Viator Travel Blog

Meet Tim, one of Viator’s local experts in Washington, DC (and a highly rated licensed tour guide you’ll find at Viator Private Tour Guides).

As Hurricane Rina churns toward the Yucatán Coast, with Cancún in its sights for a Thursday afternoon touchdown, a familiar drama is playing out up and down the glittering Caribbean coastline. Alerts are out to some 45,000 tourists estimated to be staying in Cancún, Cozumel, and along the Riviera Maya, based on careful analysis of the storm, recommending evacuation for most resort areas, and requiring it in places deemed high-risk, in this case Isla Holbox.

For the third week of our Viator’s 2011 Ultimate Holiday Giveaway, we’re giving away tickets to one of our most popular New York City tours!

HURRY! On sale for 3 days only! Book a Napa and Sonoma Wine Country Tour from San Francisco at a 50% discount! For this limited time only, you can save 50% on all available tour dates – including the weekends! This deal is only valid for 3 days – so hurry! You must book by October 27 to save 50%!

The brilliant orange of marigolds, in Mexico still called by their Nahuatl name, cempasuchil, seems to brighten the evenings that come ever earlier as autumn wears on. All of Mexico is preparing for a truly ancient festival, one with roots far deeper than the Spanish, or even the Aztec, Empires. This is Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, when the veil grows thin between the worlds and all manners of art, poetry, and emotion are released.

***Editor’s Note: The contest is now closed. Stay tuned for a winner!***Family vacations can be hard to plan – it’s difficult to find activities that the whole family will enjoy together and remember. That is where LEGOLAND shines! Both locations, in Carlsbad, CA and now in Orlando, FL, offer fun-filled activities, rides, shows, and attractions for the entire family. Bionicle Blasters, Land of Adventure, and the all new LEGOLAND Water Park are just a fraction of the fun that will help you create family memories to last a lifetime!

To kick off Viator’s 2011 Ultimate Holiday Giveaway, we’re giving away tickets to one of our most popular Las Vegas tours! To enter to win two free tickets to a Las Vegas Night Strip Helicopter Tour:
1) Go toYouTube 2) Comment on this video telling us, “Why you want to go on this tour”

Most people who visit New York start and end their trip in Manhattan. The real New York, though, is not that fancy city of lights you always see glamourized in typical New York travel articles. Though Manhattan has its amazing parts – Broadway, for instance, has soured me to any and all community theatre attempts [...]

Fans of TV shows and movies, especially those with a Big Apple backdrop, will have a lot of fun on this 3-hour-plus New York TV and Movie Sites Tour. I know I did! Jam-packed with more than 60 instantly recognizable sites, the tour is not only highly entertaining but also gets you oriented to New York City in a truly unique way.

As a San Francisco local, I will admit that I often times resent tourists. Tourism does drive our economy and pump money into the city, but when I am running down the Embarcadero and dodging those said tourists, I admit that I grumble to myself. I think that it can be a natural reaction as a local; to feel a step above tourists because you know the ins and outs of the city you call home.