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On the Saturday, November 18th Thanksgiving Travel edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Carnival bans a passenger for life for bringing gummies on board, and Lyft is offering an on time promise for holiday season rides. Holiday Travel means a lot of differences at the airport. Full parking lots, longer check-in and security lines, unfamiliar travelers to fight through; just to name a few. In our Smarter Traveler segment we do our best to help you navigate Sacramento and other airports this holiday season. Getting through security is a major part of the airport experience. Our friends from TSA Sacramento, Dale and Syd, give you important information to help that process. Their number one tip: Make sure the bag you are packing is empty when you start packing. A simple tip, but as our conversation proved, an important one. If the plane is overbooked and they start looking for volunteers to sell their seat for a price, should you take the offer? Mark has a short list to check off before you take a seemingly great offer.

On the Saturday, September 23rd, 2023 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, TSA officers stop a flight attendant from trying to pass through security with a LOADED gun and an unexpected visitor prompts a temporary closure of the Magic Kingdom, those stories next in the news. It's entirely possible that by the end of next weekend, we will be dealing with a government shutdown. What does that mean for travelers? We run down the list in our Smarter Traveler segment. Joe Brancatelli of Joe Sent Me, a great travel blog, joins us to talk about the shifting of Frequent Flyer programs from miles to credit card points. Our odds and ends segment highlights new vegan menus coming to Carnival Cruise Lines, and vacation rental companies are changing some rules. Soon the host will have to pay cancellation fees, and New York City is cracking down on illegal rentals in the city.

On the Sunday, July 16th, 2023 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, we have an update on the around the world cruise offer we talked about a few weeks ago, and then there's the story of the college student who found it cheaper to commute from southern California to UC Berkeley by air. Mark shares an experience he had that left him grounded last week and pointed out the importance of having the airline's app on your cell phone. If you're a camper, we have a story for you. It's about a portable toilet you can take just about anywhere with you. CLEAR is a program at the airport that allows people to zip through security. But changes are coming and it might not be as quick as it used to be. We have an update.

On the Sunday, March 19th, 2023 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, after a number of near misses on runways at the nation's airports, the government is calling for more air traffic controllers to be in the tower, and Carnival Cruise Lines becomes the first to sail 100 million passengers. Our Smarter Traveler segment offers a variety of tips - A warning about vacation rentals in Hawaii, a reminder on how packaging your hotel, air and rental car can often save you serious cash (links below), and a heads up to those needing a passport renewal in the near future. There's a brand new Ken Burns-style museum in Gettysburg (hint; it's all about the Civil War battle from a different point of view) as Gettysburg, Beyond the Battle, opens next month. Non-flight itineraries are on the rise. Why are more people choosing not to include air travel in their wanderings? One of our favorite travel bloggers says, get on, sit down, buckle up and shut up. It's actually pretty good wisdom. Check it out here.