When I came across this video, I just thought to myself, “Now, this guy is redefining what ‘UnTours-y’ means.” I think anyone who has taken an UnTour, much less thought about it, would enjoy this video. On a 3-year motorcycle world tour he dubbed The Modern Motorcycle Diaries, the man now known on Twitter as…
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Hopper: A new tool to save you hundreds on airfare
Photo by Allen Watkin cc If I could travel more often, I would be thrilled. And, I’m pretty sure I’m not the only person who feels that way. I should just get up and go, right? Well, there’s work, of course. There’s being a husband, and trying to be a good one, at that. And,…
This year’s Untour Giveaway winner is…
Over the past 7 months, we have received hundreds of very deserving nominations for a free UnTour in our second UnTour Giveaway. As of right now, that list of nominees is inhabited by only one person: Joanne. She is the winner of a free 2015 UnTour! Joanne was nominated by her sister (Sue), who was…
40 years of Untours
Much of this post is excerpted from a recent issue of the Eurozine. In 2015, we will celebrate 40 years of UnTours. Forty years of changing the way people think about traveling, doing business and making a difference. Last month, I mentioned that I would be asking you to help us celebrate our upcoming 40th…
My Top 3 Travel Videos of 2013
Now that we’re firmly in 2014, I wanted to take a quick moment to share my top 5 travel-related videos of 2013. I actually meant to post this before New Year’s but time got the best of me and I’m just getting around to it now. I hope you still enjoy it nonetheless! The WestJet…
Untourists of the Week: Gale & Rick Shipley
Today, Gale and Rick will tell you the story of their Venice UnTour…and tomorrow we’ll let their pictures do the talking. 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We had a great time in Venice! The Rezzonico apartment was lovely and the location could not have been better. …
Untourists of the Week: Bill & Eleanor Kover
Bill and Eleanor, our UnTourists of the Week, are standouts among the standouts that you normally see profiled here in our UnTourists of the Week feature. Of course they’re enthusiastic UnTourists (Twice to Paris, twice to the Swiss Heartland on UnTours) but what makes them particularly remarkable is their enthusiasm when sharing the word about…
Pete and Maggie Haggart, Untourists of the Week
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Last September we made a return visit to Paris. We stayed far away from the tourist areas and enjoyed a real Parisian neighborhood. Instead of vendors hawking trinkets we shopped in neighborhood stores and watched children playing and people going about their daily tasks….
TravelNerd makes airports easier to manage
Photo by Nicola cc I came across TravelNerd last week by way of my favorite travel tech website, Tnooz. As Tnooz stated, “TravelNerd is a much needed application for travelers.” And, unlike my last post, you don’t need a smartphone to use it (although you could download the iPhone app). So, how does TravelNerd make…
Umano lets you listen to your newspaper
Photo by NS Newsflash CC My father-in-law is a diehard newspaper reader. The Washington Post, specifically. He reads that thing every day from cover to cover and then thoughtfully clips articles to send us that he thinks we will enjoy (i.e. should read). I, on the other hand, get my amalgamation of news through various…