Tom Drake
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After almost 30 years of performing stand-up comedy on cruise ships worldwide, Tom Drake has seen everything, done everything, and so now he knows everything! That is why he is called the "Guru of the Seas." His podcast, which delivers all of the day's cruise and travel news, can be heard every Monday through Friday, as Tom says, wherever people "pod their cast." Offering an "unfiltered view" of the cruise and travel industry, Tom delivers the news and then gives his opinion on what it all means. As Tom says, "It's the day's news with a bit of commentary." If you...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Tom Drake filters cruise-industry developments through practical travel detail, firm opinions, and an unusually personal on-mic style.
Tom Drake turns cruise-industry news into a running personal commentary, moving from company decisions and regional disruptions to onboard dining, group bookings, and the economics of luxury sailings.
Tom Drake can turn a shipboard dinner reservation into your favorite small grievance of the day.
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Fast, opinionated cruise-and-travel commentary that keeps route disruptions front and center.
Tom Crick turns a Saturday morning cruise-and-travel update into a quick, opinionated run through the headlines, with the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal doing most of the heavy lifting.
A Friday cruise-and-travel segment turns a Seabourn dining update into lively, comic banter.
Tom Drake turns a Friday cruise-and-travel segment into loose, good-humored commentary on Seabourn's new culinary upgrades across the fleet. The piece stays anchored in the announced changes at Seabourn Square, the Colonnade, and the push toward more premium onboard dining, but…
A chatty cruise-news hour that warms up slowly before landing on Disney Cruise Line's newest ship.
Tom Drake starts in sponsor copy and cruise-news banter, then settles into a sharper, more opinionated run at Disney Cruise Line's newest ship. The best part is the pivot to Robert Downey Jr.
Loose, opinionated cruise talk with a sales pitch underneath.
Tom Drake starts with a Monday morning reset after a day off, then pivots to an Oscars reaction before sliding into a cruise pitch that mixes news, opinion, and sales copy.
Loose cruise-industry chatter with a practical point about travel advisors.
Drake opens in a noisy register, but the piece settles on a plain point: travel advisors earn their keep by handling the dull details most listeners never see.
A cruise-news monologue that folds Mar-a-Lago luxury, political theater, and shipboard chatter into one breathless morning.
Tom Drake turns a Monday cruise and travel update into a lively dinner-party account, with the Mar-a-Lago stay doing most of the heavy lifting.
Cruise gossip, etiquette beef, and a host who does not trim the edges.
Tom Drake turns this March 12, 2026 cruise-and-travel hour into a brisk gripe about etiquette, pile-ons, and how quickly social media can turn a small dispute into a public mess.
A brisk, messy cruise-news rant that lands hardest when Tom turns an airline gimmick into blunt disbelief.
This March 26 installment has Tom Drake doing what he does best: starting with a date check and moving into a brisk cruise-and-travel monologue that treats airline gimmicks, platform rules, and cruise marketing with equal suspicion.
Theme parks, overexplained with affection.
Disney history with ghost-host table talk.
Universal Orlando talk with community mileage.
Tom Drake spends the March 3, 2026 episode on Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' fourth-quarter results, quoting John W.
Tom Drake spends this March 19, 2026 episode on cruise sales friction, including Explora Journeys removing sold-out sailings from its website and his own effort to finalize dinner reservations for 13 people.
It starts with roses and a rant.
Tom Drake opens on Thursday, March 12, 2026, with his usual self-introduction, some audience flattery, and a sponsor read for Oestra by Interbalance.
Tom Drake opens on Thursday, March 26, 2026, by catching himself before he says Wednesday.
Tom Drake opens this February 26, 2026 episode from a live cruise setting, describing a 4:30 a.m.
Tom Drake opens from Barbados with delayed embarkation stories, a large onboard group, and a farewell cruise for Dottie Colossa that he says drew 81 people to dinner and 85 to the cocktail party.
Tom Drake opens with a USA Today profile, says the article briefly sent listeners to an old March 19 Apple Podcasts link, and notes the redirect has since been fixed.
Tom Drake opens with a Tampa Avis pickup that turned into a Ford Transit for $99, then moves into a long cruise-industry rundown from home after Dottie’s final nine-day cruise.
Tom Drake spends much of March 23, 2026 describing an overnight stay at Mar-a-Lago, where the room cost $129 plus tax and security included Palm Beach sheriff and Secret Service checkpoints.
Tom Drake opens the March 28, 2026 edition of The Daily Cruise and Travel News Podcast with comments from his 4 a.m.
Tom Drake opens the March 20, 2026 episode by announcing a switch to Libsyn, then shifts into cruise sales, including a Majestic Princess fall foliage trip from Brooklyn on October 3-10 and a sold-out Japan 2027 itinerary.
If you can't put pants on for a specialty restaurant, grow up please.
Tom Drake opens with travel-industry updates, then pivots to Iran-backed Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi and analyst Nadwa Al Dasari's warning that the group may intervene as the war continues.
Tom Drake marks Dottie Kulasa’s final day after 38 years and uses the sendoff to revisit how cruise entertainment, shipboard jobs, and guest expectations have changed.
Tom Drake records this Feb.
Tom Drake opens from the Crystal Cruises mobile studio on March 10, 2026, with sponsor mentions for Crystal Cruises, Best of Sea Tours, and BJ Odom's recut opening.
Tom Drake uses March 27, 2026 to pivot from personal travel plans to cruise-industry news, including press credentials for Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami and an upcoming trip on Explorer 2.
Tom Drake returns after a day off with a cough, a burst of energy, and a Monday morning monologue that starts with the Oscars.
Cruise travel host Tom Drake discusses the bizarre discovery that Explorer Journeys removes sold-out cruises from their website instead of wait-listing, compares Crystal Cruises to Oceania pricing, and takes aim at commission-kickback travel agencies undercutting the industry.
I just moved my entire podcast and it disappeared from every major platform overnight.
Tom Crick, 'guru on the seas,' hosts this Saturday March 14, 2026 episode from Crystal Cruises' mobile studio.
Tom Drake celebrates reaching 900 podcasts with 1.5 million unique monthly listeners.
Tom Drake, cruise industry host/expert, travel advisor, and standup comedian, opens his St.
Tom Drake, veteran cruise entertainer and 30-year radio personality, hosts his weekly Guru of the Seas podcast from a cruise ship on Friday, February 27, 2026.
Tom Drake, cruise industry expert and podcast host (1M monthly listeners), shares Saturday morning musings on hospitality standards.
Tom Drake opens with sponsor reads and a rough-edged greeting from the mobile studio.
The host opens with a car-sale anecdote and a joke about a digital picture frame, then slips into a familiar story about a rug merchant from Kusadasi who has called for 28 years.
Drake opens with sponsor copy, date-setting, and his usual loud, teasing chatter.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary and comedic style.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary and humorous anecdotes.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary and personal anecdotes.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary, covering industry updates and personal anecdotes.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary, starting with a personal anecdote about his morning and then criticizing the Sea Trade Cruise Global event for not selling the value of cruising.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with personal commentary, starting with a live report from Miami Beach during Sea Trade Cruise Global.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary, including a preview of his upcoming role as a journalist at Sea Trade Cruise Global.
Tom Drake delivers daily cruise and travel news with his unfiltered commentary, starting with a late arrival into Grenada.
A daily news podcast covering cruise and travel industry updates with unfiltered commentary from a veteran cruise ship comedian.
A daily podcast delivering cruise and travel news with unfiltered commentary from a veteran cruise ship comedian.