In the Travel News, travelers desperate to go ANYWHERE are scooping up flights to NOWHERE, we tell you why it’s pretty hard to get COVID while flying and the airlines are all holding their collective breaths, hoping for more taxpayer money to avoid major layoffs.

Our Smarter Traveler segment features information on what to buy and what NOT to buy: Why you should buy your holiday air tickets now, and why you should never buy jewelry on a cruise ship…

We take you to Singapore, to meet a local author, Shivaji Ds. His latest book is “The ‘Other’ Shangri-La“.

We talk about COVID travel trends. People really are staying closer to home, because many refuse to fly, at least for now.