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Archive for May, 2009

Pros and Cons of State Park Passes

Pros and Cons of State Park Passes

You may have heard of the new National Park Pass, which costs $80 and practically pays for itself with three trips to national parks around the country. In some states there is also a state park pass, but you’d better do the math before you buy one. In California for example, a Golden Poppy Pass [...]

American Airlines Eases Restrictions on Frequent Flyer Program

American Airlines Eases Restrictions on Frequent Flyer Program

American Airlines surprised many today when it announced several customer-friendly changes to its frequent-flier program.The new “One-Way Flex Awards” will allow customers to book one-way tickets for half the amount of miles needed for a round-trip ticket, and will also let passengers book multi-city itineraries and combine award seats with non-award seats.Under the old paradigm, [...]

10 Culinary Festivals For the Gourmet Traveler

10 Culinary Festivals For the Gourmet Traveler

Even with all the doom and gloom of today’s economy, you still gotta eat! So why not eat well? Sure you can cut back on everyday outings, but there are ways to experience high-end dining for affordable prices. Resident foodie Courtney Crowder scoured the United States in search of the culinary events and festivals that [...]

International Travel News Roundup: Wildfire in California, Statue of Liberty Crown Reopening

International Travel News Roundup: Wildfire in California, Statue of Liberty Crown Reopening

If you’ve been off jet-setting and found yourself too busy to check out PeterGreenberg.com for the last few days, don’t miss this post. Of course, if you want to keep up with the latest news from Peter, you could also follow him on Twitter or become his fan on Facebook. So here’s a roundup of [...]

Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio-May 9-Hour 1-Touring Indianapolis, Plus Danica Patrick and the Indy 500

Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio-May 9-Hour 1-Touring Indianapolis, Plus Danica Patrick and the Indy 500

On May 9, Peter is broadcasting from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. The guests from the first hour of the show include: Racing phenom Danica Patrick on being the first woman to win an IndyCar event Official Indianapolis Speedway historian Donald Davidson talks about the history of the Indy 500 MSC Cruises President [...]

PGW Radio-May 9-Hour 2-Indianapolis Hotels, Transportation, Commerce and More

PGW Radio-May 9-Hour 2-Indianapolis Hotels, Transportation, Commerce and More

On May 9, Peter is broadcasting from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Guests from the second hour include: Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard drops by to talk about his city and its plans for the future Travel columnist Joe Sharkey reports on the swine flu “infodemic” Filmmaker and Indiana native Angelo Pizzo (Hoosiers, Rudy) [...]

PGW Radio-May 9-Hour 3-Swine Flu & Air Travel, the Indianapolis Super Bowl and More

On May 9, Peter is broadcasting from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Guests from the third hour include: The Senior VP for Super Bowl XLVI, Tony Mason, talks about Indianapolis’ preparations for the 2012 event Mike Boyd of the Aviation Planning Group phones in to talk about how the swine flu is affecting [...]

Radio Show Interviews in Indianapolis with Danica Patrick

Radio Show Interviews in Indianapolis with Danica Patrick

Ever wondered where Danica Patrick gets her hair done after racing the Indy 500? Did you know that Indianapolis is second only to Washington, DC, in the number of monuments dedicated to war veterans? Well, what better way to find out all this and more than to ask the locals? And since Peter is broadcasting [...]