Tag: Odds & Ends

On the Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, a former airline CEO’s power bank explodes while being powered in flight; Delta’s chief blasts Elon Musk and our airport is getting a new control tower. Our Smarter Traveler spot highlights the seven phrases you DON’T want to use when trying to resolve a complaint against a travel company, or any company for that matter. Costa Rica is one of the hottest travel destinations on the planet. We talk with reporter Scott Angeletti about his recent visit and get some tips on hotels, attractions and restaurants in case you are planning a trip. Odds and Ends includes an update on Ringo Starr and the winner of Fat Bear Week in Alaska. We don’t have the bear on the air with us, we’re just sharing the results.

On the Saturday, September 5th, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, airport lounges are coming for Southwest Airlines and an express train is on the drawing board from O’Hare Airport into downtown Chicago. What and skip the famous Windy City traffic? Those stories and more in the news. For years, we have suggested Smarter Travelers should take before and after pictures of their rental cars, now that wisdom is extended to two more areas.   Odds and Ends features a story about changing demographics at Burning Man in the Nevada desert, and a run-down of the rudest things you can do while boarding a plane. We have a story about the historic Lincoln Highway. It pre-dates Route 66 and it passes through Sacramento. Recently the Rainbow Bridge near Donner Summit celebrated its 100th anniversary and local Lincoln Highway buffs threw a party. The story of old highways,  classic cars and historic bridges comes up in the final segment. Photo by Doug Bowyer

On the Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Americans have continued to travel this year, despite markedly higher prices; and the FAA gives the go ahead for more take offs and landings at SFO, reducing delays. In our Smarter Traveler segment, we dissect online ratings for travel services. How accurate are those ratings and comments, who made them, can you trust what is being said? Chris Elliott joins us today. Subjects include consumer protections for air travelers, travel influencers and their “generated content,” and a few words on how you can use Chris’ services, for free, to help solve your consumer problems. The Odds and Ends section of the show features an airport restaurant where the prices go up if you don’t tip, and the news that a historic downtown church might become a boutique hotel.

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.