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On the Sunday, March 31st, 2019 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, United Airlines cuts the miles needed for some short distance flights, Wow airlines calls it quits and the Simon and Garfunkel Story may be coming to Broadway. Airline Code Shares are one of life's great mysteries. You buy a ticket on one airline, and you fly on another. How is a traveler to know when this is happening? Can you prevent it? Our travel expert, Gwen Duncan, of Cordially Yours Travel, joins us to explain what code shares are, and why they are an important thing to pay attention to. Steve LaRosa is in for Tom Romano today, and Steve brings his latest edition of What's Goin' On with him. Music, baseball and even a play with a local story are all on Steve's list. See below for links to everything on Steve's list. Recently, on Flyer Talk, one of the popular web sites for road warriors, a lengthy and vociferous conversation took place about tipping housekeepers in hotels. Mark talks about tipping on the road and shares his personal preferences.

On the Friday, January 18th, 2019 edition of The Travel Guys… In the Travel News, bed bugs continue to plague popular destinations. We tell you where they are, and how to keep the little hitchhikers off your stuff. Mohammed Ali's hometown names it's airport after him (Louisville). Interesting twist: Ali was terrified of flying. And we take a look at the number one current compliant from vacation share/Airbnb fans.....the rising cost of cleaning deposits. As the partial government shutdown continues, it is having more and more impact on travel. Dale Keller and Sid Hanna, our local TSA leaders, are in studio to talk about how the shutdown is impacting Sacramento, what tips they have for travelers and where we might be headed. Also, we will tell you how you can help those in need if you wish. * Clayton Whitehead, one of our road reporters, is about to embark on a flight to and cruise around Australia (and New Zealand). It's a long flight and a long cruise, and we want to know from Clayton, what are you taking with you. After he returns next month, we will double back and find out what he wished he had taken and what he could have left at home. What are the secrets to surviving a 13 hour flight and a 20 hour trip? Clayton brings 40 years of experience to the studio. * Finally, as time permits, Mark answers some questions from the mailbag and shares his tips for dealing with the TSA situation.

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.

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."