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Short bio: A multiple Emmy-winning investigative reporter and producer, Peter Greenberg is America’s most recognized, honored and respected front-line travel news journalist. Known in the travel industry as “The Travel Detective,” he is the Travel Editor for CBS News, appearing on CBS This Morning.
Occupation: Travel Journalist / TV Host
Website: PeterGreenberg.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/PeterGreenbergWorldwide/
Twitter: @PetersGreenberg
Instagram: @Petergreenberg
YouTube: Youtube.com/PeterGreenberg2
Hometown: NYC
Residence: NYC/L.A./Fire Island/Long Island
College: Univ of Wisconsin
College major: Journalism and Police Science
Earliest travel memory: See video (2:48)
How many miles do you fly a year or have flown? 23 million miles
How many countries have you been to? 151
How many continents have you been to? 7
Favorite American city besides NYC: San Francisco
Favorite international city: Bangkok
Friendliest people in the world: Thailand
Country with the meanest immigration officers: Russia
I have no desire to go to: No where
How are you doing with quarantine? See video (12:26)
Favorite aircraft type: DC8 / 747
Sat next to any famous celebs: Many from Robert Redford to sitting presidents (on their plane)
Favorite U.S. airport: Tampa
Favorite international airport: Doha
Favorite airport lounge: Doha and Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal
Favorite hotel: Don’t have one
Favorite island besides Fire Island: Tasmania and … see video
Favorite beach: Midway Island
Favorite restaurant: Many including Harry’s Bar in Venice
Favorite dessert: Chocolate mousse in Lisbon
Craziest thing you’ve eaten: Grub worm in the Australian Outback
Drink of choice (in the air and on the ground): Water in the air and malt on the ground
Favorite travel movie(s): Islands in the Stream and Love Actually
Favorite travel show(s): Anthony Bourdain’s show
Favorite travel book(s): A Writer’s Notebook by W. Somerset Maugham & The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
Worst travel moment: Being deported in Guatemala
Most embarrassing travel moment: See video (35:36) but involved being on a train that was separated
What’s your dream destination? See video (38:10)
Best travel tip: Never take a no from someone who is not empowered to give you a yes in the first place.
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