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

Research shows the vaccine for Norovirus works a little! Pilots flying into Denver airport lose radio communication for two minutes! Israel bombs the Houthis again, but they won't back down! The best restaurant service can be found on cruise ships! The TOGO visa application process has TOGO!

Royal Caribbean will build a private island in the South Pacific! When you book a flight, why do airlines have to try to sell us everything but new underwear? Spirit Airlines is adding extra legroom seats for extra revenue. A great idea! Delta changes the name of all the seat categories, admitting that First Class should never be called First Class!

Boeing agrees to build 160 wide bodies for Qatar when they can't complete the orders they have! All quiet on the Houthi front. When will cruise ships return to the Suez? There will be 70 new cruise ships in the next eight years! Crazy! !% of Norovirus outbreaks are on cruise ships. 81% in restaurants but people still go to restaurants! The Guru does not want to sail with 9,000 guests!    

If you are worried about flying into Newark, then don't fly into Newark! Simple! Now the Houthis are threatening their neighbors!  Maragritavile is buying a third ship to repaint and flip-flops! The Guru weighs in on the Ten Worst Cruise Ports!  

A couple on Carnival asked for blue smoke from the stack for a gender reveal party! TSA is not really enforcing Real ID yet! Tokyo is the number one destination in 2025, and you can join the Guru there! Netflix airing a documentary on the 2013 Carnival Triumph "poop cruise". Why? The Houthis are honoring the truce with the U.S. When will cruise ships return?  

Italy fines the Captain of the Silver Ray $1100.00 for getting too close to Stella! Royal Caribbean cancels more calls to their private island in Haiti! Close your eyes and pray when you fly into Newark! Too many third-world destinations require visas and yellow fever shots! CLIA President Bud Darr says the travel advisors, not CLIA, must sell people on cruising!

Mobile, Alabama, welcomes a second cruise line! The Trump Administration is ready to fix the FAA computer system! Protecting the Suez was never the responsibility of the U.S. The EU fails again! Villa Vie is changing its entire approach to getting your money! The CDC reminds everyone that hot tubs might have bacteria! You think?  

Good Job! NCLH opens a medical clinic in the Philippines for their crew members! Priorities!  An Odyssey of the Seas guest is late and will miss the ship, so he stops to take a selfie. A Virgin Voyages test kitchen offers a vegetable as the entrée, and this travel influencer was left hungry and unhappy! Less than 1/3 of today's cruise ships are considered big ships! What is big? Villa Vie residences is changing gears and offering a much shorter world cruise!    

Will Mexico reduce its offensive new cruise ship head tax from $42 to $5? The FAA is scrambling to replace equipment that crashes more than New York cab drivers! How about that! Royal Caribbean's Board declares a dividend despite all of the "economic uncertainty." The TSA hands out flyers instead of fines for not having Real ID! The Houthis say that they will still try to attack Israel. Rest in Peace, Boys!  

Virgin Voyages has come up with another new name for something that has been done before! New York's air traffic control system needs replacing now! The Houthis have cried Allah and will stop attacking ships in the Red Sea! Southwest's new seats have tall people amazed! A tourist from Taiwan gets skewered trying to beat the line at the Colosseum!