On the Sunday, July 26th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Southwest says they will block middle seats through October; there will be no camel or ostrich races in Virginia City this year; and beware of the bears in Lassen National Park. In our Smarter Traveler segment, tips on doing laundry on the road. Not an exciting subject, but if you run out of an essential garment or two away from home, we might have an idea or two to help you out. One of our most popular features is The Mailbag. It's when Mark answers questions sent to travelguysradio.com live on the air. He tries to answer your inquiries individually, and shares the best ones with our audience. As you might guess, a lot of questions about when and where to travel are on a lot of minds. Listeners also reacted to the Timeshare feature last week and wonder when airlines might offer something resembling the schedules they had pre-COVID.
On the Sunday, July 19th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, cruise ships are reducing the size of their fleets as the "no cruise" date is extended; and it's a bad week for parades, as the Rose and the Mummer's annual festivities are both cancelled, and visitors planning on heading to Hawaii anytime soon are advised to check the ever-changing travel rules. In the Smarter Traveler segment, Mark decries the rise in add-on charges in home vacation rentals, including some you won't believe. It's time for the buyer to beware. Chris Elliott joins us to talk timeshares. How can you get out of one during the pandemic? If time permits, Mark digs into the mailbag and answers your questions about travel.
On the Sunday, July 12th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In theTravel/Entertainment News, Broadway Sacramento received a wonderful honor from the American Council for the Blind. The Achievement in Audio Description Award was given for outstanding work in providing patrons with vision loss audio descriptions and hands-on tactile pre show presentations at all Music Circus and Broadway Sacramento performances. Congratulations to Richard Lewis and his gang. Catch KFBK's Kitty O'Neal's interviews with the ACB and Richard here. The major US airlines are restricted by the terms of the loans they received from taxpayers from cutting staff until October 1st. Many are expecting a blood bath that day, with perhaps as many as 100,000 airline employees, including thousands of pilots, being given their walking papers. Joe Brancatelli joins us to share his views on what's coming next from the airlines. Chris Elliott, the man behind the consumer web site, Elliott.org, was stuck in France this spring at the heart of the pandemic with his family. At the time, he shared some of the situations they encountered. Now, Chris and his three children are back in the states (Reno) and once again find themselves in the middle of a virus outbreak. So what are the differences between how the two countries handled the situation. Chris shares the good and the bad with us. We take you to , on the latest of our regional road trips. From trains to ocean waves and great wine, Mendocino has a lot to offer, just a half day's drive away.
On the Sunday, July 5th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, the list of places you can't travel to without a test or a quarantine on arrival is growing. Europeans returned our "don't come here" policy, by instituting a travel ban for arrivals from the states. Broadway is dark until the first of the year, Cirque du Soleil has applied for bankruptcy protection. The list is getting longer. You check into your hotel and go to your room. The key won't open the door, so you go back to the front desk. "You must have put the key in the pocket with your phone..." So we answer the age old question...and make you a smarter traveler...Can your cell phone demagnetize your room key? Just One Man's Opinion sheds some insight. The major airlines are going to try pre-boarding health screenings to try and make us safer when flying. Will it help, or is it just an exercise in futility? Many travelers are staying closer to home this summer. Luckily, in central California we have a lot of cool choices. Join us on a visit to Tuolumne County, gateway to Yosemite and discover a few of them.