Travel Blog list

At ToursByLocals, the guides are the heart and soul of what we do. With over 5000 passionate locals in 175 countries (and counting!), they bring knowledge, expertise, and charm to every tour. Each guide has their own

With 2020 about to be firmly in the rearview, ToursByLocals is ready to look forward to a bigger, bolder, brighter year for travel. It won’t happen overnight, but we’re all ready to start turning some of our

In 2020, many of the guides on ToursByLocals stayed busy finding fun ways for you to continue to learn, connect and explore...virtually!From home, you can now meet even more local guides from all over the world on your

With fewer of us crossing international borders right now, the humble road trip is enjoying a bit of a renaissance! Whether you’re traveling within or across state lines, a car offers you freedom, flexibility and a safe

It's the week leading up to Black Friday, and your inbox is likely full of emails promising deep discounts on everything from egg-timers to iPhones. The holiday shopping season has begun! But what if this year you

We interviewed a number of long-term guides on ToursByLocals recently to get under the skin of what it means to be a tour guide: what challenges do they face, and what makes it a job worth getting up for in the morning?

We recently surveyed our US travelers to take the pulse of their travel hopes, plans and worries for 2021. With nearly 1000 responses, the results gave us a useful glimpse at how people are feeling about travel as we

Boo! It's Halloween, that spooky time of year when the idea of scaring ourselves silly becomes weirdly appealing. Halloween gives us a fun and safe way to indulge our inner thrill-seekers, so bring on the ghosts and

Going on a European vacation is something many of us dream of. If we’ve never been, it’s on our bucket list. And often it’s those of us who have already traveled to Europe that want to hop on a trans-Atlantic flight

As 2020 inches into its final quarter, those of us who love to travel are watching as we tick closer to a time when border restrictions begin to ease. When that will be no one yet knows, but fingers are collectively

We interviewed a number of long-term ToursByLocals guides recently to get under the skin of what it means to be a tour guide: what challenges do they face, and what makes it a job worth getting up for in the morning? We

September, a month of seasonal changes and fresh starts, is the perfect time to provide an update of what’s been going on at ToursByLocals during a decidedly imperfect 2020.As everyone in the travel industry will agree,