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.
Continue reading...24. January 2009
We've been busy updating our travel photo sets over on Flickr - have a look if you're not familiar with them. And it made me realize how many drop-dead stunning photos have been submitted by Viator travelers recently. So we've selected some of the staff's favorite tours and things to do in Viator, and posted a handful of our favorite traveler photos along with them. Have a gander.
Continue reading...17. December 2008
Each year at Viator.com we post the Top 10 Traveler Photos of the Year. These photos are submitted by actual Viator travelers (e.g., by people just like you), and from the thousands of photos we receive we select 10 photos that make us laugh, make us smile -- and most inspire us to take that next trip.
Continue reading...16. December 2008
While Santa’s checking off his list for the last time, we here at Viator are just adding up the final tally for our best of 2008 list extravaganza. With over 50,000 reviews and photos, it’s been fun taking a look back at what our customers have been up to this year and see how our [...]
Continue reading...15. November 2008
As a recent resident of Las Vegas, I was excited by the prospect of visiting the Neon Graveyard. Located on Las Vegas Boulevard (The Strip) north of Downtown and the Fremont Street Experience, the Neon Graveyard (a.k.a. Neon Museum or The Boneyard) offers an eclectic mix of old Vegas and new. From pre-WWII signs to the recent Stardust implosion, I glimpsed at a world of ever-changing fonts, ideas, and images.
Continue reading...10. October 2008
Editor’s Note: Mea culpa! You may notice a little gap in Viator’s traveler of the month. Somehow (the guilty have indeed been punished) we skipped July & August. In our defense, that’s the busiest time of the year for us, with thousands of people traveling across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. But we won’t lie [...]
Continue reading...14. December 2007
Editor’s note: We asked Viator’s founder, Rod Cuthbert, to make a list of his top 5 travel destinations for 2008. Favorite, that is, when he’s not surfing and people-watching on his local beach, Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Sometimes Rod, you do make us a little jealous. Gordon River, Tasmania 1. Tasmania, Australia And not just because I am from [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2007
It’s always a difficult question — “Where are you going on your next trip?” I’ve been thinking about this question recently, mainly because I don’t have a definite answer. For the first time in ages, I don’t have a trip planned. Sure I have a few weekend getaways up my sleeve, but there’s no mega-trip [...]
Continue reading...2. August 2007
Baja California Dreamin’ Editor’s Note: The following post is by Laura Z, the online marketing guru at Blurb; Laura also writes about her voracious book consumption on a different site. We think the concept of Blurb is very cool, so we asked Laura to tell us about her recent trip to Mexico and how she created [...]
Continue reading...15. June 2007
Lord Howe Island Group Did you know that Australia has 16 World Heritage sites located across the length and breadth of our vast continent and even offshore? Some are in such remote locations few people have had the opportunity to visit. Editor’s Note: 16 sites? Did we say 16 World Heritage sites? Since we posted this [...]
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26. June 2009
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