Tag archives for Your Take
Your Top 10 World Heritage Sites
Posted by Janelle Nanos on November 15, 2010 We asked, you answered. A few weeks ago, we had an overwhelming response when we asked our readers, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers to nominate their favorite World Heritage sites for our new online travel guides. Well the guides have been launched today, and include the top ten picks from our readers. And the winners…
Your Isolated Islands
Posted by Janelle Nanos on October 14, 2010 Last week, we featured Jenna Schnuer’s write-up of the new book Atlas of Remote Islands: Places I Have Never Been and Never Will, and asked you, dear readers, to write in and tell us which remote island most intrigued you and why. And to be honest, it was one of the most vibrant, thoughtful batch…
Looking for a Few Good Guides
Posted by Norie Quintos on September 27, 2010 We’re hard at work on our annual Tours of a Lifetime issue, which lists the 50 best guided tours of the year. (See last year’s package here.) You can’t have a good tour without a good guide, so we’re putting a call out to our readers to tell us about the best guide they’ve ever…
Nominate Your Favorite World Heritage Site
Posted by Carolyn Fox on September 22, 2010 We here at National Geographic Travel & Cultures want to know which UNESCO World Heritage site you want to see featured in a new set of guides on NationalGeographic.com. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) protects and preserves cultural and natural sites around the world. This fall we plan to create coverage…
Should Tour Guides Be Licensed?
Posted by Intelligent Travel on September 22, 2010 The owners of a Segway tour operator in Washington D.C. sued the city last week in federal court to protest a requirement that their tours guides be licensed, arguing that the city’s new regulations infringe upon their right to free speech. The company claims that the District shouldn’t designate who can and can’t talk about…
Would You Take the Titanic Cruise?
Posted by Janelle Nanos on October 13, 2009 Cool or creepy? A Titanic-themed cruise, created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the the ill-fated vessel, will retrace its trans-Atlantic journey in April of 2012 (without an iceberg collision, we hope). The cruise, created by Miles Morgan Travel, will follow the original ship’s itinerary, departing from Southampton, England, and stopping in Cherbourg, France and…
