The Travel Show - Travel Scams..Beware; Hawaii and Mexico All Inclusive Specials; Wendy Fracchia Highlighting MCT Group Tours

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Good morning, and welcome to the Travel Show. I'm Larry Gelwicks,
the Getaway Guru, joined today in studio by the lovely
and talented Wendy Fraki, a group department manager, and the
even lovelier.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Carlos Morning, Good morning.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
Did you get some in Greece? To him?

Speaker 1 (00:23):
You know what?

Speaker 4 (00:24):
Known? No, I'm still I'm still waiting for my radio name.
Are you kidding?

Speaker 2 (00:28):
I got it? The Queen, the Queen.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Now for Carlos, it's just Presidente Guappo.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
I thought that.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Which is Portuguese? Heyay?

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Carlos Feed the director of Latin American Sales for Morris
Columbus Travel, and the one and only Argentinian Gaucho himself.
We got a fantastic show lined up today.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
You know why do we love travel?

Speaker 1 (00:57):
The Strategic accountant manager for Royal Care Arabbeian Cruise Lines
will be joining us. The director of Sales and Marketing
for Regent seven Seas Cruises, which is Ultra Deluxe, Bob
Grove will be in to talk about close to Home fall,
Foliage and scenic Drives will be headed to Africa, Festa Italiana,

(01:19):
the Christmas Markets, Mexico, Hawaii.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
I mean we.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Got a great thing, and I asked Wendy to highlight
some very unique Morris Columbus sponsored tours. And one of
the biggest stories that I'm going to talk about is
how to avoid some very prominent travel scams. These things
will catch you unaware, but we're going to tell you

(01:43):
how to protect a put the fortress around yourself with
that anyway, you know, Viking Cruises is a great cruise.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
Line, one of my favorites.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
They do ocean, they do river cruises, and Morris Columbus
Travel and Viking if teamed up for two information evenings.
The first will be September nineteenth.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
That's just over a week away up in Ogden at
the Union Grill.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
It's dinner and a short presentation informational seminar. The tickets
are just eight dollars per person. You get this wonderful
dinner and there'll be some information on Viking, how to
get some special discounts, and from time to time, Viking
even offers free and reduced airfare to Europe. Now, I

(02:33):
don't know what they're gonna if they're gonna offering it
that time, if they'll have it at that time.

Speaker 4 (02:39):
We always have a special offer.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
We always have something special. So that's September nineteenth, starting
at six point thirty at the Union Grill, which is
down on twenty fourth Street in Ogden. And then one
I'm looking forward to is the next night, September twentieth.
It's a night with the Utah Symphony. Now here's what
it is. I don't even know. It's infanty. Tickets costs,

(03:01):
but they're not real cheap. How about a brief Viking
presentation before the symphony and then the symphony for ten dollars.
There will be some light refreshments served ten dollars, and
this is a very special production where it will be
a spectacle of acrobats, aerial artists and the symphony all

(03:26):
on stage. I've had somebody describe it almost as the
Symphony with a circuay Solet performance exactly.

Speaker 4 (03:34):
I was just going to say the last time we
did this a couple of years ago with Viking, it
was so well attended and people are still talking about
it and they've been asking. So that's why we arranged
this again. And the symphony experience, if you've never gone,
it is the perfect introductory to it. And what I
love about these events is that you really get to
go and ask questions and learn more, and you might

(03:56):
be a Viking fan already, and then you just get
to go and meet other people who are going to
be going.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
It's going to be a lot of fun.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
So again, that's September nineteenth in Ogden at the Union Grill,
six point thirty dinner and a short presentation by Viking Cruises.
And the next night, September twentieth, a night at the symphony,
a brief presentation before the symphony. And that's where you
pick up your symphony tickets. At that brief presentation.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
Get a little snap.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
It starts at.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Six pm with the Utah Symphony down at a Bravano
hall and that is ten dollars per person. Now, how
do you get tickets, Wendy.

Speaker 4 (04:34):
You go to Morriscolumbus dot com or you give the
offices a call. They'll help you get that situation.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Your favorite Morris Columbus out of the many. Now, Amigo,
I'll speak slowly in England.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
Okay, Okay, so I can get it.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
You are now, I'm just hitting there. You know, Carlos
and I we kivets each other, and you think I'm brutal.
You ought to see what he does to me in private.
Just always you deserve everything and.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
More and more and more.

Speaker 1 (05:05):
We've been the best of friends, so we can we
can jostle like this for thirty five forty years, both
when we were young men now we're old men. But uh,
just kind of a last offer. We got a couple
of seats left on your October Galapago switch to me
is one of the highlights of my travel career I have.

Speaker 5 (05:26):
This is an amazing tours because I have made some
modifications to improve the hotels and also the whole program.
The most important thing is inland. When we are in
the continent, we visit the hotel alve in the market,
the cloud forest with the zillion hummingbers everywhere, and there
is a possibility also to do to the zip line

(05:49):
that ends and never ends. I mean, it's the longest
thing I have ever seen. And then of course the islands.
We visit four different islands and we stay on the islands,
meaning that you have the opportunity to do so much
snorkeling and everything you want, So please sign up. We
have a steal two spaces and I or or yeah,

(06:11):
two spaces left for two couples.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
And all the details at Morriscolumbus dot com. Go to
the website and Wendy. It's like a third item down
on the home pages. Morris Murdoch Escorted Tours, which is
our brand name for Morris Columbus Travel. It's Rs Murdoch
Escorted Tours, and you can see all of the tour
offerings group offerings that we have escorted tours. Simply click

(06:38):
on the geographic destination for Carlos. It would of course
be South America. If it's a cruise tour, click on
cruises absolutely Columbus dot com. You know, I travel internationally
just about every month. At least I have been in
the travel industry forty five years. I'm a hopeless travel junkie.

(07:03):
But you know I have this emotion every time I
come back to the United States. I want to get
down and kiss the ground. As much as I love traveling.
And you know, it could be third world, it could
be first world, second World companies, it could be Europe, England,
it could be Samoa, it could be anywhere. My second home,

(07:24):
of course is Thailand.

Speaker 4 (07:25):
The places that you love.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yeah, I just got back from Africa, you know, and
I want to get down and say thank you God
that I live in this blessed country. And I mean,
I would hope everyone loves their nation, you know, use
their country, so it's no disrespect to any other country.
But you know, I love Argentina. But Carlos, you came

(07:50):
from here, from there, and you live here in the
United States. Legally came here.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
I think you.

Speaker 5 (07:58):
Told me one time I just swam the real God,
I was gonna say, that's the story.

Speaker 2 (08:04):
Now, that's when you had a taco cart in Guadalajara.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
Let me tell you something about that.

Speaker 5 (08:09):
Well, you also tell me that I was born there
selling tacos and all these kind of things.

Speaker 3 (08:14):
Let me tell you what it is very important.

Speaker 5 (08:16):
I think that traveling is a joy for me. Is
the experience of different cultures. That's perhaps the most important.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
Really is, you know, I think is some of my
travel adventures. How blessed. We are taking a group to Cambodia,
and we had a humanitarian opportunity, and we spent time
with this school and we fixed lunch for them in
these giant vats, and we gave them their lunch, and

(08:48):
invariably they had a plastic bag zip lock bag with
them which they would take half of their lunch. Now,
these these kids are poor, and if you can't buy
your own school shirt and shorts, you can't go to school.
So we provided a lot of clothing for them, but

(09:09):
they would take half their food home for their younger
brothers and sisters because some days there is no lunch
or dinner for them. I think about in Samoa, Western Samoa,
my friend Letti Saili, who passed away some years ago,
and in the true Samoan traditions, buried in his front yard,

(09:31):
and we'd go out there. We'd stay at Aggie Gray's
hotel there in Apia, but we'd always go out. I
had a rental truck. I'd go to a store pick
up fifty pounds bags of rice, corned beef and things.
And that's like a mayle o fakhete KOI a gift
to them. And we would sleep on mats. It's at

(09:52):
the true open sided folly, you know, no plumbing, everything
cooked over and open fire. And so I have all
of these experience, and Wendy, we have got about one
minute left. Why travel with a Morris Columbus group.

