Jeff Borman is back, and he is welcomed by math. This week on No Show, he and Matt Brown trade favorite travel numbers of 2026 including:

🌐 What it costs to fuel a cross-country flight

🌐 How airlines cash in on loyalty and lounge crowds

🌐 What happens when budget competition disappears

🌐 How much time hidden fees steal from us

Plus TV-inspired vacations, cruise lines thinking beyond the boat, tourism’s missing seat in government, and a national parks number that measures travel in hours instead of dollars.

Break out the travel glassware and vermouth atomizers, Michael Trager is going to help us untangle the facts and myths of loyalty programs, Vegas visitation, and lounge waiting times.

Michael is founder of TravelZork and ZorkFest, casino loyalty obsessive, luxury travel expert, and the man better known by his superhero name as “The Baccarat Guy.” We'll talk:

• Whether Vegas is still selling something people want to buy
• The biggest lie we tell ourselves about airline miles
• Caviar on planes
• Why airport lounges are a mess
• The ridiculous work required to use your credit card perks
• What the best loyalty programs get right
• Why baccarat is worth your time, literally

Carley Montgomery advises luxury boutique hotels, wellness properties, and retreats on how to transition away from superficial amenities and toward genuine, deeply restorative guest environments. She joins No Show to talk:

• Nothingness, boredom, and silence are features not bugs
• The relentlessness of biohacking trends
• The overlooked signals of a truly restorative space
• Why small, lower-end properties are well-positioned for restorative hospitality
• Her new book The Restorative Power of Place: How Travel and Hospitality Can Help Us Rest, Recover, and Reconnect
• Why buildings that "breathe" are worth a look.