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Is Anything Good Ever On The Travel Channel?
I finally expanded my cable package and had been curious about the Travel Channel. But seems like every other show is about Las Vegas or hotels in Hawaii.<BR><BR>Any really great favorite travel shows on that you can recommend?
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I enjoyed the Exotic Island series, but haven't seen it aired recently. The Travel Channel pretty much sucks if you want to see anything other than Vegas. Do you get the Fine Living channel? They have a few interesting travel shows but their programming is limited.
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The channels I watch to "travel" the most are PBS, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel and BBC America. Never was overly impressed by the Travel Channel.<BR>
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The Travel Channel is actually advertising for Vegas. My friend who works for the Vegas Convention Center told me that they pay for the "shows" so they are very biased towards Vegas.
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I agree with you John, every time I put on the Travel Show there is a show about Vegas or it's "Vegas Week". I'm sick of it. They did have a good show on New Zealand recently. The repeat a lot.
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Sure:<BR><BR>"Behind the Scenes with Beach Bikini Babes at the Top Ten Secret Wild Party Casinos in Las Vegas" <BR><BR>On 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<BR><BR>The channel was not too bad to be begin with, but has since fallen into a sleaze war with UPN and the WB. Not sure who's going to win, but certainly not those seriously interested in travel.<BR><BR>Pretty disappointing situation. PBS Travel shows are a WHOLE lot better unless all you're looking for is titillation.<BR><BR>Ken
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No.
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I love all the haunted hotel & places shows during Halloween.
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I do not have cable, but it seems whenever I am somewhere that I can see the Travel Channel that it's pretty disappointing ... almost an expensive ad than real travel info. Have never viewed anything on it that got me interested in visiting somewhere new, unlike some of the other shows/networks already mentioned here.
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That annoying girl that is always on there, whats her name? Boy she makes me turn the channel.
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Biff, do you mean Samantha "Boring-As-Hell" Brown? Yes, I AGREE!!
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Yeah that Samantha Brown is always on and she is such a snoozefest. She is always eating something or jumping in an unfilled bathtub. Very irritating.
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Are you talking about the hotel show? That girl drives me crazy - but she has a great job!
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If they ever play a rerun of "Lonely Planet" watch it. Especially if Ian is the host.
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Hey everybody! I saw last night that Las Vegas week starts AGAIN on Sunday! Are we all going to tune in?!?
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I happen to love the show, Great Hotels hosted by Samantha Brown. I find her clever and entertaining. I must not be the only one, she is on daily.
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I got a confession to make. I got a crush on her! Its a good thing my wife and I travel alot! She says the only tv I watch is The Travel Channel and the Weather Channel. Shes right you know.
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I second Danna's suggestion. If you see Lonely Planet coming on, make time to watch. The only show I've ever seen on the Travel Channel worth 30 minutes. And Ian is a great host.<BR>
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The Travel Channel USED to be fantastic!<BR>Then it (and Discovery too I think) were sold about a year or so ago, and now it totally bites!<BR>You are right - every time you turn it on, it's about Vegas or the Top Ten beach resorts in Mexico. (They aren't even ever really the best, it's whoever pays the Travel Channel the most money.)<BR>We used to watch it all the time, and we finally just gave up.<BR>Lonely Planet with Ian was one of their best shows, and I haven't seen that in months.<BR>They also ruined the Discovery channel and ran Shark Week into the ground. This year it was "Celebrity Shark Week," - puhleeze...
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Yes Patty - I just started getting the Fine Living Channel and the first thing I saw was a show about San Juan Island in Washington which was actually pretty good. It seems, however, as the name implies, it won't be offering too many ideas for a budget concious vacation.
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I've seen Lonely Planet on PBS more than it has been on Travel Chanel lately. I think the show and Ian are great. The last one I saw was on Alaska - very interesting! The various small towns he visited (including Chicken, Alaska) were fascinating.
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To sum it up: <BR><BR>Top Ten Haunted Rollercoasters in Vegas.<BR><BR>The new Vegas channel, 24/7
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Where are we true travelers to turn? The Travel Channel used to be good but now you should only watch if you're planning a trip to Vegas. There's more to life than a casino. I've caught Lonely Planet on the Travel Channel only once. When does PBS run their travel shows? Those who seriously travel need a great travel channel!
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Who was the guy who traveled the world with his dog? That was a cool show but I haven't seen it for a long time.
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This is funny!<BR>I went to the Travel Channel website to put this url in there so they could see that we travelers are less than happy with their programming.<BR>I was unable to find any type of "contact us" info.<BR>So the website sucks too...
