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Have you ever spent time in the Badlands of South Dakota? The unusual landscape begs for a special kind of guide, someone who (in his own words!) uses "a rich mixture of geology, history, folklore, palaeontology and

Three of our Vancouver staff are preparing for our next U.S. trip, this time to the Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show! Taking place in Long Beach, California on Saturday February 21 and 22, this one promises to be a

It’s that time of year again, when marketers everywhere are prompting us to get romantic with our partners. Wouldn’t it be nice to skip the overpriced bouquets of roses, treacly Hallmark cards and dinner out, and

Paul Melhus, ToursByLocals' president, is flying back to Vancouver today from a trip to London, Rome and Florence, where he had the chance to meet with our guides in these top-selling cities. This is the best part of

When we were out enjoying a meal in New York City a couple weeks ago, our guide Ammi told us the most delightful story about his role in creating what will likely become a cherished childhood memory - and possibly

We recently compiled our sales data from 2014 to determine which cities saw the highest number of tour bookings. For travelers booking a local guide in 2014, the trend was clear: European cities dominated bookings,

We're back from a terrific four days in New York City speaking with thousands of travellers, travel agents, media and tour operators at the New York Times Travel Show. How did it go?Well, last things first: our crew

We're packing our bags today to head to New York City! Not all of us, of course...but a couple of our staff members are bound for Manhattan to exhibit at the New York Times Travel Show. The show - billed as the largest

The phones in our pockets these days can take remarkable pictures. Such good pictures in fact, that many travellers are opting to leave larger cameras at home, and rely on their smartphones to capture their best travel

Norway boasts some of Europe's most jaw-dropping scenery, and the Stavanger region is the epicentre of it all. Here you can escape into the majesty of Norway's fjords and bring home photos that will be the envy of

We welcome to our blog today our guide Alex from Devon in southwest England. Alex's showstopper tour is a romp around Dartmoor based on the haunting Sherlock Holmes tale "The Hound of the Baskervilles." He had some fun

The sky is bright and clear in Vancouver on this final day of 2014. What a year it's been! ToursByLocals efforts to promote local guiding as a fun and meaningful way to travel resulted in us reaching a milestone: