2007 March | Viator Travel Blog

New Zealand’s North Island

31. March 2007

A couple of years ago it seemed like everybody had to go to New Zealand. The Lord of the Rings movies were being released, the 'Pure New Zealand" campaign was in full swing, and every couple of weeks I got a new email with a link of Flickr photos from yet another friend's trip. My now-husband, then just long time boyfriend, and I had never even entertained the notion of traveling to New Zealand. It's just a bunch of bungy jumping and sheep, right?

Throw Away the Guidebook

29. March 2007

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Travellers should never take notice of suggestions about what the supposed “highlights” of their destination might be. Highlights ought to be personal, not lifted from a guidebook or acquired from knowledgeable friends who’ve been there before you! To illustrate what I mean, here are three things that I’m still thinking about after a recent trip through [...]

Autumn in Melbourne, Australia

28. March 2007

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Autumnal Melbourne Crisp, blustery days, the Comedy Festival on the way, and footy about to start - must be autumn in Melbourne. The summer heat is on the wane, its layers of stupefaction lifting, making way for clouds. Footy! The first sign of autumn is typically groups of men in sleeveless jerseys (on-field and off), heralding the start [...]

Grand Canyon West Rim Excursions from Viator have a New Dimension - A 720° View

28. March 2007

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Viator Offers Easy Access to West Rim and Skywalk from Las Vegas by Luxury SUV, Helicopter, Plane, Hummer or Coach Las Vegas, NV (March 28, 2007) – The Native American Indian tribe, the Hualapai, has constructed a 70-foot promenade made of glass and steel and secured it to the edge of the West Rim of the [...]

Travel Quotations

27. March 2007

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As I was sorting through my Google Alerts this morning I found that one of Viator’s partners was featured for her About.com page on travel quotes. Susan Breslow Sardone is one of the Web’s foremost experts on Honeymoons and Romantic Getaways. She has been an About.com contributing writer since 1997. In 2004 her site was [...]

The X-Men Move to the United Arab Emirates

27. March 2007

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Marvel Entertainment announced plans to develop an amusement park in Dubai, scheduled to open in 2011. If the man-made islands, indoor skiing, amazing shopping and gorgeous desert haven’t convinced you Dubai is rapidly becoming a major player in travel, maybe Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk will. Every time I think I’m ready to plan my Dubai [...]

Vegas Mob Tour & Stardust Demolition: Ashes to Ashes

23. March 2007

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I spent the earlier part of last week in Las Vegas for business and while I’m not a gambler and not a shopper, I do love the Nevada desert. An early flight, early & late meetings combined with dinner with (or next to, rather) Steve Wynn and his wife at the Wynn hotel, on top [...]

Take a Berlin Bike Tour

22. March 2007

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There’s not much of the wall remaining: it’s better that way Ich bin ein Fahrradtourgeliebter. I’m a big fan of bike tours — especially if you’re a long haul traveller, because it blows all the jet-lag away — and Berlin has all of the things you need for a really, really cool bike tour: 1. It’s [...]

Duty Free Shopping Gone Mad

21. March 2007

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I couldn’t help but smile when I saw an article on www.news.com.au this morning about an extravagant duty free purchase at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. “A Chinese man bought carry-on wine and spirits worth a record €23,000 ($38,100) at Paris airport’s duty-free shop, including a bottle of 1806 cognac that might have slipped through [...]

Clear Skies

21. March 2007

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As I was reading through the endless emails of the morning I came upon my daily fix of DailyCandy and thought this might interest would-be travelers around the world. Although today is not officially the longest day of the year (it is June 21 in the northern hemisphere and December 21 in the southern [...]