Archive for October, 2010
Free Travel Videos: Cape Town, South Africa
Enjoy the sights and sounds of Cape Town, South Africa, with a soundtrack by members of the Cape Town-based band Freshlyground. With photos by Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio producer Shelli Gonshorowski and music by Zolani Mahola & Kyla Rose-Smith of South African band Freshlyground.With photos by Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio producer Shelli Gonshorowski and music [...]
Amtrak Reports Rising Ridership
Amtrak Reports Rising Ridership A record number of Americans took the train this year, says a new report released by Amtrak on Monday. Amtrak says that ridership increased by 6 percent in the 2010 fiscal year with 28.7 million passengers opting to take the train instead of driving or flying. A large volume of riders [...]
Protecting Yourself From Terrorism Threats When Traveling
Protecting Yourself From Terrorism Threats When Traveling Last week the U.S. Department of State issued an advisory on travel to Europe. But the alert has many travelers and ex-pats wondering just how real the threat is, and what they can do, realistically, to protect themselves. Peter recently chatted with former Secret Service Agent Christopher Falkenberg, [...]
Travel Tip: Travel Rewards & Codeshares Vs. Alliances
Travel Tip: Travel Rewards & Codeshares Vs. Alliances Here's a nightmare scenario: An airline agent says there are no frequent-flier seats available on your airline, but you can fly on a partner airline. Only one problem: your travel date arrives, the airlines are no longer partners. What happened? This situation is one of basic definition [...]
Hurricane Paula Churns Toward Mexico
Hurricane Paula Churns Toward Mexico Hurricane Paula is spinning toward the Mexican resort towns of Cozumel and Cancun, threatening to pelt the tourist-heavy Yucatan Peninsula with winds and heavy rain for the next two days, reported the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday. The storm has forced Mexican authorities to put hurricane warnings in place from [...]
How to Decipher Online Hotel Reviews
How to Decipher Online Hotel Reviews Overwhelmed by the volume of user-generated hotel reviews out there in the blogosphere? Don’t know who to trust, or whether a disgruntled ex-employee is on an online rampage? Matthew Stone, a travel and tourism professor at Prince George’s Community College in Washington, D.C., weighs in with his own experiences [...]
Travel Tip: A Disability Rights Milestone & Accessible Travel Resources
Travel Tip: A Disability Rights Milestone & Accessible Travel Resources This year, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act. But it doesn’t stop there—there are an increasing number of disabled travel resources out there to help. USTravability.org is a new site launched in honor of the ADA anniversary, designed to be [...]
Insider Videos: Complete 39 Steps Talkback
World traveler, investigative journalist, radio host and … Broadway aficionado? Peter donned another hat as he moderated a special talkback session for the Tony Award-winning Broadway play, The 39 Steps.
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