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The Ultimate Travel Tipster

Everyone who travels has accumulated a few horror stories that they recycle among friends and family. You know the ones that start with “You’ll never believe what happened when…” and end with “… and that’s the last time I ever do that again.” Often it’s through our own (and others’) misfortunes that we gain the most valuable travel tips. So where does that leave Peter Greenberg? Most of us know Greenberg as the intrepid travel editor on NBC’s “Today” show, CNBC, and the Travel Channel. The 57-year-old “travel expert” says he logs about 400,000 miles a year and has compiled … Continue reading →

1,000 Places to See Before You Die – Patricia Schultz

Have you heard of a “life list”? It’s a list of the things you want to do or accomplish. A life list is sort of like a list of resolutions, but it’s a lot more fun to list “Visit Paris” instead of “Lose 20 pounds”! 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz is subtitled “A Traveler’s Life List”. And sure enough, there are one thousand places listed in this almost one thousand page book. The book is divided into sections for Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, the United States, Canada, … Continue reading →

Hotel Tips: Preserving Your Health, Back and Wallet

In a previous blog I shared a tip I learned from travel expert Peter Greenberg (the Today show’s travel editor). It had to do with staying healthy at hotels. Greenberg suggests rinsing the bathroom glasses in hot water for at least three minutes in case a housekeeper was short on time and didn’t replace the ones left from the last guest. The tip itself is handy, though it does make you wonder about the types of living conditions travelers expose themselves to during hotel stays. Not that you need to arm yourself with gloves and a face mask to ward … Continue reading →