Speaker 4 (10:12):
So here's a story. I actually I've got a group
leaving the Switzerland at the end of the month. I've
got a client. She hasn't attended any of the pre
departure meetings and I asked her, I said, do you
even know what we're doing? She goes, Wendy, you take
care of everything when I'm on trip with you. Why
do I need to worry about this. You're going to
take care of me. That's why.

Speaker 2 (10:31):
That's why. Hey, when we come back, we'll be speaking
with this strategic account manager with Royal Careme and Cruise
Lines right here on the Travel Show.

Speaker 6 (10:45):
You're listening to the Travel Show on talk radio one
oh five nine kN rs.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
Just listen and you'll know Welcome back to the Travel Show.

Speaker 1 (10:56):
I'm Larry Gelwicks to get Away Guru joined today at
the crossroads of the West Salt Lake City Wendy Fraki,
a group department manager, and Carlos feeda director of Latin
American sales. And don't forget that Carlos's comment, there's still
a couple of spots left on Galapagos next month. Go
to Morriscolumbus dot com and get all the details. Well, Wendy,

(11:20):
I am really excited. One of my and I mean
this seriously. One of my favorite people in the travel industry,
we've worked closely together for years and years, is back
on the Travel Show. I'd like to welcome Jenny to Jay,
Strategic account manager with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. I guess technically, Jenny,

(11:42):
that's Royal Caribbean International.

Speaker 2 (11:44):
Isn't it. That is correct?

Speaker 7 (11:47):
And good morning everyone, Good morning, nice.

Speaker 2 (11:50):
To have you.

Speaker 8 (11:51):
Well.

Speaker 1 (11:51):
Listen and listen, Jenny. I heard an announcement. I heard
a rumor, and of course we love gossip and rumors
that Royal Caribbean is bringing a second ship to Los Angeles.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Tell us what's going on.

Speaker 7 (12:13):
I can confirm your rumor that you heard, Larry. Yes,
in fact, we are bringing a well actually, we have
two new ships coming next year, one in May Ovation
of the Seas and she'll be here until September and
then she'll depart and the Quantum of the.

Speaker 2 (12:30):
Seas will arrive.

Speaker 7 (12:31):
But we're going to keep our fans favorite Navigator of
the Seas the entire year.

Speaker 1 (12:36):
I got to tell you, Yes, as you'll know, I've
sailed on the Navigator LA out of LA I think
three times, including we had that wonderful group when was it,
I guess last year of radio show listen in January.

Speaker 2 (12:53):
Yeah, yeah, I.

Speaker 1 (12:54):
Mean just I love the Navigator, but now the Quantum
is coming. It's a bigger ship. It has a lot
more amenities. I've sailed on the Quantum, and although it's
a very large ship, I never felt crowded. Why what
have you guys done with the design to avoid that

(13:16):
feeling of sardines?

Speaker 7 (13:20):
Well, we first we have the Royal escalade down the
middle of the ship, and there's restaurants and shopping, and
the designs of the ship are like neighborhoods if you will,
really talking class doesn't they don't have, you know, the
neighborhoods like our big Oasis class ships, but very similar.

(13:41):
They're very well designed where you're not walking from one
end to the other to enjoy all the amenities. But
they do have the quantum innovation. Both have amazing amenities
that the Navigator just can't offer because they are a
little bit bigger.

Speaker 2 (13:58):
It really, you guys do it so well.

Speaker 1 (14:00):
Now let's talk about the itineraries from Los Angeles, which
is really San Pedro Carlos, actually closer to the Long
Beach Airport than to Lax really. Yeah, yes, Sid, You've
got a variety of options there. Go through with your
two ships. The itineraries that we can look at, well.

Speaker 3 (14:22):
They alternate.

Speaker 9 (14:23):
We have.

Speaker 7 (14:24):
We offer three, four, five and six night itineraries.

Speaker 2 (14:27):
I'll take them all.

Speaker 7 (14:28):
The Ovation of the the Ovation of the Seeds, and
the Quantum of the Seas. Will offer overnight in Cabo
San Lucas. In some cases they have two nights in Cabo.

Speaker 2 (14:42):
So if you want to Wendy, Yeah, Wendy, are you
still there?

Speaker 4 (14:51):
That's Jenny?

Speaker 2 (14:52):
Excuse me, Wendy's We were talking to Jenny too.

Speaker 1 (14:56):
Jay's strategic account manager with Royal care be In Cruise
Line and we seem to have lost her. Jenny, are
you back yet? Well, you've got those three, four and
five and seven day itineraries out of Los Angeles along
the Mexican Riviera, and you know it's great for a weekend,

(15:20):
a family trip, and the prices are incredible.

Speaker 4 (15:24):
I was going to mention the family aspect because a
lot of people love to travel with Disney Cruise Line
and they're fantastic, but Roald Caribbean has an amazing program
for kids and families. You really need to check it out.

Speaker 1 (15:36):
I think there's I mean, there's a lot of good cruise. Oh,
Jenny's back in reference to in reference to Wendy's comment
about things that Royal Caribbean does so well. You know,
there's a lot of good cruise options out there. But
I think in my experience, Jenny, that some of the
things that really Royal Caribbean does head and shoulders so well.

(16:02):
I think the dining experience, the kids programs, the entertainment, oral.

Speaker 2 (16:09):
Class and I mean there's so many things.

Speaker 1 (16:13):
My kids, Jenny, do you remember I took a couple
of my grandkids when we had that group on the
Navigator of a one week Cabo Mazitlan, Puerto Vata last year.
My kids, these two grandsons along with my daughter went
with us.

Speaker 2 (16:30):
They still talk about it. It's been a year and
a half.

Speaker 1 (16:33):
They say out, Papa, when can we go on another cruise?
It was It was the best family vacation ever. We're
speaking with Jenny two Jage, strategic account manager with Royal
Caribbean International, and we got slightly less than two minutes,
so let's hit some important things. What are your current

(16:53):
promotions Jenny with Royal Caribbean.

Speaker 7 (16:57):
Well, currently we have sixty percent off second guest kids
twelve and under sale for free on select sailings. And
we also have an air discount promotion for Europe and Alaska.
So great promotions. And I do want to mention you
were mentioning all the fun activities. It's all included. So

(17:18):
as a parent, that's important to have all these fun
activities for the entire family all included in your cruise price.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
I've said, and I continue to say, Jenny, that cruising
is absolutely positively your best travel value. Now I'm going
to put you on spot because there are a lot
of good cruise lines out there, a lot of good
cruise options. Royal of certainly at the top. But with

(17:47):
all these good choices, why book Royal Caribbean.

Speaker 7 (17:54):
Well, I think you and Wendy answered this question. But
we are perfect for young family all the way to
empty nesters, with the award winning entertainment and all the
fun activities. I'm not sure if you mentioned them all,
but I don't know if I have enough time. But
rock climbing, flow rider, ice skating, water slize, laser tag,

(18:14):
roller skating, ice flying, you have I fly, Okay.

Speaker 9 (18:17):
I fly.

Speaker 2 (18:19):
With that.

Speaker 1 (18:20):
Well, Jenny too, j we're gonna put together a Mexican
riviera group. Wendy kay too, Ja, We're all canbyan thank
you for joining us. We're heading to Africa when we
come back. Welcome back to the Travel Show. I'm Larry Gelwicks.

(18:47):
Then get away Guru. We'd like to open up our
phone lines that have you joined this. You really are
the best part of the show, your questions, recommendations, your
experiences and comments. Triple eight five seven eighth one. Oh
that's eight eight eight five seventy eighty ten. And as
we're going to Africa right now, if any of our

(19:09):
listeners have been with us on the Great Migration, especially
those that just returned last week with me from Africa
or Great Migration Safari, I'd love to have you call
in and briefly give us a highlight of why this
is such an incredible trip.

