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Washington Post: 54 Online Travel Sites to Bookmark Now

7. February 2008

It’s not every day that your website is honored by a major media outlet. And when it does happen, well, hopefully you’ll forgive us for trumpeting the news. In Sunday’s Washington Post, as part of its “Best of the Web” series, Viator.com was listed as one of the 54 Online Travel Sites to Bookmark Now. As [...]

Silverjet: Testing Classless Flight

29. January 2008

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Someone said the great thing about travel is the journey, not the destination. At Viator we take issue with that for about 5,000 different reasons — as in the 5,000 tours and things to do you can book in hundreds of destinations worldwide at viator.com. For us travel is all about the destination, and certainly [...]

Travel News Round-Up: Week of January 28

27. January 2008

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What is the travel world buzzing about this week? The New York Times travel section focuses in on ‘Hawaii on a Dime’. (Which is a good example of synchronicity in action: over on the Viator site we’ve just completed a review of our entire collection of Hawaii tours and things to do, including dozens of Oahu [...]

A Tank Full of Palm Oil: Biofuel Flights to Start in February

22. January 2008

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The Future of Air Travel? In the UK, airline flights account for 7% of that country’s CO2 emissions, but thanks to more and more cheap flights this will probably rise to 25% in the next couple of decades. Worldwide, flights make up about 2% of all emissions, and again the percentage is rising. The numbers are not [...]

Travel News Round-Up: Week of January 14

13. January 2008

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What is the travel world buzzing about this week? The New York Times travel section surveys family-ski options that won’t break the bank in Colorado; uncovers the top eating spots in Amman, Jordan (including my personal favorite falafel seller anywhere, Hashem, located in downtown Amman); and casts an approving eye on Hollywood despite all the LA-bashing [...]

The Viator 50: The Year’s Top Travel Destinations

8. January 2008

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Thailand (Bangkok) - voted #40 in 2007 Friends, blogsters and fellow travelers, the time has come for Viator to pay our final respects to 2007 and to the travel year that was. My desk calendar proclaims ‘2008′ now, and points stubbornly ahead anticipating travels yet to come. Yet before we say farewell to 2007, let us take [...]

The Year in Photos: Top 10 Traveler Photos on Viator

7. January 2008

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Just last month we started publishing photos over on the viator.com website. And not just any old travel photos. These are photos taken by actual Viator travelers, photos of themselves on elephant treks, helicopter tours, hot air balloon rides, private tours of the Vatican — and on hundreds of the other 5,000+ tours and things [...]

Top 25 Things to Do in Europe

26. December 2007

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Rome - a traveler favorite in 2007 After much pummeling of calculators and mashing of spreadsheets, we’ve calculated our Top 25 Things to Do in Europe for 2007. As always there are some surprises on the list as well as some notable absences. In the former category: Rome and Paris. Both of these cities continued to dominate [...]

Top 25 Things to Do in the USA & Canada

23. December 2007

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Statue of Liberty, New York City If you’re already following Viator’s ‘Top 25 Things to Do’ list mania, then no explanation is needed; this is the second-to-last installment in our series of Top Things to Do in 2007, this time focusing on the USA & Canada. And there are a few surprises. Apparently New York City was [...]