Viator Travel Blog

For this year’s Top 50 Travel Destinations we’ve consulted Viator’s travel oracle. And that travel oracle is you! Almost 500 travelers voted on our Facebook page for the destination that they think will be #1 in 2012. Using these votes, we are predicting which places will be the most popular this year. No longer will we look back at places we have traveled to, but instead look to the future, planning, and if truth be told, ever so slightly salivating, about the destinations we plan to discover in 2012.

Each year we post the Best Travel Photos of the year, selected from the thousands of photos submitted by Viator travelers (ie, by people just like you). Normally we select 10 photos that make us laugh, make us smile – and inspire us to take that next trip.

This year we took a slightly different approach. Why? Because we received so many amazing photos (almost 20,000!) from travelers on Viator.com in 2011. We simply couldn’t pick just 10 photos. It was too hard — there were way too many great photos!

Welcome to the 2011 Viator Travel Awards: Video Edition! They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, what about videos? There is no better way to paint a picture of what your vacation will most resemble than with actual footage. Viator has collected videos of its tours from all around the world, from the heart of the tropics in Southeast Asia, to the seemingly endless pastures of middle America. Each destination has a particular charm and sometimes, a picture may just not be enough to push you over the edge to book that flight

Welcome to the 2011 Viator Travel Awards: Top Attractions Edition! We’ve combined input from traveler reviews and photos, data from the millions of travelers who visit Viator.com each year, plus data on which attractions generated the most bookings in 2011, in order to crown the World’s Top 25 Attractions in 2011!

Welcome to the 2011 Viator Travel Awards: Central and South America Edition! We’ve combined input from traveler reviews and photos, data from the millions of travelers who visit Viator.com each year, plus data on which tours generated the most bookings in 2011, in order to crown the Top 25 Things to Do in Central & South America in 2011!

Welcome to the 2011 Viator Travel Awards: Travel Blog edition, your indispensable guide to the Top 25 Travel Blogs You Should Be Reading. Here at Viator, we love travel blogs. They’re great traveling companions and advisors, provide the travel lover with loads of tips, recommendations, photographs, great writing, and fascinating insights. Travel blogs are also great places to share your experiences and adventures. Thus, we got together and narrowed down our favorite travel blogs to present to you with this year’s picks for the Top 25 Travel Blogs of 2011!

Whether it is the African Safari or the romance of the Middle Eastern desert, traveling through to these parts of the world carries and unparalleled allure compared to the rest of the world. In old Israel, Egypt, or South Africa, great cities endure time and a strong cultural backbone will surely impress. When visiting this spanning region, make sure to see what is most important. Here are Viator‘s Top 25 Things to Do in Africa & the Middle East.

Our dining experiences combine our two great loves: food and travel. Ranging from romantic to unique, our dining tours aim to give you everything that you might expect from a high-end restaurant plus a memorable experience that is unique to the destination. These food tours are guaranteed to give you an appetite and make you hungry for more!

The gorgeous landmarks of the Caribbean make one of the planet’s most scenic and plentiful sub-tropic regions an ideal destination for relaxation and adventure. With Viator’s Top 25 Things to Do in the Caribbean, you will see that a variety of activities can be done with great ease. Let’s count it down to number one.

Bike tours are a fun and efficient way to get around cities and their surrounding areas in a small amount of time. Catering to every level of ability, bike tours tend not to be strenuous and are often much less exhausting than walking everywhere and catching local transport! Great value for money, bike tours also give you the added bonus of learning about the history of each place and experiencing the layout of an area first-hand under the tutelage of an experienced and knowledgeable guide.

Here’s our top-rated bike tours in 2011!