Speaker 4 (19:29):
Sinsey, you have three sold out tours on this on
this trip just this year, and they're already filling it
for next year.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
Yeah, you know, we're offering two trips next year on
the Great Migration. There is nothing like it in the world.
It is the ultimate national geographic location we have. These
are the US departure and us return to Ate July twentieth.
This next year, twentieth to the thirty first, I'll be

(19:57):
personally hosting that way, Yes, Carlos, I am known in
the jungles of Africa as Dctari, you know, my famous
African guy.

Speaker 5 (20:05):
You know what the problem is with your travel that
we stick here in the studio and you're traveling and
calling in to broadcast from whatever you are enjoying.

Speaker 2 (20:14):
So what's your point?

Speaker 3 (20:16):
The point is that you should be working here.

Speaker 1 (20:18):
Carlos, Wendy, you know your role in life. It's still
work so that I can globe trot.

Speaker 4 (20:26):
Once this shoe needs to be on the other foot.

Speaker 1 (20:29):
Just want and slap me upside the head. And we've
also so mine is July twenty to thirty one next year.
It's already over half sold out. And then another tour
that will be hosted by Jim. Jim will be on
ours also July thirtieth to August ninth. Now, you know,
coming back from Africa and those of you who are

(20:50):
with me or have done our program, you'll understand what
I'm saying that there is such a difference in accommodations
and vehicles. Just before we go to the phone lines.
We have Bill calling in. But just before we go
to Bill, I want to give you some questions that

(21:12):
you should ask before you book an Africa Safari trip.
One is what is the quality and location of the
hotel up on the Mara or the Serengetti. We are
right in the epicenter and there's beautiful lodges, but they're
an hour and a half to two hour drive each way.
They have to do every day to get where we are.

(21:35):
And literally when we're in our vehicles, in twenty seconds,
we're outside the gates looking for animals. What are the
services on site? You know, how many people in the vehicle?
How long has the company been in business? What type
of vehicle? We use a Toyota land Cruiser that will

(21:57):
see eight guests plus the driver never put more than four.
So you want to ask how many people in the vehicle. Now,
we've seen vehicles jammed with six, seven, eight people and
you cannot move. You're stuck to that one position. Some
have pop up tops like ours, some do not. And

(22:18):
the most important caution I would give is shop value,
not just price. Let's talk to Bill in Salt Lake City,
who has a question for us.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
About Egypt. Bill, Welcome to the Travel Show. Why how
are you You know? I'm getting old and fat, but
other than that, I'm doing pretty well well.

Speaker 1 (22:42):
Can we help you with Bill? I guess we lost him.
Perhaps you'll call back. Bill was calling anyway, So I
want to I had an experience yesterday that you know,
we have talked about travel scams before, and we've warned

(23:04):
you about some of these travel scams, and I want
to tell you about an experience that looks like Bill
has called back.

Speaker 2 (23:15):
Bill. Are you there?

Speaker 1 (23:19):
I don't see Bill on the on the Oh okay, Bill,
Let's get to it quickly.

Speaker 2 (23:24):
What can we help you with?

Speaker 8 (23:28):
I was interested in doing an eclipse tour in Egypt
in twenty twenty seven. It's going to be right over
on a Nile.

Speaker 2 (23:39):
Isn't that in August of twenty twenty seven?

Speaker 4 (23:42):
And we know exactly those dates because we've got it planned.

Speaker 2 (23:46):
We are looking at an eclipse tour.

Speaker 5 (23:48):
Now.

Speaker 1 (23:49):
I will tell you August is hot. It gives a
whole new meaning to the word hot.

Speaker 2 (23:53):
But that's that.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
There's not a reason. Yeah, So if you will keep
listening to the Travel Show. Wendy is our group department manager.
Putting this together.

Speaker 4 (24:06):
Hey Bill, I was just going to say, if you
would send an email to groups at Morris Murdoch dot com,
I will have you on that notification list because this
has been a request we've already received and we've already
got it booked and we are super excited. Le Larry
said it's going to be hot, but I can't imagine
anything more epic than being on the Nile during a

(24:27):
full eclipse for almost five minutes.

Speaker 1 (24:29):
So stay tuned to the Travel show and if any
of our other listeners would like to be on the
notification send an email to groups at Morris Murdoch dot com.
Back to my experience yesterday. So I'm scrolling through Instagram
and I'm always seeing these travel slides travel pop ups,

(24:50):
and I've been seeing one for several weeks that are
advertising airfares to Bangkok to Manila to Tokyo for four
hundred and seventy seven dollars round trip including taxes. Now,
way you know, I mean, there's a red flag right there.

(25:14):
So I'm looking at the company. I'll even tell you
the name of the company asaptickets dot com asap tickets
dot Com. Now I want to make sure I am
not saying they're a scam. I don't know if they are,
but man, there are so red flags. I'm not telling
you what to do whether to deal with them or

(25:36):
another consolidator. That is your own informed choice. I wouldn't
personally touch this company with a ten foot pole, even
a twenty foot pole. Now, let me tell you the experience.
So you know, I love Thailand. So I call them
up on their You can email them for a quote.
I don't want to give them my email yet, but

(25:57):
I do call them up and I get a voice reding.

Speaker 2 (26:02):
That is in some language I have no idea.

Speaker 1 (26:05):
Now, their website says they're in Ocean Garden, Maryland. They're
based in Maryland and started in California. I don't even
know what language you're speaking, so I just hang up.
Within two minutes, I get a callback from this fellow
and he has a heavy accent. I asked him where

(26:26):
are you? He is in Turmekistan, that's Asian country.

Speaker 2 (26:34):
Well, of course they getaway.

Speaker 1 (26:36):
Guru's familiar with all countries and speaks all languages. Turmekistan
is a Central Asia country bordering Are you ready for this?
Iran and Afghanistan?

Speaker 2 (26:47):
Nice?

Speaker 1 (26:48):
And I see business and I said, well, now, your
website said you're in Maryland. He says, well, we have
offices all over the world and I said, so okay,
your your instagram at says I can go to Thailand
from the United States for four hundred and seventy seven
dollars including all taxes and fees. He goes, well, what

(27:10):
fare is that? I said, it's your ad and we're talking.
I said, okay, I'm going to read the ad and
I read it. He says, oh, that's the super Savor.
And I talked to him for about fifteen minutes before
I just said thank you, goodbye. And I said, I
can go anytime, because sometimes they say, oh, the fair's
not good on the date you wanted. I said, I

(27:32):
can go anytime, anytime of the year. Just tell me
the dates, he says, and I said, I'll say a
week or two. He could not give me a date.
He finally, and he said, this will be out of
the West Coast.

Speaker 2 (27:45):
Is that like? I said? Sure?

Speaker 1 (27:47):
Finally he says, okay, okay, I may have found one
out of Minneapolis and it's three days. Well, it said
day over and a day back. I'd be in Bangkok
for one day. I said, no, I'm not cross the
Pacific for three days. And he yet he would not
confirm that price, even out of Minneapolis. So we're going back,
and he kept saying, well, give me your email, give

(28:09):
me this, and you know, all sorts of red flags
are going up all over the place. And if you
look at their website, Oh, they've got this review and
this endorsement and this.

Speaker 2 (28:21):
I call them.

Speaker 1 (28:22):
They're not in Maryland, they're in Turmekastan. Well, folks, again,
I don't know for certain it's a scam, but I
wouldn't touch asap tickets dot com. That's what you do,
whatever you want. I don't know who they are, but
I do know the fellow. Uh oh, by the way.
Then I start getting text messages from him, and he says, well,

(28:46):
I've got I've got your fare. Call me and I
just I sent a reply twice. Tell me the dates,
the price, the airline and the routing. I will not
give you. I'm not talk to you. I'mn not give
you my email until you get I still haven't heard
from him.

Speaker 4 (29:05):
Of course you have it. If it's too good to
be true.

Speaker 1 (29:08):
You know there are fake tickets I'll tell you another
scam that you really want to avoid is never ever
go to Google for an airline ticket, now airline telephone number? Never, never, never,
because what is happening is they change telephone numbers and

(29:28):
some scammer will take over a former legitimate This happened
to a scammers that took over a Singapore airline's phone
number and they pretend to be Singapore Airlines. They need
your credit card to make the change, which they never

(29:49):
make and then they run up the bill.

