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Every week host Doug Parker sits down with notable travel experts to get the latest scoop on airlines, cruise lines, hotels, destinations, reviews and travel tips.
18 AUG 2015 · We talk to Mark Murphy about his book Travel Forward and Amazon entering the travel arena. James Shilinglaw stops by to talk about a river cruise panel he moderated at the New York Times travel show. Jeff gives us seven luxury travel tips.
27 MAY 2015 · This week we are in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. This region is known for its wineries and breweries as well as small towns and the Watkins Glen International racetrack, which hosts NASCAR for a weekend each summer. The biggest glass museum in the world is also in this area, and we bet you've used some of the glass produced by their parent company here without even realizing it! Show notes: www.weekendtravelshow.com.
29 APR 2015 · Nancy Schretter from the Family Travel Network joins us to talk about her latest trip to Hawaii, where she got to spend some time on the island of Lanai.
Lānaʻi is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. Nancy talks all about her trip!
We could call The Orlando Eye sister to The London Eye over in Europe. A 400', 30-capsule ferris wheel located on International Drive in Orlando, Florida. There was a big media event where daredevil Nik Wallenda walked between capsules on the Today Show and we were there.
Hear all about The Orlando Eye, the newest attractions in Orlando and the largest observation wheel on the East Coast!
14 JAN 2015 · At an event aboard the cruise ships Carnival Breeze in Port Miami, “Today” show television personality Kathie Lee Gifford announced that she is once again teaming up with Carnival Cruise Line, but this time not dancing around in a bathing suit. Enter GIFFT wines.
We are aboard Carnival Breeze covering the announcement and have a chat with Kathie Lee Gifford about GIFFT wines.
What's Trending in Travel
- Check your Frequent Flyer Accounts - They may have been hacked
- TSA increasing Random Searches at US Airports
- Korean Air "Nut Rage" executive arrested and could spend 15 years in Prison
- Canadian man finds his Elizabeth Gallagher for an around the world trip
9 JAN 2015 · This week Sherry Laskin stops by and gives us the golden rules of Amtrak etiquette when it comes to riding the rails and tipping the cart attendents. There is much more to Amtrak than just hopping on and off the train.
Simon Duvall has What's Trending in Travel:
- Despite renewed Cuba dialogue, recreational travel to the Caribbean island nation is still illegal
- Two hotel chains, two very different approaches to WiFi
- AirTran Airways celebrates final flight as integration with Southwest is complete
- Korean Air executive goes 'nuts' over Macademias on a plane
8 DEC 2014 · Travel photographer and writer Craig Zabransky talks to us about taking photos while traveling. Craig gives us photography tips, what apps to use and how to take the best photograph possible.
What's Trending in Travel
Air Travelers have been naughty this year with the TSA seizing a record number of guns
Tauck.com offers eGiftCard for Travelers
Amazon rumored to be entering the hotel booking arena
The Success of the High Line in New York City has urban planners looking down
2 DEC 2014 · We've set sail on a three-night Caribbean shakedown cruise to test out Princes Cruises' Regal Princess. Hear about out three night cruise aboard this brand new cruise ship, hear us talk with some of the cast from The Love Boat TV show and visit their private island Princess Cays.
23 NOV 2014 · For the last 20 years Gary Bembridge has been travelling every month of every year. Gary sits down with us and chats with us about his latest partial world voyage, how he planned it and the logestics involved.
Simon Duvall also stops by to talk to us about What's Trending in travel.
JetBlue to add bag fees and reduce leg room
Another one bites the dust - JetBlue, under pressure from Wall Street Investors to raise revenues, has announced they will start charging bag fees to passengers who book the lowest price tickets.
- Currently, passengers are allowed 1 free checked bag.
- New fare tiers will be available that include a checked bag and other extras like more loyalty program points
- And they'll be cramming 15 more seats onto their A320 jets and reducing legroom by over 1.5 inches on average
- Southwest only major airline with checked bags included in the price of a base ticket
Marriott and Hilton to Tighten Cancellation Policies
- Hotels, inspired by the airlines ability to raise billions of dollars in 'ancillary' fees and charges are looking for ways to charge customers more
- The Marriott and Hiltion chains are tightening cancellation policies at many hotels effective January 1 to require a traveler to cancel a reservation 24 hours in advance to avoid a cancellation penalty.- This would affect hotels where the previous policy required cancellation by 6 pm local time on the day of arrival
- A penalty of 1 night's room and tax would be charged for a cancellation with less than 24 hours notice
- Other hotel chains are expected to follow suit
Amtrak Ridership up - slightly - in 2014, but infrastructure challenges remain
- Amtrak ridership and revenues inched up in Fiscal 2014, with 30.2 million passengers boarding trains, paying a total of $2.2 billion in ticket revenue
- increase of 0.2% and 4% respectively- Ridership on the busy Washington-to-Boston Northeast Corridor line increased 3.3% to 11.6 million, an all-time record- Ridership was down, however, on both long-distance routes and state-supported services, which Amtrak blames on delays caused by freight railroads and poor track conditions outside of the northeast corridor
More attractions coming to Orlando's Tourist Corridor in 2015 and Beyondhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/northamerica/usa/11239820/Worlds-tallest-roller-coaster-to-be-built-around-Orlando-skyscraper.html
- Details were released recently on 2 new attractions coming to Orlando's International Drive, the tourist strip better known for hotels and restaurants
- The SkyScraper World's Tallest Roller Coaster - 535 feet high wrapping around a bulding set to open in 2017- The World's highest version of the Star Flyer - airborne swings that spin at up to 40 miles/hour atop a 450-foot tower - open in 12-18 months
- The skyscraper and star flyer join the Orlando Eye observation wheel, Maddam Tussaud's wax museum and the sea life aquarium opening in Spring 2015
- Forget Disney and Universal - Families may need to add another day to their vacation just to visit all the attractions popping up outside of the theme parks
2 OCT 2014 · Dr. Kris just returned from a family vacation to Colonial Williamsburg and Washington DC. He shares his experience, what he did, the logistics of getting around and some travel tips for the mid-Atlantic region.
GhostTunes is a new digital venture that was recently released to go up against iTunes in the digital music department. We have the CEO Randy Bernard of Ghost Tunes on the line to share about the company, what it offers and how exactly it differs from iTunes.
26 SEP 2014 · On this episode the tables are turned and listener Kristin interviews me about my recent experience on Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess. We'll talk about the public areas, the food, staterooms, entertainment and overall thoughts of Princess Cruises.
Every week host Doug Parker sits down with notable travel experts to get the latest scoop on airlines, cruise lines, hotels, destinations, reviews and travel tips.
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