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On the Saturday, December 6th, 2025 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, travelers, in response to Transportation Secretary Duffy’s plea to dress better on flights, are showing up to the airport ready to fly in decidedly different attire; San Francisco has a new self-guided tour and Puget Sound has a new monument. Uber or Lyft? Many have a preference. Many also know of a simple ride share hack. We’ll tell you all about how to make it work for you in our Smarter Traveler segment. We talk about travel insurance or cancellation protection often on the program. It’s an important element of travel. Internationally known travel advocate Chris Elliott is here to tell us we might not need travel insurance on every trip. What are your pet peeves at the airport? Not enough rest rooms, barely edible food, no place to sit? We’ll grumble and complain about all the things we don’t like at airports.

On the Saturday, March 29th, 2025 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, in our weekly “benefits going down” update, United Airlines ups fees for its lounges and credit cards, touting bogus “benefits”; and there’s an effort afoot to get rid of the TSA. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we have tips on how and why you might want to cool your jets a bit when traveling internationally. Expressing your political views on the road isn’t always a good idea, no matter what side you are on. For many years The Travel Guys have supported The Wreath Project, a small, local non-profit that seeks to honor the fallen at the Sacramento Valley Cemetery each holiday season. Collecting enough funds to decorate 38,000 graves is a massive project that must start early. We talk with Susie Stocking, who along with her husband, heads up this amazing project every year. Attention golfers, we’ll tell you how you can get involved. You’re sitting in the boarding area and the announcement comes that the flight is overbooked. Who would be willing to give up their seat and be compensated? Are we talking cash or play money? When does that next flight you are putting me on get me home? What is a fair amount of compensation? Charlie Leocha from Travelers United fills us in.

On the Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, residents of Sitka, Alaska are about to vote on limiting cruise ship calls to their small city; and Canadian tourists are not coming over the border, as the numbers already show. Southwest is charging for bags starting in January, but there are a number of hacks around the charge. Our Smarter Traveler segment addresses some of those work-arounds that can save you $$$. Our Travel Gal Sydney Schellinger (owner of The Poodle Booked it!) shares information on the different types of travel insurance. Black as Hell, Strong as Death and Sweet as Love. What could that refer to other than coffee! One of our listeners has written a coffee travel book to tell you where to get the most interesting "cup of Joe."

On the Saturday, March 15th, 2025 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, driverless taxis got almost 600 tickets in San Francisco last year; and in the big story this week, Southwest Airlines is changing its long time two bags free policy and charging for baggage starting in late May. When an airline offers a “Lifetime Benefit,” you would think that would be easy to define. Well, United Airlines is changing one of their “lifetime” policies, another reminder that those points and miles you earn do not really belong to you, they belong to the hotel or airline. It’s the topic of our Smarter Traveler segment. We talked with Chris Elliott this week about the controversial tariffs the president is proposing and how they might impact international travelers. He also weighs in on the Southwest changes and a new book he has written, The Unauthorized Travel Manual: Secrets For a Smarter Trip From a Nationally Syndicated Columnist and Consumer Advocate. We also took calls from listeners on the Southwest changes.