Speaker 2 (29:52):
So never use Google and say.

Speaker 1 (29:55):
United Airlines telephone number. Just you could google you United Airlines.
Put United Airlines official site.

Speaker 4 (30:03):
Yes, make sure that you're looking before you click anything
off of Google. Make sure the site if it's a
sponsored site, be careful.

Speaker 2 (30:11):
That's right. Do you guys like Italian food so much? Hey?

Speaker 1 (30:15):
Every year Italiana comes to Salt Lake City. My friend
Chris is on the phone to tell us about next
year's Festa Italianas looks like Chris has not called in yet.

Speaker 4 (30:28):
Do you know what I like best about the Italian
festival here in Salt Lake's is the cute little string
cheese mascot that they get running around.

Speaker 1 (30:36):
Well, I'll tell you about Festa Italiana. It's an Italian
festival on steroids. It's next week, Saturday and Sunday, September
fourteenth and fifteenth, and it's down at the Gateway in downtown.
And what it is it's Italian everything, food, dancing, musical, entertainment.

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They've got a line of Italian ours, local Italian art
and more. Now it's free to attend. You just walk in.
And that is next Saturday. It's sponsored by the Italian
American Civic League of Utah for Saturday and Sunday, September
fourteenth and fifteenth.

Speaker 2 (31:18):
Saturday noon to ten, Sunday noon to seven. It is fantastic,
we'll find that's what we're gonna do. Hey, Christmas is
just around the corner.

Speaker 6 (31:32):
You're listening to the Travel Show on Talk Radio one
oh five nine kN rs.

Speaker 2 (31:37):
Just listen and you'll know. Welcome back to the Travel Show.

Speaker 1 (31:47):
I'm Larry Gelwicks, the Getaway Guru, joined today by the
Morris Columbus All Stars, Carlos Fina and Wendy Frakia. The
Travel Show is sponsored by Morris Columbus Travel where you
Always Travel More and Pay Less and Norwegian Cruise Line.
The Home of freestyle cruising. Check out the Morris Columbus

(32:08):
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Speaker 2 (32:25):
Now that's easy to.

Speaker 1 (32:26):
Remember, one eight hundred triple nine forty six forty six.
And for any of the group tours which we sell
under the brand name Morris Murdoch Tours, you may call
the group department direct or work with your favorite travel advisor.

Speaker 4 (32:44):
Absolutely so, Carlos.

Speaker 1 (32:47):
One of the things that you do well in Latin
America is individual travel like a couple or something or families.

Speaker 2 (32:57):
What are the benefit fits a family travel?

Speaker 3 (33:02):
Well?

Speaker 5 (33:03):
One of the In fact, I got a family, a
whole family that will be going to Galabagos and Tokusk.
I think that what they told me about is this,
rather than giving ourselves gifts or have a big gathering
for Christmas or any other holiday, we decided to go
on a trip.

Speaker 3 (33:21):
And the important of this you have just yourself.

Speaker 5 (33:25):
Your family could be two people, could be six, seven, whatever,
it did, or friends share lunches, dinners I've seen and
everything else.

Speaker 3 (33:34):
That's what makes a difference.

Speaker 2 (33:36):
It really does.

Speaker 1 (33:37):
Now, Wendy, very quickly, I'm gonna ask you a question
and you have two seconds to answer.

Speaker 2 (33:44):
Top of mind awareness.

Speaker 4 (33:46):
Okay, I'm ready.

Speaker 1 (33:47):
I want you to name a Christmas gift you got
three years ago.

Speaker 2 (33:52):
Nothing ding ding ding ding ding.

Speaker 1 (33:54):
Right now, let's go all the way back to your childhood,
which is a few years for you, you know, centuries for Carlos.
I want you to name just the destination that you
went on a family trip when you were a kid,
at any age, still living at home Hawaii. Now, why

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is it that you can reach back decades and think
of a travel experience as opposed to a gift? Now,
a tie, a blouse, address, a book, a bicycle, a basketball,
these are wonderful.

Speaker 2 (34:29):
Gifts, no disrespec They're things, yea.

Speaker 1 (34:34):
And things don't generate emotional memories, don't you know, jar
our emotions in our psychology like experiences do.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
And that's Carlos, what travel is.

Speaker 8 (34:49):
Now.

Speaker 1 (34:51):
I know that you two are very busy shopping for
my Christmas gift, all right, today we are not Jos
to did you say five tacos Argentinian tacos with iguana
meat in it. Yes, thank you very much. Maybe for Christmas,

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for the company party, I'll do a tango dance.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
What do you think?

Speaker 1 (35:17):
Seriously, one hundred and nine days till Christmas. We all
have Christmas traditions, just rapid fire. I'd like each of
you to give me one, not even the number one,
but a favorite Christmas tradition.

Speaker 4 (35:33):
It's all about family time for me. Now now that
the kids have grown up and we're getting grandkids. Everybody's
got in laws. We have our annual family Christmas party
at Christmas, and that is my favorite tradition now.

Speaker 5 (35:47):
Carlos, my family together now, my family's very my son,
two children, and my daughter in law. That's the greatest
thing when we meet together for Christmas on Christmas Day.

Speaker 1 (35:59):
You know, it's all about family, is it. I am
only three generations from England. My great grandfather was was
from England, and you know that's that's not a lot
of years right there, and so I grew up with
a lot of English traditions, like to this day.

Speaker 2 (36:17):
I spelled theater th h e a t r e
but that at the end. But that's what I that's
what I was taught.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
And you know, color and flavor and these these terms
now you are spelled with Oh you are on them.
I a English tradition that we always had at Thanksgiving
and Christmas is my grandfather. We called him Papa Pete.
We'd all be sitting at a long table and of
course there's ham and turkey and mashed PoTA, and each

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of us would say what we wanted and Papa Pete
would serve it, and the pay place would be passed
down the door and we would wait until everybody had
to Hey, do it very quickly, you know, and then
the second round you help yourself. But that is such
an English tradition for the head of the household, my

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grandfather to serve at a formal meal.

Speaker 3 (37:18):
It's pretty common in South America.

Speaker 4 (37:20):
Yeah, I love that.

Speaker 8 (37:21):
Yay.

Speaker 2 (37:22):
I'll tell you.

Speaker 1 (37:23):
One of the greatest Christmas experiences Kathy and I've done
several times is the Christmas Markets of Europe, a six
hundred year tradition that I mean. These are outdoor festivals
with music and food and entertainment. And it's not department store,
it's individual wooden kiosk be decked with evergreen boughs, and

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it's it's all sorts of Christmas stuff, all sorts of gifts.
And I'm not a shopper. I don't even like to
shop for socks. Okay, and my last trip, I lost
my mind. I had to go buy a suitcase, he says,
buying things from my grandkids. Well, December fourth to the eleventh,
I'll be hosting a Christmas Markets on the Danube. You'll

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see all the Christmas markets in addition to the normal
sight scene. I think we got about five cabins left.
More about this in our number two. Welcome back to

(38:33):
our number two of the Travel Show. In the Best
two Hours in Radio. I'm Larry gelwi's the Getaway Guru,
joined by Wendy Fracki, a group department manager at Morris
Columbus Travel, and Carlos feeda director of Latin American sales
and all around good guy at Morris Columbus Travel. You know,
we ended the second hour guys talking about that Christmas

(38:58):
Market cruise, and I just want to catch on it
briefly because I've done the Christmas Market several times.

Speaker 2 (39:03):
Kathy and I have.

Speaker 1 (39:05):
I have visited one hundred and thirteen countries, most of
them multiple, multiple times. And I will tell you that
the Christmas market experience is in my top three of
a lifetime. I don't even know how to describe it
because lot it's a river cruise. We're on the Danube,

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Austria and Germany and Hungary, so you see all the
sight seeing that you normally would and then they add
these Christmas markets to it. You know, one of my
favorite places is Passau, and you know the city itself,

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it was the site of a Roman garrison, but the
city dates back to ten eighty nine when Carlos was
just a young boy. And anyway, the milk Abbey is
it's a Monastery's originally was the Bamberger Castle and then

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it was given to the monks by King Leopold the
Second in ten eighty nine.

