The Titanic Awards

Name Peter Greenberg
Who? Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and producer, served a correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and Travel Editor for NBC’s Today show, named one of the most influential people in the travel industry by Travel Weekly. Peter is also host of the nationally syndicated Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio show, heard live each week on more than 150 stations around the globe.  Travel Editor at Large for AARP, contributing Editor for Men’s Health, and a contributor Forbes and the New Yorker, he can often be found on the lecture circuit.  He published two books in the span of nine months:  “Don’t Go There. The Travel Detective’s Essential Guide to the Must-Miss Places of the World“ and “Tough Times, Great Travels.” More at www.petergreenberg.com
Age 59
Countries Visited 151 and counting

Titanic Nominations
1. Worst Airline A tie. Between Easy Jet and Ryan Air. Forget the come-on internet fares. The real sticker shock comes if you try to check in a bag, even if you pay the extra five pounds to do it. It’s a total scam, and neither airline excels in essential full disclosure. So…if you’re homeless, a fugitive from justice or just entered the witness protection program, these are the airlines for you, because I presume you will board with nothing more than what you’re wearing.
2. Worst First-World Airport This is an easy one. Miami. To me, it’s the last flight out of Saigon every time I go through the place. The only redeeming thing in the entire airport is the great Cuban food at La Carretta, which you’ll be eating since you stand an excellent chance of not going anywhere fast.
3. Worst Tourist Attraction Pisa. There’s a building there. It leans. End of conversation.
4. Worst Drinking Water in U.S. Los Angeles wins hands down. Do you like the taste of heavy metals and minerals in the morning?
5. Worst Rules a Country Never Tells You About South Africa.  If you don’t have at least two blank pages in your passport, you will be denied entry. Just stupid.

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