least one or two items that will make you a smarter traveler and your next trip a little easier.
On the Sunday, August 30th, 2015 edition of The Travel Guys… This week on The Travel Guys, we take you live to Jamaica to the Sandals Resort, where Gwen Duncan will tell you all about all inclusive resorts. What are the advantages and disadvantages of all-inclusive packages? Are they really a good deal?
Next up is Ryan Quinn of Outdoorsy. It's a brand new company wanting to be part of the "sharing economy." Have an RV sitting in your driveway most of the year? Now you can rent it to someone who doesn't want to own one, just play in an RV from time to time. Outdoorsy is the company that brings RV owners and RV renters together.
Finally, we take you to Pacifica. An often missed bedroom community of San Francisco, Pacifica is a delightful spot on the ocean just minutes south of The City. Reasonably priced accommodations and restaurants make Pacifica a place you should put on your travel list.