Speaker 2 (40:12):
It was a fort before that. But this itinerary.

Speaker 1 (40:17):
We overnight in Nuremberg and in my mind, that is
the single best Christmas market in all of Europe.

Speaker 2 (40:23):
It's in the old town.

Speaker 1 (40:24):
But we'll visit Nuremberg, Regensburg, Germany. Passau will then cross
into Austria for Milk, the famous Milk Abbey and Vienna Budapest.

Speaker 2 (40:37):
The ship will overnight in Nuremberg, overnight in Vienna, and
overnight in Budapest. By the way, sometimes people overlook hungry
for Christmas markets. It's off, it's completely off the charts
what they do there in Budapest. Do you know the
name Budapest the city got named?

Speaker 4 (40:57):
Yeah, yeah, you do, go ahead, Well, it's both Buddha
and Pest, depending on two cities on opposite banks of the.

Speaker 2 (41:05):
River, which later became k one.

Speaker 1 (41:07):
Now tell you what's good about this Christmas market cruise
is that last year Morris Columbus Travel bought half the ship,
I mean bought it and we have like five cabins left.
Is all, but the discounts in most cases, not all,
but most is one thousand dollars or more less than

(41:29):
buying it directly from Almah Waterways, which is the ultra
ultimate river cruise experience. So you could still buy it
from Almah. But if you buy the same cabin, the
same date, the same everything for Morris Columbus Travel, in
most cases you'll save over one thousand dollars per person
off the regular or brochure rate.

Speaker 4 (41:50):
Now we talk about booking windows, and right now this
is such a popular booking window in the fall because
everybody's getting super excited about their travel for twenty five
bus Now is the perfect time to be buying that
Christmas gift and that Christmas experience. And Larry, you said
you don't even know how to explain it, and I've
always told you the best way to explain it is
being inside a snow globe in a Norman Rockwell Christmas picture.

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That is the Christmas Markets.

Speaker 2 (42:17):
That's right now, Wendy, I know that you and are
your husband hang out in Las Vegas. You're going to
time your kind of casino cat stop.

Speaker 4 (42:25):
Oh there, Yeah, What would you do?

Speaker 2 (42:28):
What would you do?

Speaker 1 (42:29):
Because this just happened a couple of days ago at
the ex Caliber Hotel. Reportedly at the ex Caliber Hotel
in Las Vegas. At they got there at two thirty
in the morning. They checked in, so it was a
late arrival. But anyway, they got up the next morning,
went to breakfast, came back. They're going to take a

(42:53):
nap because they checked in at two thirty. They wanted
the breakfast. What would you do, Wendy, as a sophisticated
the door was open, they left it locked and the
maid was Now when when housekeeping comes they typically leave
the door open. They walk in and the housekeeping attendant

(43:15):
is there with the lady's makeup open. She's taken the
guest lip gloss and she's putting it on herself.

Speaker 2 (43:27):
How would you react to that?

Speaker 3 (43:29):
She wanted to look nice? What's wrong with that?

Speaker 8 (43:31):
Larry?

Speaker 5 (43:31):
Oh?

Speaker 4 (43:32):
I would say that. My very first reaction would ask
her to please leave, and then I'd go down and
probably throw a tizzy fit at the front desk.

Speaker 2 (43:39):
And that poor person, well, I would do the same.

Speaker 1 (43:42):
I mean, you say, it's lip gloss, Carl, I'm sorry
you mus.

Speaker 2 (43:48):
Spray on deodoran.

Speaker 1 (43:51):
It's lip gloss. Do you know where lip gloss is
applied to one's lips? I never loan out my lip.

Speaker 2 (44:00):
Oh my goodness. What did I just say? Anyway, and
the hotel wouldn't hasn't done anything.

Speaker 4 (44:09):
Oh that is sad, you know what. That's why you
don't stand this.

Speaker 2 (44:14):
Okay. I'm not loading my lip gloss out anybody.

Speaker 4 (44:17):
And I don't know the best hotel because I haven't
been to Vegas in years.

Speaker 2 (44:21):
That's right, that's right. Okay.

Speaker 1 (44:24):
When you hear aloha, someone says aloha, what images and emotions?
Wendy does it conjure.

Speaker 4 (44:33):
Up plumbria and beautiful sunsets and just sand?

Speaker 6 (44:42):
Do you know.

Speaker 1 (44:44):
Volcanoes? You're always a hot latino. The literal translation from Hawaiian,
of course, the getaway guru fluent in Hawaiian and all languages.
The word alo means presence, and ha, the emphasis on

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the a means breath. So literally translated, Aloha means breath
of life or the presence of breath. And you know
Biblical thank God breathed the breath of life into Adam right,
so that and it's used now. Has many meanings Aloha,
ranging from love, peace, compassion, to pity and grief, but

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most commonly it is used by residents and visitors to
Hawaii as hello or goodbye.

Speaker 2 (45:37):
Aloha Aloha. Have you ever attended church in Aloha? In Hawaii?

Speaker 4 (45:42):
And Aloha? I guess, And everybody everybody goes back and forth,
whether you're on the pulpit or in the in the congregation.

Speaker 1 (45:48):
So I'm speaking at a church meeting in Hawaii and
everybody's saying Aloha.

Speaker 2 (45:53):
So I get up and say, hey, what up? Nobody said.

Speaker 1 (46:00):
What he said that back to me? But they turned
the mic off and asked me to sit down. Hey,
I love Hawaii. I mean, there's just something about Hawaiian
Right now. People are always asking me what are the
best deals to Hawaii And what are the best deals

(46:20):
to the Mexico All Inclusive. I think your very best
travel value right now is a cruise. Close behind it
are the Mexico All Inclusive resorts with everything even your
tip scratuities, Carlos, you don't have that moment of crisis.
Should I really tip them a whole quarter or two?

Speaker 2 (46:41):
Or two?

Speaker 7 (46:42):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (46:42):
You're feeling generous anyway.

Speaker 1 (46:50):
Let me let me tell you what we found here,
uh now the day. The price is very by travel
daytons and are subject to change and available at the
time of booking. These include round trip air Now I'm
using Salt Lake City. We're syndicated, but I can't give
fifty different cities. There will be similar savings out of

(47:10):
your home airport, So we're gonna use.

Speaker 2 (47:13):
Salt Lake City, Oahu, Honolulu. I love wayki Key.

Speaker 1 (47:22):
I've kiddingly called it the Tiajuana of the Pacific, But
I got to tell you that I absolutely love Waikiki.

Speaker 2 (47:33):
I really do.

Speaker 1 (47:34):
And you know, one of the things people go out
to these five star resorts which are nice. Who can
afford to eat? I mean you literally, for a breakfast
buffet of five star wars at with tax and tip,
you'll spend between forty five and fifty dollars.

Speaker 2 (47:48):
Who eats that much?

Speaker 1 (47:49):
When I can go to well, like I had today
an egg McMuffin and a diet coke. Anyway, So in
Waikiki at the roamer wayki Key at the Ambassador's it's
about a block and a half from the beach. One
block from the beach. It's a solid, first class four
star hotel. I looked at dates in October the third
to the eighth, basically six days, five nights. You can

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add on to it with airfare, hotel taxes, and fees
except the evil resort fees which have to be paid locally.
Nine hundred and seventy dollars.

Speaker 4 (48:22):
That's incredible.

Speaker 1 (48:23):
I mean that's like almost a week. How about the
Mexico all inclusives. Let's start in Cancun, first class at
the Hilton Cancun All Inclusive, one thousand and seventy one.
Remember that's air transfers, hotel meals, drinks, entertainment activities, tips, gratuities,

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taxes and fees. You could literally go without a paso.
I was looking at October seventeenth to the twenty second.
I tend to avoid Cancun July August, September.

Speaker 4 (48:55):
Early hurricane season.

Speaker 2 (48:58):
It's well, it's the gas, some seaweed.

