Travel Blog list
An Amble Around Bath with Jane Austen
Jane Austen…even if you haven’t read her novels, you’ll know her name. Austen died exactly 200 years ago, at just 41 years of age, and many people in south England will be paying particular homage to her in 2017. Our
Feb 27 2017
Visiting Tegucigalpa, Honduras with a Local Guide
Are you keen to discover someplace not everyone else is visiting yet? Someplace with blue waters on two coasts, verdant jungle, thriving city life…and really good coffee? You may want to consider Honduras. Our guide
Feb 20 2017
Taking Boston by Storm
ToursByLocals now has 6 trade shows under our belt for the season: Chicago, DC, New York, London, San Francisco and Boston. Some have been smoother sailing than others!Flying into Boston in the middle of a New England
Feb 13 2017
Three Perfect Hours in Budapest
When ToursByLocals staff travel, whether for business or pleasure, we always make an effort to meet our guides. We consider it a pretty huge perk of the job to have a global network of friendly, knowledgeable local
Feb 09 2017
The Value of Guided Skiing
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
Jan 31 2017
ToursByLocals Celebrates Official Opening of South American Subsidiary
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
Jan 21 2017
Introducing...our South Pacific Guides!
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
Jan 13 2017
How to Spend a Perfect Day in Torino!
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
Jan 07 2017
TBL Staff Picks 2017!
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
Jan 02 2017
Five Ports To Watch in 2017
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
Dec 29 2016
Spot Polar Bears with TBL's Northernmost Guide!
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
Dec 21 2016
Why You Should Visit Morocco in 2017
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
Dec 19 2016