Archive for November, 2012
Daily Deal: Off-Peak Rail Travel Through Europe
Travel through Europe this winter with a 20 percent discount on Eurail Global and Eurail Select passes. Purchase your rail passes by December 31, 2012 and are valid for travel through March 31, 2013. The Eurail Global Pass gets you access to 23 European countries and the Eurail Select Pass allows you to choose three, four [...]
Know Before You Go: How to Find Free Wi-Fi on the Road
Smartphones and laptops have become our go-to resources for researching information, finding directions, and even staying connected to those back home. But keeping it low cost all depends on finding free Wi-Fi on the road. Travel Correspondent Alyssa Caverley reports on her top tips on how to find a free wireless connection and avoid burning [...]
Behind the Concorde Ruling: A CBS This Morning Report
There’s no disputing that a Continental plane left debris on the runway the day the Air France Concorde crashed. But there were many other factors involved: an overweight, overfueled plane, flawed tires, shifting winds, and maintenance issues. Peter appeared on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell to report on why the French courts [...]
Icarus Award: Carnival Snubs & JLo Slights
Don’t expect fair treatment on the road this week. You’ll find KFC as your on-board meal, a diva talking down to travel industry employees, drag queens considered terrorists by Carnival cruises and even more slights. Courtney Crockett rounds it all up in this week’s Icarus Award. Air Kentucky KFC is the newest planned menu item [...]
Travel Tip: Traveling with Ski Equipment
Ever since airline companies started charging extra for checked baggage, it’s become increasingly expensive to travel with ski and snowboard equipment. But there are some ways around it: Southwest is one of few airlines that doesn’t charge for the first and second checked bag. It also doesn’t charge an additional fee for ski equipment that’s [...]
Travel Contest: Where in the World is Peter Greenberg’s Luggage, Week 3
It’s the final week of the “Where in the World is Peter Greenberg’s Luggage?” contest. Congratulations to Shane Boocock, who won last week’s challenge by answering that Peter’s luggage was in on Quay Street near the Auckland Ferry Terminal building in front of Queens Wharf in New Zealand. Guess what? We have one last bag that [...]
Peter Greenberg Inducted in U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders
Only 86 travel industry professionals have been inducted into the U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders since it was created in 1969. The award is given to “individuals who have made sustained, noteworthy contributions that have had a positive impact on the broad travel and tourism industry.” This year Peter Greenberg joins this group alongside the [...]
Radio Guest List–Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Malaysia–December 1, 2012
Can you imagine a hospital that looks and feels like a 5-star hotel? As medical tourism is expanding in Malaysia, the tourism industry is also evolving. Peter heads to the Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa in Kuala Lumpur to explore the brave new world of medical tourism and sit down with locals and expats to [...]