Speaker 4 (49:02):
Yeah, oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:02):
And we'll come back to porto Arta when we return here.
On the Travel Show.

Speaker 6 (49:14):
You're listening to The Travel Show on Talk Radio one
oh five nine knrs.

Speaker 2 (49:19):
Just listen and you'll know you're listening to the Travel Show.

Speaker 1 (49:26):
I'm Larry Gelwicks, the Getaway Guru, joined today in studio
by the lovely and talented Wendy frakkiat Group Department Manager
and Carlos Fina. Yeah, he's lovely and talented too, director
of Latin American Sales, and I welcome both of you
to the show.

Speaker 2 (49:45):
We have a very special guest.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
I've been so excited as we welcome Andrew Brunning, director
of sales and Marketing with Regent seven C's. Now there
is the ultimate cruise experience. Andrew, welcome the Travel Show.

Speaker 9 (50:01):
Hi, Larry, thanks for having me on. Really appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (50:04):
Well, you know, if I were to ask, you know,
just the average Joe the plumber out on the street.
Name a cruise line, I might say Norwegian Cruise Line
or Princess or something. I'm not sure that Regent seven
sees is as well known, but I think it. I'd

(50:25):
like you to introduce who Regent seven sies is, and
it's I will tell our listeners it's an upscale, over
the top experience that you will never forget and certainly
never regret. Tell us who Regent seven sees is. Andrew absolutely, yeah.

Speaker 9 (50:45):
So we are a ultra luxury large ship of small capacity,
all inclusive cruise line.

Speaker 4 (50:52):
So we do.

Speaker 2 (50:53):
We're ocean liners.

Speaker 9 (50:54):
We go to over five hundred and fifty worldwide destinations.
Even though I kind of mentioned we're were larger ship,
we're still much smaller than what you would see with
those contemporary brands that you mentioned, like Norwegian or Princess.
Sure is only about seven hundred Our mexicapacity seven hundred
and forty four guests, and I mean, as I mentioned,

(51:16):
we're all inclusive, so everything from your tours to your drinks,
I mean pretty much whatever's going to make your vacation
spectacular and over the top and something that's unforgettable.

Speaker 1 (51:27):
We include Now you mentioned that Regent seven sees visits
over five hundred ports or destination geographically, where do you sail?

Speaker 9 (51:41):
Yeah, so we travel to the Caribbean, Alaska, the Mediterranean,
Baltic and Northern Europe, Asia, Australia, I mean, Africa, pretty
much everything except for expedition.

Speaker 1 (51:55):
You know, on the in the premiere or deluxe category,
there are a number of good choices out there. What
makes Regent seven c's different than other upscale deluxe cruise lines.

Speaker 9 (52:13):
Absolutely so if you were to stack us up against
anything luxury or in the segment that's luxury on shore
or at sea, we would be the most inclusive. So
that first right there is the most important because the
whole point of traveling is to relieve yourself of responsibility,
not worrying about how much you're spending on board or

(52:33):
how many cocktails you had that day or mocktails, whatever
it may be. It's to relieve yourself of those responsibilities,
and we take care of that for you.

Speaker 2 (52:41):
And then of course it's all about the consistency of
your vacation.

Speaker 9 (52:47):
With not having to wait in lines and not having
to go to the comedy show early to make sure
you get a seat. We have a spot for everyone.
You walk on the ship without problems, maybe a max
of five minutes to get on and off the ship.
If you've ever travel on any of those bigger line
it could be it could be up to an hour
or so before you actually debarked for your tour. So

(53:08):
there's that as well. And then of course going back
to the destinations, we also travel to all the vacation
spots that our guests would love to go to for
the first time. But we also have a lot of
well traveled individuals who go with us, and so we
have ports that are off the beaten path, very unique
boutique destinations that you wouldn't get with anyone else.

Speaker 2 (53:28):
For example, for example like uper not Big Greenland, for example.

Speaker 9 (53:35):
You know we're going to a destination like that where
there's not even infrastructure to do touring. It's the whole
point of going there is to visit the destination, to
see its landscapes, to see it seems to really immerse
yourself into that destination.

Speaker 2 (53:51):
I've actually been there in Greenland to that very place,
and I remember standing there in almost small indigenous village
and thinking I am standing in Greenland. This is like
the cool the coolest thing manageable.

Speaker 1 (54:09):
We're speaking with Andrew Brunning, director of Sales and Marketing
with Region seven c's Cruises. Now, you have a unique
offer as I recall for say Alaska and the Caribbean
and let's see Canada, New England with a first class

(54:31):
airfare offer.

Speaker 2 (54:32):
Explain that to us absolutely.

Speaker 9 (54:35):
So one of the services that we provide with Region
seven sees cruises is the air portion. We try to
make sure that we're a one stop shop for our guests.
So with this potential, with this promotion, we are actually
offering that airfare for free and then elevating that class
of service to first class and those destinations that you

(54:55):
mentioned to really create that luxury experience pre cruise as
they fly in and then that luxury experience on their
way home as well.

Speaker 1 (55:04):
Yeah, I found a bit of a difference between Row
two and Row fifty two as are flying again. That
free first class offer is good for select cruises in Alaska,
the Caribbean, Canada and New England. Also, some people have
a gazillion frequent flyer miles, so they'll take care of

(55:26):
their own air and you can save up to twenty
percent off your all inclusive cruise fare if you opt
to do the air yourself.

Speaker 2 (55:36):
Is that correct? That is correct?

Speaker 9 (55:38):
And you hit it right on the nail and then
offer goes through October thirty first of this year.

Speaker 1 (55:44):
You can book that of course with Morris Columbus Travel.
We've only got about a minute and a half left.
I don't know where time goes, Andrew, there's also a
private executive chauffeur opportunity with that. Now we've got a
new launch coming up in twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven.

Speaker 2 (56:04):
What's going on a new season launch?

Speaker 9 (56:07):
It is actually we we launched it a couple of
weeks ago, but we have a lot of inventory in
twenty twenty six and twenty twenty seven that's out. We
have sixteen new ports, you know, an array of new
itineraries including you know in the Europe and Alaska and
into Asia. Like I mentioned before, we're really into the

(56:27):
boutique destination, so we try to keep our itineraries right preshious.

Speaker 2 (56:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (56:32):
Hey, just just as we close this out, I want
to mention that Morris Columbus Travel actually has a Regent
seven sies group booking and don't get put off by
groups it's very relaxed. Karen Johnson and Amberlee at the
Salt Lake office are taking this. Andrew Brunning, thank you

(56:52):
for joining us here on the Travel Show. We look
forward to having you back more to come on the
Travel Show. You're listening to the Travel Show. That was

(57:18):
a good interview with Andrew running with Regent seven Seas
and I gotta tell you that is a unbelievably great
cruise line. Meals are individually prepared, the service is over
the top. Just as we close the segment, Wendy I
mentioned that Morris Columbus Travel actually has a hosted trip.

(57:39):
Karen Johnson and Amber Lee in the Salt Lake office.

Speaker 4 (57:43):
Super fun girls.

Speaker 2 (57:44):
Oh they are so much fun with great group pricing.

Speaker 4 (57:47):
But you won't feel like you're on a group, No,
you're just hosted.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
The cruise departs from it's the UK and Scandinavia, Norway,
the Norwegian Sea inver Gordon, even at Scotland, the Shetland Islands.
It departs August eighteenth of next year, twenty twenty five.

Speaker 4 (58:12):
And it's gonna sell.

Speaker 1 (58:13):
Oh yeah, and it includes a two hundred dollars per
couple on board credit. That's free money to spend on board.

Speaker 4 (58:20):
Well it is, you just heard Andrew. So everything's included.

Speaker 2 (58:23):
Yeah, but the only thing would be by a teacher.

Speaker 1 (58:26):
Sure, a box of chocolates for Carlos.

Speaker 2 (58:29):
It would be like the gift shop because it is
all inclusive.

Speaker 1 (58:33):
You can contact any of the Morris Columbus travel advisors
or give Karen or Amberley in the Salt Lake office
a direct call.

