Travel Blog

Indeed, on Sunday, February 28th, The Travel Guys, our brand new radio show, hosted by yours truly and Sacramento’s number one radio man Tom Romano, was on the air, live from snowy New York City. (If you’d like to listen to the show, simply point to the blue “Cool KFBK stuff” button on the home [...]

Indeed, at 12:06pm on Sunday, February 14th, a brand new radio program was born in Sacramento. At that moment, Tom Romano cued the board operator and the theme track for “The Travel Guys” was heard on the air for the first time. Tom and I will be co-hosting the show. I can’t begin to tell [...]

This travel gig isn’t so bad, as it turns out.  After 30 years on the road (31 in June), I hit the jackpot this month.  On New Year’s Eve, I headed for a true vacation in Hawaii with my best friend. People often ask me, do you ever take vacations of your own?  Real vacations, [...]

An incredible human tragedy is unfolding in Haiti. Like many, we are horrified by the pictures we see, and wondering how we can help. Our staff is exploring how we could best direct our personal and business resources. In the meantime, there are several ways you can help the situation in Haiti, one such option [...]

Back on September the 12th, I embarked on a tour to the Oregon Coast, highlighting the picturesque lighthouses and the wonderful seaside village of Newport.  I knew at the time, just from looking at the calendar, that the next 12 weeks were going to be busy.  They were.  Now that a pause in traveling has [...]

For years, we have searched for the right formula for a trip to Hawaii.  Hawaii is a tough destination to sell to folks living on the west coast.  By the time they reach retirement, generally they have visited the islands once or twice or 27 times.  Which means standard attractions like Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian [...]

I first met Ted Bridges at a tourism symposium in 1999.  I was the speaker, talking to a gathering of small, tourism-based businesses in Vermont and New Hampshire about attracting more tour groups to their shops, restaurants and hotels.  At one point in my presentation, I spoke of the importance of helping a tour operator [...]

After dozens of visits to New York, you would think the city would lose some of its excitement, it’s luster.  Not for me.  Every trip yields something I hadn’t discovered on a previous trip.  This week’s Thanksgiving in New York trip is no exception.  Sitting outside of Radio City Music Hall on Thanksgiving afternoon, while [...]

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Hello from Abilene, Kansas, on the prairies of America’s Heartland.  This is the small hamlet in which President Dwight David Eisenhower grew up, home of his presidential library and museum and the final resting place for him and his wife, Mamie.  It is the most delightful little town, looking much like it did 50 years [...]