Archive for August, 2011
Travel Tip: Avoiding Travel Taxes
Did you know that discriminatory taxes and fees associated with travel can add an additional 56 percent to your travel costs on top of sales tax? Here’s why and what you can do to get around it. These fees vary hugely from city to city. For example, if you travel to Chicago you could pay [...]
Podcast – Aug. 20, 2011 – Corinthia Hotel, London
If you missed Peter’s radio show this weekend, don’t worry. We have the podcast of the whole show right here on PeterGreenberg.com. The latest broadcast of Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio, from Saturday, August 20, 2011, comes to you from the Corinthia Hotel in London. In addition to special first-person reports on the London riots, Wall [...]
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Opens On National Mall
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the Washington, D.C. mall opened to the public today, but the building and execution of this $120 million dollar monument has not been without its critics. The King Memorial is the first monument on the National Mall to honor an African-American, as well as the first one [...]
Art & Culture In Italy’s Marche Region
While most tourists visiting the Italian countryside head to Tuscany, a few smart travelers aim for the region next door. It’s called Italy’s Marche region (or “Regione Marche” in Italian). It has a beautiful Adriatic coastline and an equally-rich artistic heritage. In his two-part series on the region, Bob Cooper reports on art and culture [...]
Travel Tip: Flash Sales
First it was group-buying sites and private membership sites. Now there’s something called “flash sales” sites. So what’s this latest trend all about? A flash sale relies on the old “limited-time-offer” gimmick. That’s not to say there aren’t some great deals out there, but here’s how to make it work for you. Be flexible: Instead [...]
Weekly International Travel News Roundup
It’s a week of freak travel accidents. Over the weekend, 60 mph winds knocked down the stage at the Indiana State Fair, resulting in five fatalities. Following an incident on Tuesday, a 19-year-old tourist is presumed dead after falling over Niagara Falls. In our on-going conversation with other travel opinion-makers, Peter sits down with Virtuoso [...]
Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Streaming Live on Saturdays
Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio is now streaming live every Saturday morning right here on PeterGreenberg.com! Check out the show as it broadcasts from a new location around the world each week. Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio airs every Saturday from 10am-1pm Eastern Standard Time (7am-10am Pacific). Whether you’ve got an iPhone, Android or Blackberry smartphone, you [...]
Icarus Award: Depardewww, Billy Goat Gruff & Stinky Security
The votes are in…Ryanair’s penny-pinching heart attack sandwich incident is our most recent Icarus winner! Former U.S. ski team member Robert Vietzche came in such a close second, he even had a celebrity copy-cat this week. Though the family affected is denying the incident occurred, he has since been dismissed from the ski team’s development [...]
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