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On the Sunday, June 24th, 2018 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, Alaska Airlines announces the first ever service from Sacramento to the Big Island of Hawaii, 3x a week, starting in time for the holidays. If you rent an Airbnb in El Dorado County, you will pay more. The popular service is now collecting bed taxes in the county (which includes Lake Tahoe), leveling the playing field for area hotels. A record number of Americans are traveling this 4th of July. Sid Hanna, the Federal Security Director for the Department of Homeland Security and TSA here in Sacramento joins us to talk about traveling with children, and/or with a special needs child or adult? Sid has some great information for you. If you might be traveling with a gun, Sid also has ideas to make you a smarter traveler and to make sure you can claim your gun at your destination. Finally, we get an update on the extra security lanes being added in Terminal A. The Gallo Center in Modesto is home to some of the valley's best entertainment. The medium-sized house in the middle of downtown Modesto is a favorite of Sports Leisure Travelers and we'll introduce you to their 2018-19 season, offering a wide variety of music, theater and comedy. One of our most interesting interviews ever was the time we spent with Nimble Will the Nomad. Will has walked Route 66 and many of the other historic highways in our country. That's right, walked. He's a real character and we are proud to have connected with this true American Traveler. A busy show wraps up with a trip to the Mendocino Abalone Festival. This year's festival has a most interesting twist to it.

This Sunday, on the April 22nd edition of The Travel Guys. In the Travel News, Alaska Airlines has modified their non-service animal pet policy and Marriott has announced details of the new rewards program, post-Starwood merger. The news is great if you stay at Marriott/Starwood a LOT. Not so good if you don’t. Steve LaRosa is on hand with an updated “What's Going on” segment. He features the Sacramento Film Festival and has a very special guest. Mark has spent the last 10 days on a journey on the eastern half of Route 66, and he offers interviews with step-on guide John Weiss and Miami, OK, tourism folks. Mark also shares his thoughts about a Great American Road Trip.

On this Sunday, April 15th edition of The Travel Guys... In the Travel News, the National Park Service has rolled back its plans for a massive price increase in 2020 to something more reasonable after receiving 110,000 public comments on the issue. Alaska Airlines says the price of last minute upgrades are going up while the amount of carry on luggage you can bring on board is getting smaller. There's a new idea in hotels coming soon. A space hotel. Would you like to float through space on your next vacation? Can you take food with you on the plane? Or is the rumor true, that TSA is telling flyers not to bring their favorite snacks? Leave it to the Travel Guys to have the answer, right from the TSA themselves. That is part of our Smarter Traveler segment; along with some personal packing tips from Tom. Is the demand for consumer advocacy rising or falling? As regulations that favor the consumer are either rolled back or ignored, are more people seeking help with their travel and other consumer issues? Chris Elliott joins us to answer the question. The demand for advocacy is rising fast to record levels. Home Exchange is Airbnb on steroids. Can you actually trade homes with someone for a week? Listen and find out that yes, it's all possible and being done every day. Mark is out traveling historic Route 66 and shares some of his observation from the first three days on "The Mother Road."

This Sunday, Dec. 3rd, on The Travel Guys... In the Travel News, American Airlines seems to have found enough of their pilots to fly over the holidays...at double holiday pay. American Airlines stockholders should be thrilled. Plus, Mark has the schedules for the new Vancouver - Sacramento service on Air Canada. Our international airport is becoming more international! * * Rick Steves was in Sacramento last Sunday night, to deliver his "Travel as a Political Act" presentation. Despite what the title might leave you to believe, the speech wasn't political in the sense you may be thinking. Mark and Tom share their analysis. How Safe is My Trip is the name of a website mentioned by Gwen Duncan in a report on Travel Scams last week. Now we have the head of the site on our show to explain to you how you can get high level intelligence information about your travel destinations for a small fee. Mark talks about two Sports Leisure Vacations adventures. Join the group headed for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose in early January; or scratch one off your bucket list by joining Mark on a journey down Route 66 in April.