Travel Blog list

While most ToursByLocals guides are experts on the urban pleasures of history, culture, gastronomy and such, some of our guides enjoy sharing wilder pastimes with travelers. Hiking, rafting, mountain biking, and – in

Most people know ToursByLocals is a Canadian company, headquartered in Vancouver, BC. But did you know we also have staff working in London, Montreal, Montevideo, New Delhi and Buenos Aires? Our office in Buenos Aires

The South Pacific: warm breezes, turquoise waters...you'd be forgiven for thinking the scattering of dots across this part of the map were all the same. Yet, as you move from east to west, landscape, wildlife and

Carol in Torino has been a TBL guide since 2009, introducing hundreds of travellers to her Northern Italian city. She joins us today to share with us her “perfect day” of eating, drinking and sightseeing in Turin. If

It has become a year-end tradition to ask our ToursByLocals office staff this question: If you could visit anywhere in the world and take a tour with any of our guides, which one would you choose and why?With over 1900

Our forecasters at ToursByLocals keep a close eye on cruise travel trends to ensure that our inventory of tours can keep up with demand from cruisers. As more and more people choose to book private tours at their ports

On this, the shortest, darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, we hope to shed a bit of light on a ruggedly beautiful arctic archipelago where the polar bears outnumber the humans...Welcome to Svalbard, home

Ismail is a long-time ToursByLocals guide, and hails from a Berber village in southern Morocco. He joins us today to explain why a trip to Morocco is more than worth the short trip from Europe.Morocco is just a few

We wrote last month about special places to witness Christmas traditions all over the world. But what if you’re not looking for a hearty dose of eggnog and sprigs of mistletoe at this time of year? What if your ideal

How would you like free tickets to London’s largest travel show? ToursByLocals will be attending Destinations: Holiday and Travel Show at Olympia Grand in Kensington from February 2-5, 2017. We’d love to see you at our

At the end of each year, we compile a lot of interesting numbers: how many travelers toured with our guides? (We hit the half-million mark back in October!) Which tours were the most popular? Where are most people

South Africa – the complicated, beautiful “rainbow” nation – is on many travelers’ wish lists. If you go, the city of Cape Town, with its dramatic setting of ocean and mountain, is a must-visit. Our local guide Brenda