On the Sunday, December 7th, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys… It's the second week of Christmas with The Travel Guys. Be listening for your opportunity to call in, contribute to the program, and win a prize. Just like last week, each listener who gets on the air is a winner and the call judged the best by our crew wins a $100 gift card grand prize.
In the Travel News, Richard Branson is about to shake up the cruise industry with his new venture; and is it possible all carry on electronics will be banned from carry on luggage over Christmas? We have the story.
Tom speaks with Laurie Slothower of Sacramento International Airport for another in our series of holiday updates, to help make you a smarter traveler.
Next week, Consumer Reporter Ed Perkins, a Travel Guys regular is our featured guest, and we might just have a Christmas present or two left to give away.
On the Sunday, November 30th, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys… In the travel news, some major airports are suffering through the last day of Thanksgiving weekend with delays, but no serious weather systems are plaguing the air traffic system on this busy Sunday. Mark has an update.
A Travel Roundtable is the highlight of this week's show. Gwen Duncan from
Cordially Yours Travel joins Tom and Mark answer your travel questions or perhaps pose one to you. Every caller wins a prize on this, our first of two Travel Guys Christmas Shows.
Two special sets of guests are on hand. First, the guys interview George and Mary Bailey of Bedford Falls. Everyone knows the Baileys of Bedford Falls. Seems the town has some trouble brewing and we'll talk to George and see if we can get to the bottom of it. After all, It's a Wonderful Life and the folks of Bedford Falls deserve a good Christmas. (George and Mary are actually part of the cast at Sacramento Theatre Company's holiday presentation of the popular classic).
Finally, the show closes with an appearance by a singing quartet from the Sacramento Valley Chorus, on hand to promote a holiday event on December 7th.
On the Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys… In the news, as we predicted on the show a few short weeks ago, traveler-friendly perks at JetBlue are on their way out. No more first free bag and more seats on the planes, meaning less leg room, starting soon. On the other side of the fence, Southwest says no changes planned to their "first two bags free" policy.
We take you to Milwaukee, where Mark discovered a unique food tour. It's called the Deer Hunter's Widow Weekend. We'll tell what it's all about, along with beer and bakeries tours in the city of cheese heads!
It's holiday travel time and we have an update on what's going on at the airport, plus tips for where to park during the Thanksgiving crush.
Finally, we take you behind-the-scenes of a hopeful new travel show, American Travelers. No film crews, no production team, just two folks making their way around the planet. A fascinating look at a television show in the making.
On the Friday, November 14th, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys… On this week's edition of The Travel Guys, Tom and Mark are joined by Caroline Costello of Smartertravel.com. She recently penned a column about how travelers who are savvy in the social media world can earn all kinds of bonuses, including points, miles and other peaks. If you play the social media game, you could get a head start on your future travel, just be tweeting and posting in the right places.
Gwen Duncan is along with the Deal of the Week. Gwen has found a variety of holiday activities at Lake Tahoe, many of them free. Connect to her web site for the complete list. Mark, Gwen and Tom also discuss Mark's list of Five Rules to Make Airplane Travel More Pleasant for All. Gwen shares some tips of her own, including a great idea about preparing the kids for travel.
Finally, we take you to Hawaii, home of Bag Swag, a great new way to dress up (and secure) your luggage.