Archive for Category: "Luggage & Packing"
Ask Peter: Peter Answers Your Travel Questions, 1.21.12 edition
Each week Peter takes time out of his Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio (click here to find your local station or here to listen to the most recent podcast) broadcast to solve your travel problems and answer your listeners’ questions. This week Peter offers advice on the family luggage, springtime in the Caribbean, and airline milage refunds. Do you [...]
Ask Peter: Peter Answers Your Travel Questions–1.14.12
Tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio (click here to find your local station or here to listen to the most recent podcast) each week to hear Peter solve callers’ travel problems and answer listeners’ questions. This week Peter offers advice on the luggage shipping, braving Spirit Airlines and international baggage fees. Do you have a travel question or [...]
Travel Tip: What to Look for in Luggage
Luggage manufacturers are constantly advertising the latest bells and whistles, but there a few things that any well-made bag better have. First look at the handle, if the handle isn’t fastened properly to the bag, and by properly, I mean not just stitched but bolted outside the bag, then the handle will bend, break and [...]
Travel Tip: Shipping Your Purchases
If you tend to get carried away with shopping when you travel, there are some ways to help ease the burden. Bags to Go in Las Vegas, Miami, and Ft. Lauderdale offers an offsite baggage checking service. That means you can check your luggage from your hotel, convention center, car rental agency, or cruise terminal [...]
Travel Detective Blog: Where in the World is Peter Greenberg’s Lost Luggage?
You may think baggage woes only happen to you, but now Peter is, well, fuming…and for good reason. Find out what happened in his latest Travel Detective blog. I have always said there are two types of airline bags–carry on, and LOST. As a result, many of you know that I don’t check bags on [...]
The Travel Detective: Has Luggage Improved in the Past 40 Years?
We recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of wheeled luggage and the Travel Detective takes a moment to share what works and what doesn’t with luggage on the market today. We’ve recently celebrated another interesting anniversary: the 40th anniversary of wheeled luggage. Forty years ago a guy was lugging two large suitcases through the Aruba airport [...]
Travel Tip: Traveling with Food or Gifts
If you’re going home for the holidays, you’re probably bringing a few gifts with you. Before you pack you bags, there are a few things you should remember. All carry-on gifts should be left unwrapped to avoid any confusion or additional screening. Chances are, security will ask you to remove the wrapping anyway. Now, unlike [...]
Travel Tip: Your Rights with Lost Luggage
Here’s a scenario: you arrive at your destination, but your luggage doesn’t. And the airline says your bags may not show up for another day or two. Do you know your rights as a traveler? In theory, travelers with lost luggage are entitled to a daily allowance to buy basic necessities. But many carriers make [...]
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