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Ode to the Commode: Toilets of the World

I’m not going to tell you who found this “Toilets of the World” book, but I will say that “ellyKay” was a “ecretSay antaSay” for someone in San Francisco and this was the gift. Alas, our site director never had a chance to take his inspirational reading material home, as his fellow co-workers kept borrowing [...]

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May 18, 2007 by | 1 Comment

Viator Voyages

If I had a dollar for every time a friend asked me if I knew of any discounts or promotions or stuff on sale on Viator, I’d have say, fifteen or twenty dollars at this point, which is coincidentally often the amount of money my friends could have saved had they been subscribing to the [...]

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May 17, 2007 by | 0 Comments

London Wishlist

After reading Kerrie’s post on our latest Viator London attraction addition (which has coincidentally started an avalanche of “spankometer” sprinkled conversations), I’ve been thinking of all of the things I managed to miss on my last trip to London. While I did manage a lot in one week, I thought I’d share my new “top [...]

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May 17, 2007 by | 0 Comments

Escaping the City

Every time I meet someone new in Sydney I am asked – where do you live? And every time I give my answer I get a variation of the same reply – oh my god, you live where? That’s soooo far away! I don’t really live in the bush! It’s not really, only an hour [...]

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May 14, 2007 by | 0 Comments

Travels with a (Big) Dog

Toula on holiday near Bridgeport, California I have a very large dog. How large? Well, when I walk down the streets of San Francisco I hear people say things like, “wow, that’s a big dog.” I also hear a lot of “does she come with a saddle?” and “que caballo!” and “Scooby Doooooo!”. Some people [...]

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May 12, 2007 by | 13 Comments

Winners – Viator’s Earth Day Contest

Winners – Viator’s Earth Day Contest

A former ski chalet in the Swiss Alps? As part of Viator’s Earth Day celebrations, we kicked off a contest here on the Viator Travel Blog. We wanted to know what our blog readers thought about Earth Day, about global warming, and about how they could help minimize their impact on the planet. The contest [...]

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May 3, 2007 by | 0 Comments

How to be Mom’s favorite on Mother’s Day

You might know exactly the flowers she likes, the candy she prefers, or where she buys her clothes, but none of that is really going to score you big points on Mother’s Day. That’s JV stuff. Anyone can buy a gift certificate or stop by a florist. Ho hum, boring! I think by the time [...]

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May 3, 2007 by | 0 Comments

Hot Air Balloon Rides – The next big trend?

Here at Viator we are always looking for the next big trend in toravel. After all, as your “tour and activity experts” it is our job to find the must-do activities in each destination we cover, as well as the ‘weird and wonderful’ things to do. Maybe you want to do something more than a [...]

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May 2, 2007 by | 3 Comments

Suggested Itineraries: Cayman Islands

Scuba diving on the Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac) are among the smallest islands in the Caribbean. Yet what they lack in size, they make up for in beauty, spectacular sea adventure and world-renowned scuba diving. If you’re not a diver, no worries. There’s still plenty to capture [...]

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April 30, 2007 by | 2 Comments

The Grand Canyon for Beginners

As regular readers of the Viator Travel Blog will know, I recently took a trip to the US and had my first ever visit to Las Vegas. Now what is the one big thing you HAVE to do when you visit this part of America? The Grand Canyon of course! Our trusty ride for the [...]

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April 29, 2007 by | 2 Comments

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