Archive for January, 2007
Dedicated Pocket Translators
While many mobile phones, PDAs, and iPods now have some rudimentary translation abilities, sometimes these devices aren’t quite up to the task of providing more comprehensive translation help. It’s in these situations — whether you’re on an extended business trip or just a long vacation — that it may be prudent to spring for a [...]
Looking Into the Fare Future
The next time you’re on a plane, look around. Almost everyone you see in your section has paid a different price for his or her seat. Yet you’re all being served the same package of peanuts, and everyone has essentially the same in-flight experience. Of course, if there were a rhyme or reason to the [...]
Fear of Flying
Love to travel, yet hate to fly? If you find yourself white knuckling your armrests or gasping for breath whenever your flight takes off, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans have some anxiety over flying, with symptoms ranging from mild concern to paralyzing panic attacks. How can you learn to cope with your fears? We’ve [...]
Alternatives to Checking Bags
In the travel process, it remains one of the great inconveniences — and also one of the great wastes of time: checking luggage. Some smart travelers have learned to pack less and limit their luggage to reasonable carry-on bags. But for the rest of us, who either haven’t learned how to do that, or simply [...]
Child Safety Seats on Planes
Most parents today wouldn’t consider leaving the driveway without their toddlers being fastened securely into their car seats. Yet when traveling by plane — hundreds of miles per hour faster, and thousands of feet in the air — many of those same parents have no problem holding their little ones — unbuckled — in their [...]
What If You Don’t Ski?
Most people associate a vacation to the Rocky Mountains in the winter with skiing and snowboarding. But what if you don’t ski? How much time can you spend drinking Hot Apple Pies in the lodge waiting for your ski-fanatic friends and family to show up? Well, before you decide to stay home altogether, we’ve got [...]
Speaking Engagements
To inquire about booking Peter Greenberg to speak at your next event, please contact: Greater Talent Network America’s Leading Celebrity Speakers Bureau 212.645.4200 www.greatertalent.com info@greatertalent.com No one knows international culture and business like Peter Greenberg. With more than 11 million miles of direct experience under his belt, his perspective on globalization, trade and cross-cultural marketing–as [...]
A New Year For the Travel Detective
January 20, 2007 It’s a new year and more Americans are traveling than anytime in the last seven years. I’m one of them. I also travel most of the other 51 weeks — almost 400,000 miles a year. Unfortunately, the airline industry is the only one that stays in business by abusing its best customers. [...]
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