Archive for Category: "Canada"
Travel Deals: Hawaii, Palm Springs & The Rocky Mountaineer
It’s not too early to begin finding deals for your fall travel. Nor is it too late to find one last summer bargain. Head north to Canada or west to Palm Springs for some late-summer vacation specials, not to mention early fall getaways. Check out these great deals below… 1. There’s major saving if you [...]
Travel Deals: Montreal Jazz, Jamaican Kids, B&B Gas Rebates
There’s always a little something for everyone with PeterGreenberg.com’s weekly travel deal roundup. Are you a lover of jazz music? Check out our deal for the Montreal Jazz Festival. Do you need a relaxing place to stay with your whole family? Try out a new deal for an all-inclusive, kid-friendly resort in Jamaica where parents [...]
America’s New Entry Fee Riles Canadians, Could Hurt Travel And Trade
Canadians flying or sailing into the United States may soon have to pay an entry fee, a move that has created political and financial tensions between the neighboring countries. The proposed fee would charge Canadians a $5.50 passenger inspection fee and is part of President Obama’s 2012 draft budget presented to Congress last month. The [...]
Travel Deals On Great Destinations in 2011
Travel is getting more expensive with oil prices moving upwards, airlines hiking fares and implementing peak travel day fees and ancillary charges for passengers at an all-time high. Yesterday, Peter appeared on The Early Show to explain what’s happening in the business of air travel. Now take a look at where travelers can still find deals [...]
Peer to Pier Interview: Charles McDairmid of Vancouver Island’s Wickaninnish Inn
What’s the recipe for a successful eco-lodge owner? In part two of her series of interviews with eco-lodge owners, Meg Pier chats with Charles McDairmid of theWickanninish Inn in Tofino, Vancouver Island, about growing up on the rugged island, and the ties that brought him back to the community. Meg Pier: I understand that you [...]
Vancouver 2010 Blog: Final Days in Vancouver
It’s our final two days in Vancouver, which didn’t seem possible. We just got here! But that’s always the way it is. You arrive and relish the fact there are six days stretching out ahead of you, and then poof! It’s over. Trying to hold onto time never works.
Vancouver 2010 Blog: Olympics Mittens & Olympics Souvenirs
While standing in a long, long line to enter the Olympic superstore, Theresa Corigliano questions her sanity and ruminates on the hot-ticket tchotchkes of the 2010 Games. Yes, I want to buy souvenirs, I admit it. Marie has a point. Souvenirs only mean something to people if they care about where you’ve been. A very [...]
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Blog: Olympics Security, Currency & Access
In her next Olympic blog, Theresa Corigliano encounters the oddities of a heavily secured host city, and discovers a new kind of currency that only comes out at the Games. It’s not just me. Apparently, all manner of Olympic fans are perturbed. Why is the Olympic cauldron, lit by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, being [...]
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