Shows / The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
THE DAILY CRUISE AND TRAVEL NEWS “PODCAST” WITH TOM DRAKE
For nearly 30 years, comedian Tom Drake has gone where most people only dream of vacationing—performing stand-up aboard cruise ships around the world, crossing countless oceans, visiting faraway ports, enduring crowded airports, and witnessing nearly every kind of travel triumph and disaster imaginable.
After that much time at sea, Tom has seen everything, done everything, and—at least according to Tom—now…
Episodes
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeAugust 7, 2026. Does giving rebates for your travel service mean your services are worth less?
MSC is adding another private island. Money, money, money. Allegiant Air is adding first-class seats. Money, money, money. Port Miami is adding another short…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeAugust 6, 2026 the new Boeing 777X is amazing. According to Boeing. The Guru will be happy if it just stays in the air!
The very popular Captain Kate has decided to retire as a Captain. Travel and Leisure reports that you should hold onto your boarding pass. It's valuable. The…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeAugust 5, 2026 Amtrak is thinking about splitting the company into three separate companies that won't be effective!
Virgin Voyages will be embracing their curry with their new restaurant on Valiant Lady! Regent Seven Seas will join Oceania and teach their pastry chefs how to…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeAugust 4, 2026 - Are the Bahamas really unsafe?
Marriott's big boss announces that business is better than ever! Are there really that many people who go on a cruise to lose weight and get healthy?…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeAugust 3, 2026 Who is buying the Oceania Sirena? A few possibles!
Six Italian guys sharing two rooms on MSC hacked the public addresses to make fake announcements! The San Francisco City attorney has the time to sue hotel…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeJuly 31, 2026 A wall collapse at Santorini shuts down the tram and the donkeys!
Norwegian Cruise Line is changing course, lowering prices earlier, with the hope of raising them later! Is MSC heading into the river cruise business? Looks…
The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom DrakeJuly 30, 2026. For some cruise lines it's all about the money. Celebrity raises their gratuities!
Low water on the Danube leaves a Viking river ship stranded on a sandbar. Time to call in the motorcoaches! A 44-year-old man was arrested on a Carnival cruise…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 11, 2026 Buckle your seatbelts. A passenger on a Ryan air flight is almost sucked out of the window!
Hilton Honors and Explora Journeys have joined forces, and your stay at the Homewood Suites will help you get a deal on a cruise! Carnival's new build, called…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 10, 2026 Egypt joins Turkey in banning the Gay charter on Virgin Voyages!
No surprise here. JetBlue begins flying the old Spirit Airlines routes. Don't expect discount prices. The Guru plans to visit every historic bar in the…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 9, 2026 Port Miami is about to lose their only fuel depot because someone dropped the ball!
Crystal has once again been recognized as the world's top midsize-ship ocean cruise line in the 2026 Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards, finishing ahead of…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 8, 2026 The FBI arrests a barber on Virgin Voyages for giving free massages to women!
The Guru goes in search of America's oldest bars. It's historical research... one drink at a time! United Airlines sold window seats without windows. A judge…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 6, 2026 Turkey denied entry to the Virgin's Scarlet Lady because it was an Atlantis charter with gays!
Carnival guest sues the cruise line because her ATV overturned with her six-year-old daughter on board! Only in America. I'm ready. A British cruise ship is…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 3, 2026 Greek authorities arrest a cruise ship Captain in Corfu! Crazy!
Ama Waterways' new ship will have a jukebox. Now that's entertainment. The hotel industry hired 70,000 workers in May, so no one got hired in June! Airline…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 2, 2026 The new Terminal C at the Orlando airport is a disaster.
Fred Olsen Cruise Line has produced a musical album that features old Brits humming! A Carnival restaurant manager saves an 11-month-old baby from choking to…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
July 1, 2026 A widowed cruse guests spent 1.1 million on cruise ship art? Impossible!
Four Seasons Yachts has announced that the next yacht they build will be smaller. That way, they might sell it out. The FAA has decided to waste time on…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 30, 2026 The Great Propeller Robbery Down Under and much more!
Avis continues to live up to its new slogan. Instead of we try harder. It's we don't try it all. US Airlines lose $6 billion a year because they lose your…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 29, 2027 Carnival Cruise Lions celebrates 250 years of the greatest country in the world.
The front desk clerk at the Trump International Resort in Florida has been arrested for fraud and misuse of a communication device. The girl is concerned about…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 27, 226 More on the Frank Del Rio saga. Still live from Nashville.
MSC pulls the plug on sailing from New York City. Captain reverse your engines. Whale activists in Alaska are telling Royal Caribbean to slow down after it…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 26, 2027 It's good deed Friday! Live from Nashville!