Speaker 2 (58:44):
Sure, that is a great thing. Now we're going to
play speed dating right here. Speed dating. I used to
do it.

Speaker 1 (58:51):
I had the privilege of serving as a bishop of
the greatest young single adult board in the world. We
had about one hundred and fifty kids and they attended.
But it's it's a get to know exercise. You have
a boy sitting in a chair and right across from
him is a girl. And every minute, every two minutes,

(59:14):
you know, you switch yes, and you just keep moving
and it allows you to get familiar. It's not a
real date. Now we call it speed ding. So, Wendy,
I've been wanting to speed date you for years.

Speaker 4 (59:28):
I'm ready.

Speaker 2 (59:29):
Okay, okay, So what we're gonna do.

Speaker 1 (59:30):
I'd like you to highlight there's not time to do
all but some Morris Murdoch escorted tours that just are
unique and we have more than we we'll do some
more next week or something like that. But all right,
I'm going to give you a ding ding at about

(59:51):
a minute and a half. That's all you got ready
and go well, we'll start with the ding.

Speaker 2 (59:57):
Dang ding ding.

Speaker 4 (59:59):
I like right into your Scotland tattoo tour, Larry.

Speaker 2 (01:00:02):
I just had to have fun with you. Okay, go ahead.

Speaker 4 (01:00:05):
You want to see if I's going to be obedient
Scotland military tattoo which is the Bad Pipe Festival. Yes,
there are those back doors there my soul starting in Scotland,
going down through Wells, ending in England with a post
tour in France that the cathedral Notre Dame is going
to be back open. This is a fantastic opportunity to

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do a land tour with Larry, which he is fantastic
on his group cruises.

Speaker 1 (01:00:33):
But this is a land work and the tattoo has
nothing to do with Carlos's tattoos when he was in
the Argentinian Navy.

Speaker 2 (01:00:39):
Which he was. Do you want to need to show it?

Speaker 1 (01:00:42):
No, I'd try to erase that image from my memory.
But the tattoo doesn't have anything to do really with
that tattoo. It comes from the last call in Dutch
pubs in the sixteen hundreds, dough ten top toy.

Speaker 2 (01:00:57):
Yeah, I don't know how they got TechEd.

Speaker 4 (01:00:59):
Make it sounds like tiejoy.

Speaker 2 (01:01:02):
Ah Sodi cup.

Speaker 1 (01:01:05):
And what it was it was a signal to turn
the taps off and send the soldiers back to their barracks.

Speaker 4 (01:01:12):
And it was done by bagpipe.

Speaker 1 (01:01:13):
Yes, the datesa on this. I'll be your personal host
and tour guy. It's only in August. It's viewed by
one hundred million people worldwide. We have tickets August eleventh
to the twenty first Scotland Wales in England and it's
already about half sold out.

Speaker 4 (01:01:31):
All right, Next, all right, I am going to talk
about the Star Clipper. This is a cell ship we
are leaving out of Venice. This is July nineteenth through
the twenty sixth next year. I personally get to be
your host on this one. The thing that's so amazing
about this is it is a cell ship, five tall

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cells or five masked with truth. It is a true
and while Venice has closed off its port to the
big cruise ships, we will still leave out of Venice
Grand Canal and we will go through the Grand Canal
of Venus down the coast of Croatia. Mind blowing beauty.
There is going to be just an amazing experience. Small group,

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this is less than thirty people and we only have
about ten cabins left that we could possibly do on that.

Speaker 1 (01:02:24):
The dates on the star Clipper Croatia. I've sailed with
Star Clipper. By the way, Croatia is fantastic, but it
is it's web buzz experience. The dates on that July nineteen,
This is all next year. Yep, July nineteenth to the
twenty six ding ding Ding Ding ding Ding.

Speaker 4 (01:02:41):
Talking about another buzz country. You've got Croatia. Now we're
talking Turkey. Turkey has been a big place to go
since the Holy Land Israel has not been available for tourism.
People are flocking to Turkey. It is cheaper than Greece
with a similar experience. Apostle Paul, Apostle Paul. There's so

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much there. So we have got a Apostle tour. Matter
of fact that it starts in Turkey, it goes to
Greece and to Rome next year with a favorite tour
leader Tim Taggart that is April seventh through the seventheenth.
I'll tell you what you will get. All the experiences
in that one. It is fabulous.

Speaker 2 (01:03:22):
No, you have Turkey and Italy, r and Greece and Greece. Yeah,
gosh it is.

Speaker 1 (01:03:28):
It's called Journey of the Apostles and a Rome Temple
visit ding Ding, Ding Ding Ding.

Speaker 4 (01:03:35):
July seventh through the thirtieth, Larry, if anybody's ready to
go to the British Isles on a cruise Princess Cruise
Line and you as their personal host, We've still got
a few cabins left on the British Isle Cruise.

Speaker 1 (01:03:49):
You know, that's a great itiner It's England, it's Ireland,
it's Scotland.

Speaker 2 (01:03:54):
And Northern Ireland. Yes, Northern Ireland.

Speaker 1 (01:03:59):
Is part of the UK, Ireland is its own independent country. Scotland, Ireland,
Northern Ireland, England.

Speaker 2 (01:04:06):
And lesse Com.

Speaker 4 (01:04:09):
Yes, it gives you all of that.

Speaker 1 (01:04:13):
I look at this itinerary in the British Isles and
it's just like everything that you would want to visit.
It's a great you pack and unpack one time. I
think we're with Princess Cruises, Yes, and yeah, Kathy and
I'll be on board be your personal hosts.

Speaker 4 (01:04:29):
They're still pre tour available on that, I believe, as
well as your self hosted excursion that's British.

Speaker 1 (01:04:37):
Isles in France. The dates on that are July seven
to twenty July seven to twenty ding ding ding.

Speaker 4 (01:04:43):
Okay, I'm actually going to jump into Italy because in
April we have got the Splendors of Italy tour with
the Smiths and that is Venice down to Florence and
then into Rome. Special thing about Italy on next year.

Speaker 3 (01:05:00):
It is.

Speaker 4 (01:05:02):
A year of the Jubilee. It is an experience in
Italy they only have every twenty five years. So this
is an amazing tour April fourth through the fourteenth, and
I would highly recommend you looking that at that one.
If you are looking at Italy.

Speaker 2 (01:05:16):
Tell me about Mick and Diane Smith, who'll be the
tour leaders.

Speaker 4 (01:05:21):
So they are a super fun couple. They both have
been lifelong teachers. They've recently served as mission presidents in Arizona.
They've taken many tours for by you Travel as well
as ef Y and they're just very fun.

Speaker 2 (01:05:39):
Is this an exclusive LD It is not, and thank you.

Speaker 4 (01:05:43):
For bringing that up, because this is a history lover's
and faith lover's tour. It is not a specific faith
because you're going to be seeing the Jubilee. If anything,
we're going to have a lot of focus on the
Catholic religion on this one and we celebrate that.

Speaker 2 (01:06:00):
Is they open the Jubilee doors like every the.

Speaker 4 (01:06:03):
Day after Christmas every twenty five years.

Speaker 2 (01:06:06):
Oh my goodness. Now the dates on that.

Speaker 1 (01:06:08):
The Splendors of Italy with Mick and Diane Smith April
fourth to the fourteenth. That's, by the way, that is
a great time to visit Italy.

Speaker 4 (01:06:18):
The weather is perfect, absolutely so weak at ding Bing.
I'm going to ding Ding because I want to jump
into your Iceland London tour or cruise tours that we've
got going in June, and that has been one that's
been so popular that you decided you needed to do
it again for everybody who couldn't do it last time.

Speaker 1 (01:06:36):
That's with Norwegian Cruise Line on the Norwegian Prima, which
is one of their brand new ships. I've sailed on it.
It is fantastic. One of the really cool things is
they have a true food court, not just a buffet,
but a food court. Yeah, and they have all probably
nine different little restaurants you can get.

Speaker 4 (01:06:58):
The ports are amazing to spend time in London.

