Tag: cruises

On the Saturday, October 10th, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, American says they are ending involuntary de-boarding. We’ll explain what that is and why it could be an advantage to you. And cruise lines are pushing up mandatory gratuities. When is the best time to buy your tickets for holiday flights? In our Smarter Traveler segment, we’ll give you some tools to play the airfare game. In New England, right about this time of year, the fall foliage comes in a rainbow of color. I spent last week, enjoying the leaves, on an itinerary that includes stops in the Olympic City of Lake Placid and at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I’ll share my adventure, along with tips for when you visit. Odds and Ends features stories about lost luggage and a small tip on airline etiquette to help you stay on the good side of flight attendants.

On the Saturday, August 8th, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, will you soon be able to gamble in flight? And what is that drone doing hovering outside your hotel room window? It’s delivering your door dash order. Taking selfies has become a generational tradition. But “death by selfie” has killed hundreds. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we have some common sense suggestions to make your next travel selfie a bit less life-threatening. Lots going on out at the airport. Scott Johnston joins us to update you on parking, expansion and even the new “don’t park on the curb for more than four minutes” cameras. Our Odds and Ends at the end of the show features a story on how one cruise line is solving the deck chair free-for-all. You know, where everyone races to save a chair in the morning...there’s a solution to the problem and Carnival may be onto something.

On the Saturday, July 18th, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, your passport just got political – will it matter; and the reality is – we are loving our national parks to death. Why are the parks so crowded this summer? Last week, a tourist was gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we’ll tell you what the victim said about the situation and our wisdom for keeping yourself out of trouble when it comes to visiting wildlife in THEIR homes. Chris Elliott is with us today, all the way from Tokyo. We’ll talk a little about Japan and why so many are heading there. Our main topic is cruise lines and whether or not there should be a cruise passengers bill of rights. Odds and Ends topics at the end of the show include frivolous lawsuits, new trains on the west coast and an international celebration at the Sacramento airport.

On the Saturday, May 30th, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Carnival Cruise Lines is notifying its guests of a pretty serious data breach; and Southwest Airlines is beginning to talk about flights over the pond to Europe. Everyone has a seat assignment when they board an airplane, but some are intentionally ignoring what their boarding pass says. In our Smarter Traveler segment we’ll talk about what to do if you are trying for different seats on your flight. We talk about why it’s really against all protocols to touch flight attendants, even if it’s just to get their attention. We’ll explain proper manners when it comes to flight attendants. Finally, in our Odds and Ends portion of the show we dream a little about the future of travel. What will some things look like 10 or 20 years from now.