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Lonely Planet is the best travel series ever made. Does anyone know if they are doing new segments for the show? I don't get the Travel Channel right now.
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The idiot with the dog was the moron Alby Mangles in his bikini pants.<BR><BR>On every episode, he almost got killed. Ended up in the middle of a guerilla war, a rhino charged him, got in a bad car wreck (almost killed his girlfriend and his camerman), and the list goes on and on.
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Ah haa haa haa.<BR>X, you are so right.<BR>What about that time he went on that trip down like the muddiest, longest and most dangerous road in the world? <BR>He broke like three axles and ran out of gas, and etc., etc.<BR>Jeez, I'm glad someone else remembers that guy. Sometimes I thought I just dreamed him and his little swimsuits up in my imagination after too much Chardonnay on Sat. eve.
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RE: Lonely Planet....great show, esp. Ian. Justine is a whiner, can you imagine traveling with her, all she does is b*tch.<BR><BR>Anyhoo, Lonely Planet is now called Globetrekker and is shown on PBS. haven't seen any new shows, but even the renamed reruns are worth watching. Favorite was Ian in Iran, Blue Mosque, etc...
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I stopped watching Travel Channel because, yes, it's always Vegas or Hawaii. It also, quite often, has an MTV Spring Break vibe that just turned me off. <BR><BR>But most of all, the COMMERCIALS. There seemed to be commercials every five minutes. Drove me nuts so now I don't watch it at all anymore.
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Forget about travel, just stay home and watch Trading Spaces & While You Were Out!<BR>
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They were always showing crotch shots of Alby in those nasty little cut off shorts he wore. Yuk.<BR><BR>What about Ian on Lonely Planet always getting plastered? They would show him the next morning all hung over.
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Yup, Alby was always wearing those teeny little shorts or a banana sling.<BR>I love Ian because he will try anything once and he is so open to new experiences. <BR>You're right though, he always seems to drink too much of whatever kabungy juice they serve where he is and gets a nasty hangover.<BR>Remember that time he drank the betel juice somewhere and got all giggly, or the time he ate the sheep eyeballs - ewww? Or running across the cattle's backs in Africa somewhere?<BR>WE WANT IAN!
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Yes, yes, yes.<BR><BR>BRING BACK IAN!<BR><BR>Bring back Ian and his snarly teeth.
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The Travel Channel's only recent new show that I was interested in was Peter's Greenberg's show on air disasters. Began to watch but it was too scary. That channel could be so wonderful. What a pity!<BR>
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The only time I enjoy the Travel Channel is when I see places I visited. Whatever reason, it has changed. It used to be on my house like the weather channel, as background, but now I don't even put it on anymore, except by accident. Their Alaska Week was good. And Some of the 10 best was interesting. They don't provide shows for people who love to plan travel; I would tune in to them with great frequency if they had real-time data on air, hotel and rental car specials, like some web sites too. Perhaps a 30 minute wrap up show that broadcasts last minute travel, airline price changes, hotel occupancy, etc..... <BR><BR>On another subject, I do not know of any person on any broadcast medium that I would say I think is good or provides accurate, timely and useful information. The guy on NBC does not. The radio shows do not. any favorites?
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The Travel Channel was great when it started out. As for Samantha Brown, I find her irritating. She is always jumping up and down and getting into bathtubs with her shoes on. She just annoys me to no end.
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I must have be the only person who watched the Best Bathrooms in the World show on the Travel Channel. What a hoot.
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kkj, I saw that same show too with the bathrooms. I'm going to China in May and someone told me to check out the gold toilet in Hong Kong. What a hoot! <BR><BR>I also like Ian on the Lonely Planet. What a guy. And I admit, I enjoy Samantha Brown. She's got a great job and has been entertaining. <BR><BR>The travel isn't what it used to be. Where's Rick Steves? Lonely Planet? and other shows that really talked about places and sighte? I guess I'll just have to pick up a travel book and read!
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Globetrekker - formerly Lonely Planet plays on public TV. I see it here in Charlotte, NC on Friday nights at 11PM. There was a new show (the credits indicated made in 2002 and I hadn't seen it before) last week hosted by Megan McCormick where she traveled through Indonesia. Quite interesting. I agree, the Travel Channel sucks big time... Tonight's lineup: Millionaire Indulgences followed by Vegas: VIP Homes, then Hollywood Real Estate. Who gives a #@%! about this crap and what does this have to do with travel?
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