Speaker 1 (01:07:01):
We start in and I'll be your personal host and
tour guide. We start in Iceland with three stops. We
go to Norway, we visit the cities of Oulisen and Bergen,
and then to the Norwegian Fjords down to Well, I'll
be Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Speaker 2 (01:07:17):
To Bruges, Belgium. Now Bruce rivals Paris and old.

Speaker 1 (01:07:22):
Town Prague as the most beautiful city in Europe, but
it's a small city, very famous for lace. Across the
channel to Southampton and then you can either come straight
home or we will offer a post cruise couple of
nights in London. What's really nice with Norwegian Cruise Line
on this is they do have a free airfare offer.

Speaker 2 (01:07:48):
Yeah, I'll give you the details.

Speaker 1 (01:07:49):
The first person pays a discounted airfare, the second person
flies absolutely free. The one thing you have to understand
is Norwegian Cruise will pick your airline rather than you
say I want to go American or I want to
go United or whatever.

Speaker 4 (01:08:06):
Okay, ding ding, Okay, I am going to do a
shout out. I'll do one minute to Egypt. We've got
in April, second through the tenth. Kay Godfrey is taking
a tour to Egypt that includes a four day Nile cruise.
It's amazing You've got Cairo, Luxor and time on the cruise.
So definitely if Egypt is on your list, that space

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is filling out really quick. And then I'm just going
to finish. I think because we're running out of time.
I've got to touch on LDS Church History tours in
twenty five just because they are selling so quickly. We're
getting so much interest. Next year for the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, the topic of study

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is going to be the Doctor and Incuvenants, which is
history and revelation in the modern day. So you is
this is a perfect time, perfect year to go and
celebrate learn on site. And we've got some of the
best educators who are taking these tours out and so

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I just really hope that you will take a look
at these tours and get on them. Why they're available.
Our fall tours for church history are also that we
are the longest running. We have got all the things
that the small companies don't and I just want you
to know that when you're researching your tours, do your homework,
don't buy the first one.

Speaker 1 (01:09:32):
And to look at these, go to Morriscolumbus dot com
on the home page.

Speaker 2 (01:09:37):
I think it's the third item down YEP, scroll.

Speaker 1 (01:09:42):
Escorted Tours. Click on LDS church History. You want to
jump on that one real fast. When we come back,
Bob Grove Road Tripping with Bob is going to take
us on nearby Fall Foliage drives.

Speaker 2 (01:09:55):
Here on the.

Speaker 6 (01:09:56):
Travel Show, you're listening to the Travel Show on talk
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Speaker 2 (01:10:10):
Just listen and you'll know Welcome back to the Travel Show.
I'm Larry Gelwicks.

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And a reminder that the Travel Show is sponsored by
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special shout out to our friend in Saint George listening
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Speaker 2 (01:10:47):
Valerie Allery, Hi, Valerie, we love you.

Speaker 1 (01:10:50):
I got a text from Valerie one of our great
listeners used to work in the group department at the Bountiful.

Speaker 4 (01:10:57):
She was amazing.

Speaker 2 (01:10:58):
She's so good. We shout out to you.

Speaker 1 (01:11:00):
Hey, just before we go to Bob, I want to
remind you of our Hawaii and Mexico specials. Remember rates
vary by departure date are subject to change in availability
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Waikiki October third to the eighth. Now you can add days.
This is just a sample rates from nine hundred and
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Again some October and early November dates a thousand and
seventy six. Well, if you're not looking to fly somewhere,
how about joining road tripping with Bob on a We

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got Fall Foliage and drives coming up close to home,
like to welcome back to the Travel Show our dear
friend Bob Grove with road tripping with Bob.

Speaker 2 (01:12:14):
Bob, Welcome to the Travel Show.

Speaker 10 (01:12:17):
Thank you, Larry. It's always good to be with you.

Speaker 1 (01:12:20):
Now I would like you to share with our listeners,
you know, close to home. Let's focus on southern Idaho
and Utah from top to bottom. What are some fall drives,
fall foliage scenic drives that we could make in a
day or multiple days.

Speaker 10 (01:12:39):
Okay, well, let's start in Idaho. One of my favorites
there and I probably mentioned this on another you know
an earlier year, is the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway that
goes from Ashton, Idaho.

Speaker 2 (01:12:51):
To Island Park.

Speaker 10 (01:12:52):
This is a beautiful scenic drive and in the fall
it just comes alive with color and you can stop
and see the falls, take some pictures. If you're heading
to West Yellowstone on Highway twenty, make the little detour
and get off at the Masa Fall Scenic Byway. You
won't regret it.

Speaker 2 (01:13:09):
What about others.

Speaker 10 (01:13:12):
Fall foliage, Well that the fall foliage is really beautiful
through that drive, but also the Teton Scenic Byway in
Teton Valley, Victor Driggs, Alta, Tutonia, going up to Grand Targi.
That whole area is just at the base on the
western slopes of the Teton Mountains. That again, is another
beautiful drive anytime of year, but especially during the fall

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when the colors are coming out.

Speaker 4 (01:13:36):
Hey, Bob, I'm wondering when the end of the fall
foliage is.

Speaker 6 (01:13:42):
Changed.

Speaker 4 (01:13:42):
Well, no, I know, but like, give me, give me
a date if I'm putting this on my calendar, Bob,
what's the date.

Speaker 10 (01:13:49):
Well, generally in the high Country you can count on
the fall colors peaking around the last week of September
through the first week of October. That's pretty reliable.

Speaker 2 (01:13:59):
Now.

Speaker 10 (01:13:59):
I was just up in the High Country on Boulder
Mountain this past week and I'm starting to see the
aspens starting to turn now. But I would expect that
they'll be the last week of September will be really nice,
as well as the first week of October.

Speaker 4 (01:14:13):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (01:14:14):
What about close to home the Alpine Loop?

Speaker 10 (01:14:18):
Oh, that Alpine Loop, you know, that's become probably the
premiere drive for fall colors, going through American Fork Canyon
and coming out around sun Dances. It's such a lovely
afternoon to take. Going through there, it's a beautiful drive.
You'll see wildlife. The colors are just a tapestry of
orange and red and yellow. And then stop at sun

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Dance and have lunch. It's just a really delightful trip.
And then even going down Provo Canyon when you're leaving
to go back into the valley.

Speaker 2 (01:14:49):
What about southern Utah.

Speaker 1 (01:14:50):
You know we have a lot of listers down there
on kt XU in Cedar City and KSUB.

Speaker 2 (01:14:58):
In excuse me, the woods kat St. George, and then
we have Cedar City also KSUB. What about some scenic
drives in southern Utah.

Speaker 10 (01:15:12):
Let me name a couple here. One a really nice
drive is from Peowin to Penguich, going up Highway one
forty three after Brian Head. You can make a little
detour extra stop at Cedar Breaks National Monument, but go
on down one for three down to Penguich Lake and
into Penguich. They called that the New England of the West.

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Just a beautiful drive with aspen trees of various colors.
Really nice area. Another one, this would be later in
the fall in Zion National Park. If you want to
take the Zion scenic drive going through the canyon that
generally is around the end of October into early November.
In the lower elevations, we can expect fall about a

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month later than in the high country.

Speaker 2 (01:15:56):
Well, very very good.

Speaker 1 (01:15:59):
Your website road tripping' with Bob. Now Trippin doesn't have
a G. It's road Tripping t R I P P
I N road Tripping with Bob dot com and you
can get a lot of the information. And Bob, we
are very grateful as we bring this show to a close.
Thank you for joining us, and I'd like to have

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you back very soon this fall.

Speaker 2 (01:16:21):
Will that work for you?

Speaker 10 (01:16:24):
Yes, absolutely, And if you just type fall in the search,
you'd just find all that information.

Speaker 1 (01:16:29):
Thank you, Larry, road Tripping with Bob, road Tripping with
Bob dot com in the search dial fall. You know
he's one of my favorite people, Wendy, Another show comes
to an end. Remember Morriscolumbus dot com. Morris Columbus dot com.
We'll see y'all next week.

Speaker 4 (01:16:47):
Godas happy travel go