Travel Blog list

Have you ever experienced the wonders of Mistura? This popular Peruvian food festival is one of the most highly anticipated culinary events in South America, and it returns to Lima's Magdalena del Mar for the seventh

Traveling to New Zealand? You can’t skip a visit to the place known as “The Tuscany of the South Pacific” now, can you? Our local guide John joins us today to talk about what makes his part of New Zealand a can’t-miss

Tainan is Taiwan distilled down to its essence. The island's oldest city offers travelers a mix of old and new: shiny skyscrapers and tiny temples, mega malls and street markets. Joining us today is Kevin, our local

There’s a tendency among travelers these days to “wing it” more when it comes to maps. A glove box stuffed with maps used to be a prerequisite of any road trip, but the arrival of smartphones, google maps and GPS mean

Have you ever visited the capital of Canada? The Parliament Buildings, National Gallery, Rideau Hall...Ottawa’s attractions draw thousands of visitors each year. Here to tell us about one spectacular attraction that

Our guide Bevin lives within walking distance of one of the world’s mightiest tourist attractions: Niagara Falls. But as a long-time local, Bevin knows there’s a lot more to Niagara than Horseshoe Falls! He’s here today

Thanks to all the friends, colleagues, customers, guides, travel agents and industry partners who came out to our Open House/Office Warming party yesterday! It was wonderful to see our much larger space filled with

While no one can deny the convenience of e-readers, they lack the beauty of a well-designed trade paperback, the solid feel of a hard-cover. And the experience of buying them is quick and easy, but there’s little

Wellington is the political capital of New Zealand. But more than that, it’s the nation’s creative capital, the culinary capital, the film capital, and – according to Lonely Planet – simply the “coolest little capital

Probably the best thing about working for ToursByLocals is the diversity of people we're now connected to around the world. On a daily – no, hourly – basis, our guide support and customer service managers could speak

Travelers regularly like to use travel as a means of tracing their roots. But normally this means tracing back a few generations, or perhaps a couple centuries. But what if you want to go back farther...as far as you

To celebrate our move to more spacious digs, we're opening our new office doors to our guides, customers, friends and tourism industry partners. If you're in Vancouver, please consider this a warm welcome to stop by and