Ben is a college student, travel consultant, travel writer, and avid points collector living in Florida. He regularly joins us on-air to share his latest travel tips, point collecting strategies and other odds'n ends.
20 Nov
Long time friend of the show Ben Schlappig joins us today to talk about getting the 25,000 points for your first free frequent flyer ticket. One of the most frequent comments we hear from our listeners about frequent flyer programs and gaming the system is how hard it is to get started with that first [...]
21 Aug
Sunday with The Travel Guys… Our featured guest is Lisa Poirot, editor of FamilyVacationCritic.com. Lisa has a ton of tips for traveling with the kids. If you travel with your family, or near or around other families, you’ll want to catch this great interview. A large unpopulated area of the Nevada desert has been host [...]
17 Jul
Sunday, the Travel Guys are joined by two of our favorites guests, Ben Schlappig and Jon Holloway headlining. Ben blogs about travel and also helps people get that difficult frequent flyer mileage ticket. Sunday he’ll give you some tips on how to search partner airlines for the ticket you need. It’s a little bit advanced, [...]
7 May
Welcome to another exciting week here at the Travel Guys! This week we’ll be taking callers all hour long to talk about their favorite/least favorite hotel chains. Also joining us is Ben Schlappig. You may remember Ben from a few of his previous visits, where he regaled us with his more interesting travel stories and gave us [...]
10 Apr
We welcome Becky Repp of American Road Magazine. One of Mark’s favorite classic highway journals, this quarterly magazine offers interesting articles on America’s highways and the people and places along them. Becky talks about the current edition of the magazine, Dinosaur Drive! In the Travel News, Mark will tell you the most expensive cities to [...]
6 Mar
On Sunday, March 6th, Mark and Tom play host to two noted consumer travel advocates. The first is travel expert Ed Perkins, who writes for SmarterTravel.com. You may also recognize Ed from the Consumer Reports Travel Letter, which he used to edit for many years. Also joining us this week is Ben Schlappig – Blogger and [...]
13 Feb
Ever wonder why some people seem to rack up tons of free flights and points galore while you’re still stuck just below the domestic flight mark? Us too. So we found someone who “gets it” to help us through the ins and outs of airline point systems. Next, road reporter Chris Galloway tunes in with an exclusive [...]
Hosted by Mark Hoffmann and Tom Romano. The show airs EVERY Sunday, from 2-3pm on KFBK AM 1530 and Newstalk 92.5 FM in Sacramento, CA. The show also streams live from kfbk.com.
