So tell us a little bit about these trips and what you have planned.

Yeah, so early 2027, spring, March 28th to April 4th, I'm leading the trip, maximum 12 people to Syria.

So it's funny, I've only been to Syria once, and it was in 2007.

And ironically, I was in Beirut, Lebanon, which is not far from Damascus, and there was a Hezbollah bombing.

In Beirut and the place I was staying, the hotel manager woke me up at like three in the morning and told me I needed to leave the country immediately.

And I was planning on going to Damascus in a couple of days, but I basically just got in a car in the dead of night and, uh, cross the border into Damascus.

But I was unable to, uh, you know, do anything else really.

Man, that fucking place.

Should people expect things like that nationwide, or is that still pretty localized?

localized?Well, I always tell people to prepare for the worst when they travel at the busy times- busiest times of the year like Memorial Day, for instance, or 4th of July or Labor Day or whatever it might be.

And, you know, while the, the issues at Newark are awful (laughs), to be honest, because the, uh, air traffic control shortage, the technology issues that they're having, it's not just Newark where that's a thing.

Actually, the majority of American airports are short on air traffic controllers and are having, uh, old technology glitches.

There was just one in Denver the other day.

So, as I always say, just be prepared for issues and try to take the precautions and go with the mindset, uh, of being patient, number one, and two, that something may happen.

Also, I always tell people to take, if you're flying, to take the first flight out in the morning, like even if it's a 6:00 or 7:00 AM flight.

Do you agree with that?