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On the Sunday, December 27th, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, we discuss how the border to Mexico is closed, but if you fly ABOVE the border, it's a different story....an interesting story for sure. How thousands of Americans are vacationing in Mexico. Favorite guest Ed Perkins is on board to discuss how and when he sees travel coming together. Ed's been writing about travel a long time, so his opinions might be of high value just because of his experience. When are Smart Travelers thinking about returning to the road? It just depends on your personal feelings. The back half of the program includes a special farewell to a fellow traveler, and a few behind-the-scenes stories with the show's only hosts in its ten-year run, Tom Romano and Mark Hoffmann.

On the Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Delta says they will block the middle seats on their aircraft until the 1st of the year.  In addition, they will keep smaller, regional aircraft (which do not have middle seats) to 2/3 capacity.  Expect some others to follow.  Some resort destinations are considering "bubbles," where you do not leave the resort during your entire stay.  Hawaii is on the list. Our Smarter Traveler segment covers both the humorous and the serious as we share Rick Steves' Top No Travel Tips to Europe; and discuss the next decision on airline bailouts.  Friend of the show, Joe Brancatelli, opines that the airlines should get no more, even though it means service cuts at his small home airport.  Mark agrees, it's time to stop bailing out companies who treat their customers like crap and are always there with their hands out.   Sacramento International Airport has announced new service, two nights a week to Mexico City on Volaris Airlines.  We have details and an update from the airport. We are a town with rail history.  No wonder there are some fun rail options.  This week, we tell you about the Fox River Train, which includes wine and beer sampling excursions, along with sightseeing trips.

This Sunday (August 21st) on The Travel Guys.... Guests: Chris Elliott, Consumer Advocate Extraordinaire Gwen Duncan, Cordially Yours Travel Chris joins us to discuss a recent column at Elliott.org about "How executives hide from you and why you shouldn't let them." The topic at hand is whether or not it's proper for people with "Customer Service" (or similar monikers) in their titles to hide from the public by disguising or not publishing their email addresses. Chris talks about how his team of volunteers digs deep to get the information that will lead you to the people who can help you when you have a problem. Gwen Duncan is in the house to help Travel Guy Tom Romano with his potential family vacation in Mexico. Tom asks questions, Gwen has some answers, it's an opportunity to experience travel planning to Mexico in real time. Mark has the travel news, and digs into the mail bag to answer a variety of listener questions. If you have a question for Mark, send it to Markslt@aol.com, with Travel Guys Question in the subject line.