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New York’s 9/11 Ground Zero Museum Workshop

26. June 2009

While few people chose to travel in pursuit of tragedies, occasionally a tragedy helps put a destination into meaningful context. No where is that more true than New York City. The attacks of September 11, 2001 are easy to overlook nowadays; New York is healing, moving on, looking forward not back. And yet 9/11 was (and remains) a defining moment of modern New York. You cannot appreciate the city and everything it has endured, without confronting the gruesome reality of the attacks, the death and destruction, the heroism of Ground Zero's rescue workers, the courage and resilience of everyday New Yorkers.

Paris Chocolate Tour

3. June 2009

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Do the words "chocolate" and "French pastries" get you excited? If so you should keep reading. Otherwise this borderline Paris food porn post will rub you the wrong way. You have been warned. It all started a few days ago, when we noticed an excellent review of our Paris Chocolate & Pastry Tour by Marie Maguire on the Contra Costa Times website.

Competitours, What’s That?

29. May 2009

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Did you notice the Competitours ad on our blog? We don’t normally carry ads on the blog, but in this case we’re making an exception because (yes this is a pop quiz): (a) we at Viator like what they do (b) we’ve decided to provide their contestants with trip planning and tour advice (c) they’re paying us a [...]

Viator in French & Spanish!

13. May 2009

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A few weeks ago we announced the launch of Viator's German-language website. At Viator we're not the sort of people to rest on our Lorbeeren (that's "laurels" in German, meine Freunde). This week we're very pleased to announce the launch of not one but TWO new websites for European-based travelers: Viatorcom.es in Spanish, and Viatorcom.fr in French.

Viator Blog Wins 2009 Chapeau Award

5. May 2009

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Dedicated readers of the Viator blog will remember that, just a few weeks ago, Viator was nominated for the 2009 Best Travel & Leisure blog over at the Chapeau Blog Awards. Today we found out that - drum roll, please - we won! Viator’s Travel Blog was voted #1 in the Travel & Leisure category. We’re [...]

Viator in German? Ja!

18. April 2009

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Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut. No, don't panic. We are not writing this entire post in German. Though here at Viator HQ we're very pleased to announce the birth of Viator's German-language website. Head on over to Viatorcom.de and have a look. The tag line is 'Ausflüge, Unternehmungen und Besichtigungstouren', which is another way of saying, happy travels from Viator!

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11. March 2009

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Today we learned a happy fact - the Viator Travel Blog (um, the one you’re reading right now) was nominated as one of two finalists in the 2009 Chapeau Blog Awards. You can read the full announcement here, if you like. We were nominated in the Travel & Leisure category. What’s interesting about the Chapeau Blog [...]

Dearly Departed in Los Angeles

19. February 2009

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If you took a straw poll at the Viator offices, I reckon the Dearly Departed tours in Los Angeles would rank among the most popular we offer, anywhere. The reason? Partly it's that fantastic mug shot of Hugh Grant. And partly it's the concept of the tour itself: a 2-1/2 hour romp across Hollywood in a 'Tomb Buggy' tracking down gruesome, ghastly and notorious episodes in Tinsel Town history.

The Viator 50: The Year’s Top Travel Destinations

21. January 2009

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The Viator 50: The Year’s Top Travel Destinations

Before we say farewell to 2008, let us take a moment to honor the Top 50 destinations of the year as determined by Viator.com travelers. This is our third annual "Viator Top 50" list, and like last year, 2008 has been a great ride, full of surprises (good on ya Paris, Rome and Las Vegas) and some surprising absences (Mexico, we missed you).