On the Sunday, October 11th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Hawaii "thinks" it has a plan to welcome visitors without a two-week quarantine. They've been working on it for a long time. For details, click here. Hilton pilots are new plan for remote workers, "day use" rooms. Consumer confidence in travel is coming back, but our governor says it's not time to open Disneyland and other major theme parks. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we have a little fun by sharing with you some of the most haunted sites in our United States. On our October 25th show, we will host a unique simulcast event, a live Cooking Show. Broadcast on KFBK and Zoom! at the same time, local chef Paulette Bruce joins us and you can join her on Zoom! for the show. Go here to register and request The Cooking Show. We'll send you a link and menus in advance. Gwen Duncan, our ace travel advisor, joins us to discuss gratuities on cruise ships. Have they gotten out of hand? How to you reduce or eliminate the size of your gratuity? Who gets the gratuities the ship adds to your bill automatically for your convenience.
On the Sunday, October 4th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In a reflection of how many people are NOT flying right now, United Airlines says they will fly 49% of its 2019 schedule in November of this year. That's significant, because it includes the Thanksgiving holiday period. Exciting news to future flying. Airbus is working on a new type of plane, one which could change flying forever. It would use eco-friendly hydrogen-based fuels and would come in several shapes and sizes. See the story here. Many travelers are staying at or close to home these days, waiting for Covid to clear. But you can travel virtually in even more places than ever. Here are 21 great examples, from our friends at Smartertravel.com. Mark spent five days of the past week on tour in mostly rural Nevada. The tour featured parts of the historic Lincoln Highway, and small towns like Ely, Eureka, Austin and Elko. Even the ghost town of Cherry Creek. Mark shares his observations about travel during Covid. We dig into the mailbox and answer your questions about airline refunds for fares and other items like seat election. There continue to be questions about travel to Hawaii, and a Sacramento couple wants to know if they can visit family in Canada this Christmas.
On the Sunday, September 27th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, you plan to head to Hawaii again, starting October 15, but Covid testing will be mandatory. United and Hawaiian have announced on site testing at SFO only to start. United’s instant test will be $250, Hawaiian’s is priced at $150. In Honolulu, drive through testing will be offered, and both airlines offer a less expensive non-instant testing option. Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks have reopened as the smoke situation has gotten better. Disneyland has not reopened yet and park management is getting antsy. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we discuss the testing for travel situation. What if everyone’s temperature is taken as they enter the airport? What is the traveling public willing to accept to get the ok to fly. Travelers are staying closer to home. A great close-to-home destination is Berkeley. Home to the University of California, it’s a funky town, with lots of great places to shop and eat. Staycations, daytripping, nearcations, whatever you call them, we aren’t wandering far from home these days. When will that change?
On the Sunday, September 20th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, travelers desperate to go ANYWHERE are holiday airfare, Shivaji Ds, The 'Other' Shangri-La, travel trendsscooping up flights to NOWHERE, we tell you why it's pretty hard to get COVID while flying and the airlines are all holding their collective breaths, hoping for more taxpayer money to avoid major layoffs. Our Smarter Traveler segment features information on what to buy and what NOT to buy: Why you should buy your holiday air tickets now, and why you should never buy jewelry on a cruise ship... We take you to Singapore, to meet a local author, Shivaji Das. His latest book is "The 'Other' Shangri-La". We talk about COVID travel trends. People really are staying closer to home, because many refuse to fly, at least for now.