The Travel Guys

As many of you already know, The Travel Guys went on vacation last week.  No, not forever, but just for a little while.  Mark has accepted the role of Chairman for the National Tour Association and will unfortunately be too busy to dedicate the time it takes to produce a quality radio show.  But have [...]

Sunday’s edition of The Travel Guys will be the last for a while. As announced earlier this month, Mark will be busy in 2013 serving as volunteer Chairman of the National Tour Association, the nation’s premier group of tour operators. The time required to produce a radio show each week just won’t be there, so [...]

Last week, The Travel Guys announced they will be taking a break (or maybe Travel Guys take a vacation). Mark Hoffmann, of Sports Leisure Vacations, will be serving as Chairman of the National Tour Association next year, and those duties make it impossible to create a weekly radio show. We sincerely hope to return to [...]

Sunday’s edition of The Travel Guys features a story by Steve LaRosa, who tells us about historic train routes on the way to Donner Summit. Mark and Tom take a look at the mailbox, which includes questions on condos and airline cancellation penalties. Road Reporter Clayton Whitehead joins the guys for a round table discussion [...]

Sunday on The Travel Guys, we wrap up our month-long look at Frequent Flyer and Guest Programs with some final thoughts from Ed Perkins, our favorite consumer reporter. Ed has been on the travel beat since before Frequent Flyer programs started in the late 70′s, so we thought we’d ask him his opinion on points [...]

Sunday’s edition of The Travel Guys finds both Mark and Tom on the road. Mark will host, live from Florida, where he’s checking out spots for future Sports Leisure Vacations trips. Just after the news, Steve LaRosa has some fall and Halloween ideas for outings that are close to home and won’t cost you much [...]

Sunday’s edition of The Travel Guys features our favorite guest, Virgin Airlines Pilot Henry Biernacki. Henry is actually flying in for the show, arriving in San Francisco after a cross country trip from Newark Sunday morning. You can’t find a more dedicated guest than that! We’ve asked you to submit questions to Henry, and you [...]

This week on The Travel Guys, Tom and Mark answer your questions from the mailbag. Everything from holiday travel to the lack of discounted tickets to/from Sacramento gets Mark’s attention. There’s a gathering of the frequent flyer clan this weekend in Chicago. Hundreds of mileage and mattress-run geeks are assembled to share their secrets and [...]

This week’s edition of The Travel Guys features an update on a new and common internet appeal from “stranded” traveling friends…except they might not be stranded. Mark and Tom have the details. In August, we had an interview featuring Anne Banas from smartertravel.com. Anne shared tips to help female travelers feel safe. We received so [...]

This week on The Travel Guys, Steve LaRosa joins us for a second week in a row, this time to tell us about activities in the Amador County Wine Country. It’s “crush” time for wineries and a particularly good time to visit. Amador Wine Country Drytown Cellars Susan’s Place – Wine, Bar and Eatery Amador [...]