The Canadian Coast Guard travels more than 500 miles to rescue three people from a disabled trimaran in the middle of the Pacific. Now that's going above and…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
JUne 25, 2026 LIve from Nashville! JetBlue welcomes a rat in their first class cabin!
The Guru says some cruise lines have a lot of nerve. They gladly take your money, then turn around and change the entire itinerary after you’ve already booked…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 23, 2026 33,000 cruise visitors in one day in Nassau is NUTS!
Bus drivers go on strike in Santorini, shutting down the island. Cruises are all canceled. Superstar Vanessa Williams will perform on Crystal this fall!…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
A senior Air Canada pilot is arrested for having fraudulent documents. I don't think sorry will bail him out of this mess
A cell phone bursts into flames in the middle of a British Airways flight. Just what every passenger wants at 35,000 feet, a lithium-ion bonfire. Carnival…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 19, 2026 The airlines might be given up on the idea of a saving the planet by Tuesday!
Carnival Cruise Line is toasting America’s 250th birthday with a bourbon from a 45-year-old brand owned by a company based in Britain. Nothing says American…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 18, 2026 The Guru is somewhere in the Pacific on Crystal Symphony!
Holland America is bringing back the farewell dinner celebration. The Guru loves this idea. JetBlue is cutting back operations in the Newark area and taking…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 17, 2026: The U.S. State Department Issues a Warning About the Bahamas That Travelers Should Not Ignore.
Delta Air Lines receives an all-clear from the Department of Transportation regarding the timing of its software system's collapse. The bloated bureaucrats…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
JUne `16, 2026 Hell Hath No Fury Like a CEO Scorned. Del Rio hammering NCLH!
Azamara's new Overland Experiences are just dressed-up shore excursions! The five knucklehead Colorado cruisers buy their way out of jail in the Bahamas!…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
JUne 15, 2026. The wait is over. Our cruise on Crystal Symphony has begun!!
If you're looking for something to do in July, the Guru has some options! Norway is deciding whether to build a tunnel for cruise ships. Why not? They have…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 14, 2026 NCLH gets hit with massive enviromental fines by the Bahamians!
Don't stub your toe in Cinque Terre. It could cost you 2900 smackers! Santorini officials are rerouting 70% of the cruise guests thanks to the earthquake! The…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
Day Three in Exile in Kushiro, Japan for the Guru!
Where are you now, Bud Darr? Seward opens their new railroad cruise terminal. The guru will see that in 10 days!! Pinch me. Belgian police arrest a river…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
The Guru is alive and well in exile in Japan!
Three flights and 24 hours later, the Guru is bowing like crazy! Five US cruise guests get locked up in the Bahamas. Leave them there! Viking bails out on…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 9, 2026 One lawyer in Miami thinks Del Rio's case will be dismissed!
A powerful earthquake near Cuba shakes up some cruisers. Lim Kok Thay's Dream Cruise celebrates a 10-year anniversary that includes the years he bankrupted the…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 8, 2026. Was DelRio pushed out by his own board at NCLH?
Viking is now offering Zeppelin rides on the river cruises. The Guru will pass on that. What a surprise! Another cruise ship guest is suing the cruise line…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 5, 2026 Canadians are still coming to Florida. Who wouldn't?
Some dreamers are still hoping to build Freedom City. A 1-mile-long ship capable of carrying 80,000 people. Not a dream. A nightmare. Some crazy Greeks…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 4, 2026 Atta Boy! A Carnival guest rescues another passenger who fell off the pier in Costa Maya!
NCL cancels three months of cruises on Norwegian Viva with no explanation! Santorini officials have decided that 70% of cruise ship guests will not be allowed…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 3, 2026 The Norovirus outbreak on Lindblad might not have been Norovirus!
Protesters shut down the roads around Costa Maya, preventing cruises from seeing ruins! Hotel bosses meet in New York to tell each other it's not as bad as…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
June 2, 2026. Disney Cruise cracks down on door magnets and wine lovers!
Hilton will roll out a new brand rather than improve the quality of the brands they already have! Carnival Corporation admits that over 6 million people had…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
JUne 1, 2026. Only the Brits would book a cruise without knowing the itierary!
An Alcatraz ferry in San Francisco slams into the pier. No injuries reported; lawsuits to follow. The owner of Morton's Steakhouse buys up half of Vegas! The…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 29, 2026 Oceania says goodbye to Regatra in August. Australia says hello.
High school graduations down south remind you that we live in the greatest country in the world! Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in Clayton, North Carolina…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 28, 2026 DHS Boss doubles down on threats to pull CPB officers from sanctuary city airports>
Storylines-the wannabe Residence cruise company says it has money now! A Greek cement truck collides with a tour bus. Guests are late to the ship, and…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 27, 2026 Seattle made NCL jump through liberal hoops to renew their agreement!
