Travel Blog list

We're very happy this week to add a new country to our growing list of ToursByLocals destinations, and a new guide to our network! Welcome to Roland, who lives and works in historic Havana, Cuba. Have you ever been to

Are you traveling to Barcelona this fall or winter? In between sightseeing the city’s many monuments, museums and art galleries, you’ll likely want to join the locals enveloping themselves in the warmth of the city’s

As our blog readers know by now, ToursByLocals is based out of Vancouver, Canada. Most people who live in this gorgeous city will tell you how much we love it here. But most people will also admit that they're less

Today marks the holiest of days during the 5-day long Deepavali Festival for Hindu, Sikh and Jain families around the world. Deepavali (frequently shortened to “Diwali”) translates to “row of lamps.” At its essence, the

We're very proud of one of our Rio de Janeiro guides this week! Carlos starred in a CNN Inside Africa documentary titled: "From Samba to Carnival: Brazil's thriving African culture." Leading Shasta Darlington (the

As the days grow shorter and the chill fog of winter draws closer to Vancouver, many of the ToursByLocals office staff start dreaming of sunnier climes in the Southern Hemisphere. South Africa is one place that

Today we're welcoming our lovely young guide Ami from East Java, Indonesia. Ami loves to talk about what makes her home unique, and in this case, the answer is some of the most active volcanoes in the world. Ami's going

Joining us today is local Irish guide Roghan from County Laois, Ireland. His hometown of Timahoe is unlikely to ring any bells, not being on the well-trod tourist circuit of southwest Ireland. But travelers looking to

ToursByLocals recently partnered with Hostelbookers.com to bring you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win a trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights. Included in the prize are two return airfares to Reykjavik, 3-nights

Yesterday our guide Houssam in Dubai had the fun (and challenging!) task of showing a film crew around his city of Dubai. The “November Films” Production Crew was in Dubai filming a travel show to be aired on a

Have you ever been to Brisbane? As our local guide Tamara tells us, there’s more to this part of Australia’s Gold Coast than high-profile beach resorts and city life. Tamara joins us today to let us in on one of the

Have you seen the weather forecast for Madrid this week? Sunny and 19 degrees (Celsius): absolutely perfect weather for walking around a new city. Our local Madrileña guide Paloma wrote to us recently explaining the