The Informed Traveler Randy Sharman

If you’ve been looking around for a hotel lately you may have been surprised by the price of room rates. On this week's podcast, we'll discuss the high cost of hotel rooms, why they're costing more and what you can do about it. Then travel writer Paula Worthington will join us to share her experience touring through the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Plus, Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along to give us a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Round Up. 

On this week's podcast, travel expert Onanta Forbes is still in Playa del Carmen Mexico, so we’ll check in with her from the Secrets Impression Moxche'. Then we'll head across the Pacific to Thailand and chat with the Managing Director and Founder of Thailand’s award-winning AKARYN Hotel Group. They just opened a new resort in Chiang Mai called the Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai, so we'll learn more about that. Plus, Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along to give us a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Round Up.

Our two regular weekly guests have been travelling this past week. Travel expert Onanta Forbes is in Playa del Carmen,  Mexico this week, so we’ll check in with her  and Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions was in San Francisco last week, so we’ll chat about his experience in our Weekly Roundup. And in between all that, we’ll visit with the GM of the Golden Skybridge, which opened up for the summer season last weekend. And this year they added their new Railrider Mountain Coaster to their list of adventure activities, so we’ll learn about that as well. 

On this week’s podcast we’re going to have a little fun by playing the game “Would you rather”. I’m sure you’ve heard of it. It’s a good conversation starter where you ask the question, would you rather... and give two choices for an answer. So travel expert Onanta Forbes and I are going to play a travel version of Would You Rather.  Plus, Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along to give us a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Round Up.      

So which do you think is better value for your money, staying at an all-inclusive resort or using what is known as an EP or European Plan? We’ll discuss the pros and cons of both in this week's podcast. Then we’ll play a conversation we had a few weeks back with the folks from Visit El Paso when they stopped into town. You might be surprised at all the unique things El Paso, Texas has to offer.  Plus, Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along to give us a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Round Up. 

You may have heard about some of the changes to Canada’s Passenger Rights legislation this past week. In this week's podcast we’ll try and make sense of it and try to figure out if the changes will make any difference. Plus, we’ll get an update on what’s happening in Barbados, known as the birthplace of rum. We’ll chat with Peter Mayers from Visit Barbados.  Plus, Ken Stewart from Crowfoot Travel Solutions will be along to give us a few destination ideas and travel deals with our Weekly Round Up.