Security at Avalon Airport shut down the airport because of one guy's laser hair remover! The cruise port in Boston tells visitors it will operate out of a…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 26, 2026 DHS boss upsets travel indutry leaders!
Carnival brand ambassador Heald says it's silly if guests complain about material in an R-rated comedy show. He's right. The GoldBelt Tram in Juneau is…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 25, 2026. Memorial Day...a time to remember.
Carnival is being sued by a guest who burned his feet on a hot deck. He's asking for $5 million. 500,000 per toe. Sounds like a reach! Costa will find you $70…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 22, 2026 Only 16 million Canadians came to the U.S. last year. Isn't that enough?
Carnival Cruise Line put the wrong person on the no-sail list and was not very helpful. Incorrect in the error! The Guru loves this. Carnival will place an…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 21, 2026 Boston airport opens a terminal in the woods to pre-screen Jet Blue customers!
Will TSA Plus replace TSA Minus? The CEO of the Hantavirus ship says, "Don't worry, we're financially resilient." Thanks for that. The head of the US travel…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 20, 2026 a ceiling falls on guests head on NCL. Another Fincantieri extravaganza.
Aurora Expeditions will now take only women to the coldest part of the world! Good idea? The Mexican government says no to Royal Caribbean's expansion of Costa…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 19, 2026 Soon, housekeepers in NYC will earn 100K per year to change sheets!
Princess decides to completely change a ship's itinerary in 2027. This is a new trend in the business. The US government is considering not requiring five…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 18, 2026. Washington Post publishes another hit piece on the cruise industry!
Has CLIA become the UN of the cruise industry? A federal judge overturns some of the Bar Harbor cruise ship ban! Well, the Caribbean is upsetting many of its…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 15, 2026 Torstein is stepping down. Go get the Aquavit!
The FBI has had enough, and they arrested two female Carnival guests for a slap fest by the front desk. Guests on the cruise ship with the Noovirus outbreak in…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 14, 2026 Why doesn't CLIA ever fight back against the incorrect norovirus narrative?
MSC is rolling out a new app that will help you have less contact with the crew. Lufthansa plans to acquire 90% of the former Alitalia as long as the bloated…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 13, 2026 Sorry, but people who rent scooters on ships ahould read the manual!
John Chidsey has all the answers to fix NCL Holdings. But does he? 200 different ships will visit the Caribbean this year because it's cheap and convenient!…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 12, 2026 Should cruise ship piers have rails for safety?
Azamara will be spending money on the ships and looking for non-English-speaking guests. The Guru is not worried about Hantavirus. Trust the CDC? Soon, the…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 11, 2026 Tomorrow at Perfect Day at Coco Cay you will be perfectly sober!
Even with fewer Canadians showing up, Orlando tourism numbers go up! There is no reason to panic about the Hantavirus! Sadly, the Guru will never be invited to…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 8, 2026 Disney crew members arrested in San Diego were involved in child, pornography, and exploitation.
The Guru hired a public relations agency that delivered negative PR! Carnival is turning one of the ships into an adults-only ship so they can have more…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
MAY 7, 2026 Holland America and Disney crewmembers arrested in San Diego.
Consumer Reports names Lindblatt Expeditions the best cruise line. Except it's not a cruise ship. Guests on board the Hantavirus ship were able to leave in…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 6, 2026 No leaving the ship yet for the Hantavirus cruisers!
Are the hantavirus guests being held hostage on that Dutch ship? Another Carnival guest ends up in handcuffs after punching a teenager in the mouth! Malta…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 5, 2026 Could NCL Holdings really be as bad as Chidsey says it is!
NCL guest passes away while snorkeling in the Bahamas! A Magistrate in DC apologizes to the White House shooter because his Airbnb isn't up to snuff!! The DOT…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 4, 2026 Fuel prices are not the reason Spirit collapsed.
Hantavirus is not common in the United States. Only 200 cases last year! The tram in Juneau slammed into the base and injured five employees. This is why the…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
May 1, 2026 Holland America is smart to focus on their small ships!
Entertainers are all scrambling to get booked as performers on cruise ships. Congress finally agrees to fund DHS and pay the TSA employees! Two amazing…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
April 30, 2026 Europe is buying jet fuel from the U.S.? Why are our airline prices going up?
Europe refuses to protect the Strait of Hormuz, even if it means planes are parked. Royal Caribbean is now charging $30 more to find out early how bad the…
- The Daily Cruise and Travel News "Podcast" with Tom Drake
April 29, 2026. Why do travelers continue to go to unsafe cities?
Royal Caribbean signs the paperwork for two more big ass ships! 22 Monks get arrested for carrying 224 pounds of cannabis. Now we know how they get them to…