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On the Sunday, November 29th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In The Travel News, there’s trouble in paradise once again as the island of Kauai pulls out of the pre-arrival testing program, effective December 2nd. U.S. airlines are going to play a big role in vaccine distribution. United and American both announced this past week they are positioning planes in preparation. We have also posted A Tribute to Travel Hero Alex Trebek on our site. If you were a fan of the late Jeopardy! host, you may already know he loved to travel and was quite a philanthropist away from home. Mark went to The Travel Guys mailbag and answered a host of your questions. You can find the submission form on this page and send in your question to be answered on a future show. (Mark personally answers as many questions as he can by return email.) Covid has caused problems for many restaurants. Some of those establishments serve travelers. Many are destinations themselves. But many of them are in trouble because of the virus. Our guest is Eric Wolf, Founder and Executive Director of the World Food Travel Association. We ask Eric for his take and how the landscape might look when the virus is no longer a factor.

On the Sunday, April 5th 2020, Palm Sunday edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, air travel is off 95% in the US, Nevada casinos will stay closed through April and we talk about the many state-to-state travel restrictions.  Would you believe cruise bookings for 2021 are actually UP from last year?  A group of senators is pressuring the airlines to follow the rules and offer passengers on canceled flights cash refunds. What is one of the "germiest" things you touch when you travel?  Perhaps your suitcase.  In our Smarter Traveler segment, we talk about how you can clean up that germ-carrying suitcase or carry on. The underwriter of the program is Sports Leisure Vacations.  We offer a short update especially for these travelers at 3:20. The governor of Hawaii is quarantining inbound leisure travelers entering Hawaii for 14 days.  Seems that would pretty much put an end to the tourism economy.  We talk to Will Lydgate of Lydgate Farms on the island of Kauai.  Will tells us what his island is like when the tourists suddenly disappear.  The money left with them, and that's a problem for some, but what is the upside (besides the lack of traffic).  Is there one?