Travel Blog list

Dan, David and Tomas during a breakout session

Company "Retreat" Issues a Full-Scale "Charge!!"

This past Friday the ToursByLocals team stepped out of the office and into a conference room at the Vancouver Marriot Pinnacle Hotel to spend a day envisioning our company’s future and the steps we’ll be taking to get

Oct 10 2012

Example of architecture at Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux

Harvest Season in Bordeaux: how to spend a perfect day in French wine country

It’s harvest season in the Northern Hemisphere, and today our guide in Bordeaux is going to tell us what that looks like in France’s Médoc wine region. Beatrice joined us at this time last year to talk about spending a

Oct 09 2012

Gemma in Madrid

Madrid Nightlife: Five Spots to See and Be Seen

Our guide Gemma in Madrid has become a bit of a regular on our travel blog: in the past she's shared insightful tips on Madrid's lively food and shopping scenes. Today she's here to tell the night owls among us about

Sep 26 2012

Enjoying a pint in memory of Arthur Guiness

September 27th is Arthur’s Day in Dublin!

Taking the blog reins today is Garvan from Dublin, who's going to tell us a bit about a new holiday in Ireland that's quickly gaining traction as a major reason to celebrate the nation's most famous brew. What is

Sep 21 2012

Aaron in the kitchen

Celebrating 50 Tours in Lima, Peru

Last week one of our very special guides in Peru delivered his 50th ToursByLocals travel experience to a trio of visitors from the United States. Aaron in Lima is always impressing us with his ability to innovate; he is

Sep 18 2012

Maria Margaret

Some sad news

Our Vancouver office was extremely saddened to learn of the death of one of our guides in Poland yesterday. Maria Margaret Skierniewska was a long-term guide in Poland, and an inspiration to many younger guides who

Sep 16 2012

Tomas in the office

ToursByLocals Welcomes Tomas to the Marketing Team

At the end of August we welcomed a new staff member to the ToursByLocals office team in Vancouver: Tomas Pantucek. Tomas had recently moved to Canada from the city of Brno, in the Czech Republic and was living and

Sep 14 2012

Steps to the Batu Caves

Keep Cool, Have Fun and Enjoy Great Local Eats in Kuala Lumpur

While temperatures are cooling in the Northern Hemisphere, the mercury remains steady in steamy Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Today our local guide Leng tells us how to keep cool, have fun and find the best eats in this

Sep 11 2012

Learning to "jig" with Gabriel in the Philippines

Summer Travel Reviews

The summer is gradually winding to a close, and our well-researched and eagerly anticipated summer travel plans are now becoming golden travel memories. We've received so many thoughtful and exuberant reviews for our

Sep 08 2012

Bottle of Port

Grape Treading in the Douro Valley, Portugal

September marks the end of summer, and the beginning of harvest season for the many grape growers across Europe and North America. Our guide Miguel in Oporto, Portugal would like to invite travelers to take part in the

Sep 02 2012

A delicious breakfast at Granola

Copenhagen’s Café Scene: Top 5 Places to Enjoy Coffee and Wienerbrød

So, you’ve walked every inch of Copenhagen’s Indre By (Old Town) and are ready to branch out into other neighbourhoods. Here’s a list of five fantastic cafés frequented by locals so you can experience a slice of the

Aug 30 2012

The author with a bike near Notre Dame

"Vélibs" and “Boris Bikes”: using community cycles to get around Paris and London

While traveling through Europe this August, I took a different approach to getting around than I have in the past. Usually I buy some sort of multi-day public transit pass that allows me extensive use of a city’s public

Aug 24 2012