Articles tagged “tours”

This is a tourist’s worse nightmare, and likely happens more often than people realize. The problem is amplified abroad where language barriers and foreign laws make it more difficult to take action.

This conflict between French authorities and British ski tour operators is about money and not about ski safety.

Rather than prevailing on time-constrained hosts to double as local tour guides, Airbnb could find plenty of partners in the hood.

The K-Pop video unintentionally set off an incredible case study in which soft power boosts tourism for a region, but we've quickly seen that you don't have to be in South Korea to use it to market your travel product.

Banning tourists under 28 because they don't shop enough exposes a deceitful business model by travel agencies who earn their commission from -- and show the most loyalty to -- shopkeepers who pay their commissions.

The easy manipulation of the logo is undermining the legitimacy of the government’s trip protection, which has already become less popular due to recent failures and online bookings.

Whole Foods already has a massive following of dedicated, wealthy consumers who are likely to salivate at the news and become the venture’s first customers.

The average tourist puts little thought into the domestic political activities of foreign operators, but it seems that booking through a certified company is the least that foreigners can do to help.

These disaster tours in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy should hop-a-long and beat it.

If local Gray Line companies can upgrade their technology as outlined, then this partnership will be a nice step forward for the tours and activities sector.