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[contest] Win 2 SF Helicopter + 2 Academy of Sciences Tickets!

20. October 2009

[Editor's note: The contest is now closed! Thanks again for entering, stay tuned and we'll announce a winner soon.] We're giving away two free tickets on a San Francisco helicopter tour plus two free tickets on a behind-the-scenes platinum tour of the California Academy of Sciences. We are asking everybody who enters the contest one simple question. Why YOU?

Viator.com Wins 2009 Travolution Web Award

1. October 2009

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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 [...]

Viator.com Earns Top 10 Web Award from TRAVELtech

17. September 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, [...]

2009 Magellan Awards: Viator Wins Gold!

2. September 2009

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Travel Weekly is one the travel industry’s top trade magazines. For a few years Travel Weekly has been honoring top travel companies as part of its Magellan Awards, which “honors the best in travel and salutes the outstanding travel professionals behind it all.” I’m not sure I’d call us professionals! No quibbling, though, we’re thrilled to [...]

Viva la Summer: San Francisco

28. August 2009

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As part of Viator’s celebration of summer 2009, we’re pointing a spotlight at top summer destinations around the world. This week’s featured destination is San Francisco. As always our first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it’s Eduardo S. from the USA. He submitted a photo of himself and his daughter taken on a Muir Woods & Sausalito day trip from San Francisco. We love the smiles and the tall trees - the redwoods of Northern California are truly amazing if you've never seen them up close.

2009 TRAVELtech Awards: Vote for Viator, Mate

19. August 2009

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2009 TRAVELtech Awards: Vote for Viator, Mate

2009 has been a good awards season for Viator, knock on wood. Our blog has been nominated (and won!) a handful of awards. And yesterday we learned that Viator.com has been nominated by TRAVELtech as one of Australia’s Top 25 travel websites. What, you didn’t know we spoke Australian? Well we do, mate. Don’t believe me? Then [...]

Viva la Summer: Paris

6. August 2009

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Haven’t heard of Viva la Summer? This week’s featured destination is Paris (see below for some of our favorite things to do in Paris). As always our first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it’s Keith N. from Ireland. He submitted a lovely photo of himself and the family taken on a Paris city tour, Seine River cruise, and Eiffel Tower tour. Really, doesn't this photo make you want to take the whole family on a vacation to Paris?

Viva la Summer: New York City

29. July 2009

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Haven’t heard of Viva la Summer? Here’s the deal - as part of Viator’s celebration of summer 2009, we’re pointing a spotlight at top summer destinations around the world. This week’s featured destination is New York City (see below for some of our favorite things to do in New York). Our first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it’s Jim F. from the USA.

Viva la Summer: London

22. July 2009

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Haven’t heard of Viva la Summer? Here’s the deal - as part of Viator’s celebration of summer 2009, we’re pointing a spotlight at top summer destinations around the world. This week’s featured destination is London (see below for some of our favorite things to do in London).

Viva la Summer: Rome

15. July 2009

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Haven’t heard of Viva la Summer? Here’s the deal - as part of Viator’s celebration of summer 2009, we’re pointing a spotlight at top summer destinations around the world. This week’s featured destination is Rome, Italy (see below for some of our favorite things to do in Rome). The first order of business: we’re pleased to honor our Viva la Summer traveler of the week. This week it's Mike and Natalie from the USA.