Arthur's Blog: You'll be Hearing Me All Alone on this Sunday's Travel Show

Because my daughter is traveling this week, as a good travel writer should, I'll be appearing all alone on this Sunday's Travel Show.  So I'll be responding to twice the number of questions and comments as I usually encounter, and you are cordially invited to phone those in during the course of the program (dial 800/544-7070).
At the outset of the program, I'll be discussing in depth the apparent collapse of cruise prices for remaining summer sailings of the waters off Alaska.  It's quite a development, that permits you to book a seven-day Alaskan cruise for as little as $349 (in late July, and throughout August and the first half of September).  And because, from many American cities, you can fly round-trip to the embarkation ports (Seattle, Vancouver) for as little as $500 and $600, the total cost is a reasonable one, for a travel experience that's one of the great thrills.  Everyone, at some point of their lives, should experience the pure nature of Alaska.
What else will I be discussing?  Well, I'll be choosing a number of outstanding travel bargains for the months ahead, ranging from those in such heavily touristed cities as New York and San Francisco to such popular destinations as Belize and Guatemala.  I'll talk about some outstanding low-cost packages to Bali, and -- as always -- there will be angry confrontations from listeners to some of my own utterly reasonable opinions about travel.  I hope you'll tune in (noon to 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, when you can hear the program either live on one of the 130-plus stations carrying it or live on the WOR website (wor710.com).  But if you're not available to listen, you can go later to wor710.com, scroll to the bottom of the main page, and click on The Travel Show, where you'll hear a recorded podcast of the program (sans commercials) that remains up for several weeks ahead.