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Wednesday, November 4 ,2009

Touring New Zealand: An Insider’s Guide

I'm not originally from the northern hemisphere. But now that I live up here, only now do I realise just how idyllic my native southern hemisphere was. Is. Growing up in the southern hemisphere, each year my mother sent me to the family dairy farm in Golden Bay, at the top of the South Island of New Zealand, for a two-month summer holiday.

Friday, October 30 ,2009

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Atlas Obscura: Cemetery Edition

This month, Atlas Obscura leads us through the dark alleys of Highgate Cemetery in London, St. Sebastian’s Cemetery in Salzburg, and Merry Cemetery, Romania. Happy Halloween!

Tuesday, October 27 ,2009

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All My Roads Lead to Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik, in Croatia, just keeps pulling me back in. For starters it’s beautiful; for another thing there are a few different ways to experience it. In the past I’ve always stayed in or near the old town (Grad). The walled old city is so spectacularly beautiful that to wake up in the morning and look out the window at all that history is magical.

Friday, October 23 ,2009

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Reykjavik, Iceland: Top Things to Do

Reykjavik (Reykjavík), despite its tiny population, is a very cosmopolitan place for being tucked away in distant Iceland. The nightlife in Reykjavik is legendary. And when the sun is out, the mustards and crimsons of its corrugated houses sit in happy contrast with the Nordic blue of the summer sky. Reykjavik is an awfully pretty town to meander through.

Wednesday, October 21 ,2009

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[contest] Win 20 Free Nights at any Hampton Hotel!

Editor's Note: The contest is now closed. Thanks again for contributing such fantastic answers, and stay tuned for the announcement of a winner! Enter our Hampton Hotel contest to wins 20 FREE nights at any Hampton Hotel (you'll have 1,700+ locations to chose from... Manhattan to New Orleans, San Francisco to San Antonio, Puerto Rico to Mexico to Canada and beyond!). And you'll receive a $200 Viator.com gift certificate. All you need to do is answer one question: What do YOU wish in life came with a 100% guarantee?

Thursday, October 15 ,2009

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Google & The Infinite SEO-PPC Loop

A while back, we had a meltdown about some really awful Google Local and Google Map results. We were clearly not the only ones complaining - in fact, here’s a good article from Danny Sullivan speaking to Sergey Brin about the problems with Google maps and local. Can you tell I’m about to complain about Google [...]

Thursday, October 1 ,2009

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Viator.com Wins 2009 Travolution Web Award

Hard to believe 2009 is slowly, inevitably coming to an end. Last time we looked at the calendar it was early summer, somehow it’s slipped into autumn. And that means the 2009 awards season is coming to a close. With a bang! We’ve had a good run so far this year - both Viator.com and the [...]

Sunday, September 27 ,2009

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Surfer Mutiny at British Airways

Editor’s note: We originally posted this back in 2007, when BA first announced their surfboard ban. Since then the world’s surfing community has been boycotting BA over its policy. Just last week BA announced that from October 9, 2009, it will start carrying surfboards again - as long as they’re 6′ 3″ or less in [...]

Sunday, September 27 ,2009

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Q&A with CheapOair

Editor’s note: We were looking for some cheap airfares recently and came across the travel website CheapOair.com, which specializes in cheap airfares. We were intrigued, so we sent them some questions. Erin McBride, their Director of Social Marketing, was kind enough to reply. Q: In a nutshell, what is CheapOair? How is it different from all [...]

Thursday, September 17 ,2009

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Viator.com Earns Top 10 Web Award from TRAVELtech

You may have read earlier about Viator.com being nominated for the TRAVELtech 2009 Website of The Year award (click here if you missed it). TRAVELtech honors the top travel websites in Australia. And yes, mate, Viator has Australian roots! Viator was founded and maintains a strong presence in Australia (along with our offices in San Francisco, [...]

Wednesday, September 9 ,2009

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Guide to Public Holiday Travels

It was a Monday. That much was clear. I’d decided at some point that on this particular Monday I was going to make a fresh start, get up early, shake off whatever kinda hangover it was that cursed my morning that day, and get out and get some work done. To be Frank – which, y’know, [...]

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