The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake

Regent Seven Seas has updated its dress code to include dressy sneakers and jeans!

Do you feel lucky, punk? Should you have travel insurance?

Wackos in Amsterdam try to stop the Celebrity Eclipse with a kayak!

Royal Caribbean wisely cancels calls to Haiti until the shooting stops!

There is no better family vacation value than a cruise!

Celebrity is asking guests on Millennium next year to reschedule or cancel!

The TSA is asking for help from competent private industry people!

The DOT approves the United-JetBlue partnership!

NCL is adding a 6-acre waterpark to what was once a remote private island experience!

Some academics feel airport lounges are overcrowded because too many people want to feel elite!

Princess will have another Love Boat cruise while the cast is still alive!

Mexico's new Wildlife Protection law will give dolphins a rest from abuse!

Delta Boss adjusts their forecast after realizing things are not as bad as he said they were!

150 American Airlines passengers had a fiery start to their flight from Denver!

One Carnival guest wants the adult comedy show to be cleaner! Good Luck!

The Guru explains why stand-up comedy on a cruise can be harder than it should be!

Would anyone like to go to Rwanda to meditate? Guru wonders why anyone would!

A Carnival guest is angry because he could not install his own ceiling fan!

Southwest flight leaving Burbank forced to make evasive maneuvers!

The Houthis, like your mother-in-law, are not going away anytime soon!

Hollad America remembering what they used to do right!

Explorer 2 gets another excellent review!

 

The Guru is not sure that high-end hotels will find their place in the cruise industry!

Excellent review for Explora Journeys Explora II.

The former mail ship for Mt. Helena will now be an expedition ship!

The Captain of the USS Firxgerald tells an Iranian helicopter to take a hike!

The Guru thinks buying a ship's suite from Crescent Seas is a good deal for those with money to burn!

Carnival guests were arrested trying to smuggle in a drug used to sedate large animals! No comment!

FAA gives U.S. airlines another year to install a second cockpit door!

Are cruise ship production shows getting too busy and too technical?

Anti-Israel protesters force Israeli Cruise ship to skip a port!

Princess tweaks their Premier package and raises the price!

The TSA Family program should be called "The Rugrat Express".

Crescent Seas appoints an inaugural CEO with luxury sales experience!

 

The new $250.00 Visa to visit the U.S. is refundable if you leave when you are supposed to!

Are surveys on travelers' intent really valuable or a waste of money?

Say What? The Guru could be wrong, and maybe Nice is nice!

Israel bombs the Houthis again? Will the Suez even be safe for cruise ships?

Oceania is now offering $175.00 wine pairing lunch!

Carnival Celebration Key is now open, and the Guru is done talking about it!

The Celebrity Beyond can't get past the pier, so the cruise is cancelled!

The Economist says that Europe is feeble when it comes to dealing with the Houthis!

Norse Atlantic and cheap, but the economy seats can feel claustrophobic!

The TSA is studying reducing the scrutiny of liquids at check-in.

How much is the UN spending on a virtue signaling climate convention?

Now you see the laundry room on HAL for $179.00 per person!

In an effort to control cruise tourism, Barcelona will build a new terminal that can accommodate up to 7,000 guests!

Five ships in the Great Lakes watched the CBP remove crew members from the ship!

The Chinese government wants you to ride the escalator, not walk on it.

Celebration Key, which cost Carnival $500 million, opens tomorrow!

136 guests on the Navigator of the Seas woke up with Norovirus!

The new Star Princess will offer "new" dynamic production shows!

The Delta Whistleblower received an $825,000 reward! Who can the Guru rat out?

A fire in the Island Princess kitchen messes up breakfast!

Decorative pillows are the source of the most germs in a hotel room!

 

 

Explora Journeys is putting it together! 

Southwest announces it will fly to St. Thomas! They just don't know when or when they will get approval!

The gas bags at the U.N. pass another useless resolution that won't help stop the Houthis!

Costa unloads another old ship to Margaritaville at Sea!

 

MSC will have five megaships sailing the Caribbean in the winter of 2027. Tough selling there!

United/Jet Blue partnership upsets Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut! Who cares?

The State Department spokesperson's interview about being prepared to travel was a good one!

The EU might not be able to dictate to airlines what to do.

French judge tells the Mayor of Nice he was out of line!

Norwegian Star loses power in the Hudson and needs tugs to return to port.

Uniword is selling an all-women, pajama-wearing, empowering cruise!

Hurtigruten is telling guests to embrace their seaweed!

A taxi driver in Greece overcharges an unsuspecting guest from a cruise ship! There's a shock!!

Two passengers on a TUI flight get into a brawl that forces the plane to overnight in Maine!

Royal Caribbean's new build changes dry docks in Spain due to labor issues.

Customers at Hertz are unhappy with their new dent finder technology.

The Guru thinks that the new unbundling at Delta is another way to nickel and dime the flyer!

Royal Caribbean is asking people not to leave their ducks in Central Park!

Guests on Celebrity Infinity enjoy their cruise in Kusadasi!

Clear is offering a Concierge Service for people who have been certified "helpless".

The CEO of Virgin Voyages is a better CEO than he is a butler!

American Cruises christens their latest riverboat, the Patriot!

State of the World! A U.S. nuclear submarine is allowed to dock in Reykjavik!

Greece's new tourist tax will cause significant issues for cruise lines and their passengers.

Hilton adds yet another brand to their 24-brand portfolio!

Your suitcase is not your friend! It carries more than a toilet seat!