Category: From the Show

Legendary Golden Gate Theatre turns 100

Listen Now Update: Due to a press conference regarding the Saturday night shooting in downtown Sacramento, the Travel Guys had only a 30-minute program. The Travel News and the interview with the Elliott family ran. The Hearst Castle story will run next week. Mark talked about the rental car situation in an abbreviated Smarter Traveler segment On the Sunday, April 3rd edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, we are celebrating birthdays. The...

The ten U.S. airports with the worst on time record

Listen Now On the Sunday, March 27th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, Southwest has a new fare category with an interesting set of benefits and we have a list of the ten airports in the country with the worst on time record. The COVID crisis saw an explosion in the number of angry passenger incidents on airplanes. We can only hope they will subside. But what if you are on a...

Spring breakers head to Florida in record numbers

Listen Now On the Sunday, March 20th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, spring breakers are headed to Florida in record numbers as leisure travel rebounds to pre-COVID levels. Business travel, however, continues to lag. This is a problem for hotels in particular, because business travelers pay higher rates, and spend more in the hotel on food and beverage than leisure travelers. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we talked about the importance...

Stats show 1/3 of European travelers have canceled their plans

Listen Now On the Sunday, March 13th edition of The Travel Guys…  In the Travel News, Rick Steves, who escorts trips around the planet, has canceled his tours which include stops in Russia for 2022. In fact new statistics show 1/3 of people who were planning to travel to Europe have canceled those plans for now and another 1/3 are reconsidering travel to the continent, all because of the war in Ukraine. Also, the Queen...