Travel Blog list

Paul and Sara were in Vancouver's CTV news studios on Monday, taping a segment for the network's News at Noon show. You can watch our interview with CTV news anchor Keri Adams here: ToursByLocals Travel Tips on CTV.

As many of us are aware, April 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Today Andy, our guide from Halifax, explains this historic Canadian city's connection to the international tragedy, and how

It’s almost moving time! Time to leave the old office in New Westminster for our shinier downtown digs on the 6th floor of 1112 West Pender. We’ll be a stone’s throw (if you’ve got a good arm anyway!) from waterfront

Ever been to Slovenia? If not, 2012 is a great year to make the trip, as the eastern Slovenian city of Maribor is celebrating its status as European Capital of Culture 2012.A bit about Slovenia: this tiny

It’s April and that means one thing in Holland: Tulip season has begun! Throughout the Netherlands, visitors are flocking to the bulb fields to see the nation’s iconic flower in all its colourful glory. And tourists in

The ToursByLocals office is moving this April. This won’t affect our guides or travelers in the slightest, but it will make commuting into work for our admin team a much more pleasant affair! For the past three years

Today we welcome Francesca, an experienced tourist guide in Vicenza, a thriving city in northeastern Italy's Veneto region. Francesca was born in one of Vicenza's renowned Palladian buildings, so it is no exaggeration

Travelers to the Netherlands are in for an extra special treat this summer: a-once-in-a-decade horticultural show that puts even the spectacular blooms at Keukenhof in its shadow. The Floriade is a horticultural expo

One of our local guides recently brought an amazing photo essay to our attention. Rosebell, who lives in Nairobi and guides all over Kenya, is both a guide and a keen adventurer. Her passion for new places has inspired

Are you one of the many people who has tuned into the popular and critically acclaimed TV Drama "The Killing"? The Danish-born series, which features Detective Sarah Lund solving a tangled murder mystery/political

Today we are joined by one of our local Thai guides, Swai, who has a great off-the-beaten-path travel suggestion for us. Swai was born, raised and works today in Bangkok. He knows that Thailand is an incredible nation

Can you smell it in the air where you live? The ground thawing, the buds tightly curled, waiting to unfurl, the tentative green of early spring?I can't. At about 1000ft above sea level, Burnaby Mountain woke up this