Pennsylvania is the 12th state to make “benefit corporations” a legal entity. These corporations are required by law to create general benefit for society, which includes shareholders, employees, the community at large, and the environment. Of course, rigourous third party standards are part of this. UnTours has been a benefit corporation since 2007 when B…
Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? It was a sampler, Alsace and Provence France. We really wanted to go to Provence but thought we’d see what Alsace had to offer. Mainly we booked the Alsace portion because I like Germany and the two girls…
Eugene and Mary have been with us on UnTours to Alsace (2006) Prague & Vienna UnTours (2005), Venice and Rome (2007), Florence (2008), Provence (2009) and this last year to the Rhine. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We spent 2 weeks in Oberwesel, Germany, a lovely village along the Rhine;…
Photo from Faktum Hotels As you may know, this year we’ve expanded our Foundation Fridays posts to include more than just news & updates about the UnTours Foundation. As Marilee already explained earlier, we will continue to include exciting news about the Foundation but will also have broader posts about things like our concern for…
This is post number 4 of 6 in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. I was so excited to return to Tuscany. It had been two years since my last visit and this time I was staying on an…
Photo by UnTourist Ellen Fusco Before we get started on our new 2013 content, we wanted to ask YOU, our reader, to join us. If you’d like to see what we’re talking about, go check out last year’s UnTourist of the Week posts. It’s a very simple (and painless) process. We ask you to give…
Photo by Gabriel White CC Almost like clockwork, a week (or less!) after booking my airfare, I am struck with an overwhelming sense of buyer’s remorse. I don’t grieve because I’m not excited about my trip, but because I find cheaper airfare for my itinerary. Now, don’t ask me why I was even looking for…
Photo by Frente a Aratiri Until recently, I thought that Hal was one of a kind, but a recent BBC report has given me pause. I now suspect that Hal and Uruguayan President Jose Mujica were separated at birth. President Mujica, dubbed the “poorest president in the world”, donates 90% of his $12,000/month salary, lives…
This is post number 3 of 6 in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. Touching down at 7:45 am in Rome meant that I had a full day to work and explore despite the exhaustion of having gotten up…
Hal shocked many of us by showing up at a holiday event wearing a tie! Even Hal’s student of 50 years ago, Tom Hibberd, AND long time friend, Mary LeFever, had never seen Hal in a tie before. Wonders never cease! Happy New Year!